Five DMK ministers quit; govt confident of numbers

DMK'S pullout from UPA has ended the tenure of one of the biggest non-performing ministers. , who was Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister, was rarely in office and never replied to a question in Parliament since his induction in 2009. While ...

Chennai, March 20: Union minister of chemicals and fertilisers M.K. Alagiri, son of DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and the lone cabinet minister from the party, delayed handing over his resignation to the Prime Minister allegedly because he was upset about not ...

A day after DMK withdrew support to UPA government on Sri Lankan Tamil's issue, the party's five Union ministers today submitted their resignation to the Prime Minister amid speculation that DMK chief M Karunanidhi's son was unhappy for not being ...

No matter if it is going to be Annan or Thambi (the elder brother or younger), Maaman or Machaan (the uncle or the brother-in-law), we will all be doomed if we don't come together under the Thalaivar (Leader, M. Karunanidhi)''. When K. Anbalagan, ...

The government is planning to hire a consultant to assess the impact of subsidy on crop nutrients after the introduction of the nutrient-based subsidy (NBS) scheme in 2010. The fertiliser ministry had earlier invited constancy firms such as (E&Y) ...

In order to revive its fortunes in Tamil Nadu, Congress strategists are trying to woo the sulking DMK leader MK Alagiri, the former union minister. The elder son of DMK patriarch K Karunanidhi, who reluctantly resigned from Union council of ...

After a reluctant stint in Delhi that will be remembered only for the absence of activity, the DMK's one-time strongman of the southern districts, , is returning to a different river. He is no longer who he was, nor is Madurai what is was. Alagiri's ...

The Centre on Monday deferred a decision on bringing major amendments to the Food Security Bill owing to the absence of key ministers at the Union Cabinet meeting. As many as five Cabinet Ministers - Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister ...

New Delhi: It was a clash of couplets between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha as the debate on Motion of Thanks to the Presidents Address peaked today. The Prime Minister, while replying to the debate, ...