Union Minister Mk Alagiri

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  MK Alagiri Supporter Hacked To Death In Madurai: Police

  A 45-year-old supporter of former Union Minister and expelled DMK leader MK Alagiri was hacked to death by a four-member gang near Palamedu in the district on Monday, police said.

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  Alagiri's Climbdown: "Will Accept Stalin As Leader If DMK Takes Me Back"

  MK Alagiri, expelled DMK leader and former union minister, effected a complete climb-down today saying that he would accept younger brother MK Stalin as his leader if he was taken back by the party. "We are ready to join the DMK... It is obvious that I accept him (Stalin) as my leader," MK Alagiri, 67, told reporters today.

• Alagiri Offers to Return Land to Temple

  Days after being booked for grabbing temple land, former Union minister MK Alagiri has offered to return it. He said he did not know the land belonged to a temple.

• M Karunanidhi's estranged son MK Alagiri predicts doom for DMK in polls

  Former union minister M K Alagiri, suspended from the DMK by his father M Karunanidhi, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in what was described essentially as a 'thanksgiving visit,'peppered with a little bit of political talk.

• MK Alagiri's suspension from DMK may hurt party in southern Tamil Nadu

  Former union minister MK Alagiri's suspension from the DMK on grounds of "indiscipline" may have cleared the line of succession planned by party chief M Karunanidhi, but it carries the inherent danger of rendering the party's southern flank vulnerable just before general elections, due by May.

• Why DMK may have self-goaled with Alagiri suspension

  Former union minister MK Alagiri's suspension from the DMK on grounds of "indiscipline" may not just have cleared the line of succession planned by M Karunanidhi, it has also removed the biggest stumbling block in the party's plans to forge a pre-poll alliance with actor Vijaykanth's DMDK.

• Alagiri visits Karunanidhi, downplays rift within DMK

  Former Union minister and DMK leader MK Alagiri met his father and party chief M Karunanidhi this morning for the first time after five of his loyalists were suspended from the party in Madurai for putting up controversial posters.

• DMK chief M Karunanidhi condemns elder son for his views opposing ties with DMDK

  DMK Chief M Karunanidhi today condemned his elder son and former Union Minister M K Alagiri for his views opposing any ties with the DMDK party for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.

• Jayalalithaa government moves Supreme Court to revive murder case against Karunanidhi's son MK Alagiri

  The Jayalalithaa government today approached the Supreme Court challenging the acquittal of DMK chief M Karunanidhi's son and former Union Minister MK Alagiri in a murder case.

• MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi files plea seeking return of passport

  Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras High Court Bench in Madurai seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business Interests.

• DMK functionary's murder: Seven persons surrender in court

  Seven persons, allegedly involved in the murder of 'Pottu' Suresh, a DMK functionary and associate of Union Minister M K Alagiri, today surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate Court in Dindigul district, police said.

• Sack MK Alagiri over fertiliser 'scam', Jayalalithaa tells PM

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday demanded that Union Fertiliser Minister and DMK nominee M K Alagiri be sacked in connection with the alleged fertiliser subsidy scam.

• Granite mining scam: Supreme Court dismisses Jayalalithaa government's plea against Durai Dayanidhi

  In a political setback to the Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today dismissed its appeal against anticipatory bail granted to DMK leader and Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in connection with the multi-crore granite scam in Madurai.

• Union Minister MK Alagiri's son questioned by police in granite mining scam

  Union Minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi was grilled by police in Tamil Nadu's Madurai in connection with illegal mining of granite by a company in which he was a director.

• Anticipatory bail granted to union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi

  The son of union minister MK Alagiri has been granted anticipatory bail by the Madras High Court.