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Padmashree awardee Sivanthi Adithan dead

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday April 19, 2013

Tamil media baron, educationist and sports administrator Sivanthi Adithan died in Chennai on Friday night after prolonged illness. He was 76.

Blog: How student protests against Sri Lanka grew

KS Nagarajan | Thursday March 21, 2013

MDMK Chief Vaiko has just finished his fortnight-long 450-km padayatra demanding that the Tamil Nadu Government close all liquor shops. PMK Supremo Ramadoss has long been vocal against TASMAC (state owned corporation that has a monopoly over selling ...

Man immolates himself for cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka

Press Trust of India | Monday March 4, 2013

As UNHRC is set to take up the US-sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka, a 41-year-old man in Tamil Nadu today attempted self immolation and various pro- Tamil groups staged protests demanding action against Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.

MDMK chief Vaiko arrested after attempting to lay siege to Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission

Edited by Mala Das | Monday March 4, 2013

MDMK Chief Vaiko has been arrested by Chennai Police after he attempted to lay siege on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission today. Mr Vaiko, who led several pro-Tamil groups, was protesting against alleged war crimes and human rights violations co...

Jayalalithaa's friendly run-in with rival Vaiko

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 19, 2013

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Tuesday surprised everyone by exchanging pleasantries with political rival and MDMK general secretary Vaiko on a road near Chennai.

800 people taken into custody near Tirupati for Sri Lankan president's visit

Reported by Uma Sudhir, edited by Samira Shaikh | Friday February 8, 2013

When Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa lands this evening in Andhra Pradesh on a private plane with a 60-member delegation, he is likely to be flown on Indian Air Force helicopter the base of the Tirumala hills, just 15 kms from the famous Tirup...

Cauvery water row: Vaiko, MDMK activists arrested after attempts to lay siege to power plant

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Friday October 12, 2012

Party workers of the MDMK led by General Secretary Vaiko have been arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The activists are demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2500 MW pow...

Protests against Mahinda Rajapakse visit in Chennai, Madhya Pradesh; Vaiko detained

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Friday September 21, 2012

The police have arrested politician Vaiko and his supporters on the border of Madhya Pardesh and Mahrashtra, about 350 kilometres away from Sanchi. They were protesting against the visit of Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapakse, who they say must t...

Stopped en route to Sanchi, Vaiko's sit-in against Rajapakse continues

Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 19, 2012

The dharna by over a thousand MDMK workers, led by party general secretary Vaiko, stopped on their way to Sanchi to protest against the visit of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, continued tonight at Gadchicholi near Pandhurna on the Madhya Pra...

Vaiko slams UPA, Madhya Pradesh govt for inviting Mahinda Rajapaksa

Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 19, 2012

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) General Secretary Vaiko on Wednesday criticised the Centre as well as BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government for inviting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to a function in Sanchi near Bhopal.

Karunanidhi takes on Delhi over Sri Lanka

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Tuesday August 28, 2012

Key UPA ally, the DMK today accused the Centre of hurting the sentiments of Tamil Nadu as it took strong exception to Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju's comments that India would continue to train Sri Lankan defence personnel. MDMK Chief...

After Vaiko, Karunanidhi protests against cartoon in textbooks

Press Trust of India | Saturday June 9, 2012

Just as the Ambedkar cartoon row was fading, a toon on the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in the 60s in a NCERT class XII textbook has kicked up another controversy in the state with key UPA ally DMK demanding its removal and other parties joinin...

Now, Tamil Nadu leader protests against a cartoon in textbooks

Press Trust of India | Friday June 8, 2012

Close on the heels of Parliamentarians going up in arms over a cartoon concerning B R Ambedkar in NCERT books, another such row erupted today with MDMK leader Vaiko protesting against depiction of the anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Nadu in Class XII b...

Petrol price hike: Vaiko asks Tamil Nadu government to reduce VAT

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 24, 2012

Slamming the petrol price hike, MDMK leader Vaiko said that the Tamil Nadu government should reduce the 27 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel to minimise the impact.

MDMK to boycott Pudukkottai by-polls

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 8, 2012

Vaiko-led MDMK has decided to boycott the June 12 by-election to the Pudukkottai assembly constituency, alleging that the poll officials in the state were working as "agents" of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. "The Pudukkottai by-election will witne...