A day after the Budget speech, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Trinamool Congress on Saturday demanded an immediate rollback of fuel price hike.

Cautioning against linguistic chauvinism, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said one language cannot dominate over another.

With Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi expressing his wish to retire by June next year, his son M K Stalin, regarded as the political heir apparent, on Tuesday hoped that the DMK patriarch would not quit active politics.

Hinting at possible retirement after middle of next year, DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said he would leave politics and ministerial posts to devote more time to work for the poor and oppressed communities.

Nearly 42,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by the war against LTTE were sent to their homes in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Thursday as the government hailed India for its assistance in the resettlement process.