Dmk Agitation

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  Tamil Nadu Ruling Party's "Warning" To Centre After Amit Shah's Hindi Remark

  The ruling DMK on Sunday "warned" the Centre against imposing Hindi, saying the Tamil people still remembered the anti-Hindi agitation by late party patriarch M Karunanidhi, implying that they would not allow it to happen.

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  Rahul Gandhi, Other Leaders Join Farmers Protest At Delhi's Jantar Mantar

  Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders, including the Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, staged a joint protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Friday to extend support to farmers protesting the centre's controversial farm laws.

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  "Was Under No Pressure": Education Panel Chief On "Hindi-Imposition" Row

  Eminent scientist and academician Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan on Wednesday denied that his team had come under any kind of pressure while drafting the new education policy, specifically over a three-language formula that many political parties claim is a means to forcibly impose Hindi on southern states.

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  DMK Slams AIADMK Over Handling Of Rain Situation

  DMK President M Karunanidhi today slammed arch rival AIADMK over its handling of the recent rains and subsequent deluge and warned that his party would soon "respond" to the ruling party "legally and through parliamentary democracy."

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  Prohibition First Task if DMK Voted to Power, Vows Stalin

  Seeking to target the ruling AIADMK over prohibition issue, DMK treasurer MK Stalin today vowed that implementing prohibition will be the first task if his party is voted to power in the Assembly polls next year.

• LIC's Hindi imposition in Tamil Nadu? Karunanidhi fumes

  A controversial circular issued by the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India asking its employees in Tamil Nadu to sign in Hindi on Mondays has come under fire. DMK Chief M Karunanidhi has condemned it. Referring to the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu during the

• Tamil Nadu police releases all DMK cadre

  The Tamil Nadu police has released all DMK cadre arrested as part of the party's jail bharo protest against what the party calls "the AIADMK's repressive regime and political vendetta".

• Blog: Public sympathy through inconvenience?

  Metro rail work, plus 'One Way' changes, plus a DMK agitation plus sudden traffic diversions. That's a deadly cocktail and prescription for a nightmare in daylight for commuters in Chennai. On normal days, traffic crawls at places like the Kodambakkam bridge. You can imagine the plight of motorists today.

• Survivor's guide to Chennai traffic during DMK's jail bharo protest today

  If you are wondering how rush hour traffic in Chennai will be hit by the DMK's 'fill the jails' agitation, here are some pointers.

• Kanimozhi gets permission to participate in the DMK agitation

  DMK leader Kanimozhi, a high profile accused person in the 2G case, has been granted permission by the CBI Special Judge O.P Saini to leave Delhi and participate in DMK's 'fill the jails' agitation tomorrow.

• Karunanidhi likely to skip party's jail bharo attempt on Wednesday

  Will DMK chief M Karunanidhi skip the much publicised 'fill-the-jails' state-wide demonstration by his party on Wednesday? Indications of his absence emerged from the party's mouthpiece 'Murasoli' this evening.

• Karunanidhi urges party cadres to conduct July 4 agitation peacefully

  Ahead of its July 4 state wide 'fill the jails' protest against ruling AIADMK over alleged foisting of cases against its leaders, DMK President M Karunanidhi on Sunday reminded party cadres to abide by the party's credo of non violence during the agitation.

• Blog: DMK warring factions unite as problems add up

  It's a hectic time ahead for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi. A feast and welcome for the UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee in Chennai on Saturday will be followed by the party's 'jail bharo' agitation on the 4th of next month. The protest to condemn the AIADMK government's alleged vindictive police action against former DMK Ministers, Mr Karun...

• DMK to step up protests against ruling AIADMK

  Stepping up its agitation against the ruling AIADMK over the arrest of its leaders, opposition DMK has said that it would hold state-wide public meetings from June 28. A statement from DMK propaganda secretaries A Raja and Tiruchi N Siva on Sunday said party chief M Karunanidhi, his son MK Stalin, Kanimozhi, MP, K Anbazhagan, General Secretary will...

• After Vaiko, Karunanidhi protests against cartoon in textbooks

  Just as the Ambedkar cartoon row was fading, a toon on the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in the 60s in a NCERT class XII textbook has kicked up another controversy in the state with key UPA ally DMK demanding its removal and other parties joining the chorus