Condemning the pothole-filled roads, increasing mosquitoes, and deterioration of law and order in the state, the DMK stages a massive protest. The DMK meet was called by Stalin and he spoke at the event, accusing the Chennai corporation of not doing their work...
Condemning the pothole-filled roads, increasing mosquitoes, and deterioration of law and order in the state, the DMK stages a massive protest. The DMK meet was called by Stalin and the party workers shouting slogans against the government. Dayanidhi Maran was ...
Achil Vandhavai | Tamil Nadu government honours poets for their contribution to the society. Is this a welcome move? Also discussed, the continuing war between DMK and AIADMK, the death penalty debate, and more.
For using foul language and not listening to leaders from other parties, the Councillors from the Arani municipal office, undertake a no-confidence motion against council VP Devasena Anand. She is from the AIADMK party and will have to resign if she fails to p...
Achil Vandhavai | The demand for the usage of Tamil as the official language of the Madras High Court grows as Law Minister KP Munusamy reads out CM Jayalalithaa's statement at the joint conference of the chief ministers and chief justices of high courts in De...
DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth points out that the suspension of one MLA is equal to insulting the people of that constituency. She was referring to the suspension of six DMDK MLAs by the government earlier last month. She also said that the people of Tami...
Finance Minister P Chidambaram condemns DMK and AIADMK for passing comments about how the Congress does not care for the Tamils. Ahead of BR Ambedkar's birthday celebrations, the minister addressing the Congress' general body meeting, said that ever since Raji...
Zero Hour | A year's ban on DMDK MLAs, no mikes for DMK members - and many other allegations have been thrown at the AIADMK government for not allowing any other opinions other than their own to be spoken at the Assembly. Is the government really monopolising ...
The Sri Lanka row appears to have become a prestige issue for political parties in Tamil Nadu as parties attempt to score brownie points with protests and demands over the issue. In her latest move, AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has...
While CM Jayalalithaa is expressing her concerns over the Tamils in Sri Lanka, she is also silently trying to suppress the student protests in the state, allege the DMK. The party also accused her of playing out a drama and not caring enough for the Tamils. DM...
It began with AIADMK leader V Maitreyan accusing the UPA of not being sensitive enough to the Tamil people. He then launched into the controversial AgustaWestland chopper deal debate, calling the government the 'fountain-head of scams'. Following his lead, TDP...
News Night | Rejecting the recommendations of the Pachauri Committee, the government has decided to go ahead with the Setu Samudram project, reigniting the controversy. It does not want to declare Ram Setu as a national monument. The BJP has accused that the g...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa wrote a letter to the Prime Minister thanking him for the notification of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. Meanwhile, she also renewed her call for the constitution of Cauvery M...
Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned following protests from BJP demanding a discussion on the twin blasts in Hyderabad. In the Lok Sabha, DMK and AIADMK raised the issue of the killing of LTTE chief Prabhakaran's son. BJP members rushed to the we...
Achil Vandhavai | The AIADMK government provides adequate support and ensures that the common man is not affected during the trade union strike; fresh photos of Balachandran Prabhakaran, son of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran, point to the fact that he wasn't killed ...
Accusing both the BJP and the Congress of being very supportive of Karnataka, over the Cauvery crisis, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa says that the state had finally established its rights over the river. Presiding over the mass marriage of party w...
DMK Chief and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi today dared Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa to initiate legal proceedings against him for his remarks, that she had written a letter to AIADMK founder MGR criticising actor Kamal Haasan. ...
The ruling AIADMK party holds statewide protests against the Centre on a number of issues such as the Cauvery row, diesel price hike, and preferential treatment of Congress-ruled States for power allocation. The leaders held roadside demonstrations and shouted...
Achil Vandhavai | PM Manmohan Singh has talked tough with Pakistan and has announced that business will never be same again with the country. What will be the repercussions on bilateral ties? Also discussed, the Pennycuick memorial, petrol price hike and AIADM...
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam’s (DMDK) Dalit Gangavalli MLA R Subha presented her case before National Commission for Scheduled Castes member Latha Priyakumar at a review meeting in Salem on Thursday. She requested for a re-investigation of the complaint ...
Accusing the BJP and Congress of not helping out Tamil Nadu in the Cauvery issue, the State's CM Jayalalithaa said that she will not align with either of the parties for the Lok Sabha polls. She said that AIADMK will contest the polls all alone
Speaking at a rally at Reddipatti in Namakkal, DMK party treasurer MK Stalin slammed the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for staging a walkout from the National Development Council meeting that was held in New Delhi on Thursday. He said that the Tamil...
