| PMK quits AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu | 05-OCT-09 |
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| The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) today decided to exit from the AIADMK-led Opposition alliance in Tamil Nadu. The party, led by its founder S Ramadoss, also father of former Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, had jumped from the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance to the AIADMK once before this May’s Lok Sabha election. |
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| Analysis shows DMK led front led in majority of consituencies | 21-MAY-09 |
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| Leading in a majority of the constituencies, an assembly wise segment analysis of the May 13 Lok Sabha results from Tamil Nadu reveals that it was just a reflection of the 2006 assembly polls. Though the DMK front had a lesser number of parties in its fold this time, it led in 163 assembly constituencies, compared to 69 of the AIADMK-led five party front. |
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| PMK asks: Will DMK snap ties with Congress? | 18-APR-09 |
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| PMK today sought to know from DMK chief M Karunanidhi whether he would sever ties with the UPA and Congress if the Manmohan Singh Government did not snap diplomatic relations with Colombo and the "attack on Tamils" in Sri Lanka as demanded by him. |
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| PMK exits UPA, ministers resign from Cabinet | 29-MAR-09 |
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| Having jumped ship from the K Karunanidhi-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), led by Jayalalithaa, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) decided to exit the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre as well. |
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| PMK quits UPA, Congress unfazed | 27-MAR-09 |
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| After losing two major allies — Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal — in the Hindi-heartland, the Congress today received a jolt in south India, as the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) parted ways with the UPA and joined rival J Jayalalitha’s camp, the AIADMK. The Congress tried to put up a brave face, saying the estranged allies will all come back to the alliance after the Lok Sabha elections. |
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| Anbumani Ramadoss, Velu to quit Manmohan govt | 26-MAR-09 |
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| Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss and Minister of State for Railways R Velu would be quitting the Manmohan Singh Ministry, with their party, PMK, finally deciding to go with the rival alliance headed by AIADMK to contest the Lok Sabha polls. |
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| UPA partner PMK all set to join AIADMK front | 26-MAR-09 |
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| PMK, a constituent of the ruling UPA at the Centre, is all set to join the AIADMK-led front in Tamil Nadu as the party's top policy making body, the General Council, today began its crucial meeting to take a formal decision on the tie-up. |
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| PMK supports nuclear deal | 21-JUN-08 |
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After Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK snapped ties with it, PMK, a constituent of the UPA, warmed up to the Congress on Friday, strongly backing the Indo-US nuclear deal and vowing to contest the next Lok Sabha polls under a Sonia Gandhi-led alliance. |
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| Five PMK government advocates quit | 18-JUN-08 |
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Five lawyers belonging to the PMK's lawyers' wing, who were holding the posts of government pleaders, today resigned in the wake of the DMK snapping ties with their party. |
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| DMK snaps ties with PMK | 18-JUN-08 |
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| Ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu today severed its ties with PMK, a key outside ally.
A decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting of the DMK presided over by party president and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi here this evening. |
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| CPI(M)`s retail blueprint gets poor response | 11-JUL-07 |
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| The CPI(M)s blueprint for a national policy on the opening of mega-scale retail stores by big Indian companies that could threaten the livelihood of lakhs of traditional traders has evoked literally |
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| More than a defeat for NDA | 14-MAY-04 |
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| To say that verdict 2004 caught the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies by surprise is an understatement. By 12 noon, when the trends of the elections was clear, not a single senior BJP leader |
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