The Bahujan Samaj Party on Thursday promised to vote in favour of Foreign Direct Investment in Rajya Sabha, giving much relief to the government which is bracing for a crucial vote on Friday, even as the Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam attacked parties which sided with the United Progressive Alliance despite having reservations over the measure.
Rajya Sabha could not function on the first day of the winter session of Parliament, with issues like Foreign Direct Investment and reservation to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes in promotions triggering an uproar that led to its adjournment for the day.
Adopting a wait and watch approach, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam stand on Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee-proposed no-confidence motion against the United Progressive Alliance government would be decided based on numbers.
Mahila court judge M Rajalakshmi, who convicted Gnanasekaran on May 28, awarded sentences in respect of each 11 charges proved by the prosecution against him. The sentences run concurrently, the judge added.
Ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Legsilative Assembly P Dhanapal on Wednesday became the first Dalit Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly and said he would strive to uphold the ethos of the House. Party supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa led the assembly in greeting the 61 year-old Dhanapal, who was elected unopposed.
In further trouble for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Justice P D Dinakaran, a petition seeking impeachment proceedings against him was moved by as many as 76 Rajya Sabha members on Monday.
NDA constituents AIADMK and BJP have started preliminary discussions for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Key leaders from both parties met to discuss strategies to defeat the DMK government and strengthen their alliance.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary J Jayalalitha has appealed to voters in Malad and Sion-Koliwada assembly constituencies in Mumbai, Maharashtra, to elect her party's candidates in the October 13 elections.
BJP national secretary Bandaru Dattatreya on Monday said the AIADMK's 'gameplan' of fielding the widow of deceased legislator S S Thirunavukkarassu at Kancheepuram and the son of murdered MLA K Sudarsanam had resulted in the party's victory.
The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered issuance of notice to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on a petition from his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam rival challenging his election from Sivaganga constituency in the May Lok Sabha elections.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has asserted that his government had no intention to "malign" All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa in the land grabbing case, even as she threatened to sue him for defamation on the issue.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Members of Parliament rushed to New Delhi on Thursday to meet Election Commission officials and seek permission and exemption to cast their votes in Chennai for the forthcoming Presidential poll. Taking a cue from
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reached out to Jayalalithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to seek its support on the issue of foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail.
According to sources, the Tamil Nadu chief minister, in a telephone conversation with veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday, reportedly said that Sangma should withdraw from the presidential race after filing his nomination.
He would concentrate on the party's campaign work all over the state.
Jayalalithaa and others are accused of amassing wealth disproportionate to their income during the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief's tenure as chief minister in 1991-96.
Satyavrat Chaturvedi, chairman of the select committee on Lokpal, did not inform many of the Opposition parties about the meeting to be held on Monday
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Opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam members were on Tuesday evicted en masse from the Tamil Nadu assembly after they disrupted the proceedings by raising slogans to demand the passage of a resolution on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue. Speaker R Avudaiyappan ordered the eviction following a request from Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who said raising slogans inside the House was 'uncultured'.
National Democratic Alliance Working Chairperson L K Advani on Thursday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai on to discuss fresh developments in the run-up to Presidential election and they agreed to "coordinate" with each other on their strategy.
Rajya Sabha members alleged that their counterparts in Lok Sabha get preferential treatment at Parliamentary functions.
Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma on Tuesday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalithaa against the backdrop of him favouring a tribal candidate as the next President
Far from silky lives, weavers in Kancheepuram lead a hapless life. Shobha Warrier finds out.
Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday created a storm in Parliament over the alleged role of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the with Lok Sabha being adjourned till noon and Rajya Sabha twice during Question Hour.
Jayalalithaa and Sasikala have made peace after a three-month tiff and though her return may not have any political repercussions, it will impact the government.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalithaa on Saturday revoked the expulsion of close aide Sasikala. She had been sacked from the party in December for 'trying to dominate the AIADMK'.
In a move to apparently woo All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, Congress leader and Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has offered an additional grant of over Rs 93 crore to her government, under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme. In a letter written to the CM, Ramesh mentions that the state government had utilised 60 per cent of the over Rs 273 crore allocated under the NRDWP.
In an apparent fence-mending move following her expulsion from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's estranged close aide Sasikala on Wednesday said she has snapped ties with all those who had "betrayed" the party supremo.
Exuding confidence that United Progressive Alliance would retain power at the Centre, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad claimed on Friday the alliance would benefit hugely from the National Democratic Alliance's old allies like All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Telugu Desam Party snapping ties with it.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is learnt to be interested in reviving a working relationship with the AIADMK's Jayalalithaa, with whom her relations have been far from cordial in the past.
Charging the Centre with being "unhelpful", the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu on Monday said the Congress-led UPA's continued attempts to "push through" legislations and adopt a "one-size-fits-all" approach in central schemes would not help Centre-state ties.
Barely a month after All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo J Jayalalithaa talked about a national role for her party in the Lok Sabha polls due in 2014, Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani on Saturday described her as a "natural ally," fuelling speculation that both parties could come together ahead of the polls. "We see in Jayalalithaa a natural ally," Advani said at the 42nd anniversary celebrations of Tamil weekly 'Thuglaq'.
In an update on its website, Nakkheeran said AIADMK workers attacked its office at Royapettah in Chennai using wooden logs and bottles.
Sasikala's brother-in-law M Palanivel and another relative Kaliyaperumal were expelled from AIADMK.
The stalemate in Parliament over Foreign Direct Investment in retail and other issues led to adjournment of the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha for the eighth consecutive day on Thursday.
However, in the event of the Bharatiya Janata Party deciding to contest, his candidate would withdraw from the race, he said.
Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Prakash Karat said though All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalitha could not join the meeting of leaders belonging to the Third Front but she was very much in touch with them."In fact she approved of the six point charter that formed the basis of Sunday's discussion," Karat said while addressing a press conference at the release of the first part of party's election manifesto in New Delhi.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday started his three-day fast at the Gujarat University Convention Centre for "peace, harmony and unity in the state".
After days of uncertainty and dragging, the seat-sharing issue between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and left parties for the April 13 Tamil Nadu assembly polls was finally sealed on Monday with the Jayalalithaa-led party allotting 22 seats to Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Communist Party of India.
Party sources said both leaders discussed the present political situation and shared issues of common perspective.
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