Dayanidhi Maran sends legal notice to Jayalalitha

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Friday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to "exert diplomatic pressure at appropriate levels" on the Sri Lankan government to end the "untold sufferings" of the displaced Tamils living in relief camps there.

July 22nd, 2009 TOKYO - With a view to finding new markets for the textile industry and reducing dependence on the US and the European Union (EU), India has begun promoting itself in Japan, with Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran inaugurating the Indian pavilion at the Mega Apparel and Textiles Show here Wednesday. The initiative is part of the government's policy to push Indian textiles exports to South East Asia, especially Japan.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran will begin his visit to Japan from today. Maran is leading the joint trade delegation of textiles sector.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran will lead the joint trade delegation of textiles sector to Japan on July 20. The seventeen-member delegation comprises the representatives of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL), the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Promotion Council (SRTEPC), the Knitwear Technology Mission, and leading textiles manufacturers and exporters from Tirupur and Coimbatore textiles clusters.

June 17th, 2009 COIMBATORE - Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran has said that the government would try to achieve seven to eight per cent growth in the industry during the current fiscal year, April 2009-March'10. This would generate more than two million jobs every year, he said.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day ahead of the crucial meeting of pre-poll UPA allies, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi amid speculation that the DMK is eyeing meaty cabinet portfolios.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said Saturday that the victory of his party in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu showed that the Sri Lankan issue had failed to sway voters in the state. As the DMK proved pollsters wrong with a strong performance in a majority of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats, Maran told NDTV TV: 'People (of Tamil Nadu) have given a clear mandate.' Asked if the emotive issue of Sri Lanka's military offensive against the Tamil Tigers had played a role in balloting, as many had expected, he said: 'That has not played a role.' AIADMK leader J.

May 9th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan Saturday threw a counter punch at the International Cricket Council (ICC) by serving it with a legal notice on its decision to move the 2011 World Cup matches from this country over security fears. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt told reporters in Lahore that the PCB challenged the ICC's decision to strip Pakistan of its status as a World Cup co-host.

May 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Reiterating her call for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka, AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha Wednesday said the Indian Army would be sent to the island nation to carve out Tamil Eelam state if her alliance wins all the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

April 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Saturday slapped a legal notice on All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa for alleging irregularities in uplinking of programmes of the satellite Television channel SUN TV, which is owned by his brother Kalanidhi Maran.

April 25th, 2009 GURDASPUR/LUDHIANA/CHENNAI - Candidates of different political parties across India filed their nomination papers from their respective constituencies to contest in the ongoing elections to the Lok Sabha. For instance, actor turned politician, Vinod Khanna filed his nomination to contest from Gurdaspur in Punjab.

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 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - MDMK leader Vaiko and actor-turned-politician Vijaya T. Rajendherr may be arrested for alleged anti-national speeches, Chennai police Commissioner K.

April 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M.

January 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was early Monday admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical College Hospital here after complaining of severe backache, a spokesperson of the ruling party DMK said.