Karunanidhi’s son appointed Tamil Nadu’s Deputy CM

September 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Wednesday exhorted young farmers in Tamil Nadu to join the party, saying it was not just for moneyed people. He was in Thanjavur as part of a three-day tour of the state to strengthen the Congress' youth wing.

July 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Demanding the lifting of the ban on the LTTE, members of a regional party based in Tamil Nadu staged a demonstration outside the Central Station in Chennai on Wednesday. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi party members also demanded equal rights for the Sri Lankan Tamilians, residing as refugees in India since many years.

July 23rd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Thursday announced that his house at Gopalapuram here will be converted into a charitable hospital after he and his wife die.

June 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Energy-starved Tamil Nadu wants a higher share of power that will be generated by the joint venture it has set up with mining and power company Neyveli Lignite Corp (NLC). A similar demand had earlier been raised by Gujarat, where NLC proposes to set up a 1,000 MW plant at Valia, also in joint venture with that state's power board.

June 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - A Swiss national recently donated Rupees 2.08 crore to the Ramanathaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu. Over the last three years, Elizabeth Ziegler has been donating about Rupees four lakh annually.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed senior leader Arun Jaitley as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Sushma Swaraj Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. S S Ahluwalia has been appointed as deputy to Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha.

May 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's son M.K.

May 16th, 2009 MADURAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's son M.K.

April 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs M Vayalar Ravi on Wednesday visited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi at his Gopalapuram residence to enquire about his health after the recent fast he kept for the Sri Lankan Tamil cause.

April 28th, 2009 CHENNAI - Police in Tamil Nadu Monday said no violence had taken place in the state during Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's fast in support of a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.

April 20th, 2009 MADURAI - AIADMK boss J. Jayalalitha Monday attacked Congress president Sonia Gandhi for her silence on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.

April 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - In the wake of reports of the Sri Lankan army capturing the last stronghold of the LTTE in Sri Lanka, the pro-Eelam Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) on Wednesday appealed to Congress President Sonia Gandhi to press for a ceasefire in the island-nation. Addressing a press conference in Chennai, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan said, "Sonia Gandhi should deal with the situation from a humanitarian point of view...she is the last hope of the Sri Lankan Tamils and has the power to press for a ceasefire with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse." The VCK is part of the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK)-Congress alliance in the coming elections.

April 8th, 2009 CHENNAI - Security for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and his cabinet colleagues has been stepped up following intelligence inputs on threat from the Tamil Tigers, a top police official said here Wednesday.

January 29th, 2009 CHENNAI - At least 38 people were arrested Friday for protesting the killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, police said. The protesters were on a road leading to the Sri Lanka's deputy high commissioner's office here.

January 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's elder son M.K.