MDMK leader Vaiko's mother Mariammal also goes on a hunger strike for a day at Kalingapatti. The 91-year-old woman is on a hunger strike demanding that all diplomatic relationships with Sri Lanka be cut off, as the country is guilty of killing innocent Tamils.
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...
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko along with 500 MDMK supporters court arrest, demanding the closure of Sri Lankan High Commission in Chennai. Vaiko has also asked the centre government about the stand it is planning to take at the Uni...
Several Tamil organizations including MDMK and Tamil Desiya Iyakkam, protest in front of the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai. Vaiko and Pazha Nedumaran are also a part of these protests. The organizations demand that India support the UN resolutio...
MDMK leader Vaiko and his leaders protest in Delhi against Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa's visit. Vaiko claimed that Tamil Nadu will never forgive the Manmohan Singh government for aiding Sri Lanka in their murder of Tamils.
Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam supreme M Karunanidhi leads the protest against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's personal visit to India in Chennai. In Delhi, MDMK leader Vaiko takes charge of a similar protest. Rajapaksa is scheduled to visit Buddhist destin...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa is set to arrive in India for his personal pilgrimage, but already there is a furore over his arrival. While MDMK general secretary Viako will march from Jantar Mantar against Rajapaksa's visit, supporters of ethnic Tamil...
Tamil groups collectively condemn Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India as they hold the Sri Lankan President responsible for the killing of ethnic minority community in the island country during the government's conflict with the LTTE rebels. MDMK leader Vaiko l...
MDMK leader Vaiko says that all trains to Delhi today and tomorrow will be filled with MDMK leaders who will protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence. The leaders are protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's scheduled visit to Bodh...
MDMK leader Vaiko waves goodbye to more than 175 members of the party from the Egmore railway station, who are on their way to Delhi to protest against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's scheduled visit. Vaiko had earlier threatened to stage massive prot...
MDMK leader Vaiko will protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence on February 8, protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to India on the same day. The President is coming to offer prayers at the Mahabodhi temple, Bodh Gaya in ...
MDMK chief Vaiko accuses the Tamil Nadu government of giving away freebies to those who do not want it, and ignoring the farmers who have been committing suicide along with their families. He said that the government should announce financial relief for farmer...
Sinthanai Kalam | After boycotting the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls in 2011, Vaiko's MDMK has announced that it will contest in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. While the leader has remained tight-lipped about the alliances, the decision to contest the 2014 election...
Achil Vandhavai | The gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi has shocked the nation. Protests are increasing by the day and people demanding justice and stringent laws. Also debated, the anti-TASMAC protests in Tamil Nadu, pioneered by MDMK leader Vaiko.
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.
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko met Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Writers' Buildings in Kolkata, on Friday, and backed her stand that the Congress-led United Progressi...
Anti-nuclear activists have intensified the protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The protests are also backed by various political parties like the Vaiko-led MDMK. Even as the Tamil Nadu government has been consistent in its assurance ...
Anti-nuclear activists, who stage protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), have laid siege to the state Secretariat in Chennai. Hundreds of anti-nuke activists as well as political party workers have been detained by the police as these wer...
Anti-nuclear activists who protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) along with leaders of various political parties including MDMK leader Vaiko have been detained in Chennai. These were held while marching towards the state Secretariat, demandin...
MDMK leader Vaiko and his party cadre attempt to protest outside Neyveli lignite factory and demand that power supply to Karnataka be stopped immediately. He demanded that since Karnataka did not want to share water with Tamil Nadu, then it should not be givin...
MDMK leader Vaiko and his party cadre protest outside Neyveli lignite factory and demand that power supply to Karnataka be stopped immediately. He demanded that since Karnataka did not want to share water with Tamil Nadu, then it should not be giving electrici...
The Supreme Court adjourns its hearing on the Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant at Tuticorin to October 14. At the last hearing the court had directed the Central Pollution Control Board and TN Pollution Control Board to investigate on the emission ...
Slamming Karnataka for not supplying water to Tamil Nadu as per the Supreme Court order, MDMK leader Vaiko says the Neyveli Lignite Corporation should stop supplying power to Karnataka. The neighbouring state had stopped releasing water from Cauvery on October...
MDMK leader Vaiko threatens a mass agitation in front of PM's residence if the Sri Lankan President is invited again into India. Mahinda Rajapaksa was in India for the inauguration of a Buddhist university and the party had staged protests against the visit.
MDMK chief Vaiko is detained as he proceeds towards Sanchi from Chhindwara on the border of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. He warns both the Union Government and BJP that his party will not support either of them during the elections for inviting Sri Lankan P...
Even as MDMK chief Vaiko was arrested for violating prohibitory orders, party activists burnt an effigy of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and staged a black flag demonstration outside a Dharmashala where they have been detained for the past two days. M...
