DMK
‘No.13’ wasn’t lucky for deals
March 7: That the DMK-Congress rapprochement talks were heading nowhere was clear when the Union minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, met a team of Congress “crisis managers” led by the finance minister, Mr
DMK ministers meet Pranab
New Delhi: DMK leaders M.K. Alagiri and Dayanidhi Maran today renewed efforts to find a way out of the crisis over seat-sharing issue with Congress in Tamil Nadu by meeting Finance Minister Pranab M
DMK accepts Congress demand, parties resolve poll deadlock
Chennai: The strains in the alliance between the Congress and the DMK have been ironed out with the latter accepting Congress' demand for 63 seats, according to informed sources.
They said the deal
Mukherjee reaches out to Karunanidhi in patch-up bid
In an apparent patch-up exercise, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday called DMK chief M. Karunanidhi over phone and urged him to reconsider the party's decision to withdraw its ministers from the UPA government.
DMK to wait for a day: Stalin
Chennai: The DMK Monday decided to 'wait for a day' and postponed its decision to quit the Manmohan Singh government after talks between senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee and Tamil Nadu Chief Mi
DMK not to withdraw its ministers from Centre
The DMK on Monday put on hold the resignation of its six ministers from the UPA government in a dramatic new turn with the party and Congress engaged in hectic negotiations to sort out their seat-sharing problems in Tamil Nadu.
Congress had rejected DMK’s go-slow 2G plea
March 6: What really went wrong between the DMK and the Congress? The real trouble, the Congress sources said, was not over the number of seats in the Assembly election but the UPA’s rejection of DMK
Congress was in touch with Jaya secretly
March 6: The Congress started a secret channel of communication with the AIADMK chief, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, a few months ago when it felt the DMK alliance was damaging it politically, sources said.
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Congress safe, rules out talks with DMK
March 6: The exit of DMK ministers from the Union government appeared certain on Sunday night with the Congress making it clear that it would not try to persuade them to desist. This is being perceive
Mukherjee appeals to DMK; Patch-up unlikely
Chennai: The DMK-Congress alliance appeared headed for a break with six Union Ministers of the regional party set to resign today even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee appealed to Tamil Nadu Chi
