The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today announced pulling out of the Congress-led UPA coalition. It is in protest against the government's position on a US backed United Nations resolution on war crimes carried out during Sri Lanka's civil war.
The Delhi court dismissed the bail pleas of accused in the 2G scam, which has come as a shock to most. Despite there being no objection from the prosecution, the bail petition has been rejected. The court might have assumed that the accused are capable of interfering, persuading and threatening the witnesses, said Cho Ramaswamy.
Sunil Jain, Editor – Opinion at Financial Express solicits that the biggest takeaway for India Inc is the removal of Jairam Ramesh from environment ministry, who has been involved in several controversies for holding up major industrial projects that many considered as critical to India's economic development.
Cho Ramaswamy, political analyst and editor of Tughlak magazine tells CNBC-TV18 that he finds nothing new in CBI's revelation that Maran is guilty of vested interest in the Aircel case. "It was quite expected that this would be the end of the game for Dayanidhi Maran," he says.
Chief Minister Jayalalitha's press conference in Delhi took the nation by surprise and made front page headlines. But was she right to demand Home Minister Chidambaram's resignation? Did she strike a new note regarding the DMK? Has she left the door open for a future alliance with Congress? Experts discuss.
Scrapping most of Karunanidhi's pet projects, the Jayalalithaa government announced new housing and insurance schemes. The highlight of these schemes was the steps announced to reverse the monopoly in the cable industry, reports CNBC-TV18’s Swathi Narayanan.
Speaking to CNBC-TV18 Cho Ramaswamy, editor of Tamil magazine Thuglak said, there is nothing new about Dayanidhi Maran allegations. However, he said, things have changed now.
Cho Ramaswamy, political analyst and editor of Thuglak magazine tells CNBC-TV18 that the DMK is in desperate need of the alliance with the Centre (congress), more than ever before. However, this is also the time when the Congress needs to break away their alliance with DMK, if they want to retain their credibility, he says.
Parthasarathi Shome, the Director and Chief Executive at ICRIER and Cho Ramaswamy, the Editor of Thuglak, in an interview on CNBC-TV18, spoke about the implications the election verdict would have on the UPA-II's reform agenda.
West Bengal and Tamil Nadu election results will give us a clear idea of what is the future of Mamata Banerjee, the Left, Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi? But already tension and anticipation are bubbling over as everyone predicts the outcome. CNBC-TV18’s Karan Thapar discusses the issue with an eminent set of panelists.
Tamil Nadu went through the poll to choose a new government so CNBC-TV18’s Karan Thapar asks what sort of candidates are on offer. The association for democratic Reforms and Tamil Nadu Election Watch have done and assessment of the main party candidates which is both enlightening but also depressing.
Saturday night's collapse of the DMK- Congress alliance has shaken up politics. As the two sides struggle to patch up, we look at the implications and consequences of the impending breakup.