Pranab And Dmk

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  At Midnight, A Gong In Parliament Will Signal GST Is Here: 10 Points

  President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries have arrived at the Parliament's Central Hall tonight for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax or GST. In just around an hour, the Prime Minister will launch the country's biggest tax reform at Parliament's historic Central Hall in the presence of President Mukherjee...

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  MK Stalin Meets Sonia Gandhi, Discusses Political Situation In Tamil Nadu

  DMK leader MK Stalin met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in Tamil Nadu. A day before, he met President Pranab Mukherjee to submit a memorandum, apprising him of the events that took place in the Tamil Nadu assembly last week.

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  President Pranab Mukherjee, Rahul Gandhi, Other Leaders Wish Jayalalithaa Speedy Recovery

  President Pranab Mukherjee, DMK leader M Karunanidhi, Union Ministers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and various Chief Ministers tonight expressed concern over Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's health condition and wished her a speedy recovery.

• 'CN Annadurai Deserves Bharat Ratna': DMK Chief Karunanidhi Writes to PM

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi today wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking conferment of "Bharat Ratna" for party founder CN Annadurai.

• M Karunanidhi Writes to President, PM, Seeking Bharat Ratna for C N Annadurai

  DMK president M Karunanidhi today wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking conferment of "Bharat Ratna" for party founder and Dravidian idealogue C N Annadurai.

• 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.

• 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.

• Slogan-shouting during President's address to Parliament

  DMK and AIADMK MPs shouted slogans over Sri Lankan Tamil issue during the maiden address of President Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Thursday.

• DMK skips Tamil Nadu assembly's diamond jubilee celebrations; President calls for collective thinking

  The Tamil Nadu Government today celebrated the diamond jubilee of the state Assembly in Chennai. Held at the historic Fort St George, President Pranab Mukherjee, the Chief Guest, dwelt at length on the disruptions in Parliament and called for a "collective thinking to avoid this."

• DMK formally decides to vote for Pranab Mukherjee

  DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Tuesday held brief interactions with party MPs and MLAs on the issue of the Presidential election for which voting will take place on Thursday.

• DMK calls meeting on July 17 to discuss presidential polls

  The DMK, which is part of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), has called a meeting of its MPs and legislators on July 17 to discuss voting in the presidential elections.

• Blog: Pranab's tainted launch?

  Pranab Mukherjee's Chennai stop to kick start his Presidential campaign is bound to raise many uncomfortable questions. Should the UPA's Presidential candidate launch his campaign at the doorstep of a party Chief whose flock, including his daughter, are accused and were put behind bars for their alleged role in the 2G scam?

• Blog: DMK warring factions unite as problems add up

  It's a hectic time ahead for DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi. A feast and welcome for the UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee in Chennai on Saturday will be followed by the party's 'jail bharo' agitation on the 4th of next month. The protest to condemn the AIADMK government's alleged vindictive police action against former DMK Ministers, Mr Karun...

• When time comes, will have to bite the bullet on subsidies, asserts PM

  Amid signs of a fraying relationship between the Congress and its allies, the former has some relief. The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has so far not provoked any criticism from either the DMK of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, both senior partners in the ruling coalition.

• DMK refuses to change stand on Sri Lanka despite Pranab's appeal

  Pranab Mukherjee's message to the members of the UPA couldn't have been more direct - any formal expression of differences in parliament will be grabbed by the BJP to try and trip up the government. Yet, the morning after a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence, the DMK has not abandoned plans to follow through on an amendment it moved to Presid...