Tight security wards off Vaiko's attempts to enter Sanchi. Ambulances and helipads are on stand-by to deal with any emergency situation. The police arrest a handful of protestors. MDMK is protesting the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha's visit to India....
The Madhya Pradesh police has blocked all roads to Sanchi to prevent MDMK cadres from reaching there to protest Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit for the foundation stone laying ceremony of International Sanchi Buddhist University and Indic Studie...
MDMK protestors led by Vaiko are staging a sit-in dharna on National Highway 69. The protest is against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha who is visiting Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh to lay the foundation stone for a centre of Buddhist learning. Rajapaksha...
The Sri Lankan President Rajapakshe is in India and will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This has upset many Tamil parties and the DMK has demanded the Centre to cancel the visit immediately or face its wrath. Rajapakshe is part of the international delega...
MDMK chief Vaiko calls Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, 'the murderer of Tamils' and says that they feel betrayed that such a person is being given a red carpet welcome. He also lashes out at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and says t...
MDMK chief Vaiko calls Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa, 'the murderer of Tamils' and says that they feel betrayed that such a person is being given a red carpet welcome. He also lashes out at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and says t...
Despite MDMK and other political parties in Tamil Nadu lodging protests over Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visiting Sanchi, MP, the leader gets a red carpet welcome. The leader is also expected to meet the Prime Minister and the President later this w...
MDMK General Secretary Vaiko and his party workers, who were marching to Sanchi, protesting against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse to Madhya Pradesh, have been stopped at the Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border. Security has been beefed up t...
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will reach India on Thursday to inaugurate a Buddhist university in Sanchi, MP. The President is expected to meet the Prime Minister and the President and have bilateral talks with the leaders. Tamil Nadu leaders have lodg...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to Sanchi on September 21 receives a lot of flak from political parties in Tamil Nadu. While Rajapaksa is here to lay the founding stone of a Buddhist university in Sanchi, MP, leaders like Vaiko have lodged prote...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's proposed visit to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, to inaugurate an international Buddhist university, has drawn flak from Tamil parties. MDMK chief Vaiko has threatened to stage a black flag demonstration against the leader d...
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's visit to Sanchi on September 21 receives a lot of flak from political parties in Tamil Nadu. While Rajapaksa is here to lay the founding stone of a Buddhist university in Sanchi, MP, leaders like Vaiko have lodged prote...
Newshour | The upcoming visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has created a furor with pro-Tamil hardliners taking out to streets, protesting against the visit. MDMK chief Vaiko is leading a group of Tamil activists to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, deman...
Centrestage | Pro-Tamil hardliners have refused to back down from the protests against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. MDMK chief Vaiko is leading a group of Tamil activists to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, demanding the cancellation of visit....
News Night | Pro-Tamil hardliners have refused to back down from the protests against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. MDMK chief Vaiko is leading a group of Tamil activists to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, demanding the cancellation of visit. ...
News Night | Pro-Tamil hardliners have refused to back down from the protests against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse. MDMK chief Vaiko is leading a group of Tamil activists to Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, demanding the cancellation of visit. ...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan writes a letter requesting the MDMK leader Vaiko to call off his protest. Vaiko had earlier threatened to go on a strike over the visit of the Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa to Sanchi on Septemebr 21. ...
MDMK general secretary Vaiko has written a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan objecting the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and has asked the BJP government to cancel Sri Lankan President's visit. In his letter, he ha...
MDMK general secretary Vaiko has written a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan objecting the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and has asked the BJP government to cancel Sri Lankan President's visit. In his letter, he ha...
Outrage over the killing of innocent fishermen by the US Navy ship USNS Rappahannock grows with MDMK leader Vaiko and CM Jayalalithaa expressing anger. The CM has also written to the PM demanding immediate justice to the dead fisherman's family. The firing kil...
In yet another NCERT cartoon row, MDMK chief Vaiko takes objection to a cartoon that he says represents the anti-Hindi movement in negative light. He particularly objects to the cartoons of agitating students who knew no English saying it gives a wrong message...
Tamil legislators in Parliament create ruckus in Rajya Sabha over India's silence on the recently emerged execution video of the slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son.
Political representatives from Tamil Nadu create ruckus in Rajya Sabha over war crimes in Sri Lanka involving the brutal killing of slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son.
In a shocking case of brutal war crime in Sri Lanka, a documentary video exposes the bullet-ridden body of Balachandran, the son of the slain LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran.
MDMK leader Vaiko alleges that India provided logistics to the cold blooded murder of Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son in Sri Lanka, as an expose reveals the incident.
India is in a fix over the US sponsored resolution at the 19th convention of the UNHRC at Geneva, as Tamil Nadu alleges Govt hand in the cold-blooded murder of the 12-year-old son of slain LTTE chief, Prabhakaran.