The number of defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government has been increasing day-by-day. From DMK supremo Karunanidhi to DMDK leader Vijayakanth, several defamation and slander cases have been slapped against them for criticising the government. Shoul...
Power woes in Tamil Nadu seem to be on the rise and despite the summer months that are fast approaching, there is no tangible solution in sight. AIADMK leaders led by Thambidurai today protested demanding that the Supreme Court reallocate the surplus power sur...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promises that the government will also be able to gain approval from the Rajya Sabha. The voting would take place tomorrow. AIADMK leader Vasudev, would be beginning the discussion in the Rajya Sabha today. The Congress is confide...
Munisamy Thambidurai speaks on behalf of the AIADMK and requests the MPs to oppose the FDI in retail move. Thambidurai pointed out that more than 40 million people could be affected by this move and that while prices might go down initially, inflation will sur...
Following a tiff with MDMK leader Vaiko, loyal associate Nanjil Sampath quits the party and joins the AIADMK. Sampath had come under a lot of criticism for talking to the media directly, for opposing MDMK policies and for openly taking on leader Vaiko.
AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa says she will not go along with the Congress over the no-confidence motion being tabled by Mamata Bannerjee. The Left has called for a voting on the FDI on retail issue in the Parliament, to which she said that she would vote agains...
Congress leaders are confident that there is no danger to the UPA government over the no-confidence motion being tabled by Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the winter session of the Parliament.
Even as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee plans to topple the government through a no-trust motion over the issue of FDI in retail, there seem to be hardly any takers for her proposal. Adopting a wait and watch approach, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AI...
AIADMK core committee led by CM Jayalalithaa will meet today ahead of the winter session of the Parliament. The leaders will discuss their strategies to tackle issues in the Parliament and also corner the UPA on FDI in retail. The party will also decide on whe...
Mamata Banerjee's zeal to oust the UPA government over the FDI in retail might not have many takers as the BJP is still mulling whether or not to support the no confidence motion. As the figures stand, Mamata still needs 22 votes to even introduce the motion i...
While Mamata Banerjee seeks support from the Opposition and the Left parties, there might not be any takers for the move. Although Jayalalithaa's AIADMK has said it might support the motion, the Trinamool Congress chief is still 22 votes short of introducing i...
AIADMK has announced its support for Mamata Banerjee's no confidence motion during the winter session. The NDA however still has not announced its official stance on its support for the motion. Not many parties in the NDA want an early election and supporting ...
The CB-CID have begun preliminary investigations on the triple murder in Sivagangai. An armed gang stopped the car of a senior AIADMK leader MG Kathiresan and hacked him, his driver and his children to death. While Kathiresan, his nine-year-old son Prasanna an...
Union Minister V Narayanaswamy has claimed that his comments have been misrepresented. He has said that his alleged criticism of DMK and the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project was in fact misrepresentation of what he had said. He had faced flak for allegedly pra...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker V Dhanapal referred the behaviour of seven DMDK MLAs to the Privilege Committee for alleged breach of privilege. The MLAs include VC Chandirakumar, S Senthilkumar, R Santhi, R Arulselvan and Murugesan. The MLAs had given a letter se...
The Madras High Court orders DMK supremo Karunanidhi to appear before it on December 18 in a defamation case filed by the State Tourism Minister S Gokula Indira. The Minister filed a case against the DMK supremo, S Selvam, the editor, publisher, and printer of...
DMDK party whip VP Chandrakumar confirms news that the DMDK chief Vijayakanth and four other party MLAs had sought a meeting with Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa to discuss issues concerning their constituencies. The MLAs submitted a written request to the Speaker ...
DMDK chief Vijayakanth and four other party MLAs sought a meeting with Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa to discuss issues concerning their constituencies. The MLAs submitted a written request to the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, P Dhanapal, on Monday. Vijayaka...
Pollachi Jayaraman was elected the Deputy Speaker in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and was sworn-in on the first day of the TN Assembly by the CM Jayalalithaa. AIADMK had nominated Pollachi Jayaraman as the party's candidate for the post several days ago, and since...
DMK leader MK Stalin blames the AIADMK government of not providing enough power for consumption. He pointed out that during the DMK regime, no region had power cuts for more than two hours per day. He challenged the AIADMK government to prove otherwise and if ...
DMDK leader Vijayakanth slams the AIADMK government and says that the political drama that is unfolding in Tamil Nadu will not last and will end soon. During a Bakrid function in Madurai, he said that the government does not care about dengue victims and that ...
