In an article published in the DMK's party mouthpiece 'Murasoli', he said, "I can tolerate any disputes they wanted to create in my family but how can I do so when they continuously indulge in blaming my government and my party."- DMK will not be satisfied till a ceasefire was enforced in the embattled north Sri Lanka, party president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said on Sunday.
Stepping up the pressure on the government on the Lankan Tamil issue, 14 DMK members of Lok Sabha, including seven union ministers, on Friday night submitted their resignation to party chief M Karunanidhi.
Sri lanka said on Thursday that the demand from political parties in Tamil Nadu for a ceasefire in the island nation appeared to be orchestrated by the Tamil Tigers.
Her resignation comes a day after the all-party meeting on the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils passed its resolution that all members of Parliament from Tamil Nadu would quit within a fortnight to press the demand.- Tamil Nadu Congressmen' dream of tasting power in the state after a gap of over four decades now seems to be a "closed chapter" as the party High Command has asked senior leaders not to comment on the issue with Lok Sabha elections round the corner.
- The Tamil Nadu government is set to release 1,405 life convicts lodged in various prisons across the state on the occasion of birth centenary of DMK founder and former Chief Minister Late C N Annadurai on Monday.
- Days after announcing withdrawal of support to the ruling DMK, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Friday exhorted Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to join the proposed third front.
The government would respond to the Supreme Court's suggestion for an alternative alignment off the Ram Setu for the Setusamudram shipping channel, the court was informed on Thursday.
Communist leaders Prakash Karat and D Raja were on Sunday set to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi over the India-US nuclear deal stalemate that is threatening the future of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday ruled out revival of ties with its erstwhile ally Pattali Makkal Katchi even if the latter expressed regret over vituperative remarks of its senior leader J Guru.
Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday said that he was "ready to resign" from the union cabinet whenever the party asks him to do so.
DMK's snapping ties with PMK ending a successful alliance, which swept the 2004 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, was expected to hasten the emergence of a new front lead by AIADMK as PMK is likely to cast its lot with Jayalalithaa for next general elections.- The alliance between the DMK and the PMK, constituents of Congress-led UPA at the Centre, is on the brink of collapse as both the parties have taken extreme stands on continuing their relationship.
- The strained relationship between the ruling DMK and its key ally PMK on Friday reached a flashpoint with the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi asserting that his party would take a decision whether to continue the relationship "in five or six days."
- The war of words between ruling DMK and its key ally PMK seems to be reaching a flash-point with both hurling charges against each other. The latest being PMK founder S Ramadoss' remarks that the government was "unfit" to rein in "money-fleecing" self-financing engineering colleges.
- Even as the controversial Sethusamudram project is locked in a legal battle, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday asked the Centre to take steps to implement the project as it was "a must" for national security and the economic development of the state.
- DMK patriarch and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday appealed to the opponents of Sethusamudram Ship Canal project not to stall it in the name of Lord Ram and cooperate with him to ensure its implementation.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari created history of sorts on Thursday when he asked a member to "withdraw" from the house for persistent defiance.
A day after National Security Advisor M K Narayanan expressed concern over increased presence of Maoists and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, state Director General of Police P Rajendiran said on Monday that the menaces were "very much under control".
