Mincing no words DMK leader Stalin says that the only achievement of the AIADMK government is successfully quelling the voices of the Opposition and suspending MLAs. Speaking at an event, he said that the Assembly is convened everyday only to praise the CM.
DMK and the Left have moved a Privilege motion against Joint Parliamentary Commission chairman PC Chacko. Chacko says that the demand for his resignation is a political move. The DMK has alleged that he had leaked the panel's draft report on the 2G spectrum al...
Achil Vandhavai | Investigations into the Bangalore blasts have begun and the police claim that several suspects are being questioned. Who could have been the reason behind the attacks? Also discussed, DMK protests and more.
DMK supremo M Karunanidhi has asked the Centre to reconsider death sentences of seven prisoners in Tamil Nadu, as well as that of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar. Karunanidhi has sought commutation of sentence for Rajeev Gandhi's killers and also Veerappan's associa...
Newshour | In case the elections are held today, based on results produced by the CVoter poll projections, it has been found that the Congress is losing ground, but despite that the BJP is failing to capitalise. CVoter projects a divided vote giving no clear m...
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 ...
The DMK walks out of the Tamil Nadu Assembly after Stalin's request to expunge a remark made by Housing and Urban Development Minister R Vaithilingam against DMK leader Karunanidhi, was ignored by the Speaker. Vaithilingam had earlier accused Karunanidhi of ca...
Zero Hour | Veerapandian of the Dravida Iyakka Thamizhar Peravai, talks about the Eelam problems in Sri Lankan and clarifies that the DMK is not trying to deflect the real issue. He also justifies why DMK pulled out of the UPA government.
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.
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...
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...
Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Meal Programme, B Valarmathi criticises the TESO recommendations, angering the DMK, during the Tamil Nadu Assembly debate. The DMK leaders, headed by MK Stalin, then staged a walkout.
Argument over school lunches ensues during the debate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. While the DMK took credit for introducing the five eggs a week scheme, the AIADMK argued that when MGR introduced this scheme long ago, it was Karunanidhi who rejected the idea. ...
Achil Vandhavai | CM Jayalalithaa accuses the Centre of unnecessarily increasing the burden of the common man by increasing prices. Also discussed, Karunanidhi's blame game, DMK's walkout, and TASMAC protests.
The DMK tries bringing up the issue of the arrest of an Apollo hospital doctor's arrest, but is denied permission by the Speaker. Following this, the leaders staged a walkout. 70-year-old Dr Karunanidhi was arrested on March 28 after he stopped a police inspec...
DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, in a press statement, has said there is no possibility of the party giving any outside support to the UPA as the government did not meet the party's demands about Sri Lankan Tamils. This, after the party chief had earlier said all op...
Ten days after the DMK withdrew support from the UPA government, the regional party supremo is firm about the pullout. According to party sources, the DMK will not be giving outside support to the UPA government either.
In an interview with the media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that he is confident that UPA would complete its term at the Centre. He also said that in spite of the challenges faced in a coalition government, Congress would continue to work for the nation...
A week after DMK's dramatic exit from the UPA government, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi has written to DMK cadres over the party's exit from the UPA. He says that the party hasn't achieved anything by quitting its alliance with the UPA. He has asked a rhetorical q...
Achil Vandhavai | Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa accused Karunanidhi of having double standards as his grand nephew's IPL team has two Sri Lankan players. Also discussed SP's third front talk, the never-ending Sri Lankan protests, and more.
DMK chief M Karunanidhi is in a fix over the inclusion of Sri Lankan IPL players in Sunrisers Hyderabad, the team owned by his family, as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has accused the DMK patriarch of double speak. DMK's defence that IPL is merely a...
After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa accused DMK supremo Karunanidhi of double standards, party spokesperson retorts that she has no right to question DMK on its IPL team. IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad is owned by Sun Network, which is run by Kar...
A minor Cabinet reshuffle is expected to fill in the vacancies created after five DMK ministers resigned after the party withdrew support from the UPA.
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...
DMK denies any rift within the party in the wake of former Union Minister MK Alagiri missing the crucial executive committee meet of the party. During the meet, DMK, in a resolution, has hit out at the Congress-led UPA government for not doing enough with rega...
DMK, in its executive committee meet, has passed a resolution, demanding India to boycott the Commonwealth meeting in Colombo. Further on, the party has reiterated its stand that India should move for an internationally monitored probe into the war crimes comm...
Former Union Minister MK Alagiri, who is reportedly miffed as he was not consulted about the party's decision to pull the plug on the UPA government over the Sri Lanka war crimes issue, skips the crucial DMK executive committee meet. This move by Alagiri revea...
Former Union Minister MK Alagiri, who is reportedly miffed as he was not consulted about the party's decision to pull the plug on the UPA government over the Sri Lanka war crimes issue, skips the crucial DMK executive committee meet. This move by Alagiri revea...
