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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Tuesday complimented the Congress for upholding alliance dharma by warning its leaders not to speak against the Congres-DMK alliance.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of his party MPs in Chennai, Karunanidhi also sought to put an end to speculation that there was a rift between [...]
Union Human Resource and Development Minister on Tuesday expressed regret to World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand regarding a recent controversy about conferring an honorary doctorate to him.
The University of Hyderabad denied Viswanathan Anand an honorary doctorate after the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) said that it is confused about whether he is an [...]
Three MLAs belonging of the Opposition AIADMK and CPI were arrested for allegedly picketing the Puducherry bus stand on Tuesday during a dawn-to-dusk bandh in protest against the delay in the Puducherry government getting MCI approval for a government medical college in the Union Territory.
Shops and business establishments remained closed following the bandh called by [...]
Chennai Corporation Mayor M Subramanian on Tuesday said the renovation and strengthening of various bridges and subways across the city are underway at an estimated cost of Rs eight crore.
Inspecting the renovation work at Adyar Thiru Vi Ka bridge, the Mayor said the subway at Nungambakkam had been renovated at a cost of Rs 33 [...]
It may not be pouring in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu as it did last weekend but there has been no let-up in the drizzle which at times is sharp, stinging. According to Meteorological Department, the isolated rain is owing to a low pressure in the West-Central and adjoining Southwest Bay of South Andhra and [...]
Aug 24, 2010: Chief Minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Monday charged actor and DMDK president Vijayakanth with obtaining several lakhs of rupees for acting in a single film as black money without paying income tax.
Joining issue with the DMDK chief, who said on Sunday that both the DMK and the AIADMK were corrupt, [...]
Aug 24, 2010: Chennai city Police Commissioner T Rajendran has said that there was a lack of tolerance among family members resulting in many failed relationships. The Commissionerate receives at least 50 petitioners a day and 20 per cent of them are complaints relating to family problems.
Speaking at an international conference on ‘Family in multicultural [...]
Aug 24, 2010: The Madras High Court has permitted the Tamil Nadu government to proceed with the vigilance inquiry against suspended IAS officer C Umashankar, but said that no further action should be taken against him on the basis of the inquiry without the orders fo the court.
The petitioner had submitted that he was governed [...]
Aug 24, 2010: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it would bear the expenses of special child Jenitha Anto of Tiruchy who would be leaving to Russia in September to participate in a month-long international chess tournament.
An official release said Chief Minister M Karunanidhi ordered the release of Rs 2.28 lakh, excluding Rs 30,000 [...]
Aug 24, 2010: A ten-day-old girl was reportedly found abandoned on a MRTS train at the Tambaram railway station on Sunday night.
According to reports, a woman called the women’s helpline saying a just born baby was lying below a seat in the ladies compartment of an MRTS train which was going from the Beach station [...]
