Aug 20, 2010: To describe it as a war of words could be no exaggeration, as charges
and counter charges being leveled by political leaders in the State over the Centre’s proposal to implement the Common Entrance Test for professional courses scaling ‘new heights’ day after day.

On Thursday, AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa said Chief Minister [...]

Aug 20, 2010: Puducherry Chief Minister V Vaithilingam on Thursday disclosed the
details of assets held by him and his wife. This is in keeping with the directive of the Union Home Ministry asking Chief Ministers of all States to voluntarily declare the details of assets.

Declaring the assets at a press conference, he said he had [...]

Aug 20, 2010: The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court expressing its
opposition to the Centre’s proposal to conduct a common entrance test for medical colleges from the next academic session

According to reports, the government’s petition seeking permission to present its views in a matter related to medical course admissions is expected to come [...]

Aug 20, 2010: A series of programmes are waiting for Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi
in Salem today, including the inauguration of a super speciality hospital, integrated Collectorate Complex, government nursing college and hostel and other projects to the tune of Rs 321 crore.
He will also declare open the new office building of the City Police Commissionerate, [...]

Aug 20, 2010: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Thursday announced the
result of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination, 2010.

The list of all successful candidates in the examination held on May 23, 2010 is available on www.upsc.gov.in.
Over 12,716 candidates are on the list of successful candidates. According to preliminary estimates, over 850 candidates from Tamil [...]

Aug 19, 2010: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Wednesday said that a senior official of the Union government will visit conflict-ridden areas of Sri Lanka early next month to assess development needs of the areas.

Speaking to reporters after a 45-minute-long meeting with Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai, Nirupama told reporters [...]

Aug 19, 2010: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Wednesday slammed the Opposition parties for announcing agitation against the proposed greenfield airport near Chennai and said such actions would only affect the airport expansion plans and the growth of the State.

In a statement, he said only soil samples have been taken from 64 places [...]

Aug 19, 2010: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary J Jayalalithaa hosted an ‘Iftar’ party in Chennai on Wednesday.

n her brief address, after opening Iftar, marking the breaking of dawn to dusk fast observed by Muslims during the holy month of Ramalan, she said by oberving [...]

Aug 19, 2010: Chennai and its suburbs received heavy showers since Tuesday night, inundating low lying areas, uprooting roadside trees and bringing copious inflows into the reservoirs.

The incessant showers since 2 am disrupted the morning peak hour traffic, much to the discomfort of the office and school-goers. Nungambakkam received 77 mm of rainfall in the [...]

Aug 19, 2010: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi on Wednesday wrote to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to make the Nagapattinam-Velankanni line operational at the earliest.

Karunanidhi said the work on the section had been completed and it was ready for inauguration. The annual festival of the Shrine of Basilica of Our Lady [...]