Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday announced that his party would enter into an electoral understanding with the AIADMK to fight the state Assembly elections.

Is Mr M. Karunanidhi opting out of the chief ministerial race in the coming Assembly polls? Fuelling fresh speculation about his retirement plans, chief minister Karunanidhi said his DMK cadres like him more as the party president than as CM.

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee called on Tamil Nadu chief minister M.

Voicing concern over alleged attacks on Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday asked the defence force of that country not to open fire on the Indian fishermen but apprehend them if they had done something wrong.

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday hoped a solution would be found in the coming Budget Session of the Parliament to break the impasse over the opposition demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam to ensure smooth proceedings in the house.

Is this the best team that India could have picked for the World Cuo? Barring the surprise selection of Piyush Chawla, the selectors have done the predictable in picking the combination with the most weight on current form. Chawla is the exception since he last played for the country in July 2008, against Pakistan.

Batsman Rohit Sharma and pacer S.Sreesanth were on Monday omitted from India's 15-member squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup to be held in the sub-continent from February 19.

Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's personal intervention for a firm action to put an end to Sri Lankan Navy's firing on Indian fishermen.

Daniel Christian was the hero of the second day of the IPL-4 auction in Bengaluru. He has played only three T20 internationals; few know who he is. But his low profile has not stopped Deccan Chargers from spending `4.14 crore on the Australian all-rounder, 18 times his modest reserve price of `23 lakhs.

The ruling DMK will hand out 10 lakh more free TV sets, and appear on them through the many channels it controls, ahead of Assembly polls in the state.
The state government on Sunday decided to procure the additional TV sets for the sixth phase of distribution of free televisions in the state. The decision to procure the additional TV sets was taken at a review meeting of a committee of legislators chaired by chief minister M. Karunanidhi.