DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi Tuesday said the question of PMK being part of a DMK-led alliance to fight the ensuing assembly elections does not arise now. Karunanidhi’s remark came on his return from New Delhi. Asked if PMK would be a part of the DMK alliance, Karunanidhi told reporters that the [...]
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Question of PMK-DMK alliance doesn’t arise now: Karunanidhi
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Alliance with DMK strong: PM
January 3rd, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi here, Monday said that ties with the DMK were “strong and cordial”. “The alliance with DMK is strong and cordial,” Manmohan Singh told public broadcaster Doordarshan on the sidelines of the 98th Indian Science Congress. Karunanidhi, who did not meet the prime minister [...]
Karunanidhi meets PM, says alliance is intact
January 3rd, 2011 |
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DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Raj Bhavan here Monday morning and said the “alliance is intact”. The meeting at the Raj Bhavan lasted 25 minutes. Karunanidhi had not met the prime minister as expected Sunday, when Manmohan Singh arrived here. “The alliance is intact,” [...]
Raja at CBI office for questioning
December 24th, 2010 |
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DMK leader and former communications minister A. Raja Friday reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Delhi for questioning in the 2G spectrum scam. Raja reached the CBI office at the CGO complex in south Delhi around 10.30 a.m., a CBI officer said. Raja had come to Delhi Wednesday and said he will [...]
Rahul Gandhi on two-day Tamil Nadu visit
December 22nd, 2010 |
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Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi arrived here Wednesday on a two-day visit to Tamil Nadu to enthuse more youth and women to join the party’s youth wing. He was accorded a warm reception by state Congress Chief K.V. Thankabalu and other leaders at the airport. Gandhi thereafter meet the office bearers of the state Youth [...]
Uproar in Lok Sabha over Alagiri’s absence
April 22nd, 2010 |
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The opposition parties caused disruption in the Lok Sabha Thursday as Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Alagiri failed to show up during question hour.
The uproar began when Speaker Meira Kumar invited Alagiri’s deputy Srikant Jena to answer a listed question by Kachchadia Naranbhai.
“The honourable minister is missing,” Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said as the [...]
Karunanidhi offers help to Prabhakaran’s mother
April 19th, 2010 |
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The Tamil Nadu government is ready to help the mother of slain Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to get medical treatment in the state, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said Monday.
Karunanidhi told the assembly that he knew from news reports that the ailing Parvathi Ammal was presently getting medical treatment in Kuala Lumpur.
“If she declares that [...]
Legislative council will be revived: Karunanidhi
April 7th, 2010 |
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Wednesday said the government plans to revive the legislative council or the upper house which was abolished in 1986.
Responding to a suggestion from DMK member Anita Radhakrishnan to revive the council, Karunanidhi said he and several other members of the assembly are in agreement with the idea and necessary [...]
Madras High Court dismisses Nalini’s plea for release
April 6th, 2010 |
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The Madras High Court Tuesday dismissed an appeal for premature release by Nalini Sriharan, serving a life sentence for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Agreeing with the submission of the Tamil Nadu government, a bench of Justice Elipe Dharma Rao and Justice K.K.Sashidharan said that in a case investigated and filed by [...]
Tamil Nadu rejects Nalini’s plea for release
March 29th, 2010 |
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The Tamil Nadu government Monday rejected the demand for the release of Nalini Hariharan, sentenced to life for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The government submitted its decision to the Madras High Court, citing the ruling of the Prison Advisory Board.
Congress party leaders had opposed the release of Nalini and others convicted [...]
PM to inaugurate new Tamil Nadu Assembly building
January 13th, 2010 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the new building of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly March 13.
In a letter dated Jan 9 to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the prime minister said his office in consultation with the state government will finalize the details of the function.
Karunanidhi had Dec 30 invited Singh to inaugurate the new [...]
Torrential rains claim 75 lives in Tamil Nadu
November 11th, 2009 |
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The death toll in rain related incidents in Tamil Nadu has gone up to 75.
Nilgris district alone has reported 42 deaths, as people were killed in landslips and wall collapse.
Torrential rains had triggered landslides and traffic on the Mettupalayam- Udhagamandalam Ghat section has been completely cut off.
Vehicular traffic in various parts of the district has [...]