DMK Quits UPA

• Centre's stand on Tamil Nadu fishermen issue 'discriminatory': Karunanidhi

  The DMK, which quit the UPA over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, today slammed the Centre for adopting a "discriminatory" approach in protecting fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who have been suffering at the hands of Sri Lankan Navy.

• CBI defends raids against Stalin, says searches not intended to target any individual: Full statement

  After several senior Cabinet ministers said they "strongly disapproved" the CBI's raids against DMK leader MK Stalin, the investigating agency defended its action and said the searches were conducted in accordance with procedure and were not intended to target any particular individual.

• CBI raid at DMK leader M K Stalin's residence blatant misuse of power: BJP

  BJP on Thursday said CBI searches at DMK leader M K Stalin's residence is an example of the "blatant" misuse of power by the UPA government for its survival and proves that it uses the probe agency to muzzle allies who are walking out of the ruling coalition.

• DMK often falsely implicated: Karunanidhi on CBI raids at Stalin's residence

  As the government claimed it had no role to play in the CBI raids at DMK leader MK Stalin's house this morning, the politician's father and DMK party chief M Karunanidhi said that his party "is often falsely implicated. It may be or may not be political vendetta."

• Political vendetta, says Stalin after CBI searches his home

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin's house is being searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Chennai in connection with alleged illegal import of cars.

• Prime Minister accepts DMK ministers' resignations

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday accepted the resignations of five DMK ministers and forwarded them to President Pranab Mukherjee.

• In how Alagiri resigned as minister, sign of family trouble

  Yesterday, their father and DMK chief M Karunanidhi announced the party would quit the UPA, citing India's refusal to take a strong stand against Sri Lanka at the session of United Nation's top human rights body in Geneva. Sources close to Mr Alagiri say he heard for the first time of this news on television channels.

• Surprise support from Mamata Banerjee for government on Sri Lanka controversy

  Mamata Banerjee, who quit the ruling coalition last year, has said she will back the government on whatever stand it takes at Geneva, where a resolution on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka will be put to vote tomorrow.

• Karunanidhi blames India for weak UN resolution on Sri Lanka

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi who quit the Prime Minister's coalition has blamed India for what he describes as a weak UN resolution against Sri Lanka. A vote on the resolution, which is sponsored by the US and deals with alleged atrocities against the country's Tamil civilians, will be held later this week.

• DMK gone but government says it will be able to pass reforms

  The government said on Wednesday it was still able to pass reform legislation in parliament, a day after DMK abruptly quit the ruling UPA coalition, but ministers did not answer questions on whether it would call a snap election.

• DMK quits UPA over Sri Lanka, government moves on both its demands

  The DMK has pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on the bloody end to Sri Lanka's civil war with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Senior DMK leader TR Baalu met President Pranab Mukherjee tonight and handed over the letter withdrawing his party's support to the UPA.

• Diluted US resolution against Sri Lanka forced DMK to act

  The DMK, which quit the government this morning, has said two moves by the government could help it reconsider. Firstly, it wants India to introduce strong language in a US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Secondly, the DMK wants the Indian Parliament to adopt a resolution against Sri Lank...

• For resolution against Lanka, DMK invokes Pak, Afzal Guru

  The DMK said on Tuesday it would reconsider its decision to quit the UPA if the government passed a resolution against Sri Lanka in parliament.

• DMK quit UPA because it "had no choice": Kanimozhi

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi has said her party pulled out of the Congress-led ruling coalition in protest against the government's position on a United Nations resolution on war crimes in Sri Lanka because it "had no choice."

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  DMK quits government: See the math

  The UPA's southern ally, the DMK, today pulled out of the Congress-led UPA coalition at the Centre in protest against the government's position on a US-backed United Nations resolution on alleged war crimes carried out during Sri Lanka's civil war. Party chief M Karunanidhi announced that his party will also not provide external support to the gove...