DMK rules out leadership change, mum on Cong ties
Meeting after the electoral rout and in the middle of a succession battle within, the DMK today announced that M. Karunanidhi would continue to lead the party and made no change to its alliance with the Congress.
PMK blames DMK for loss
Blaming the DMK for his party’s poll debacle, PMK leader and former Union minister Anbumani Ramadoss said that his party was drubbed in the recent Assembly elections due to the anti-incumbency factor.
Cabinet reshuffle not complete yet: Karunanidhi
Hours after the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, announced the second Cabinet reshuffle of the present United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karuna
Two berths vacant for DMK, says PM
Indicating that the alliance with the DMK is intact, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that he has kept two berths vacant for the southern ally and hoped that the choice of nominees will b
UPA Cabinet reshuffle: Fresh faces likely; DMK not to fill vacancies
The second rung in the Congress could get prominence in the proposed reshuffle of the Union Cabinet, expected any time in the next week.
If one goes by the speculation in the corridors of power, abo
DMK hedges options on Cabinet berths
Jolted by the spectrum shocks that saw two party seniors lose jobs in the Union Cabinet, the DMK reportedly turned down the offer of berths as replacements for the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran and e
Sonia, PM meet on reshuffle
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of an imminent Cabinet reshuffle.
Official sources said the council of ministers is likely to be rejigged next wee
Jaya takes on DMK on land grabbing
Taking on the DMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today said the Special Police Cells set up in each district would go into the charges of land grabbing during the previous regime and take
Pranab to meet Karunanidhi on Saturday over reshuffle
Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is going to Chennai Friday night, will meet DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi on Saturday, and the two are expected to discuss a ‘possible replacement’ for Dayani
Pranab meets Karuna, says DMK-Cong alliance intact
In the backdrop of Dayanidhi Maran’s exit from the Union Cabinet over the 2G scam issue, senior Congress leader and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday discussed the current political situation with DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and asserted that the alliance between the two parties would be strengthened.