Dmk Withdraws Ministers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday ordered the withdrawal of around 130 defamation cases filed against politicians between 2012 and 2021 when the opposition AIADMK was in power.

The Centre has removed the central security cover of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and DMK leader M K Stalin, officials said on Thursday.

Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa and DMK President M Karunanidhi, are among over 3,800 candidates who were left in the contest at the end of withdrawal of nominations On Monday for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.

With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.

The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." Later this month, the UN's top human rights body will vote on a resolution by the US which criticizes...

The DMK will keep a close eye on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha. This amid reports that the DMK's high level committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss India's stand on the US resolution against Sri Lanka at a United National Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ses...

The DMK-Congress alliance came back from breakpoint and finally made a breakthrough. A seat-sharing arrangement for the Tamil Nadu polls was announced in Chennai late on Monday evening. The breakthrough came after senior DMK leaders, and Union Ministers, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Alagiri met Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her r...

Just a month ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the seven-year-old Congress-DMK alliance is teetering with the DMK deciding to pull of the UPA government at the Centre, withdrawing its six cabinet ministers. At the core of this is the two parties' inability to agree on seat sharing in the state - the Congress wants to contest more seats than th...

The DMK has decided to withdraw its ministers from the Union Cabinet as Congress and the DMK could not agree on seat sharing. The DMK will now only extend issue-based support to the UPA government.Now, the UPA government's strength will come down significantly with the DMK pulling out its 18 MPs from the ruling coalition. The DMK has six ministers ...

The DMK's decision to pull out of the UPA Government appears to have come as a bolt from the blue for the Congress, which still feels all is not lost and negotiations could continue.Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi gave a guarded reaction on the development, keeping alive the hopes of a settlement on seat sharing even at this stage."There i...

Just a month ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the DMK has decided to withdraw its ministers from the Union Cabinet as Congress and the DMK could not agree on seat sharing. The DMK will now only extend issue-based support to the UPA government.This was decided at meeting of a high-level committee of the DMK this evening. The meeting had been c...

The Centre's fire-fighter External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has defused the Tamil crisis and made peace with Karunanidhi over the civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Karunanidhi had threatened to withdraw the support of all 16 of his MPs to the central government. Mukherjee's unscheduled visit was precede...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday ordered the withdrawal of around 130 defamation cases filed against politicians between 2012 and 2021 when the opposition AIADMK was in power.

The Centre has removed the central security cover of Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and DMK leader M K Stalin, officials said on Thursday.

Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa and DMK President M Karunanidhi, are among over 3,800 candidates who were left in the contest at the end of withdrawal of nominations On Monday for the May 16 Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.

Congress ministers Kamal Nath, P Chidambaram and Manish Tewari held a press conference today to explain the government's stand on the UN resolution against Sri Lanka and the withdrawal of the DMK from the government.

With DMK's withdrawal of from the UPA today, history could turn full circle 15 years after Congress pulled down the United Front coalition demanding withdrawal of DMK ministers from the government.

The Prime Minister's fragile coalition is under new pressure. Senior partner DMK has threatened to withdraw its five ministers this week from the cabinet unless India asks the UN's top human rights body to hold Sri Lanka accountable for "genocide." Later this month, the UN's top human rights body will vote on a resolution by the US which criticizes...

The DMK will keep a close eye on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reply to the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha. This amid reports that the DMK's high level committee will meet on Tuesday to discuss India's stand on the US resolution against Sri Lanka at a United National Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ses...

The DMK-Congress alliance came back from breakpoint and finally made a breakthrough. A seat-sharing arrangement for the Tamil Nadu polls was announced in Chennai late on Monday evening. The breakthrough came after senior DMK leaders, and Union Ministers, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Alagiri met Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her r...

Just a month ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the seven-year-old Congress-DMK alliance is teetering with the DMK deciding to pull of the UPA government at the Centre, withdrawing its six cabinet ministers. At the core of this is the two parties' inability to agree on seat sharing in the state - the Congress wants to contest more seats than th...

The DMK has decided to withdraw its ministers from the Union Cabinet as Congress and the DMK could not agree on seat sharing. The DMK will now only extend issue-based support to the UPA government.Now, the UPA government's strength will come down significantly with the DMK pulling out its 18 MPs from the ruling coalition. The DMK has six ministers ...

The DMK's decision to pull out of the UPA Government appears to have come as a bolt from the blue for the Congress, which still feels all is not lost and negotiations could continue.Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi gave a guarded reaction on the development, keeping alive the hopes of a settlement on seat sharing even at this stage."There i...

Just a month ahead of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, the DMK has decided to withdraw its ministers from the Union Cabinet as Congress and the DMK could not agree on seat sharing. The DMK will now only extend issue-based support to the UPA government.This was decided at meeting of a high-level committee of the DMK this evening. The meeting had been c...

The Centre's fire-fighter External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has defused the Tamil crisis and made peace with Karunanidhi over the civil war in Sri Lanka. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief M K Karunanidhi had threatened to withdraw the support of all 16 of his MPs to the central government. Mukherjee's unscheduled visit was precede...