DMK, which pulled the plug on the UPA government over the Sri Lanka war crimes issue, has called for an executive committee meet to discuss the Lanka issue. However, all seems to be not so well with the party as former Union Minister MK Alagiri is unlikely to ...
Since the time Rajya Sabha convened at 11.00 AM, the Speaker has not got even one minute of respite. DMK ministers have been cornering the government on the alleged political vendetta being carried out on MK Stalin.
PMK leader Ramadoss accuses DMK chief Karunanidhi of faking concern for the Tamils in Sri Lanka. He also alleged that Karunanidhi did not do anything when he was in power in 2009, when the war in Sri Lanka was at its peak. Karunanidhi was also the reason why L...
Another young man loses his life tragically after setting himself ablaze during a meeting called to condemn the Tamil killings in Sri Lanka. 29-year-old Vikram, hailing from Thiruverkadu, Chennai, rushed into a protest meeting in Nerkundram, and pouring kerose...
Newshour | With today's raids against the DMK chief's son Stalin, has the CBI been reduced to India's biggest political tool? Why should CBI's use as a political tool be acceptable? Former CBI director Vijay Ramarao, DMK leader TM Selvaganapathi, BJP leader Ma...
Centrestage | Were the raids at MK Stalin and MK Alzhagiri's house an act of desperate political vendetta? Ex-director of CBI RK Raghavan, Mahesh Jethmalani and BJP leader Congress leader Salim Sherwani debate on whether the raid was done by the government as ...
Centrestage | Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari talks about the CBI raid that was conducted in DMK supremo Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin's house. The raid took place 48 hours after the DMK withdrew from its alliance with the UPA. Did ...
News Night | Two days after the DMK withdrew from the UPA, the CBI raided MK Stalin and Alzhagiri's house. The DMK alleges that the government was behind the raids, but the government denies allegations and calls it 'unfortunate'. The PM has also said that inv...
India voted against Sri Lanka at UN Human Rights Conference, but failed to make any move to add amendments as proposed to the DMK and other pro-Tamil parties. India supported the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights violations of Sri Lanka...
MoS PMO V Narayanaswamy says that the raid done by the CBI in DMK supremo Karunidhi's son MK Stalin's house was not ordered by the government and that the government is investigating the matter. He conveys to the DMK that the government does not go behind any ...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expresses regret over the news of raids on DMK supremo Karunanidhi's son, MK Stalin's house. He says that the timing of the raids is unfortunate and that the government did not order the raids. He says that the government will fin...
In a statement to the media, MK Stalin says that the CBI raid was purely a matter of revenge. He also added that he had no idea why the raid was conducted. The CBI raided Stalin's Chennai residence just two days after DMK withdrew support from UPA government a...
The Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, strongly condemns the CBI raid at DMK chief's son, MK Stalin's house today. He said that he has conveyed his feelings about the raid to the concerned ministry and also added that the timing of the raid was bad as the people...
Once again Congress has been accused of using CBI for its personal gains. CBI has been nicknamed as 'Congress Bachao Institute' as the raids at DMK leader MK Stalin's house is being viewed as a move made in revenge. Stalin has also accused the Congress of usin...
Finance Minister Chidambaram expresses his displeasure at the CBI raid at DMK leader MK Stalin's residence in Chennai. He says that he normally doesn't interfere with the working of other ministries but this time around he spoke to the concerned minister and e...
The CBI's Chennai office conducts an early morning raid on DMK chief Karunanidhi's son Stalin's house. Stalin says it is political vendetta. But sources say that the directorate of revenue intelligence raided his house over allegations for not submitting finan...
Reacting to raid carried out at the residence of DMK leader MK Stalin, BJP accuses the government of misusing CBI for political gains. BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy claims that the government, through this raid, is attempting to send across a stern warnin...
Even as India gears up to vote over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue, DMK, which pulled the plug on the UPA alliance over the government's indecisiveness on the issue, appears to be paying the price for its decision to pullout as the CBI has carried out raid at...
DMK leader MK Stalin, whose residence has been raided by CBI, has termed the raid political vendetta. The raid comes in the wake of DMK pulling out of the UPA coalition. There are indications that the CBI sleuths will raid 19 other locations. The raid relates ...
The CBI conducts a raid at DMK chief Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin’s residence in Chennai. Stalin is currently being questioned by the CBI officials. He has been accused of evading import duty on foreign-make cars. Stalin has accused the Congress of being behi...
The CBI is questioning the DMK chief's son, MK Stalin in connection with the illegal cars which he imported from abroad. The DMK workers are alleging that Congress is behind this surprise raid, as it comes just a day after DMK withdrew their support from the U...
