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...
The DMK has moved a privilege notice, on the leakage of the Joint Parliamentary Committee report, against JPC chairman PC Chacko. The party has sort the resignation of Chacko in the matter. The party has submitted the notice to the Speaker and will be taking u...
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...
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...
The Tamil Nadu film fraternity, including superstar Rajinikanth, went on a daylong hunger strike to protest against alleged war crimes against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
In this episode of the 30 Minutes, the issue discussed is DMK's withdrawal from the UPA government and how it has put the UPA and country in a cauldron.
While students protests are threatening to disturb peace in Tamil Nadu, DMK goes on a threatening mode. It has announced that it will soon withdraw all support from the Congress. Is there a solution for this Sri Lankan issue? Congress leader Trichy Velusamy de...
The government will bring a resolution in the Parliament on Sri Lanka. Sources claim that the resolution may not exactly be in line with what DMK wants, but it will be in line with the national interest. The government doesn't want a resolution which impinges ...
Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar has indicated that the elections will take place as per scheduled, next year. He has indicated that the UPA government will last its course. He also said that the Congress will pacify DMK chief Karunanidhi. Earlier, there were speculati...
Five ministers of the DMK are expected to resign from the Union cabinet after the DMK patriarch today announced that the party was withdrawing from the UPA coalition government. The Congress core committee has gone into a huddle to discuss this threat to its s...
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla, in his statement to the press, says that the government has nothing to worry about. He also said that Karunanidhi and DMK's requests have been taken into consideration and a meeting has been called to discuss the same.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi says that the UPA government has nothing to worry about as it still has the numbers and is stable. He also added that the DMK has said that it will rethink its resignation. Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said that the DMK wa...
DMK withdraws its support from the UPA government over the Sri Lankan issue, but in a statement, DMK has said that the party would give the government time till March 25th. If the government agrees to its demands, it will return to the coalition. In a statemen...
After the DMK's decision to pull out of the UPA, the government has called for a Cabinet meet. The Cabinet committee will discuss the Sri Lanka issue and look for ways to meet the demand put out by the DMK.
The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), which is also part of the UPA coalition, has said that they would also withdraw support from the government. They have one seat in the Parliament.
DMK leader Vasanthi Stanley says it's not about UN resolution now. India must take a strong stand against the Sri Lanka by passing a resolution against the country in Parliament.
Sri Lankan war crimes protesters stop the Egmore-Puducherry passenger train near Chengalpet, and demand that Rajapaksa be declared a war criminal. The protests in Tamil Nadu have taken a turn for the worse, as a man today set himself on fire in Madurai.
Koyembedu traders sit on a one-day token strike against the SL war crimes. One of them even said that the UPA government should be dissolved as it does not care for the Tamil people. They also demand an international probe into the killings of Tamils during th...
The vegetable market in Koyembedu wears a deserted look as the traders sit on a one-day token strike against the SL war crimes. They also demand an international probe into the killings of Tamils during the war, and the inclusion of the word 'genocide' in the ...
DMK leader Anbarasu expresses happiness over the party's decision to quit the UPA government. He says that the Centre never had any interest in bettering Tamils' situation in Sri Lanka and that this decision is surely a lesson for the government.
A visibly miffed Karunanidhi announces that his party is pulling out of the UPA coalition, after the Centre showed no signs of even attempting to help the Tamils in Sri Lanka. The leader announced that the party was resigning from the government as it was left...
Five DMK ministers will quit the Cabinet, after the party withdrew support from the UPA government. The party is represented by one Cabinet minister, MK Alagiri, and four Ministers of State. The party pulled out after the Centre refused to take a decision on v...
Pleased over the party's decision to quit the UPA government, DMK members burst crackers and praise Karunanidhi for his bold decision. The members also said that this has taught the Centre a lesson for not respecting Tamil sentiments.
Keeping in mind the numbers at the Centre for the UPA, the government will not be in much of a fix with the withdrawal of support of DMK. However, the resignation is not yet final, as DMK has given the government two more days to agree to their demands. If the...
RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav urges DMK leader Karunanidhi to reconsider his decision, says that he understands his concern for the condition of the Sri Lankan Tamils. He says that the concern is shared by the entire nation. He also adds that DMK should not end...
Several organizations including a directors' association in Tamil Nadu go on a strike against the alleged war crimes committed on Tamils by Sri Lanka. In the meantime, Karunanidhi also announces the withdrawal of support from the UPA government. A few snippets...
We should have just one foreign policy and not something that is guided by the interests of a particular region, says Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP leader. He was referring to the DMK exerting pressure on the Centre asking it to modify the country's stand on the is...
DMK partymen celebrated at the party office in Chennai the announcement of their leader K Karunanidhi's withdrawal from the UPA government at the Centre. The DMK today withdrew support to demand redrafting of India's resolution on Sri Lanka at the forthcoming ...
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said there was no danger to the UPA from the withdrawal of the DMK. Chidambaram said he had met the DMK leaders in Chennai and suggestions made by the DMK with regard to India's stand at the UN meet on human rights were bei...
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury has welcomed the decision of the DMK to walk out of the UPA coalition. Yechury said he is not sure if the DMK will continue to support the UPA from outside.
The DMK withdraws its support from the central government over the Sri Lankan issue. This news comes in as a huge shock for the UPA government as DMK has 18 seats in the Lok Sabha. The resignation means that the UPA government is now in a delicate condition at...
