'Hollow understanding': DMK rebuts Pawan Kalyan’s Hindi remarks
Mar 15, 2025, at 08:24 pm
Chennai: After Tamil Nadu’s MK Stalin government escalated the language conflict with the Centre by even omitting the rupee symbol in its Budget, TDP leader Pawan Kalyan accused the DMK of hypocrisy, pointing out that it allows Tamil films to be dubbed in Hindi for commercial gains, media reports said.
Not disrespectful: Tamilian who designed rupee symbol reacts to Stalin govt's currency move
Mar 14, 2025, at 11:50 am
Chennai/IBNS: Design expert and IIT professor Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, who designed the rupee symbol, has reacted to the Tamil Nadu government's controversial decision to replace the sign with a Tamil word, media reports said.
Tamil Nadu govt's move to replace rupee symbol signals a dangerous mindset: Nirmala Sitharaman
Mar 13, 2025, at 11:36 pm
Chennai/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday slammed Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK over its move to replace the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter (Ru), saying it "promotes secessionist sentiments".
Amid language debate, Tamil Nadu drops rupee symbol in state budget
Mar 13, 2025, at 03:12 pm
Chennai/IBNS: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday dropped the rupee symbol in the promotional material of the state budget 2025-2026 amid the ongoing language debate in the state, media reports said.
Mar 07, 2025, at 02:17 pm
Chennai/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit back at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's "LKG" remark escalating the faceoff over the National Education Policy (NEP) and the language debate in the south Indian state.
Centre scraps railway project in Tamil Nadu saying DMK govt did not want it
Jan 12, 2025, at 02:53 pm
Chennai/IBNS: The Centre has scrapped a railway project in Tamil Nadu stating that the state government did not want to pursue the same, media reports said.
DMK announces alliance with Congress in Tamil Nadu
Feb 20, 2019, at 09:21 pm
Chennai, Feb 20 (IBNS): DMK president M.K. Stalin formally on Wednesday announced his party's alliance with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
DMK leader Stalin alleges cash for vote by AIADMK to win by-election
Dec 18, 2017, at 01:34 am
Chennai, Dec 17 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu's main opposition DMK leader MK Stalin has accused the ruling AIADMK of distributing Rs 100 crore among voters to try to win a byelection in Chennai's RK Nagar, media reports said on Sunday.
Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan attend DMK's event in Tamil Nadu
Aug 11, 2017, at 12:27 am
Chennai, Aug 10 (IBNS): Superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan attended an event organised by Tamil Nadu's principal opposition party DMK.
TN polls: 18.13 percent voters cast vote till 9 a.m.
May 16, 2016, at 04:34 pm
Chennai, May 16 (IBNS) The ongoing Tamil Nadu Assembly polls saw 18.13 percent voters cast their vote till 9 a.m. on Monday.
Congress-DMK join hands for Tamil Nadu Assembly polls
Feb 14, 2016, at 12:15 am
Chennai, Feb 13 (IBNS): Keeping in mind the upcoming Assembly polls, the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have decided to form an alliance on Saturday.
FIR against Alagiri for encroaching temple land
Aug 28, 2014, at 03:54 pm
Chennai, Aug 28 (IBNS): A First Information Report (FIR) was filed by the Madurai police against DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s son MK Alagiri on charges of grabbing a temple land using forged documents, reports said.
Delhi court to decide on Raja, Kanimozhi today
Aug 20, 2014, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IBNS): Former telecom minister A Raja and DMK parliamentarian Kanimozhi could be arrested on Wednesday afternoon if their bail plea is rejected in a Delhi court, reports said. The duo is attending the hearing.
Chennai blasts: Karunanidhi slams Jayalalithaa
May 03, 2014, at 09:28 pm
Chennai, May 3 (IBNS) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi on Saturday slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for not visiting those injured in the twin blasts in Chennai on Thursday.
Malnutrition not priority for most parties: CRY
Apr 23, 2014, at 08:17 pm
New Delhi, Apr 23 (IBNS) The resounding promises to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country have not been reflected or even gained a mention in the manifestos of most political parties, this election season, alleged CRY on Wednesday.