Samajwadi Party will hold a party meeting to discuss Beni Prasad Verma's comments. In this meeting, Mulayam Singh will announce the party's decision with regard to supporting the government at the Centre. On the other hand, DMK chief Karunanidhi's stand on Con...
DMK chief, Karunanidhi in a interview to an English newspaper is of the opinion that in spite of withdrawing their support from the UPA government at the Centre, DMK would make sure that the government would not fall and it would continue its term till the 201...
CBI, which has registered a FIR against MK Stalin's son for illegally importing a car, has conducted raid at the residence of Stalin. There are indications that the sleuths will further raid other locations. Nonetheless, there are questions raised about the ti...
CBI conducts a surprise raid at MK Stalin's house in Chennai. DMK workers have gathered outside the house and they allege foul play behind the surprise raid. They allege that Congress is behind the raid as DMK withdrew its support at the Centre.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducts a surprise raid at DMK chief Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin’s house in Chennai. Stalin is currently being questioned by the CBI officials. The raid has been conducted in connection with the illegal import of ca...
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has made it clear that the party is not satisfied with the apology offered by Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma. Will the government be forced to oust Verma to appease SP as the party's support has become crucial to UPA...
Government has failed to get a consensus at the all-party meet on tabling the Sri Lankan war crimes resolution in Parliament. India is likely to vote against Sr Lanka, in favour of the UN-sponsored resolution over the war crimes against Tamils. However, it rem...
With the pullout of DMK, UPA has become heavily dependent on its highly precarious ally, the Samajwadi Party. However, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav continues to keep the government on tenterhooks over his support. Is the apology by Union Steel Minister Beni Pr...
Newshour | Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar stormed at Delhi, setting terms for the UPA saying that only backward states will rule India. He also said that his development model should be adopted. It looks as if the JD(U)-BJP ties have been tensed and Nitish added to t...
Centrestage | Hours after Karunanidhi announced that his party is pulling out of the UPA and remained adamant about getting back, the Congress is now taking revenge by unleashing the Enforcement Directorate on 2G scam accused Kanimozhi and A Raja. The money la...
Newshour | The DMK and SP are continuing with their agendas to trouble and pressurise the government. While DMK pulled out from its alliance last night, the UPA started the day with a confident message of sailing through the crisis. Mulayam Singh is upset with...
With the DMK pulling out of the UPA coalition and Samajwadi Party on a threatening mode, how is the government going to survive the crisis? Senior journalist Ajay Bose, political editor of Outlook magazine Sabah Naqvi, senior journalist Shesh Narain Singh disc...
With the DMK pulling out of the UPA coalition and Samajwadi Party on a threatening mode, how is the government going to survive the crisis? Congress leader Manish Tewari speaks on the crisis. He speaks on the stability of the government in the coming days. He ...
With the DMK pulling out of the UPA coalition and Samajwadi Party on a threatening mode, how is the government going to survive the crisis? Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, speaking on the issue, says UPA is on the verge of collapse. A...
DMK leader Karunanidhi slams Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa for listing out his betrayals. Earlier, Jayalalithaa had accused Karunanidhi of seeking to deceive the people of the State and cover up 'his role that caused untold misery to Sri Lankan Tamils'. Tension m...
With the DMK pulling out of the UPA coalition and Samajwadi Party on a threatening mode, how is the government going to survive the crisis? Senior journalist Ajay Bose, political editor of Outlook magazine Sabah Naqvi, senior journalist Shesh Narain Singh disc...
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav says that Beni Prasad's comments on Mulayam Singh Yadav were insulting and that he should be immediately removed from the government. He also adds that he wishes the UPA coalition continues to remain in power till the next general e...
DMK continues to step up pressure on the UPA government over the Sri Lankan war crimes issue as the party patriarch M Karunanidhi blames Indian government for the watered down US resolution on the issue. The DMK chief issues a statement saying that the US reso...
There seems to be a rift in DMK, which has decided to withdraw support to the government, as DMK ministers MK Alagiri and D Napolean have not submitted their resignations. Thus only three out of the five DMK ministers have tendered their resignation, heeding t...
DMK leader Vasanthi Stanley faints at the well of the Rajya Sabha, while shouting slogans and protesting against the government over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue. The house has been adjourned and she has been rushed to the hospital.
SS Palanimackam, S Gandhiselvan, S Jagatrakshakan, MK Alagiri and D Napolean hand over their resignation letters to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The ministers resigned after their party DMK submitted a formal letter of withdrawal from UPA to the Presiden...
After the DMK leaders demanded that a discussion be allowed on the Sri Lankan issue, the entire Parliament erupts. The Speaker denied permission, leading to protests and sloganeering inside the House. Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were then adjourned till 12 n...
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in an public gathering says that Samajwadi Party is still with the UPA at the centre and they would not withdraw support as they do not believe in creating political chaos. He also added that in the future the decisi...
