Mdmk Chief Vaiko

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief and MP Vaiko on Wednesday released the party's election manifesto at the MDMK party Office in Chennai and promised to ensure that jobs in Tamil Nadu will be reserved for Tamils.

Farooq Abdullah is under detention under the Public Safety Act and his detention can be challenged before an "appropriate authority", the Supreme Court told MDMK chief Vaiko today, refusing to further entertain his petition.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today hit out at the government over the detention of Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act and questioned whether the step was prompted by MDMK chief Vaiko's plea in the Supreme Court seeking a directive that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister be produced before it.

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, or MDMK, chief Vaiko alleged on Monday that Kashmir has been made a "prison" and said he would visit National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, now under detention, in Srinagar at an appropriate time.

The MDMK leader Vaiko filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court this morning to produce former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, the party said.

A selfie or a photograph with MDMK chief Vaiko will now cost Rs 100.

In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court suspended the one-year sentence awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case on Thursday.

MDMK chief Vaiko has moved the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the order of a lower court, which convicted him of sedition in a 2009 case and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a year.

Tamil politician V Gopalaswamy or Vaiko today filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls, a day after the MDMK chief was sentenced to a year in jail for sedition by a Chennai court.

MDMK Chief V Gopalasamy or Vaiko, one of the is all set to return to parliament after 15 years. His party today nominated him as its candidate for upcoming elections to the Rajya Sabha.

MDMK chief Vaiko today announced his party's support to the DMK in the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll scheduled on December 21, the first such gesture after over a decade.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Tuesday called on DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi at the latter's residence in Chennai and enquired about the health of the nonagenarian leader.

Tamil Nadu politician Vaiko or V Gopalasamy was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday and accused of being a supporter of the banned LTTE during hours of questioning at the Kuala Lumpur airport. The MDMK chief was to attend a wedding at the invitation of P Ramaswamy, the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang province.

A court in Chennai has granted bail to MDMK chief Vaiko, who had been in jail since April 3, in a 2009 sedition case.

MDMK leader Vaiko today visited Apollo Hospitals where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment and expressed confidence that she would return home in good health.

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) Chief and MP Vaiko on Wednesday released the party's election manifesto at the MDMK party Office in Chennai and promised to ensure that jobs in Tamil Nadu will be reserved for Tamils.

Farooq Abdullah is under detention under the Public Safety Act and his detention can be challenged before an "appropriate authority", the Supreme Court told MDMK chief Vaiko today, refusing to further entertain his petition.

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal today hit out at the government over the detention of Farooq Abdullah under the Public Safety Act and questioned whether the step was prompted by MDMK chief Vaiko's plea in the Supreme Court seeking a directive that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister be produced before it.

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, or MDMK, chief Vaiko alleged on Monday that Kashmir has been made a "prison" and said he would visit National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, now under detention, in Srinagar at an appropriate time.

The MDMK leader Vaiko filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court this morning to produce former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah, the party said.

A selfie or a photograph with MDMK chief Vaiko will now cost Rs 100.

In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court suspended the one-year sentence awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case on Thursday.

MDMK chief Vaiko has moved the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the order of a lower court, which convicted him of sedition in a 2009 case and sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for a year.

Tamil politician V Gopalaswamy or Vaiko today filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha polls, a day after the MDMK chief was sentenced to a year in jail for sedition by a Chennai court.

MDMK Chief V Gopalasamy or Vaiko, one of the is all set to return to parliament after 15 years. His party today nominated him as its candidate for upcoming elections to the Rajya Sabha.

MDMK chief Vaiko today announced his party's support to the DMK in the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll scheduled on December 21, the first such gesture after over a decade.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Tuesday called on DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi at the latter's residence in Chennai and enquired about the health of the nonagenarian leader.

Tamil Nadu politician Vaiko or V Gopalasamy was denied entry into Malaysia on Friday and accused of being a supporter of the banned LTTE during hours of questioning at the Kuala Lumpur airport. The MDMK chief was to attend a wedding at the invitation of P Ramaswamy, the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang province.

A court in Chennai has granted bail to MDMK chief Vaiko, who had been in jail since April 3, in a 2009 sedition case.

MDMK leader Vaiko today visited Apollo Hospitals where Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment and expressed confidence that she would return home in good health.