Manmohan, Rajapaksa discuss Tamil situation, bilateral ties (Lead)
September 20th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday met Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and pressed him for an early solution to the decades-long ethnic issue and stressed ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa, Manmohan to meet for talks
September 20th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 20 (IANS) India Thursday will press Sri Lanka to speed up an inclusive solution to the decades-long ethnic issue when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President Mahinda ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa to meet Manmohan Thursday
September 19th, 2012 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Wednesday night for a three-day official visit during which he is to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ... Read more...
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Amid Tamil Nadu unrest, Manmohan to meet Rajapaksa
September 18th, 2012 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here Thursday, and is expected to press for a viable political solution in the ... Read more...
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Get compensation to families of Indian fishermen: Jayalalithaa (Lead)
July 18th, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to secure compensation to the families of Indian fishermen killed and wounded by ... Read more...
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Get compensation to families of Indian fishermen: Jayalalithaa
July 17th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to secure compensation to the families of Indian fishermen killed and wounded by ... Read more...
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DMK demands removal of cartoon from NCERT textbook
June 9th, 2012 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai June 9 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi Saturday urged the central government to remove from a textbook the controversial cartoon lampooning the anti-Hindi agitation that raged in Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Brisk polling in Tamil Nadu bypoll (Lead)
March 18th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Brisk voting was witnessed in the bypoll to the Sankarankoil assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu Sunday.Voting began at 8 a.m. in 242 polling booths in ... Read more...
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Deploy forces to protect Mullaperiyar, Vaiko urges PM
December 5th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) With the rift between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam growing, MDMK leader Vaiko Monday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and urged ... Read more...
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Don’t allow release of ‘Dam 999′, demands Karunanidhi
November 24th, 2011 - 12:46 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 23 (IANS) DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi Wednesday said the controversial movie "Dam 999" should not be released at a time when the state ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear Rajiv killers’ plea Oct 19
October 11th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday adjourned hearing on a petition seeking transfer of a case pending before Madras High Court in which the execution of ... Read more...
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DMDK fields its own mayoral candidates
September 23rd, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's DMDK Friday announced its list of mayoral candidates for the October elections to nine municipal corporations in the state, but refused to rule out ... Read more...
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Protests against Koodankulam nuclear project gather steam
September 14th, 2011 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Protests at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, where a nuclear plant is to be commissioned soon, have been gathering steam with politicians joining the agitators.Over ... Read more...
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Celebrations in Tamil Nadu as Rajiv killers’ hanging stayed
August 30th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 30 (IANS) Celebrations broke out in Chennai and other towns of Tamil Nadu after the Madras High Court Tuesday stayed the Sep 9 hanging of three men ... Read more...
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Rajiv killers move high court; Karunanidhi backs plea (Night Lead)
August 30th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) The three men on death row for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved the Madras High Court to ... Read more...
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Court pleas, threats, protests to save Rajiv’s killers (Lead)
August 29th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) Three convicted men facing the gallows for involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved court to stay their ... Read more...
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Rajiv Gandhi killers move court for stay of hanging
August 29th, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) The three convicts facing the gallows for their involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi Monday moved the Madras High Court ... Read more...
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Verdict on uniform school syllabus in Tamil Nadu welcomed
August 9th, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) Leaders of various political parties in Tamil Nadu Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict directing the state government to implement immediately a uniform system of school ... Read more...
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Sterlite plant: Tamil Nadu asked to reply on environment report
July 18th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government and the state pollution control board to respond to an environment impact assessment of Vedanta group ... Read more...
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AIADMK saves alliance, DMDK agrees to list
March 20th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) A three-day crisis that threatened to break the AIADMK camp ended Sunday with its major ally DMDK agreeing to contest from the 41 constituencies allotted to ... Read more...
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MDMK quits AIADMK alliance, to boycott elections (Lead)
March 20th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) Vaiko's MDMK party Sunday said it was quitting the AIADMK-led alliance and boycotting the coming elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry after being denied the seats ... Read more...
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AIADMK to announce its candidates’ list Monday
March 20th, 2011 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) Three days after the AIADMK unilaterally released a list of 160 candidates much to the fury of its allies, party chief J. Jayalalithaa Saturday said the ... Read more...
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AIADMK, CPI-M sign seat sharing pact
March 19th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) After discussions that lasted past Friday midnight, the AIADMK agreed to let the Communist Party of India (CPI-M) contest from the 12 Tamil Nadu assembly seats ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK finalises agreement with CPI (M)
March 19th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Mar 19 (ANI): The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) today finalised the process of identification constituencies for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for the April 13 Assembly elections.The ... Read more...
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AIADMK working out patch-up formula with allies (Lead)
March 19th, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party AIADMK Friday inked seat sharing deals with seven of its allies and also held marathon discussions with other allies upset at ... Read more...
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AIADMK working out patch-up formula with allies
March 18th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's major opposition party AIADMK Friday inked seat sharing deals with five of its allies and also signalled to other allies it would reconsider its ... Read more...
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AIADMK discusses seat sharing differences with allies
March 18th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's main opposition AIADMK and its allies Friday held discussions to iron out differences over seat sharing for the April 13 assembly elections.Trouble had arisen ... Read more...
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Fissures in alliance, Jayalalithaa puts off poll campaign
March 18th, 2011 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) Its seat-sharing discussions with upset allies not reaching any conclusion, AIADMK general secretary J.Jayalalithaa Thursday postponed her election campaign tour.On Wednesday, Jayalalithaa had announced she would ... Read more...
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Vaiko slams Congress for links with DMK despite corruption charges.
February 24th, 2011 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb.24 (ANI): V Gopalswamy (Vaiko), leader of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has slammed the Congress for continuing to maintain its links with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party ... Read more...
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MDMK leader goes on hunger strike protesting against fishermen killings
February 6th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by ANI
Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu), Feb 6(ANI): Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary, Vaiko, went on a hunger strike on Sunday to protest against the recent killings of local fishermen by the Sri ... Read more...
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Seek release of Indian advocate held in Sri Lanka: Vaiko
January 21st, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 21 (IANS) MDMK general secretary Vaiko Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to take up with Colombo the issue of an Indian advocate ... Read more...
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India, Sri Lanka now understand Tamil ethnic issues: Lankan daily
November 27th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Sri Lanka is drawing plenty of media interest in the island nation, with a leading daily Saturday saying that political ... Read more...
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Cauvery river issue hots up between Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
October 28th, 2010 - 10:19 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Oct.28 (ANI): The decades long dispute over sharing of waters from River Cauvery has once again ignited social and political rivalry between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The decades old ... Read more...
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Rajapaksa arrives in India, to meet PM Friday
October 14th, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived here Thursday afternoon to attend the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games as the guest of honour.Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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Stray protests in Tamil Nadu against Rajapaksa
October 14th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 14 (IANS) More than 100 people were arrested in Tamil Nadu Thursday for protesting against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's presence as the chief guest at the Commonwealth Games closing ... Read more...
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