Pollachi Jayaraman becomes the Deputy Speaker in the Tamil Nadu Assembly and will be sworn-in at an official function tomorrow. AIADMK had nominated Pollachi Jayaraman as the party's candidate for the post several days ago, and since no other party came forwa...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa orders filling up of 1,286 vacancies in town panchayats across the State. To address the needs of the growing urban population, the 'Consolidated Urban Development Scheme' implemented by the government, is being given m...
The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) stages a protest in Erode against constant power cuts in the area. The party is blaming the mismanagement of the AIADMK led government as the cause of the acute power shortage in the state.
The Madras High Court orders DMK supremo Karunanidhi to appear before it on December 18 in a defamation case filed by the Tamil Nadu government. The State government had filed a case against Karunanidhi for spreading libel about two AIADMK members in the DMK m...
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa hoisted the party flag at the AIADMK headquarters here and garlanded the statue of MG Ramachandran, the founder of the party.
The Madurai Court issues a non-bailable warrant against Union Minister Alagiri's son, Durai Dhayanidhi, who is allegedly involved in the granite quarrying scam. Durai is absconding. His grandfather DMK chief Karunanidhi has hit out at the TN Govt calling it a ...
Following the quashing of the detention of DMK leader and former Minister Veerapandi Arumugam, by the Madras HC, the Minister is released from the Vellore prison. The Minister had been arrested, under the Goondas Act, in June in connection with the Angammal C...
The Madras High Court quashes the detention of DMK leader and former Minister Veerapandi Arumugam under the Goondas Act. The Minister had been arrested in June in connection with the Angammal Colony violence in Salem. He along with two others were arrested for...
AIADMK has nominated Pollachi Jayaraman as the party's candidate for the Deputy Speaker post in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The post of Deputy Speaker has fallen vacant following the resignation of P Dhanapal, who has since been elected as the Speaker of the TN A...
While the DMK leaders are busy wearing black and protesting over the mismanagement of the AIADMK regime, the AIADMK is leading a protest against the DMK by wearing green. The AIADMK leaders are distributing pamphlets about the party's schemes and the good work...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is set to file a contempt of court petition against the Karnataka government. The AIADMK supremo is undertaking this move following the Karnataka government's decision to defy the Supreme Court order on the releasing of C...
The Tamil Nadu govt has appointed SK Tamilarasan as the interim legislative chief. This decision comes after Jayakumar of the AIADMK was forced to resign from his post, following a squabble with other party leaders.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) will launch a series of agitations specifically in the Delta regions over the period of this month in order to protest against Karnataka for it its uncompromising attitude in the Cauvery issue. Addressing the press, the leade...
DMK president M Karunanidhi announced that from now on he will be wearing only black shirts in a bid to protest against the Jayalalitha-led AIADMK government. Speaking to reporters, he said the original plan was to wear black shirts on October 5th while partic...
An emergency meeting of the executive council of DMK was called to discuss the alleged 'political vendetta' by the AIADMK government. Close to four hundred members, including A Raja and Kanimozhi, attended the meet. The party also spoke about their future cour...
The DMK has organized for an emergency meeting with its executive council members, to build strategies against the AIADMK, in Chennai on Monday. Earlier, the AIADMK had slapped many cases against the DMK party leaders. The party said that the AIADMK's ploy is ...
A red sand quarry case has been slapped against former Education Minister and DMK leader K Ponmudi. He has bee accused of violating several provisions of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concessions Act and the Mines and Minerals Act. Another land grab case has be...
From the diesel price hike to the Cauvery water dispute, DMK supremo Karunanidhi has been saying one thing but doing another, accuses AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa. She accuses him of being two-faced and not caring enough for the people of Tamil Nadu.
R Purushothaman, president of Mannivakkam Village Panchayat, is hacked to death by an unidentified gang in broad daylight. Purushothaman was taking a morning walk when a gang with knifes and sickles hacked him to death. He was a member of the ruling AIADMK.
DMDK, AIADMK, DK, and DMK pay their respects to Periyar on his 134th birthday. Periyar's pictures were adorned with flower garlands and politicians paid respects to the leader. Periyar was one of forerunners of the Dravidian Movement and formed the Dravida Kaz...
The effects of the diesel price hike is already being felt. The All India Motor Transport Association announces a 15 percent hike in transportation costs. The prices of green vegetables are increased marginally in Mumbai. Transporters are threatening a nation-...
