Sources close to the dissident DMK lawmaker told PTI that Dayanidhi was upset over the treatment meted out to him by the DMK leadership.
He, however said he will serve people in whatever ways he can without entering electoral politics.
Members of the chief minister's family, including his elder son M K Azhagiri in the eye of a political storm following the attack on the Dinakaran office at Madurai, were seen in the gallery.
Azhagiri said he was never implicated in criminal cases as alleged by the network.
Efforts by the Maran brothers to patch up with their grand uncle and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi appeared to have failed on Tuesday as they went to greet him on his 85th birthday but had to leave without a meeting.Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri said Kalanidhi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran "came to meet my father at my sister Kanimozhi's house and greet him on his birthday but my father refused to meet them. After waiting for more than half an hour, they left".
Malaysian pay TV operator Astro All Asia Networks plc, owned by the country's richest man Ananda Krishnan, is eyeing entry into the Indian Direct to Home satellite television market
The telecom industry is divided over the policies of former Communications Minister Dayanadhi Maran, who resigned on Sunday.
Was it the sheer rise of Maran -- remember, the 41-year-old became a powerful Union minister in the very first opportunity he got -- that has caused the envy within the DMK and resulted in him being sidelined?
Broadcast tribunal Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal asked Sun Tv on Tuesday to produce a copy of the stay order granted by Madras high court on its interim order directing it to share signals with direct-to-home operator TataSky.
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, headed by Justice Arun Kumar, took a serious note of Sun TV's non-compliance of its interim order of March 19 and said that Sun Tv was acting unfairly in this matter.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) supporters stayed put on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Friday as the crowd swelled there, notwithstanding the Ghaziabad administration's ultimatum to vacate the UP Gate protest site where security force in large numbers was re-deployed.
Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was slated to travel to Kannuaj, around 125 km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, for a tractor rally as part of the 'Kisan Yatra' in support of farmers protesting against the Centre's new agri laws and the 'Bharat Bandh' called by them on Tuesday.
The applications of Star-Tata joint venture and Kalanidhi Maran's Sun TV to start direct-to-home broadcast services in the country have been cleared by the government.
Kamlesh Tiwari, 45, was earlier associated with a faction of the Hindu Mahasabha, they said.
Wasim, UP PFI head, was arrested for masterminding the violence, police said. 33 FIRs have been filed in Lucknow and 150 people have been arrested so far.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
Local people, however, rushed to their rescue and informed the police, he said.
It is alleged that the attackers included a group of men against whom Joshi had filed a complaint on July 16 accusing them of harassing his niece after he had objected to their betting racket in the locality.
The Ministry had disallowed the group from taking part in auction.
Though both the Dravidian majors are facing questions on family politics, the ruling party especially finds itself in the dock since its late leader J Jayalalithaa had often used it to target her party's archrival DMK.
Later, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state will order a Central Bureau of Investigation probe.
Under the NSA, people can be detained without a charge for up to 12 months if the authorities are satisfied that the person is a threat to the national security or law and order.
SpiceJet to add 7 planes; another Rs 500 cr infusion in April.
A Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among the nine killed in the violence that erupted on Monday over the amended citizenship law.
Spicejet has sought extention from the Airports Authority of India over payment schedule.
Former Trai chief lashes out on CBI, ministers in 2G scam
The rice bucket challenge, over the last two months, has voluntarily been taken up by individuals and organisations.
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had "pressurised" and "forced" Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006, the CBI on Thursday told a special court.
Several high profile companies are burdened with losses, mounting debt and have a huge load of operational costs.
The organisers of the much-anticipated Indian Premier League-style football league decided to defer the proposed tournament to September-November next year instead of early 2014.
Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies, were on Friday chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
As the dust finally settles on the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections 2019 and Bharatiya Janata Party along with its NDA allies emerges as the clear winner, here is a list of who won in each of the 7 phases of elections.
At a time when the AIADMK has chosen the late Jaya's personal aide to lead the party, M K Stalin re-enters the scene with greater credibility and better clarity of his own role in the DMK, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
They are sure not to like this particular one, observes N Sathiya Moorthy
With the home ministry rejecting the renewal of broadcast licences to Sun group, is it end of the road for Maran brothers? R Ramasubramanian reports from Chennai.
In Muthuvel Karunanidhi's passing, Tamil Nadu has lost the last of its Titans.
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