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DMK MP Kanimozhi echoed her party’s demand for permanent resident status to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in India on Thursday, speaking in the Rajya Sabha. Urging the Centre not to treat a part Lankan Tamils who came as refugees as foreign nationals,...
Tags: Rajya Sabha, tamils refugees, Ms. Kanimozhi, DMK, Ms Kanimozhi, India, Mumbai, Sri Lankan Tamil people, Kanimozhi, Social Issues, War Conflict
Kamalakannan were on Tuesday named candidates of the ruling DMK for the Assembly constituencies of Tiruchendur and Vandavasi, which will face by-polls next month.
Tags: DMK, India, Chennai, Anitha R. Radhakrishnan, Year of birth missing, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, M. Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu state assembly election, State Assembly elections in India, Dravidian political parties, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Tamil Nadu assembly by-election, Politics of Tamil Nadu, Politics
Bowing to angry protests from opposition parties and farmers, the government Friday agreed to restore the earlier sugarcane prices. The issue was resolved at an all-party meeting convened by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also Leader of the...
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36 IST The corridors of power in the Capital are buzzing with speculation that the much-awaited auction of 3G Spectrum services may not happen in the current financial year. The auction was supposed to raise some Rs35,000 crores for the central government...
Tags: Bellary Reddys, Tamil Maanila Congress, GK Vasan, Rajsekhara Reddy, DMK, Andhra Pradesh, P Chidambaram, India, Bellary, G. K. Vasan, G. K. Moopanar, Indian National Congress, Council of Ministers of the Republic of India, Politics, Parliament of India, Konijeti Rosaiah, P. Chidambaram
In yet another somersault, the DMK has called of its proposed protest meeting over Mullaiperiyar issue, scheduled to be held in Madurai and addressed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. A party press release says the meeting has been "put off"...
Tags: Kerala, DMK, Tamil Nadu, Mullaiperiyar, mullaiperiyar dam, political mileage, dam issue, M.Karunanidhi, chief minister
Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK, a constituent of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has cancelled its Nov 1 public rally in Madurai to condemn the Kerala government for wanting to build a dam on the Mullaiperiyar river. The DMK, which is upset with union...
Tags: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, DMK, Kerala, Mullaiperiyar river
Thangkabalu on Saturday sought to play down the significance of the protest meeting proposed to be organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam against Union Minister Jairam Ramesh on the Mullaperiyar issue, saying there is nothing wrong in a party expressing...
Tags: DMK
Karunanidhi’s letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on granting permanent resident status to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu is under the Centre’s consideration, P...Mr. Chidambaram, who called on the Chief Minister at his residence, was responding...
Tags: M Karunanidhi, tamils refugees, tamils nadu, sri lankan, DMK, Tamil Nadu, resident status, chief minister, India, Chennai
With global coffee consumption growing at two million bags per annum, demand for Arabica and Robusta varieties from India is set to increase because of its quality, aroma and competitive pricing. World coffee consumption is estimated to be around 129...
Tags: Tamil Nadu Energy Company, M.K. Alagiri, million bags, DMK, India, Bangalore
The DMK and the Trinamool Congress — two constituents of the Manmohan Singh government — on Thursday joined the Opposition in attacking the Centre for its decision to hike prices of petrol and diesel. The DMK, which was particularly scathing in its criticism...
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