The Lorry Owners Association has openly condemned the unprecedented diesel price hike. The Association has threatened to go on strike if the Government refuses to rollback the diesel prices. Furthermore, the Government's decision to restrict each consumer to s...
MoS I&B S Jagathrakshakan is the latest casualty in the coal scam. Times Now has found evidence that proves that the minister's company JR Power had been allocated coal, and the company had signed a MoU with PIPDIC. He later sold the block to KSK Energy for a ...
The BJP Madhya Pradesh Home Minister admits that he invited Sri Lankan President Rajapakse for a visit, minutes after senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj made a speech at Jantar Mantar claiming that the BJP had no role in inviting the Sri Lankan premier on Indian ...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha has expressed displeasure at BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's invitation to Sri Lankan President Rajapakshe. Swaraj has invited Rajapakshe to attend a Buddhist festival in Madhya Pradesh. TN is taking a strong stand against the ...
DMK supremo Karunanidhi reacts to the standoff with Sri Lanka following the 'caution notice' issued by the Sri Lanka to its citizens. M Karunanidhi says that there is no need to blow issues out of proportion. Claiming that sporting ties between the two countri...
Over 150 pilgrims from Sri Lanka are stranded at the Poondi Madha Basilica in Thanjavur after they were mobbed on Monday evening. They have been given full police protection and will be taken to Trichy. Sri Lanka will send in an aircraft to fly them out. It h...
The Sri Lankan government has issued an advisory, asking its citizens to avoid travelling to Tamil Nadu due to the anti-Lankan protests. The advisory follows the incident at Thanjavur where around 184 Lankan pilgrims were mobbed and had to seek shelter at the ...
Sri Lankan government has issued travel advisory to its citizens in the wake of attacks against Lankan nationals who were visiting a pilgrimage centre. The anti-Lankan card played by both the DMK and the AIADMK seem to affected the diplomatic ties with Sri Lan...
The DMK claims AIADMK is targetting Alagiri's son, Durai Dayanidhi, deliberately and that it is nothing more than a political vendetta. Durai is missing and had sought anticipatory bail in the Madras High Court bench. He was the director of Olympus Granites (P...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa fires a fresh salvo at the Centre on the Padma awards. The AIADMK supremo alleges that the Centre deliberately ignored her nominees for the Padma awards. She had nominated music directors MS Viswanathan and Ramamurthy for...
Congress takes a blind leap and prepares for the possibility of a trust vote. All eyes will be on Mulayam Singh, Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati. Mulayam is likely to support Congress while Mamata and Mayawati have remained tight-lipped. Shiv Sena, SAD and AIADMK...
DMK cadres take out protest and stage 'jail-bharo andolan' to condemn police action against leaders by the AIADMK regime. The protests has been sparked off following the arrest of former minister Veerapandi Arumugam, booked under the gooda act.
Rajmohan Chandra, a 55-year-old RTI activist was hacked to death in Tiruvannamalai on Monday. Although two people have surrendered to the Tamil Nadu authorities, Chandra's wife has refused to collect the body claiming that a powerful AIADMK functionary must be...
Following the blow that the Congress received after Mamata Banerjee and Mulayam Singh Yadav's annoucement of their choice of Presidential candidates, the Congress plans on discussing the candidature with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Leader Jayalalithaa...
Newshour | The Madras High Court order which refused to dismiss the petition challenging the election of Home Minister P Chidambaram to Lok Sabha in 2009, has created an uproar with the opposition parties demanding his resignation. Should he continue in his p...
Centrestage | The Madras High Court order which refused to dismiss the petition challenging the election of Home Minister P Chidambaram to Lok Sabha in 2009 has proved to be a major setback for him as well as the UPA as the opposition parties are up in arms to...
Commenting on the the Madras High Court order which refused to dismiss a petition challenging his election to Lok Sabha in 2009, Home Minister P Chidambaram says that the order is a set a setback for the petitioner AIADMK candidate Raja Kannappan, who lost to ...
Breaking his silence over the Madras High Court order which refused to dismiss a petition challenging his election to Lok Sabha in 2009, Home Minister P Chidambaram says that the order is not a setback for him. He further stated that there are 111 poll-related...
P Chidambaram will have to face trial after the Madras High Court dismissed his petition requesting dismissal of an election fraud case during the 2009 polls. Raja Kannappan of AIADMK, who had lost to Chidambaram in the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat, had filed an p...
What kind of financial aid will Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa ask for during her meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia?
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa will meet Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to discuss the financial outlay for the state.
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa will meet Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to discuss the financial outlay for the state.
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa will meet Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, to discuss the financial outlay for the state.