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  PMK slams NDA govt for hike in excise duty on petrol

  Politics | January 22, 2015 12:24 IST

  Chennai: PMK today criticised the NDA government for levying “record” excise duty on petrol making it “dearer than jet fuel” and wondered if it was indeed worried about the welfare of poor.“The rate of petrol

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  Punish Rajapaksa for war crimes: Tamil Nadu parties

  Politics | January 09, 2015 16:10 IST

  Chennai: The MDMK and the PMK said Friday that outgoing Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa must be tried for war crimes. MDMK general secretary Vaiko also urged president-elect Maithripala Sirisena to free all Tamils from

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  NDA ally PMK opposes NITI Ayog, attacks PM

  Politics | January 02, 2015 13:23 IST

  Chennai: In a sharp attack on the Centre for replacing Planning Commission with ‘NITI Ayog,' NDA partner PMK today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of seeking to achieve his ‘twin objectives' of ensuring greater private

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  PMK should also quit NDA alliance: Swamy

  Politics | December 09, 2014 13:37 IST

  Chennai: A day after MDMK walked out of the NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today suggested that another partner, PMK, which has been critical of the Narendra Modi Government, should

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  Violence in schools: Ramadoss urges for moral, PT classes

  Politics | November 30, 2014 14:43 IST

  Chennai: Concerned over the recent incidents of violence in schools in different parts of Tamil Nadu, PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss today called for an education system in which moral and physical training classes are

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  PMK meet backs naming Anbumani as CM candidate

  Politics | November 21, 2014 7:40 IST

  Chennai: The executive committee meeting of NDA ally PMK today strongly favoured projecting former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss as the party's Chief Minsiterial candidate for the 2016 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.Taking part in the

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  NDA constituents oppose deregulation of diesel prices

  Politics | October 19, 2014 17:54 IST

  Chennai: Two NDA constituents in Tamil Nadu today opposed the Narendra Modi government's decision to deregulate diesel prices, and voiced concern against stopping of subsidy for the fuel.PMK and MDMK, both allies of BJP, however

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  BJP allies in TN urge Centre to rollback fuel price hike

  Politics | July 01, 2014 15:48 IST

  Chennai: Two BJP allies in Tamil Nadu today urged the NDA government to rollback the hike in fuel prices, saying it would impact the common man already reeling under the “burden” of rail fare hike,

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  DMK's rout in polls: Stalin withdraws his resignation

  Politics | May 18, 2014 17:19 IST

  Chennai: DMK president M Karunanidhi and other senior leaders today prevailed over party Treasurer M K Stalin to reconsider his decision to quit party posts owning moral responsibility for its rout in Lok Sabha elections,

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  Modi will announce names, seats for NDA in TN: Vijayakanth

  Politics | March 18, 2014 11:30 IST

  Erode (TN): DMDK chief Vijayakanth today said BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would soon announce the names and seats for the NDA combine in Tamil Nadu and reiterated that only he could give a

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  Will PMK snap alliance with BJP?

  Politics | March 17, 2014 10:51 IST

  Dharmapuri/Chennai: PMK, one of BJP's allies in Tamil Nadu, today gave enough indications that all was not well in the saffron combine when its founder leader S Ramadoss announced candidates for four Lok Sabha seats,

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  PMK may come out of alliance with BJP in Tamil Nadu

  India | March 17, 2014 8:50 IST

  Dharmapuri/Chennai: PMK, one of BJP's allies in Tamil Nadu, on Sunday  gave enough indications that all was not well in the saffron combine when its founder leader S Ramadoss announced candidates for four Lok Sabha

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  BJP sews up its Tamil Nadu front with DMDK, MDMK, PMK

  Politics | March 16, 2014 11:17 IST

  Chennai: The BJP Saturday finalised its alliance formation in Tamil Nadu with DMDK, MDMK, PMK and two other small parties, said a party official.The alliance formation was on the verge of breaking up with the

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  BJP gets a boost in Tamil Nadu with PMK, DMDK joining for tie-up

  Politics | March 07, 2014 17:43 IST

  Chennai: BJP in Tamil Nadu got a boost today with two of its prospective allies DMDK and PMK declaring that they will enter into negotiations with the saffron party on a day of swift political

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  BJP to announce tieup with PMK, DMDK tomorrow

  India | March 04, 2014 19:09 IST

  Chennai: The BJP is likely to announce tomorrow formally its decision on the proposed electoral understanding with "the PMK and DMDK," and the seat sharing arrangement with the allies for the Lok Sabha polls."We will

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  DMK, PMK leaders join AIADMK

  Politics | June 29, 2013 7:18 IST

  Chennai, June 29: Two senior leaders of the DMK and PMK Friday joined Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK.In a two different statements issued here, the AIADMK said the DMK's Paritihi Ilamvazuthi and the PMK's E. Ponnusamy,

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  PMK to boycott RS polls

  Politics | June 21, 2013 18:37 IST

  Chennai,Jun 21: Dealing a blow to DMK, which was banking on its support to ensure victory of Kanimozhi in Rajya Sabha polls, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) today announced it would boycott the June 27 biennial

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  PMK seeks CBI probe into violence

  India | April 30, 2013 12:36 IST

  Chennai, Apr 30: A day after Tamil Nadu government virtually blamed his party for last week's violence at Marakkanam, PMK founder S Ramadoss today sought a CBI probe into the incident.Ramadoss said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa,

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  Jayalalithaa blames PMK for violence

  Politics | April 30, 2013 8:15 IST

  Chennai, April 30: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday blamed the Vanniyar caste party PMK for April 25 violence at Marakkanam near here and said compensation will be paid to the victims.She said a

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  Tamil Nadu A challenging Case: CEC

  Politics | April 08, 2011 17:22 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 8: Calling Tamil Nadu a "challenging case", the Election Commission today said it cannot "close its eyes to rampant malpractices" there and rejected the charge levelled by DMK and PMK that it