Maran Resigns

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  E Palaniswami Must Resign After AIADMK Loss In Polls: Dayanidhi Maran

  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Dayanidhi Maran today asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to resign following the defeat of AIADMK in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

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  Two Independent Directors of SpiceJet Resign

  No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday announced resignation of two of its independent directors - Nicholas Martin Paul and R Ravivenkatesh - from its board.

• Key Contestant: Dayanidhi Maran

  The DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, who had to resign from the Union Cabinet in 2012 after his name cropped up in the scam relating to the Aircel-Maxis deal, is waging a difficult battle to retain the Chennai Central seat for the third consecutive term

• SpiceJet not mulling sale: Sun CFO

  S.L. Narayanan, the group CFO of Sun, downplayed reports that a sale of airline SpiceJet in on the cards after Kalanithi Maran and his wife, Kavery Kalanithi, resigned from the board of directors of Kal Airways, the holding company of SpiceJet. The media-to-aviation Sun group is headed by Mr Maran.

• Sun TV stocks tank after Maran resigns

  Stocks of Sun TV have closed 3 per cent lower on the NSE after Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran handed his resignation to the PM. Mr Maran has been under pressure to resign after the CBI on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had evidence to prove that Mr Maran misused his office in 2006 to force the sale of Aircel to an industrialist clos...

• DMK undecided on Maran, Raja's replacement in Cabinet

  The DMK has lost two ministers in the Cabinet in eight months, but the party is yet to decide on replacing Dayanidhi Maran with other candidates for now.The decision was conveyed by senior leader TR Baalu. "We have not decided on replacement to Dayanidhi Maran", Mr Baalu said. The statement came after Mr Maran met DMK boss M Karunanidhi at the latt...

• Marans have ensured end of DMK: Jayalalithaa

  DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran's resignation today evoked the same response from Jayalalithaa as it did from the BJP: too little, too late.  "This is something long overdue," she said in Chennai today. "The Prime Minister should have made him resign a long time ago."As Chief Minister of Mr Maran's home state, she also warned that a thorough invest...

• Dayanidhi Maran quits, DMK will stand by him says Karunanidhi

  Hours after Dayanidhi Maran resigned as Union Minister in Delhi, the head of his party, M Karunanidhi blamed the media for defaming the former minister. Mr Karunanidhi, who is Mr Maran's grand-uncle, said the DMK will stand by Mr Maran, who is being investigated for misusing his office when he was Telecom Minister, and of orchestrating a telecom de...

• Maran meets PM, may have resigned

  Amid national speculation about whether he will resign as Union Minister now that the CBI has said it has evidence against him in the telecom scam, Dayanidhi Maran has arrived at the Prime Minister's house.  Earlier this morning, Mr Maran pointedly attended a Cabinet meeting.  Sources said attendance was high - virtually every minister wa...

• BJP demands Chidambaram, Maran's resignation

  Just a couple of hours after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa accused Union Home Minister P Chidambaram of fraudulently getting elected to the Lok Sabha, the BJP too called for his resignation.Addressing a press conference today, BJP Spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said the recorded conversations of corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with former...

• Will Maran have to resign soon because of 2G scam?

  It's becoming increasingly likely, say government sources, that DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran will have to quit as Textiles Minister.Mr Maran is being scrutinized for his role in the telecom scam that's reported to be India's largest-ever swindle. A P Singh, who heads the CBI which is investigating the scam, briefed a parliamentary committee today on ...

• DMK slams Jayalalithaa for demanding Dayanidhi Maran's resignation

  A day after Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran's resignation over the 2G spectrum scam, his party, the DMK, today lashed out at her.Backing Mr Maran, the DMK said that if the AIADMK supremo didn't resign to face charges of graft in court, there was no need for the minister to...

• 2G scam: Jayalalithaa demands Maran's resignation, BJP wants him probed

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today demanded the resignation of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran following reports that his family-owned Sun TV Network was a beneficiary of pay-offs by a Malaysian company which benefited from equity sold by Aircel.Speaking to reporters, Jayalalithaa said "Maran should quit and face legal proceedin...