The chain reaction triggered by the Madurai Dinakaran episode in the DMK looks like racing towards its logical end with the voice of opposition within the DMK president’s family is growing at a rapid pace to oust Dayanidhi Maran from the party and strip him of his Parliament membership. According to informed sources in DMK […]

The National Highways Authority of India on Thursday began demolition of Shri Andal Azhagar Kalyana Mandapam, at Koyambedu, which was owned by the actor-turned politician, A. Vijayakant, to make way for a grade separator. The demolition of the marriage hall building began around 8 a.m. on Thursday with the NHAI authorities deploying dismantling, demolition and […]

The red and yellow letters boldly proclaiming Sun TV on the premises of DMK headquarters at Anna Arivalayam are missing. The posters of Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi’s 50 years in Tamil politics obliterated them. So what brought about this denouement? Apparently, this was because of the threats issued by Kalanidhi Maran and Dayanidhi […]

Sun TV Network’s market capitalisation dropped by Rs 936.54 crore in the last five trading sessions on BSE, reflecting investors’ concerns about the impact of recent political developments on the leading entertainment company. Sun TV’s market cap was above Rs 11,124.57 crore last Wednesday, and dropped to about Rs 10,188.02 crore on Tuesday. Sun TV’s […]

In an attempt to appease the powerful Nadar community in Tamil Nadu, particularly in the wake of actor Sarath Kumar’s decision to float a political party, the DMK has picked 31-year-old Radhika Selvi, MP and widow of ‘don’ Venkatesa Pannayar, to be included in the Union Council of Ministers. An official announcement said that Selvi […]

Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta on Tuesday said that all necessary steps including deployment of Central paramilitary forces would be taken by the Election Commission (EC) to ensure a free and fair poll in the by-election for Madurai (West). The final rolls for the Madurai (West) segment would be published on Wednesday, he said. The […]

  Dayanidhi Maran’s proximity to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi secured IT and Communications Minister Dayanadhi Maran a berth in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s cabinet. And this proximity again cost him the job he landed in his very first term as an MP. For Maran, 40, the grand-nephew of Karunanidhi, politics was not the first choice […]

  Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran had to resign from the union cabinet as he is said to be up against the women of DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s family. The women here would be Dayalu Ammal, mother of M.K. Azhagiri and M.K. Stalin – Karunanidhi’s sons, his ambitious daughter […]

Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran, who resigned from the cabinet, said yesterday he would not become a minister again, even if he was offered, but insisted he would always remain a “DMK man”. Addressing a press conference here, Maran claimed that United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were […]

The DMK has convened an urgent meeting of its administrative committee in Chennai tomorrow in the backdrop of the crisis in the party’s first family. The crisis was triggered by a row on who should succeed M. Karunanidhi as the party leader, which led to an attack on a daily owned by Kalanidhi Maran, the […]

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi celebrated 50 years as a legislator at a special function in Chennai on Friday, Delhi buzzed with talk that his grand nephew, Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, would pay with his job for the controversy his newspaper caused. Ties between the DMK chief and Dayanidhi and elder brother Kalanidhi […]

Tamil Nadu is all dressed up today (May 11) marking the beginning of week long celebrations commemorating 50 years of Karunanidhi’s reign as a legislator. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi are expected to attend the celebrations in Chennai today. Just days before these celebrations began; an ugly spat broke out between […]