Karunandhi

• DMK chief Karunanidhi seeks aerospace institute in Tamil Nadu

  DMK president M Karunanidhi today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up an aerospace propulsion technology institute and the second rocket launch pad in Tamil Nadu.

• DMK chief Karunanidhi asks Centre and state government to help fishermen detained in Iran

  DMK President M Karunanidhi today urged the Central and state governments to take prompt action towards the release of 16 fishermen who are currently lodged in a jail in Iran.

• Alagiri skips DMK meet, party tones down attack on Centre

  Dual headlines emerged from a meeting of senior leaders of the DMK in Chennai today - firstly, MK Alagiri was absent, signalling that he remains upset with his father and party chief M Karunanidhi; secondly, the DMK session went easier on the Centre than anticipated.

• DMK withdrawing support: History could turn full circle

  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.

• Karunandhi tells Congress Raja won't resign

  The UPA has blinked on taking on its key ally the DMK over Telecom Minister A Raja's alleged involvement in a scam over the allotment of 2G spectrum.