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav changes his stand on his party's support to the UPA in less than 25 hours. In a statement yesterday, he had said that the DMK wouldn't submit their resignation as they were just blackmailing the government. But today he s...
TRS MLA KT Rama Rao said Telangana Congress MPs should follow the DMK MPs who resigned from the UPA over the issue of alleged genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
In spite of DMK withdrawing its support to the government, UPA continues to insist that they still have the majority to complete the term at the centre. They also organised a press conference to clear the air over the DMK issue.
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for an hour as the Samajwadi Party created an uproar in the House over Beni Prasad Verma's comments on Mulayam Singh Yadav and the party. The SP leaders demanded the resignation of Beni Prasad.
Both the Houses of the Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, have been adjourned for an hour each as the DMK party protested over the Sri Lankan Tamil issue and the Samajwadi Party leaders brought up the Beni Prasad issue. The Samajwadi party is demanding the...
The Manmohan Singh government is confident that in spite of DMK withdrawing support, they will finish their term of power at the Centre. Finance Minister, P Chidambaram said that he still hasn't understood the reason behind the DMK's sudden submission of resig...
TRS MLA T Harish Rao gives a twist to the withdrawal of DMK from UPA and also the decision of its MPs to resign from the Cabinet. He quotes similarities between the issue of DMK raising the issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka to suicides by students for the cause of ...
The three takeaways from the UPA press conference on the DMK withdrawing support are: One, the government is confident of numbers. Two, the doors are open for negotiations. And three, Chidambaram promises to take care of investors' sentiments.
Three of Congress' top Ministers - P Chidambaram, Kamal Nath and Ashwani Kumar - addressed a press conference to say that they will send a strong message to ensure that Sri Lanka carries out an independent probe into war crimes.
Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde says there is no threat to the UPA government in the wake of DMK withdrawing support over UN HRC vote against Sri Lanka.
The Congress leadership holds a press conference to address the issues arising out of DMK withdrawing from the UPA government. Congress crisis managers, ministers Kamal Nath and P Chidambaram, said no party has challenged the UPA's majority and therefore the g...
The government is expected to explain its stand on the Sri Lanka issue, over which the DMK decided to withdraw support from the UPA. It has given the government until Friday to come up with a resolution against Lanka in Parliament.
Congress leaders, Manish Tewari, Kamal Nath and P Chidambaram address the media following the DMK fall out. The DMK government withdrew its support from the UPA government citing differences with the Congress party's soft stand on the Sri Lankan government. In...
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav criticises the Congress party for its behaviour and treatment of its allies at the Centre. He goes on to say that the allies were withdrawing support from the UPA government because of Congress’ high-handed behaviour. E...
DMK MPs met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to apprise him of the need for India to take a tougher stand on the issue of alleged atrocities against Tamils in Sri Lanka. The Congress may today announce new measures to assuage the DMK, whose...
Sources have revealed that the government is planning to consult major political parties over the resolution on Sri Lankan war crimes to be tabled in Parliament. There are indications that the government has second thoughts on the resolution as DMK, which was ...
America will present its resolution on the Sri Lankan-LTTE issue on March 21 in Geneva. But by the looks of it, America has gone soft on the Sri Lankan government and have added three more paragraphs in their text in support and praise of the government. DMK w...
The Congress party decides not to continue discussions with DMK over its withdrawal of support from the government at the Centre. The DMK has submitted its resignation to the President late last night at 10.30 PM. The withdrawal of support will not affect the...
US suddenly goes soft on Sri Lanka, as the resolution adds three more paragraphs praising the country. While this should have been the most important headline in the newspapers, DMK's withdrawal from the UPA hogs the limelight. Is this the right way to go?
Congress core group has met to discuss the political crisis faced by UPA in the wake of DMK pulling out of the alliance. Congress may meet with its major allies to apprise them of the current political situation.
DMK ministers are set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to hand over their resignations. DMK decided to pull the plug on the government after the attempts by Congress leaders to pacify DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi failed.
The Congress will call for a meeting with all political leaders to discuss the Sri Lankan issue. The majority of the leaders are against the motion. Later in the day, Kamal Nath and P Chidambaram will hold a press conference regarding the same.
Declare Rajapaksa a war criminal, demand lawyers from Tarapuram. The lawyers have gone on a hunger strike, to show support for the Tamil cause. Several students in Tarapuram have also gone on a strike.
Following DMK's withdrawal of support from the UPA government, Sonia Gandhi and PM Manmohan Singh call an emergency meet at the latter's house. The meeting was called to discuss the strength of the central government and whether the part would be able to run i...
A five-member DMK team, headed by TR Baalu, meet the President and hand over the formal letter of withdrawal from UPA. With this 18 Lok Sabha DMK MPs will withdraw their support. DMK has also refused to lend the government outside support.