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DMK moves Madras HC, seeks to restrain EC from using old EVMs
PTI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 24, 2021 07:45 PM IST
The opposition party also wanted the court to direct the Returning Officers to count at least 50 per cent of VVPATS, simultaneously.
DMK puts up countdown timer outside party office, date set for results day
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON MAR 21, 2021 10:30 PM IST
The clock has been set to end on May 2, 2021, the date on which counting of votes will be held in Tamil Nadu.
TN: BJP releases '100 reasons to reject DMK' document
ANI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 21, 2021 03:33 PM IST
While releasing the '100 Reasons To Reject DMK' document at Chennai, BJP leader CT Ravi said, " DMK stands for dynastic politics. After M Karunanidhi, Stalin is the owner of the party. Udhayanithi will be the owner of the party next."
DMK fields Poondi Kalaivanan from Thiruvarur, ADMK gives RK Nagar to RS Rajesh
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON MAR 18, 2021 10:17 AM IST
Here is a look at where the two former chief ministers M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalitha contested and who have been fielded to fill their absence.
News updates from HT: JP Nadda's jab at Mamata Banerjee over Batla House case
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2021 08:55 PM IST
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After getting BJP ticket in Tamil Nadu, Kushboo Sundar questions Congress, DMK
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2021 10:49 PM IST
“DMK and the Congress can not accept orders from a woman. How many seats have they given to women candidates?” Kushboo Sundar asked.
DMK’s MK Stalin promises to act on 17 lakh petitions within 100 days if elected
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2021 09:39 PM IST
Targeting the ruling AIADMK government, Stalin said, “These are common problems. The present government could not even solve these everyday problems faced by people."
MK Stalin says DMK would continue to urge Centre to scrap CAA
PTI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 14, 2021 02:35 PM IST
In an addendum to the party manifesto unveiled on Saturday, he said DMK had all along opposed the CAA and campaigned against it and he even ran a campaign in Tamil Nadu collecting one crore signatures pressing for scrapping the law.
DMK announces 12 out of 13 candidates for Puducherry Assembly elections
ANI |
UPDATED ON MAR 13, 2021 04:42 PM IST
The candidate for the Bagur constituency will be announced later.
![“Our party [MNM], which intends to give government salary to housewives, celebrates womanhood every day,” Kamal Haasan said on Twitter.(AFP)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/img/2021/03/08/150x84/AFP_93W69K_1615203021594_1615203035015.jpg "“Our party [MNM], which intends to give government salary to housewives, celebrates womanhood every day,” Kamal Haasan said on Twitter.(AFP)")
Kamal Haasan’s MNM alleges DMK has copied its poll promises
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON MAR 08, 2021 05:08 PM IST
“I would be pleased if the DMK, which had copied all the highlights of our election manifesto, will also take up our honesty,” Haasan tweeted in Tamil.
DMK allots 25 seats to ally Congress for Tamil Nadu election
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON MAR 07, 2021 10:37 AM IST
The tie-up comes just before the grand rally that the DMK has planned on Sunday. Congress leader in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Dinesh Gundu Rao, expressed confidence that the DMK-led alliance will sweep the election.
MK Stalin says BJP sided with 'corrupt' AIADMK in reply to Amit Shah
PTI |
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 02:14 PM IST
Stalin said earlier Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier spoken on similar lines, "now Amit Shah has spoken and tomorrow all BJP leaders coming from the Centre will only say the same thing."
‘I will never change from secularism’: Karti Chidambaram on Tamil new year row
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 03:41 PM IST
"When I said Chithirai 1 should be Tamil new year, some people criticised me as a Sanghi, BJP. Do they not hear my opinions, interviews? I will always oppose BJP’s Hindi, Hindutva policy. I will never change from secularism, my faith," Karti Chidambaram tweeted in Tamil.
Tamil Nadu minister takes potshot at DMK’s Stalin citing Alagiri’s remark
Coimbatore | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 03:31 PM IST
The remark from the Municipal Administration Minister comes at a time when Stalin has been saying that the DMK would capture power after the Assembly elections scheduled in April-May.
DMK will waive education loans if voted to power: MK Stalin
Erode (Tamil Nadu) | By Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 03, 2021 05:50 PM IST
The DMK president and Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly M K Stalin made this statement on Sunday while addressing a gathering at V Mettupalayam village in Erode west constituency where a people’s grama sabha meeting was held.
DMK cadre manhandle AIADMK woman functionary at Stalin’s gram sabha
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON JAN 03, 2021 12:42 AM IST
Videos surfaced of the skirmish which shows Stalin alleging that the woman was sent to the meeting to create a nuisance by AIADMK minister SP Velumani.