Karunanidhi withdraws support from the UPA government over the Sri Lankan issue. But according to sources, the DMK government will support the UPA from outside at the centre. Five of the DMK ministers in the UPA government will submit their resignations by the...
External affairs minister Salman Khurshid, in a last-ditch attempt to appease key ally DMK, says that the government will ask for an independent probe into the alleged human rights violations in Sri Lanka. The DMK has been threatening to pull out of the govern...
DMK supremo M Karunanidhi announces at a press conference that his party is pulling out of the United Progressive Alliance. The DMK chief says that the Centre has failed to accept their demands on the resolution against Sri Lanka.
Karunanidhi threatens to pull out from the government at the Centre over the Sri Lanka issue. The Congress government had sent three of its leaders to speak to Karunanidhi but the talks fell through as his demands were huge. If Karunanidhi's demands are not me...
A day after he was taken to task by the Congress over his offensive remarks against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayalam Singh Yadav, steel minister Beni Prasad Verma kept away from UPA's Cabinet meeting. This adds to UPA's woes which is already under pressure due ...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi says that government of India stands for human rights issue in Sri Lanka. She said this while addressing the CPP meeting in New Delhi. Taking a tough stand on India's foreign policy, she said no country should take India for gra...
In a significantly watered down version of a resolution on Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes, the United States has now called for an internal probe and not international inquiry into the reports. In the third amended draft of the UN resolution against Sri Lank...
MDMK leader Vaiko motivates students to continue with their protests and reiterates the need for a referendum in the Tamil populated areas of Sri Lanka. He says that several countries have been formed after a referendum and is the only way out for a peace proc...
Tamil Nadu Film Director's Association (TNFDA) goes on a one-day hunger strike to support the Sri Lankan Tamils' cause. The association is headed by Ameer Sultan and the strike will take place from dawn to dusk. The vegetable market at Koyembedu will also wear...
Talks between Congress leaders P Chidambaram, AK Antony, and Ghulam Nabi Azad, and DMK chief Karunanidhi end in failure as the latter threatens to pull out of the UPA if his demands are not met. The DMK wants to move a resolution against Sri Lanka to bring an ...
If India does not move its own resolution against Sri Lanka, and suggest changes in the upcoming US-backed resolution against the country, the DMK has threatened to quit the UPA coalition. The US resolution does not call for an international probe and DMK want...
In a gruesome incident, a man sets himself ablaze, screaming slogans against Sri Lanka. A man arrived near a petrol bunk in Goripalayam, Madurai, and started shouting slogans against Sri Lanka, and then dousing himself with fuel, he set himself on fire. He was...
The attempts by top Congress leaders to pacify its Southern ally, the DMK, have failed to cut any ice as DMK supremo M Karunanidhi, who threatened to pull the plug on the UPA government remains defiant, reiterating his demands. The DMK chief has further demand...
News Night | The government is trying hard to mollify DMK chief Karunanidhi after he threatened to withdraw support to the UPA government over its stand on the Sri Lanka issue. A three-member team appointed by the UPA government is at Chennai to diffuse the cr...
The Congress has given DMK chief M Karunanidhi a timely peace offering. India has deferred the defence secretary level talks with Sri Lanka. This decision was unveiled in midst of Karunanidhi-Congress meet. Sources say that the meeting is scheduled for the mon...
The DMK is contemplating to extend only outside support to the UPA. The party wants the government to move amendments to US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka. Sources claim that DMK chief M Karunanidhi will be consulting his son Stalin before taking a final de...
Congress sends top leaders like P Chidambaram, AK Antony, and Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet DMK leader Karunanidhi to pacify him and convince him to not quit the coalition. The leader had earlier threatened to do so if India did not vote against Sri Lanka at the UN...
The three-member team appointed by the UPA government to diffuse the crisis with DMK and Karunanidhi has reached Chennai and will meet DMK supremo Karunanidhi later today. The team comprises of Ghulam Nabi Azad, AK Anthony and P Chidambaram. The DMK has reject...
DMK chief Karunanidhi blackmails the Centre again, threatening to pull out of the coalition, if India doesn't vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka. After this threat, several Congress leaders have been trying to pacify the DMK. PM Manmohan Sin...
In a strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister, TN Chief Minister Jayalalithaa says she is deeply dismayed by his comments and statements made on the issue of human rights violations of Sri Lankan Tamils.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa writes to Prime Minster Manmohan Singh demanding a tough stand against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council.
DMK chief Karunanidhi threatens to quit the UPA government following the Sri Lanka issue. The Congress party has sent its three main politicians, P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad to Chennai to update the DMK leader on the issue. DMK forms an integ...
P Chidambaram, AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad will leave for Chennai shortly to meet DMK Chief Karunanidhi over the issue of vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council meet.
DMK chief Karunanidhi blackmails the Centre again, threatening to pull out of the coalition, if India doesn't vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka. After this threat, several Congress leaders have been trying to pacify the DMK. PM Manmohan Sin...
Ahead of the crucial vote at the UNHRC over the war crimes committed by Sri Lanka, pressure is mounting on the UPA government to spell its strategy as the biggest ally of the government, DMK, has asked the government to make its stand clear on the issue. A tea...