One more DMDK MLA gives jolt to Captain

With 29 seats in the Assembly, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by Vijayakant is in a position to help another party, especially the DMK, send a candidate to the Rajya Sabha. However, the actor-turned-politician, setting his sights on the next ...

Facing a non-bailable arrest warrant, Desiya Murpokku  Dravida Kazhagam founder and leader of the opposition in Tamil Nadu assembly Vijaykanth on Thursday surrendered before a court in Tirunelveli in connection with a defamation case filed by the Jayalalithaa government. Judicial Magistrate Kamalavathi, who Wednesday issued the warrant after Vijaykanth failed to appear before her in response to summons, revoked it and posted the case to June 5 for the next hearing. The government advocate ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu state legislature presiding officer on Wednesday suspended opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) members for the remaining days of the ongoing budget session. The suspension follows the mass eviction of the DMK members for a ...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday pulled out a candidate of her Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) party from the June 27 polls to the upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, in a bid to ensure the re-election of ...

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday justified the filing of defamation cases against political leaders, including Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader Vijayakant, saying it was the only way...

Amidst reports that at least seven of the 29 MLAs belonging to the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), led by actor-politician Vijayakant, might cross vote in favour of the AIADMK-backed nominees in the June 29 poll for Rajya Sabha from Tamil ...

A day after the CPI made an open appeal to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to support its candidate D. Raja in the Rajya Sabha polls, she announced that one of her party's nominees, K. Thangamuthu, would withdraw his papers in favour of Mr Raja. In a ...

As filing of nomination for Rajya Sabha polls ends on Monday, political parties in the State have started hectic parleys seeking support from parties which are not contesting the elections. Even as the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) continues to ...

As she has decided to go it alone in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday closed the door on the CPI which sought her support to elect its candidate to the Rajya Sabha. She named five AIADMK candidates for the forthcoming ...