DMK demands Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution against Central farm laws
Chennai | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON JAN 01, 2021 02:51 PM IST
DMK chief M K Stalin, the leader of the opposition in the assembly, wrote to the chief minister seeking convening of a special session of the House immediately for the purpose, a day after the Kerala Assembly adopted a resolution pressing for repeal of the laws.
DMK sends defamation notice to BJP state president L Murugan
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 12:35 AM IST
DMK’s organisation secretary, RS Bharathi through his advocate sent the defamation notice to Murugan for his statements on December 28.
Rajinikanth junks plans to enter politics citing poor health
Hindustan Times | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2020 04:14 AM IST
The 70-year-old actor, who has a cult following, released a three-page statement on Twitter, apologising to his admirers and members of the Rajini Makkal Mandram, a group that has been working on the ground ever since he announced his plans to enter politics in 2017 after years of speculation.
DMK writes to EC, asks it to restrain ruling party from using CM’s photo for welfare schemes
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON DEC 29, 2020 12:02 AM IST
AIADMK’s coordinator Palaniswami on December 19 while launching his campaign as the chief ministerial candidate for the 2021 assembly elections announced a hamper for Pongal, a multi-day harvest festival (from January 14-17 in 2021) in Tamil Nadu to 2.6 crore people holding ration cards.
Prakash Javadekar challenges Rahul Gandhi, DMK for debate on farm laws
Chennai | By Asian News International| Posted by: Harshit Sabarwal
PUBLISHED ON DEC 26, 2020 11:17 AM IST
“Rahul Gandhi suddenly said you will (Centre government) have to withdraw the new farm laws. I am giving him an open challenge for a debate, whether the laws are good, in the interest of farmers or not. I am giving challenge to Rahul Gandhi and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to debate,” Javadekar said while addressing farmers in Chennai.
Alagiri hints at launching a new party, says won’t work with DMK
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON DEC 25, 2020 01:24 AM IST
For decades, Tamil Nadu’s politics has been a witness to a sibling rivalry between Alagiri, who once oversaw the state’s southern districts for the party, and his younger brother MK Stalin, 67, who is now the DMK president and the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the assembly elections slated for early 2021.
Stalin submits graft charges against CM to Guv, Palaniswami rebuts allegations
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu| Edited by: Sparshita Saxena
UPDATED ON DEC 23, 2020 12:45 AM IST
The DMK’s document, titled ‘Large Scale Corruption’ by chief minister and the council of ministers of AIADMK government (2016-2020), states that Palaniswami indulged in corruption in awarding highway road tenders to his relatives.
DMK delegation meets TN Guv, hands over ‘corruption list’ of state govt
Chennai | By Asian News International | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 02:36 PM IST
The list includes allegations against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy that he favored his relatives in providing highway construction contracts and tenders worth Rs 6133.57 crores.
AIADMK requests EC to hold Tamil Nadu assembly polls in 3rd or 4th week of April
Chennai | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2020 07:26 PM IST
The EC team, led by Umesh Sinha, secretary general of the ECI, are on a two day visit to review the state’s preparedness to hold the polls next year,as the five year term of the assembly is set to come to an end on May 24.
DMK launches Mission-200 ahead of Tamil Nadu polls
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2020 07:54 AM IST
“We are not fighting only to win 117 seats (half-way mark in the 234-member assembly) but we must aim for 200 and more. We shouldn’t lose a seat below that number. We shouldn’t even lose an inch,” DMK president MK Stalin said while addressing thousands of party functionaries in Chennai.
Stalin sets Mission-200 for DMK, launches campaign to reject AIADMK
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 05:43 PM IST
The DMK has also announced the launch of another campaign titled, “We reject ADMK”, for which 1,600 party leaders will conduct 16,000 gram sabha meetings.
Stalin says DMK aiming to win more than 200 seats in Tamil Nadu polls
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2020 04:40 PM IST
DMK also released a video outlining issues in the educational and agricultural sectors and requested the people of the state to defeat the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the 2021 elections.
Farmers’ protest: DMK, allies show support by holding day-long hunger strike in Chennai
Hindustan Times, Chennai | By Divya Chandrababu
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2020 02:07 PM IST
The protest is being held despite police denying them permission citing Covid-19 pandemic norms. The leaders wore green shawls and masks and sat on a stage erected in the city
News updates from Hindustan Times: DMK, allies observe one-day fast in support of agitating farmers and all the latest news
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com
PUBLISHED ON DEC 18, 2020 12:56 PM IST
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