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Minister slams DMK MP for objection to Sanskrit translation, lauds Birla's reply
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said indulging in divisive politics was the real waste of taxpayers' money.

Updated on Feb 11, 2025 11:15 PM IST
‘Follow MK Stalin’: DMK MP's advice to PM Narendra Modi
The attack came after the Opposition alleged that the Budget had announcements only for states where the BJP allies rule.

Published on Jul 24, 2024 05:18 PM IST
Dayanidhi Maran calls Annamalai 'joker' and says he won't take his words back
Prine Minister Narendra Modi in his rally mentioned the insult of K Annamalai by a senior DMK leader and said people of Tamil Nadu will give the reply.

Updated on Apr 10, 2024 07:20 PM IST
After Bihari-toilet remarks, DMK MP calls BJP IT wing ‘jobless barbers’; slammed
Dayanidhi Maran alleged that those involved in spreading his old videos, especially the BJP, want to gain "political mileage" by creating a ruckus in society.

Published on Jan 02, 2024 10:06 AM IST
DMK MP Maran’s 2019 remarks on Hindi speakers spark political row
In a viral video, Maran is purportedly heard comparing the job prospects of those who have studied only Hindi with those who also know English.

Updated on Dec 25, 2023 05:39 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Patna/ Chennai
So what if Dayanidhi's ‘Bihar’ video old: Annamalai shares minister's 2020 posts
BJP leader K Annamalai shared Tamil Nadu minister TRB Rajaa's purported 2020 posts abusing Biharis and said nothing changed in DMK.

Updated on Dec 24, 2023 11:40 PM IST
'A flight to remember': Dayanidhi Maran honoured to be flown by Rajiv Rudy
Dayanidhi Maran said he boarded the IndiGo flight 6E864 after attending a meeting of the parliamentary Estimates Committee in Delhi. He was surprised to see Rajiv Pratap Rudy donning the pilot's uniform.

Published on Jul 15, 2021 10:24 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘No data govt’: Congress’ Adhir, DMK’s Maran ask Centre to address economic woes
The fifth day of the monsoon session saw huge ruckus as debate continued over the effects of lockdown, economic impact of Covid-19 on migrant workers, salaried professionals and job losses due to the pandemic’s economic impact.

Updated on Sep 18, 2020 11:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
MPs demand online House panel meeting
Science and technology committee chairman Jairam Ramesh, who will head the discussions, has written to Rajya Sabha chairman N. Venkaiah Naidu seeking his approval for panel members to meet online.

Updated on Jul 08, 2020 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Had to break the door’: Farooq Abdullah on Amit Shah’s ‘no arrest’ statement
Late afternoon, the National Conference leader finally made an appearance asserting that he has been put under house arrest.

Updated on Jun 10, 2020 10:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Not detained, Farooq Abdullah is at home,’ Amit Shah responds to MPs
NCP’s Supriya Sule and DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran sought to know where the National Conference leader from Jammu and Kashmir was on the day crucial legisations related to his state were being discussed.

Updated on Aug 06, 2019 03:41 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: DMK will look to win its bastion of Chennai Central in Tamil Nadu
Voting in all the 39 constituencies in Tamil Nadu will be held during the second round of seven-phased Lok Sabha election 2019 on April 18. The results will be declared on May 23.

Updated on Apr 12, 2019 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Raja, Kanimozhi, Maran among DMK hopefuls
While Kanimozhi is the lone claimant for the Thoothukudi seat, Raja and Maran have sought to be fielded as DMK candidates from the Nilgiris reserved constituency and Central Chennai, respectively. Raja and Maran had unsuccessfully contested these seats in 2014.

Published on Mar 17, 2019 12:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Madras HC rejects Dayanidhi Maran, brother Kalanidhi’s petition to cancel charges against them in illegal telephone exchange case
Maran had argued that the restriction to have only three connections would apply only to MPs as per the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act and not to a Cabinet minister.

Updated on Nov 09, 2018 12:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Orders reserved on Maran brothers’ plea in illegal telephone exchange case
A CBI court had in August framed charges and ordered trial of former Union telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and others in the case of alleged setting up of “illegal” telephone exchanges to benefit the Sun TV Network of his elder brother Kalanithi Maran during 2004-06.

Updated on Oct 25, 2018 09:29 PM IST
Chennai |
Press Trust of India
Court extends interim protection from arrest to Chidambaram, son Karti in Aircel-Maxis case
CBI is probing how Chidambaram, who was Union finance minister in 2006, granted FIPB approval to a foreign firm, when only CCEA was empowered to do it. His role has come under scanner in the Rs 3,500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal and INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore.

Updated on Oct 08, 2018 12:54 PM IST
New Delhi |
Press Trust of India
Maran brothers seek quashing of ‘lame’ CBI charges in telephone exchanges case
The charges date back to the time when Dayanidhi Maran, a grandnephew of late DMK chief M Karunanidhi, was the Union minister for telecommunications and information technology in the UPA-1 government.

Published on Sep 15, 2018 03:46 PM IST
Chennai |
Press Trust of India
Face trial in illegal telephone exchange case, Supreme Court tells Dayanidhi Maran
The CBI has alleged he misused his official position and got private telephone exchanges installed at his residences in Chennai.

Updated on Jul 30, 2018 11:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | , New Delhi
HT CorrespondentMaran brothers will be charged in telephone exchange case, rules Madras HC
According to the prosecution, Dayanidhi Maran had misused his office and installed a private telephone exchange at his residences in Chennai during his tenure as Union minister under Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule between 2004 and 2007.

Updated on Jul 25, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Chennai |
CS Kotteswaran
HC notice to Maran brothers after CBI challenges discharge in telephone exchange case
The CBI had alleged that an illegal private telephone exchange was set up at the Chennai residence of then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and it was used for business transactions involving the Sun Network owned by his brother Kalanithi.

Updated on Jun 12, 2018 06:32 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Chennai |
Press Trust of India
Maran brothers discharged in telephone exchange case
The CBI had alleged that an illegal private telephone exchange was set up at the city residence of Dayanidhi during 2004-06 when he was the telecom minister and it was used for the business transactions involving the Sun Network owned by his brother Kalanithi.

Updated on Mar 14, 2018 10:48 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Chennai |
Press Trust of India