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DMK chief Stalin to discuss Lok Sabha polls with MPs, MLAs on March 11

The Opposition party would also discuss the bypoll to 21 Assembly seats in the state, DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan said in a statement.

Mar 07, 2019, 13:25 PM IST

DMK adopts resolution demanding 'Bharat Ratna' for Karunanidhi, elects MK Stalin as president

The development comes at the party's General Council meeting which was held at DMK's headquarters in Chennai.

Aug 28, 2018, 12:05 PM IST

All guns blazing, Alagiri goes after brother MK Stalin

MK Stalin is now the working president of the DMK and looks set to assume its reins.

Aug 13, 2018, 21:16 PM IST

'Significant decline' in Karunanidhi's health, vital organ functions continue to deteriorate: Kauvery Hospital

Karunanidhi's health declined late on Monday and he continues to be under observation of doctors at the Kauvery hospital. 

Aug 07, 2018, 16:46 PM IST

Karunanidhi remains critical, Stalin meets Tamil Nadu CM

Karunanidhi's health declined late on Monday and he continues to be under observation of doctors at the Kauvery hospital.

Aug 07, 2018, 16:31 PM IST

Karunanidhi stable, politicos visit hospital, pour wishes on Twitter

Karunanidhi, who turned 94 last month, was admitted to hospital in Chennai on July 18. The hospital had said he had undergone a procedure to replace his tracheostomy tube. He had the tube placed in December 2016 to help improve his breathing. Karunanidhi had been discharged after the procedure on July 23.

Jul 29, 2018, 07:50 AM IST

Stalin, other DMK MLAs wear black clothes to Tamil Nadu Assembly over Tuticorin killing

The police had allegedly opened fire on those protesting against Vedanta Group’s Sterlite Copper plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin on May 22, killing at least 13 of them.

May 29, 2018, 10:35 AM IST

Cauvery dispute: Kamal Haasan invites Stalin, Rajnikanth for meeting

Haasan had last month recorded an open message for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking for justice to Tamil Nadu over the river water dispute.

May 15, 2018, 08:37 AM IST

South vs North: Not biased against any region, says PM Narendra Modi in Chennai over money sharing row

Modi claimed his government has suggested incentives to states that have controlled their population growth, but did not offer any details.

Apr 12, 2018, 14:36 PM IST

Caste, communists, cinema, Cauvery: Why BJP cannot jump easily over the C factors in southern India

The southern states are miles ahead or miles away from most of BJP's pet poll planks: national security, law and order, Hindutva and the fight against corruption.

Apr 10, 2018, 18:38 PM IST

Southern Finance Ministers meet to discuss revenue loss because of Modi government's proposal

The southern states feel they are being penalised for successfully implementing the Centre's programmes to control population growth, while at the same time rewarding the northern states for their abject failure on this count.

Apr 10, 2018, 13:44 PM IST

We need to resist: Siddaramaiah calls for CMs of southern states to oppose Modi government proposal

Concern and unity are growing in the south over the Modi government's proposal to divide Central funds on the basis of 2011 census.

Mar 23, 2018, 11:46 AM IST

Full text of letters MK Stalin wrote to PM Narendra Modi, 10 Chief Ministers warning of unfair financial allocations to states

Stalin had warned of grave discontent in the states that would be penalised for successfully controlling their populations.

Mar 21, 2018, 14:14 PM IST

Discontent and unrest: MK Stalin's warning to PM Narendra Modi on money share of states

Stalin has also written to the Chief Ministers of 10 states that will be affected by the Centre's decision, asking them to oppose the Centre. There isn't a single BJP or NDA CM on this list.

Mar 21, 2018, 13:47 PM IST

Rama Rajya Rath Yatra enters Tamil Nadu; protests in Assembly, Stalin detained

Stalin and other DMK leaders staged a protest raising slogans against the Palaniswami government over Rama Rajya Rath Yatra entering Tamil Nadu.

Mar 20, 2018, 12:34 PM IST

Political uproar in Tamil Nadu over Rath Yatra, Stalin says 'stop it immediately for peace'

DMK acting president MK Stalin has urged the Tamil Nadu government to act immediately to stop the Ram Rajya Rath Yatra from entering the state.

Mar 20, 2018, 07:26 AM IST

Brazil superstars to hit the beach for football World Cup in Russia

Brazil's squad of superstars will spend the World Cup in luxury staying at an exclusive beachfront hotel built by Stalin for the Communist Party elite in the "Soviet Riviera".

Mar 05, 2018, 18:39 PM IST

DMK's Stalin demands CBI to probe Tamil Nadu doctor's death

Stalin said a similar incident was reported in 2016 when Saravanan, also from Tamil Nadu and a student of the AIIMS, was found dead in his flat in Delhi.

Jan 17, 2018, 21:02 PM IST

Expelled DMK leader Alagiri takes dig at brother Stalin over party's debacle in RK Nagar bypolls

The DMK lost the December 21 R K Nagar bypoll, where its candidate N Maruthu Ganesh polled 24,000-odd votes, which was way below the 57,673 votes secured by the party in the 2016 assembly elections.

Dec 27, 2017, 17:22 PM IST

We were not allowed to see Jayalalithaa in hospital, lied about her condition: TN minister

In a significant development, senior Tamil Nadu minister and AIADMK leader Dindigul Srinivasan on Saturday claimed that afraid of party Sasikala, party leaders lied about Jayalalithaa's health last year so that people believe that she was improving.

Sep 23, 2017, 19:05 PM IST