Aiadmk Dmk Row

The country cannot afford to lose democracy by allowing parties in power to overrule the wisdom of their political opponents with the use of State machinery, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Tamil Nadu's contempt petition against the centre for not forming the Cauvery Water Management Board on April 9. Advocate G Umapathy, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, mentioned the matter for an early hearing. The Tamil Nadu government had asked Chief Justice Deepak Misra to take its petition tomorrow ...

Agreeing to take up Tamil Nadu's petition for contempt against the central government over the Cauvery water dispute, the Supreme Court today said: "We will see that Tamil Nadu gets water".

A controversy over J Jayalalithaa's state in hospital before her death resurfaced today as the Madras High Court said it wants to confirm that her thumb prints on election documents taken last year are above board. It has asked for prints of the former Chief Minister from the Bengaluru prison, where she was jailed in 2014 for three weeks

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today accused AIADMK deputy general secretary and his rival in the party TTV Dhinakaran of "colluding with the opposition DMK" to topple his government.

For Tamil movie fans, on a scale of 1-10, this would count as 11. Superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who both inspire religious-like fervour, attended an event this evening organised by the state's main opposition party, the DMK.

A team of five leaders from Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, the DMK, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao in Mumbai and demanded the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami and five other ministers, after tax officials claimed they had found documents in raids last week that allegedly reveal their involvement in what is being called the cash for votes...

The DMK today alleged that Karnataka releases water from Cauvery only when there is surplus water available for Tamil Nadu and not as per the orders of the river dispute tribunal, and its party chief M Karunanidhi said that they support the March 28 bandh over the Mekedatu dam row.

Continuing the war of words with AIADMK supremo and chief minister Jayalalithaa over the Tamil New Year issue, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said Ms Jayalalithaa had "unilaterally" reversed his government's move to celebrate it in January out of "political vendetta."

Blaming ruling AIADMK over delay in the commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear plant, which is mired in a controversy following protests from anti-nuclear lobby, DMK president M Karunanidhi today urged the state and Central governments to take all steps to commission it immediately.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the action taken so far by the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments on the Mullaperiyar row, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday demanded that the ruling AIADMK immediately convene an all-party meet to show that all sections of society are united on the issue.

With the pressure increasing by the day on Telecom Minister A Raja to resign in the wake of alleged 2G scam, the DMK too is feeling the heat.  The DMK cadres put up anti-Jayalalithaa posters in Raja's home turf Perambular. This angered the AIADMK, as a result a fight ensued between the members of the two arch-rivals.The AIADMK has upped its an...

The country cannot afford to lose democracy by allowing parties in power to overrule the wisdom of their political opponents with the use of State machinery, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday.

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu would hold a day long hunger strike across to slam the Centre on its betrayal as they call it by not constituting the Cauvery Water Management Board (CMB).

The Supreme Court today agreed to hear Tamil Nadu's contempt petition against the centre for not forming the Cauvery Water Management Board on April 9. Advocate G Umapathy, appearing for the Tamil Nadu government, mentioned the matter for an early hearing. The Tamil Nadu government had asked Chief Justice Deepak Misra to take its petition tomorrow ...

Agreeing to take up Tamil Nadu's petition for contempt against the central government over the Cauvery water dispute, the Supreme Court today said: "We will see that Tamil Nadu gets water".

A controversy over J Jayalalithaa's state in hospital before her death resurfaced today as the Madras High Court said it wants to confirm that her thumb prints on election documents taken last year are above board. It has asked for prints of the former Chief Minister from the Bengaluru prison, where she was jailed in 2014 for three weeks

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today accused AIADMK deputy general secretary and his rival in the party TTV Dhinakaran of "colluding with the opposition DMK" to topple his government.

For Tamil movie fans, on a scale of 1-10, this would count as 11. Superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, who both inspire religious-like fervour, attended an event this evening organised by the state's main opposition party, the DMK.

A team of five leaders from Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, the DMK, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao in Mumbai and demanded the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami and five other ministers, after tax officials claimed they had found documents in raids last week that allegedly reveal their involvement in what is being called the cash for votes...

The DMK today alleged that Karnataka releases water from Cauvery only when there is surplus water available for Tamil Nadu and not as per the orders of the river dispute tribunal, and its party chief M Karunanidhi said that they support the March 28 bandh over the Mekedatu dam row.

Continuing the war of words with AIADMK supremo and chief minister Jayalalithaa over the Tamil New Year issue, DMK president M Karunanidhi today said Ms Jayalalithaa had "unilaterally" reversed his government's move to celebrate it in January out of "political vendetta."

Blaming ruling AIADMK over delay in the commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear plant, which is mired in a controversy following protests from anti-nuclear lobby, DMK president M Karunanidhi today urged the state and Central governments to take all steps to commission it immediately.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the action taken so far by the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments on the Mullaperiyar row, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Friday demanded that the ruling AIADMK immediately convene an all-party meet to show that all sections of society are united on the issue.

With the pressure increasing by the day on Telecom Minister A Raja to resign in the wake of alleged 2G scam, the DMK too is feeling the heat.  The DMK cadres put up anti-Jayalalithaa posters in Raja's home turf Perambular. This angered the AIADMK, as a result a fight ensued between the members of the two arch-rivals.The AIADMK has upped its an...