New Delhi: A day after the steepest ever hike in petrol prices on Wednesday, key UPA allies " Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and DMK " on Thursday skipped an important Cabinet meet held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence. The government has been slammed for the hike in petrol prices by opposition parties as well as its allies since the announcement. Even the Congress on Thursday distanced...
07:19 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Just a day after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government completed three years in office, it dealt a major blow to the common man by the sharpest ever increase in petrol price. The state-owned oil companies decided to raise petrol price by Rs 6.28 per litre excluding local sales tax or VAT. After the addition of taxes the hike translates into Rs 7.50 per litre in Delhi. With...
11:47 PM, May 23, 2012
Chennai: UPA's key ally DMK on Monday said it would support the candidate put up by the ruling alliance in the Presidential election. "DMK is part of the UPA. Therefore, we will support the one who is fielded on its behalf," DMK president M Karunanidhi told reporters. The DMK chief had recently said his party would back Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for the top post. Incumbent Pratibha Patil's tenure...
10:08 PM, May 21, 2012
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi on Sunday flayed the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu for its advertising campaign listing its "achievements" on completing one year in office, saying it had spent a "huge amount" of people's money. The AIADMK government spent Rs 52.14 lakh for publishing advertisements in regional newspapers and Rs 1.22 crore in national newspapers using public money, he alleged. The state government on May 16 unleashed a...
07:29 PM, May 20, 2012
CHENNAI: Reiterating that illegal sand mining in the State will be tackled firmly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that during the previous AIADMK regime headed by her, the government had taken over the sand quarrying business to prevent illegal mining and to protect water resources. The government also took steps to make available sand at a reasonable cost while increasing the revenue of the State government. On the...
07:43 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The DMK on Saturday openly pitched for Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as the next President with party chief M Karunanidhi clearly saying he will back Mukherjee if the Congress decides to nominate him. So far, the battle for the President's seat has largely been between two individuals, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. However, with the DMK openly batting for Pranab Mukherjee, the...
03:13 PM, May 05, 2012
TIRUCHY: Union Minister GK Vasan on Tuesday refused to support the demand of its ally, the DMK, for a referendum on a separate Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. Vasan said the Congress was giving priority to rehabilitation and restoration of livelihood for the island Tamils. Evading a direct reply to a question whether the revival of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation by the DMK would hit its ties with the Congress,...
10:02 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: With reports suggesting that he is one of the candidates for the presidential post, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday parried questions on whether he is in the race for it. "Oh my goodness...oh my goodness..," a smiling Mukherjee told reporters outside Parliament House when asked that he was being projected as consensus choice for President's post. "Don't indulge in any speculation," he said when pressed again to...
05:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Chennai: A day after his meeting with senior Congress leader A K Antony, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday met party leaders in Chennai over the name for the new presidential candidate. He said that although he discussed some names with the Union Defence Minister for the post, he would not reveal anything as of now. The Defence Minister on Sunday met Karunanidhi as part of consultation process among UPA...
01:40 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Chennai: Defence Minister on Sunday met DMK Chief M Karunanidhi as part of consultation process among UPA allies on the Presidential election to arrive at a consensus leader to succeed incumbent Pratibha Patil, who is retiring on July 25. After more than an hour-long meeting, Antony told reporters that he would convey the DMK leader's views on the issue to Congress President Sonia Gandhi. After meeting Karunanidhi, Antony said, "I...
11:26 AM, Apr 29, 2012
Chennai: Claiming that political solution or devolution of powers to Tamil areas in Sri Lanka remained merely on paper, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday made a fresh demand for a separate 'Eelam' (homeland) for Lankan Tamils and sought the Union Government's help on the issue. "Sri Lankan Tamils will not be satisfied with anything less than Tamil Ealam considering that assurances of political solution or devolution of powers have...
03:44 AM, Apr 25, 2012
CHENNAI: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Monday said that the Election Commission would announce the date for Pudukottai by-election soon after various benefits reach all the households there.In a statement, he charged that the State government had allocated Rs 50 crore specifically for various development works to be undertaken in Pudukottai constituency. This fund was reportedly being spent without calling for tenders, he claimed.Karunanidhi also charged that the AIADMK ministers...
10:50 AM, Apr 24, 2012
Madurai: In a move that could further fuel the sibling rivalry in DMK, showcause notices have been issued to 17 supporters of Union Minister and party's strongman in the south MK Alagiri, for not attending a public meeting, convened here by his younger brother MK Stalin. They have been asked to submit their explanation within a week's time for not attending the April 14 meeting, which was organised to condemn...
05:06 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Chennai: Two days after welcoming the idea of a referendum for a separate 'Eelam', DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday said the "blood spilt and the sacrifices made by Tamils" in Sri Lanka would not go waste and a separate nation would come into existence some day. "A separate Tamil Eelam rings in the ears of Tamils living all over the world as a liberation song. The sacrifice of lives...
06:32 PM, Apr 19, 2012
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday contested the oft-repeated argument of DMK president M Karunanidhi that a large congregation of Tamil scholars had, in 1935, decla- red that Tamil New Years day starts with the month of Thai (when Pongal is celebrated).Speaking at a grand function here organised to mark the occasion of Tamil New Years day on Friday, the first day of the month of Chithirai, the CM...
07:32 AM, Apr 14, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi will lead a state-wide protest meeting to condemn the "anti-people policies" of the ruling AIADMK on April 15, the party announced on Thursday. Karunanidhi, his son and party Treasurer MK Stalin and the former's daughter Kanimozhi will address protest meetings at South Chennai, Madurai and Chidambaram respectively. DMK Propaganda secretary N Siva, MP, said in a statement that the public meetings will be held to...
10:41 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi on Thursday termed 'Tamil Eelam' his unrealised dream and said he will fight for its realisation. Asked by reporters in Chennai on his reaction to passing of US-backed resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and whether there is a possibility of Tamil Eelam in the future, Karunanidhi said, "As far as I am concerned that is the goal." He...
02:24 AM, Mar 23, 2012
Bangalore: Sasikala Natarajan, estranged aide and co-accused in the wealth case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Wednesday told the special court that the Chennai Police violated a court order during the raids conducted at the latter's residence in 1996. She was responding to a question regarding valuable watches that were seized during the raids at Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden Residence. Police had violated the court order in taking the...
05:03 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has deceived the people of Kudankulam by announcing Rs 500 crore towards development of local infrastructure, DMK chief M Karunanidhi said on Tuesday. He also said Jayalalithaa was responsible for the closure of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) for the past six months. Karunanidhi said in his statement: "Yesterday (Monday) at the cabinet meeting Jayalalithaa decided to open the Kudankulam project at...
03:05 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Chennai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has told DMK chief M Karunanidhi that a suitable outcome would be reached on the Sri Lankan issue soon, according to her letter released on Monday. Acknowledging the DMK's chief March 9 letter, Gandhi in her letter dated March 15, copies of which were released to the media by the DMK here, said: "I have been informed that the government is fully aware of the...
02:50 AM, Mar 20, 2012
