Manmohan Singh And Karunanidhi

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  2G Spectrum Case Verdict Live Updates: Court Acquits A Raja, M Kanimozhi; CBI To Appeal In High Court

  A Delhi court acquitted former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been accused of masterminding the 2G spectrum scam, believed to be India's biggest ever scam, which came to light six years ago. Mr Raja is accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. A...

• DMK chief M Karunanidhi lashes out at PM over plans to meet Sri Lanka president

  DMK today hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Centre's "indifferent" approach toward Sri Lankan Tamils issue and came down on his reported plans to meet the island nation's President Mahinda Rajapaksa for bilateral talks at the upcoming BIMSTEC summit.

• DMK President M Karunanidhi seeks release of all Tamil Nadu fishermen and boats

  DMK today urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take "resolute" steps to stop atrocities on Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and retrieve confiscated fishing trawlers.

• 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.

• India should not participate in Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet: DMK

  DMK today demanded that India not participate in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM) in Colombo in November this year and warned of state-wide protests if its demand was not acceded by the Centre.

• Karunanidhi slams Jayalalithaa's 'double standard' remark on Food Security Bill

  Joining issue with his arch rival and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa over her criticism on the Food Security Bill, DMK president M Karunanidhi today indicated he had not made any explicit statement on the matter.

• 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.

• CBI raids Stalin who says it's 'political vendetta'

  MK Stalin, the politician who allegedly forged the split between the DMK and the Congress, was wakened at 7 am by a CBI team that started searching his house in Chennai. The investigators said they were looking for a Rs 1.4-crore SUV, a Hummer, bought by the politician's son more than five years ago, allegedly without paying the required import dut...

• Karunanidhi blames India for weak UN resolution on Sri Lanka

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi who quit the Prime Minister's coalition has blamed India for what he describes as a weak UN resolution against Sri Lanka. A vote on the resolution, which is sponsored by the US and deals with alleged atrocities against the country's Tamil civilians, will be held later this week.

• 'Out of the UPA alliance, no coalition dharma now,' says DMK

  Ruling out the possibility of the DMK returning to the Congress-led UPA alliance, party spokesperson and MP TKS Elangovan today said, "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills." He added, "we are out of the alliance and now there is no coalition dharma."

• 'No window for reconciliation. It has grills': DMK

  DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said that the DMK has been freed of coalition dharma and that "there is no window for reconsideration. It has grills," as five ministers are set to submit their resignations to the Prime Minister today. Meanwhile, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that the government will push for amendments to the US-sponsored ...

• Chidambaram, AK Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad to fly to Chennai to mollify Karunanidhi

  Union ministers P Chidambaram, A K Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad are being sent to Chennai to mollify DMK Chief M Karunanidhi who had threatened that his party will pull out of the ruling UPA alliance if it failed to move amendments to the US-sponsored resolution on the Sri Lankan Tamil issue at the UNHRC.

• DMK chief Karunanidhi seeks to ease family tension by meeting older son Alagiri

  At the age of 87, politician M Karunanidhi cannot contemplate retirement. The competition between his two sons - MK Alagiri and MK Stalin - remains fierce and divise for their party, the DMK, which is the biggest ally of Dr Manmohan Singh's coalition government.

• PM writes to Karunanidhi on Sri Lankan Tamils: Full text

  Prime Minister has written to DMK chief M Karunanidhi over the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils. In the letter, the Prime Minister has stated that the re-settlement and rehabilitation of Lankan Tamils remains the highest priority for India. And Sri Lanka has been told to engage Lankan Tamils on devolution of power.