Chennai: The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday passed 24 resolutions at its General Council meeting, with none, however, on the 2G case. The DMK slammed the Centre and the state government for being lethargic in solving the Kudankulam crisis. The 24-pointer party resolution stated, among others, that the Centre and state should expedite solution for the stalled nuclear plant. "The Centre and state are lethargic in solving Kudankulam...
02:15 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday filed a complaint in a city court here seeking action against former Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Treasurer MK Stalin for his statements to the press last month "which are totally false and per se defamatory." Jayalalithaa's complaint, filed on her behalf by the City Public Prosecutor (CPP), also sought to punish the Editor, Printer and Publisher of 'Tamil Murasu' daily for...
08:23 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Senior DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin may be arrested along with 4 others in a land grabbing case, sources said on Saturday. Police had registered an FIR against Stalin, his son Udhayanidhi and three others on Thursday for allegedly forcing a businessman to sell his property to them. Stalin alleged that the case was fabricated by the J Jayalalithaa government of trying to divert attention from...
09:19 AM, Dec 03, 2011
DMK Spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that the case filed against MK Stalin shows that there is clear case of political vendetta by the AIADMK government against the DMK. ...
09:38 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Chennai: DMK leader and Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin has reacted strongly against the FIR filed against him by the Tamil Nadu Police on Thursday. Stalin said the case which has been initiated against him is fabricated. He said that the FIR was filed to divert the attention from the disproportionate asset cases in Bangalore which are against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. "This is an attempt to divert the...
08:14 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Chennai: An FIR was on Thursday registered against DMK leader MK Stalin, his son Udhayanidhi and four others for allegedly threatening a person to sell his property at a prime locality at a lesser price. The FIR followed a complaint by one NS Kumar on November 29 alleging that one of Stalin's aides had forced him to sell his property at Chittaranjan Das Road at Teynampet area after getting the...
09:58 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Chennai: Five months after Kanimozhi was arrested as an accused in the 2G scam, will she finally get bail? That's the question the Special CBI court will answer on Thursday as it delivers its order on the bail pleas of DMK Rajya Sabha MP and DMK President M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi along with four other 2G accused. Kanimozhi's last statement before she was sent to judicial custody in the 2G...
06:56 AM, Nov 03, 2011
Chennai: Opposition DMK on Tuesday decided to boycott rest of the Tamil Nadu Assembly session following "anti-democratic" activities in the floor of the House, saying the party will explain the events before people in a public meeting. "It has been decided that it would not be proper to attend the rest of the session. To explain to the people the incidents in the Assembly, we have decided to conduct a...
01:28 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Chennai: Ending its week-long boycott of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, DMK on Saturday said it would attend the proceedings when the House resumes its sitting next week as it wanted to discharge its democratic duties towards the people. Party's Treasurer and DMK Legislature Party Leader MK Stalin informed Speaker D Jayakumar that his party MLAs would attend the budget discussion pertaining to grants for various departments (which is scheduled from...
04:43 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered issue of notice to DMK leader MK Stalin on a petition challenging his election to the assembly from Kolathur, filed by the AIADMK candidate who lost by 2,600 votes. When the petition, filed by Saidai Duraisamy, came up for hearing, Justice K Venkataraman issued a notice to the former deputy chief minister returnable in four weeks. In his petition, Duraisamy had alleged...
05:17 PM, Aug 10, 2011
With the AIADMK government arresting several DMK leaders including former ministers, the DMK has accused Jayalalithaa of indulging in vendetta politics. ...
10:28 AM, Aug 02, 2011
Chennai: In yet another crackdown on the DMK in Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin and TKS Elangovan, among other leaders, were detained on Monday and later released, as the party held protests accusing the AIADMK of vendetta politics. With an increasing number of its leaders coming under the police net on land grabbing charge, DMK workers held state-wide demonstrations. Protests were held in many parts of the state with partymen taking...
12:53 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Chennai: DMK Chief Karunanidhi's son and DMK leader MK Stalin was detained for a few hours by the Tamil Nadu police on Saturday during a protest. His party called it vendetta politics. MK Stalin was arrested and detained for over two hours for allegedly trying to stage a road block in Thiruvarur. While the police called it preventive custody, the DMK has slammed it as vendetta politics. "We were detained...
09:09 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
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: DMK leader MK Stalin, who was taken into preventive custody on Thursday morning in Thanjavur, has been released by the Tamil Nadu Police. He had objected to the police from stopping his cavalde and threatened to stage a road-block. After the police intercepted his convoy, Stalin threatened to hold a jam and demanded that the police show him the arrest warrant. DMK member Pundi Kalaivanan travelling with Stalin,...
01:13 PM, Jul 30, 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
New Delhi: DMK leader MK Stalin on Monday met his half-sister and party MP Kanimozhi, arrested in connection with the 2G scam, at Tihar jail in New Delhi. Stalin, who flew in from Chennai this morning, met Kanimozhi at the Tihar jail accompanied by DMK Parliamentary Party Leader TR Baalu and MP AKS Vijayan. The atmosphere was emotionally-charged, and Stalin and Kanimozhi were seen talking to each other for some...
06:07 PM, Jun 27, 2011
