Chennai: Muslim party Manithaneya Makkal Katchi's (MMK) two legislators in the Tamil Nadu Assembly would vote in favour of DMK's Kanimozhi in the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections, said a party official.
Speaking to reporters here Wednesday, MMK leader MH Jawahirullah said: "We met DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and expressed our support to Kanimozhi in the Rajya Sabha elections."
DMK has 23 members and with MMK's support, the total number of votes assured for Kanimozhi is 25.
Queried about the reason for supporting DMK after supporting AIADMK since 2011, Jawahirullah said the ruling AIADMK and the Communist Party of India (CPI) have sufficient votes to get their candidates elected and his party does not want to waste its votes....
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01:26 AM, Jun 20, 2013
'Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru' is a Tamil romantic comedy film directed by Sundar C and produced by Kushboo Sundar starring Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, Ganesh Venkatraman, Balaji, Vidyullekha Raman, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vishal Krishna, Mano Bala and Bosskey. Khushboo has played a cameo appearance in thirittu pasanga song, which marks her comeback to acting. Actress and producer Khushboo Sundar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on her movie 'Theeya Velai...
06:06 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was "dismayed" by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution of powers to provinces ahead of polls to the Northern Provincial Council. The prime minister noted that the proposed changes "raised doubts about the commitments made by the Sri Lankan government to India...
04:30 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Susi Ganeshan has directed some award winning movies in Tamil such as 'Virumbukiren', 'Five Star', 'Thiruttu Payale' and 'Kanthaswamy'. Director Susi Ganesan has made his debut direction in Bollywood with 'Shortcut Romeo' starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, Ameesha Patel and Puja Gupta in the lead roles. The movie is releasing on June 21. Director Susi Ganesan joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his new movie 'Shortcut Romeo'. Q. Why was...
06:55 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Chennai: A day after the main opposition party DMDK entered the fray for the June 27 biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu, the party approached the Congress seeking support for its candidate. "Five DMDK MLAs met me and gave me a letter, which requested Congress support for their candidate in the RS polls. I have forwarded the letter to Delhi... party high command will take a decision...
04:50 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalalitha on Monday accused the Centre of not engaging with the Sri Lankan government in any dialogue to resolve the issue of attacks on fishermen from the state and maintaining a 'stoic' and 'apathetic' silence over it. "The External Affairs Ministry has continued to maintain a stoic and apathetic silence and there appears to be no effort to engage the Sri Lankan government in...
02:54 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Chennai: Awaiting the release of his highly anticipated sequel 'Singam 2', Tamil director Hari Gopalakrishnan feels it's very likely that sequels may become popular provided filmmakers create opportunities to make them with conviction. 'Singam 2' is the sequel to highly successful Tamil action-drama 'Singam' and it is coming out July 5. "Sequels have been an alien concept in Tamil cinema for very long time. But the scenario has changed in...
10:38 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Rameswaram (TN): Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu, arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy near Katchatheevu, were on Monday remanded to judicial custody till June 27 by a court in the island nation. The fishermen, arrested yesterday, were produced before the judicial magistrate court in Mannar which sent them to judicial custody, officials here said, quoting information received by them. The eight were arrested along with their two boats by the...
09:05 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Chennai: The death of popular Tamil actor-director Manivannan, who passed away due to a cardiac arrest here Saturday, has sent shock waves through the Tamil film industry. Celebrities say they will remember him as a 'great soul' who was versatile, talented and humble. One of the most influential writers, actors and directors, Manivannan starred in over 400 Tamil films and helmed 50 Tamil films in a career spanning three decades....
11:52 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Cast: Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, Ganesh Venkatraman, Balaji, Vidyullekha Raman, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vishal Krishna, Mano Bala and Bosskey Rating: 2.5 out of 5 It's extremely difficult to make a highly entertaining film sans cliches, and proof to that is 'Theeya Vela Seiyyanum Kumaru' (TVSK). The film manages to be a laugh riot, but it's hard to ignore how passe the overall effort is. It's like you wish these films...
01:39 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday announced that the state government would soon approach the Supreme Court with a contempt of court petition against Karnataka and another petition to direct the central government to set up Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC). Jayalalithaa also announced sops for the state's farmers like fertilisers, pesticides and pipes free of cost involving an outlay of...
04:39 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday said in Chennai that the next central government in 2014 would be friendly to the state. Referring to her recommendation to the central government that the Cancer Institute here be upgraded as a centre for excellence, Jayalalithaa said: "If the approval fails to materialise... Next year there will be a friendly government at the centre that will immediately approve the Cancer...
12:26 AM, Jun 13, 2013
AIADMK chief J Jayalaithaa on Wednesday added to the growing Third front clamour and said, "If the present government doesn't release the funds for the cancer institute this year, then I assure that there will be a friendlier government next year that will get the work done." ...
09:00 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: A Tamil film actor has been arrested for allegedly cheating a city-based businessman of Rs five crores on the pretext of helping him in getting Rs 1,000 crore loans. 52-year-old S Srinivasan, popularly known as Power Star, who is an actor, director and producer and acted in a dozen films and produced four, was arrested by Economic Offence Wing of Delhi Police from Chennai, said Harendra K Singh,...
04:58 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Chennai: AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday announced five of her party nominees for the June 27 biennial election to the six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, giving V Maithreyan a successive term. Maithreyan, chief of AIADMK's Medical wing, is one of the six MPs from the state whose term expires by July 27. The others are AIADMK's A Elavarasan, Kanimozhi and Tiruchi N Siva (both DMK), B S...
03:40 PM, Jun 10, 2013
New Delhi/Chennai: The bail pleas of suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, alleged bookie Jiju Janardhanan and 15 others in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal will be heard by a MCOCA court in Delhi on Monday. Sreesanth has been claiming innocence saying he has been wrongly implicated in the case. His lawyer also said that it was wrong to charge a cricketer under the MCOCA. The...
08:11 AM, Jun 10, 2013
Chennai: Ruling AIADMK on Saturday accused the UPA government of having "step-motherly attitude" towards Tamil Nadu and acting in ways affecting federalism. The party Executive which met under its presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan and in the presence of the AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa "condemned" the Centre for acting in ways affecting the federalism. It adopted a resolution saying the Centre's steps such as not consulting states on forming the National Counter...
01:15 AM, Jun 09, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID has issued fresh summons to hotelier Vikram Agarwal to appear for questioning next week in connection with the IPL betting case. Last week, Agarwal, who is allegedly linked with IPL-betting and allowed some bookies to operate from his hotels, had sought time to appear before the CB-CID. "Yes. We have issued (summons)," a CB-CID official said today, confirming the development. Officials were tight-lipped on when...
03:52 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday accused the central government of not taking a firm stand on the attacks on Indian fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy. She said the Indian government was not exerting pressure on Colombo to find a solution to the problem. Referring to the arrest of 49 fishermen from Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy Wednesday, she said in a letter to...
05:11 AM, Jun 07, 2013
Bangalore: Karnataka on Thursday decided to seek re-fixing of the Cauvery river water share between it and Tamil Nadu, particularly in the four months from June, on the basis of rainfall in the last five years. As per the Cauvery water tribunal award, Karnataka now has to give Tamil Nadu 134 TMC feet (thousand million cubic) of water between June and September each year. Acutal rainfall in the last five...
02:25 AM, Jun 07, 2013
