AIADMK to hold key party meetings Oct 28

October 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - The exit of PMK has not weakened the AIADMK-led alliance, Tamil Nadu's Leader of Opposition and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalitha said here Monday.

October 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu's main opposition AIADMK lost an ally as PMK Sunday decided to snap its ties with it. The decision came in a meeting of the PMK working council, held at Thailapuram near Dindivanam, around 125 km from here, under the chairmanship of G.K.

June 18th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil actor-turned-AIADMK legislator S.Ve. Shekhar, who has been sidelined by the party in the recent months, Thursday said he is mulling an outfit to demand reservation for Brahmins.

May 16th, 2009 CHENNAI - The DMK-Congress-VCK alliance won 27 of the 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry's sole Lok Sabha seat, Election Commission officials announced Saturday. The AIADMK-led front comprising the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the MDMK bagged 12 seats.

April 15th, 2009 CHENNAI - All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J. Jayalalithaa ruled out her being in the race to become the Prime Minister.

April 14th, 2009 CHENNAI - Actor turned politician Vijaykant is beating a solo path with his DMDK party in these Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, saying his only alliances are with god and people. After getting 8.3 percent of the vote in the 2006 assembly elections, Vijaykant, 56, became the most sought after politician in the state as the parliamentary polls neared.

April 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK boss J. Jayalalitha Monday ruled out the possibility of a post-poll alliance with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

April 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday released the list of candidates for Lok Sabha elections. Former Union Minister M Thambidurai will contest from Karur, while former state Ministers Semmalai is being field from Salem, M C Sampath from Cuddalore, Raja Kannappan from Shivaganga and V Satyamurthy from Ramanathapuram.

April 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - The MDMK party is mulling a possible alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after reportedly being cold-shouldered by AIADMK boss Jayalalitha over seat sharing, a top MDMK party source said Thursday. 'All our claims are being shot down one after another by the AIADMK.

March 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - The PMK Thursday abandoned the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for a tie-up with the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. A meeting of the General Council voted overwhelmingly for going with the Jayalalitha-led AIADMK in the parliamentary elections.

March 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - The PMK, a component of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), is meeting here Thursday to decide whether it should part ways with the grouping and join the AIADMK-led front in Tamil Naidu. The General Council meeting of the party, which has six seats in the Lok Sabha, is being attended by all its senior leaders, including PMK founder S.

March 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - Breaking off its alliance with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Thursday joined hands with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). PMK's General Council met here today to take a formal decision on forming an alliance with Jyalalithaa-led AIADMK.

March 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - The resignation of union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss is imminent following a decision by his father and PMK party founder S. Ramadoss to align with the AIADMK, highly placed PMK sources said Tuesday.

January 28th, 2009 CHENNAI - AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha met Communist Party of India general secretary A.B.

January 1st, 2009 THAILAPURAM - PMK founder leader S. Ramadoss said here Friday that the party would continue to maintain distance from the ruling DMK and the main opposition AIADMK.