New Delhi: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday slammed the AIADMK for staging a political vendetta against his party by charging DMK members with false cases. He also called for a democratic protest on August 1 against the police action meted out to his party members. "This is a political vendetta against the DMK and the party members will stage a protest on August 1 as per...
03:25 PM, Jul 30, 2011
New Delhi: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi on Saturday slammed the AIADMK for staging a political vendetta against his party by charging DMK members with false cases. He also called for a democratic protest on August 1 against the police action meted out to his party members. "This is a political vendetta against the DMK and the party members will stage a protest on August 1 as per...
03:25 PM, Jul 30, 2011
Salem: Former Tamil Nadu Minister and senior DMK leader Veerapandi S Arumugam was on Saturday arrested by the city police in connection with a fresh land grabbing case. Arumugam, granted conditional anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court in two land grabbing cases, was arrested by the City Crime Branch (CCB) police when he appeared before it on Saturday morning as per the bail conditions, police said. A strongman of...
10:18 AM, Jul 30, 2011
Madurai: Union Minister MK Alagiri's personal assistant (political) and DMK leader Pottu Suresh was on Monday detained under the Goondas Act following a series of land grabbing cases against him today. Suresh, alias Suresh Babu, was detained following instructions from District Collector U Sagayam, police said. A fresh land grabbing case was also filed against Suresh today on a complaint filed by one Amarnat alleging that the DMK leader had...
09:27 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Coimbatore: Meeting after the electoral rout and in the middle of a succession battle within, the DMK on Sunday announced that M Karunanidhi will continue to lead the party and made no change to its alliance with the Congress. The 2-day General Council, which began on Saturday, also remained silent on replacements in the Union Cabinet for two of its nominees, A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran who quit over the...
04:48 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Coimbatore: On day two of the DMK's General Council meeting in Coimbatore on Sunday, a resolution was passed that said that party will form a committee to re-organise party structure. However, there has been no direct reference to change in leadership or the alliance with Congress in the resolution The immediate crisis of course remains whether the party will continue its alliance with the Congress at the Centre. MK Stalin...
01:17 PM, Jul 24, 2011
Coimbatore: The DMK's General Council will meet again in Coimbatore on Sunday amid differences between party patriarch M Karunanidhi's sons MK Alagiri and Stalin, who threaten to turn it into a stormy affair. Stalin's supporters want him to take over the mantle of the party, but Alagiri on the other hand wants their father to continue leading the party. Differences have also surfaced over the party's functioning during and after...
07:28 AM, Jul 24, 2011
Chennai: Even as the pressure mounts on Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran over his alleged role as a telecom minister in aiding and helping the Sun TV empire, Tamil Nadu Governor's first address to the newly formed assembly has given a clear indication there is more trouble for the Maran brothers. The government on Friday announced the revival the defunct Arasu Cable TV Corporation and said they will move to nationalise...
11:55 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Chennai: Even as the pressure mounts on Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran over his alleged role as a telecom minister in aiding and helping the Sun TV empire, Tamil Nadu Governor's first address to the newly formed assembly has given a clear indication there is more trouble for the Maran brothers. The government on Friday announced the revival the defunct Arasu Cable TV Corporation and said they will move to nationalise...
11:55 AM, Jun 03, 2011
Chennai: Battle lines have been clearly drawn for the April 13 assembly polls in Tamil Nadu with DMK and Congress clinching a seat sharing deal after a fortnight of hard bargaining. The ruling DMK, in alliance with Congress, PMK,Viduthlalai Chirthaigal, Kongu Nadu Munnetra Kazhagam, IUML and Moovendar Munetra Kazhagam would take on the rainbow alliance led by opposition AIADMK, with actor politician Vijaykant's DMDK, MDMK and Left parties as also...
02:16 PM, Mar 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on Wednesday signed a formal agreement on seat sharing in Chennai. The DMK has allotted 63 seats to the Congress. The three days of political drama ended on Tuesday with the DMK conceding 63 seats for the Congress in Tamil Nadu polls. "We are happy to announce the alliance. It's a winning alliance and we will come back to power...
12:20 PM, Mar 09, 2011
New Delhi: A meeting between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and DMK leaders MK Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran over seat sharing in Tamil Nadu has been inconclusive, sources have said. Sources also said that a miffed Sonia also made herself clear that the DMK had violated coalition dharma by threatening to pull out of the alliance and going public with their differences. Sources said that the Congress...
09:15 AM, Mar 08, 2011
New Delhi: A top Congress leader has spoken to the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) leadership over the seat sharing row, sources told CNN-IBN. Despite this, a section within the DMK is still adamant on withdrawing its ministers. Sources also said that efforts are on to resolve the crisis. DMK leader and Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers MK Alagiri reached Delhi on Monday to meet the Prime Minister and submit...
08:07 AM, Mar 07, 2011
Chennai: DMK leader and Union Minister MK Alagiri today said his party did not expect the Congress to "come back" for a possible patch up, a day after DMK announced pulling out of the Union cabinet following failure of seat sharing talks with Congress. "We don't expect Congress to come back," Alagiri, elder son of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, told reporters at the party headquarters here responding to queries if...
07:46 PM, Mar 06, 2011
Madurai: The most awaited wedding in the DMK family is finally over. It was not just a personal occasion for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's family but also what a show of political strength. The wedding was engineered to create the impression that the political alliance between the DMK and the Congress continues to be strong. The celebrations were massive in Madurai at Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi's wedding....
10:13 PM, Nov 18, 2010
On the occasion, leaders of various political parties have conveyed their greetings to him. ...
12:01 PM, Jun 03, 2010
