A stroll on the famed Marina Beach in Chennai will never be the same again. One of the world's longest beaches, the Marina Beach has just got a Rs 25.92 crore make-over. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi threw open the new beautified four-km-stretch of the Marina on December 20.
A few weeks ago, Karunanidhi had raised the issue of the central government's inability to intervene in the Sri Lankan Army's operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and threatened to withdraw from the UPA. On that occasion, a visit by Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee to Chennai had defused the crisis. Karunanidhi has been advised to take complete rest for a week and all his engagements during this period have been postponed, according to an official release.
His maiden tweet read "citizens should voice own views for a strong Tamil Nadu and integral India".
There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assemble constituencies, a more than 200 percent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic.
Judicial Magistrate has been asked to investigate the allegations of poll violations by M.K. Stalin, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi and register case, State Chief Electoral Officer Naresh Gupta said today.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday said India should verify reports about Sri Lanka's proposed intention to set up a military base in Katchatheevu, saying "the unilateral action" was a great cause of concern for fishermen and the state government.
The elevation of Stalin, who was Chennai Mayor during Karunanidhi's earlier tenure between 1996 and 2001, has been on the cards for quite sometime as Karunanidhi had been having problems after his major surgery for back pain in February last. In his absence, Stalin was the main campaigner for the DMK in the Lok Sabha polls.
So if politics drove, or good politics, I must say, drove Nitish Kumar to the issue of bijli, pani and sadak so be it for that is the least that is needed to be done before talking of other issues.
Mounting pressure on the Centre over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will lead an all-party delegation to Delhi on December 4, seeking the prime minister's intervention for an immediate ceasefire in the island nation.
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday filed a defamation case against former chief minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi in a Sessions Court in Chennai.
DMK president M Karunanidhi today said he did not "see" LTTE chief V Prabhakaran as a terrorist and would be saddened if he is killed in the ongoing fighting in Sri Lanka.
The Tamil Nadu government will soon amend the Goondas Act, used against habitual offenders, to detain those inciting communal and caste clashes.
The former chief minister of Tamil Nadu meets the bridal couple.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadres are said to be upset over AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi not calling on party patriarch and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, a practice followed by Congress leaders during their visit to Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has assured he would not precipitate a crisis for the United Progressive Alliance government over Sri Lankan Tamils issue as the Centre apprised him of steps being taken by the island nation's governments to ensure safety of Tamil civilians in that country.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Karunanidhi said, "There is no requirement of joint patrolling at this juncture. The issue of joint patrolling was once discussed and did not find favour with our government due to a number of reasons."
A case has been registered against former Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Ram Vilas Vedanti, who allegedly issued a 'fatwa' against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Stalin gets a new title...
Doctors attending on him at the Sri Ramachandra Medical College Hospital in Chennai said Stalin was suffering from 'unstable angina'.
The ongoing 'Cable War' between the Marans-owned Sun Network and M K Azhagiri's Royal Cable Vision took another turn on Thursday, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi warning of legal action against the Sun Network if it did not share the feeds with the state-owned Arasu Cable TV Corporation.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who underwent a minimal invasive surgery for back pain on February 11, was shifted on Friday from the ICU to a special room in Sri Ramachandra Medical College hospital in Chennai.
The already strained relations between the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam and the Left parties hit the nadir on Friday with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi stating that Communist Party of India - Marxist leader N Varadharajan's remarks only showed that the Left parties had already decided to walk out of the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance. Karunanidhi took a dig at the CPI-M state secretary on the latter's remarks that Congress was a 'sinking ship'
Eight Sri Lankan Air Force personnel who came to Tambaram Air Force station in Chennai on Monday for training have been sent back to their country, following a demand made by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to the Centre. The personnel were sent back to Sri Lanka on Tuesday night after instructions in this regard were issued by the Centre, an official release said on Wednesday.
Announcing this in the assembly, Public Works and Law Minister Duraimurugan said after a detailed discussion at a high-level meeting, chaired by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, it was decided to invoke the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) against those who express support to the banned outfits.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday questioned the Centre's assertion before the Supreme Court that Lord Ram himself had destroyed the Ram Setu (Adam's bridge) and said it was a distortion of history."Nowhere in the Kamba Ramayan is it mentioned that Lord Ram destroyed the bridge. It is to appease Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, whose party is a partner in UPA, that Centre is doing such things," VHP president Ashok Singhal said.
In a police complaint, the Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) alleged that Shriya's outfit had 'offended Hindu culture.'
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam is said to be upset at his son Raveendranath Kumar, a Lok Sabha MP, being denied a ministerial chance for a second time in a row, beginning with the formation of Modi 2.0 in 2019, reveals N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to grant early hearing on the Central Bureau of Investigation's appeal challenging the acquittal of former Union telecom minister A Raja and others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case.
Two days after snapping ties with the Pattali Makkal Katchi, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu on Friday said it was prepared to revive the same if the leadership of that party expressed regret for the 'vituperative' speeches by PMK leader J Guru against DMK leaders and take action against him.
Shouting slogans against Karunanidhi, the AIADMK workers, including a large number of women, some legislators and former ministers, blocked roads at different places in Chennai, throwing traffic out of gear, police said.
"We will have to start coordinated patrolling," Narayanan told reporters after his meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi to discuss issues relating to the kidnapping and attack on fishermen.
A week after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi declined to meet his grand nephews, the Maran brothers, a cable TV network backed by Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri was launched to counter the SUN TV channel owned by the Maran family.
'We shall not see the like of Kalaignar again, and our nation is poorer without his wise statesmanship, and his dedication to our country and our people,' she said.
This November Tirukkuvalai, a village in Tamil Nadu will be witness to a film shoot. The film in question is Kalaignar, a biopic on M Karunanidhi, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Incidentally, the village was chosen as it is the birth place of the CM.
Welcoming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statements favouring a negotiated settlement to end the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has said the remarks raised hopes of the Centre taking steps to halt Lankan troops' offensive against Tamils in LTTE-held areas.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi on Wednesday submitted her resignation from the Upper House to party chief and her father M Karunanidhi in line with the decision of an all-party meeting to put pressure on the Centre to call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu on Thursday decided to provide separate reservation for Muslims and Christians.
We have come to expect a lot from Vidyasagar's compositions, especially if it is a film starring Vijay. Kuruvi's album, however is quite a letdown.
Opposing the creamy layer concept, the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam on Friday said that the Supreme Court judgment, which excludes economically well off Other Backward Classes from enjoying the benefit of 27 per cent reservation in higher education institutions, was not acceptable to it.It hailed the judgment, upholding the validity of 27 per cent reservation, as historic but said the judgment created a slight irritant.
The chief minister had stated that the project would be commissioned by 2012 and this time frame would be adhered to, state minister M K Stalin said replying to a debate on the demands of grants pertaining to his departments.
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