Posts Tagged ‘Tamil Nadu’
Tamil Nadu: Environment Minister Mariyam Pichai killed in road accident
The Tamil Nadu State Environment Minister, N Mariyam Pichai was killed in a road accident at Tiruvalarkurichi village near Paadalur about 30 kms from Tiruchi on Monday morning Mr Mariyam Pichai was proceeding to Chennai from here by car to take part in the oath taking ceremony of the new MLAs in the Assembly, when the car in which he was [...]
Karunanidhi to visit Delhi to meet daughter Kanimozhi
DMK President M Karunanidhi will be in New Delhi tomorrow to meet his daughter Kanimozhi, who is in jail in the 2G Spectrum scam, but may not meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi00 crore in October 2005 Out of this money received from the network, Rs 225 crore was paid as tax while the "remaining was shared", Karunanidhi said without [...]
T R Baalu to represent DMK at UPA Govt 2nd anniversary celebrations
Smarting under the electoral debacle, DMK will make a token representation at the second anniversary celebrations of UPA-II in New Delhi today in which none of its six Union Ministers will be present8 MPs, will be represented by its Parliamentary Party Leader T R Baalu at the function to be held at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence this [...]
Rajinikanth health condition serious, shifted to ICU
Superstar Rajinikanth, who was admitted to the Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre for recurrent respiratory infection and gastro-intestinal problems, was on Wednesday night shifted to the Intensive Care Unit ICU This has been done to improve his breathing pattern, a hospital press release said adding that the actor was showing positive [...]
Tamil Nadu Cabinet: New ministers and portfolios
The new Cabinet sworn in along with Jayalalithaa today contains a few senior leaders, plenty of new faces While Ms Jayalalithaa will have control over Home, Police and General Administration, her colleague O Panneerselvam has been entrusted with the challenging task of steering the State's finances JJayalalithaa — Chief Minister, [...]
Jayalalithaa sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa was on Monday sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a third time along with 33 ministers at a glittering function at the Madras University centenary auditorium in Chennai991 Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala administered the oath of office and secrecy Jayalalithaa, 63, and others took the oath in Tamil and [...]
Sweep for Mamata, Jaya, Gogoi; Congress steals Kerala
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress-led alliance on Friday made history by routing the Left Front in West Bengal while J1 Results The Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance got 226 seats seats84 CONGRESS 42 CPM 40 CPI 2 FB 11 RSP 7 SP 1 OTHERS 7 Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2011 Results Tamil [...]
Court defers order on Kanimozhi’s bail plea to May 20
A special CBI court hearing the 2G spectrum scam case on Saturday deferred the order on custody of DMK MP Kanimozhi to May 20th The court said that as the order was not ready it was posting the matter for May 20 Earlier, the special judge OP Saini had reserved its order on May 7 after hearing the arguments of her lawyer Ram Jethmalani and [...]
Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK sweeps in Tamil Nadu Elections
Riding the crest of a silent anti-incumbency wave in the 2011 Assembly elections, the AIADMK on Friday stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu, paving the way for a third substantive term as Chief Minister for its leader [...]
Opinion Polls says Trinamool to sweep West Bengal; Tamil Nadu unpredictable
Opinion Polls results -- Exit Polls results -- Election Survey Results -- Poll surveys-- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, Puducherry, Assembly Elections -- Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance is set to sweep the assembly elections in West Bengal, according to post-poll projections on television channels, while it was a mixed verdict [...]
2G scam: Kanimozhi seeks bail
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's daughter and DMK MP Kanimozhi today appeared before a special court, responding to summons for her alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and sought bail on grounds of being a woman After a day-long hearing, the special CBI court asked the investigating agency to respond on Kanimozhi's plea on [...]
DMK, AIADMK fooling people with freebies: Sushma
Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj accused DMK and AIADMK of fooling people by promising freebies in their manifestos for the April 13 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu These parties were doing so only to garner votes and BJP was against such practice, she told reporters here Expressing confidence that BJP would win an "impressive" number of [...]
Election officials seize over Rs. 5 cr in Tiruchi
The stash, found atop a private bus, is considered to be the single largest seizure of cash in the State so far in the run up to the Assembly elections1 crore in cash found atop a private bus parked at Ponnagar in the City, in the Tiruchi West constituency, was seized by election officials in the early hours of Tuesday000 rupee denominations, was [...]
Fans wake up to Rajini mania
South India is gripped by the Rajni fever000 bucks a ticket to watch their favorite superstar in action110 pm IST on September 30th The release of the much-awaited Rajnikanth starrer was equivalent to a grand festive atmosphere where fans flocked to the cinemas in a euphoric mood Touted as Asia's most expensive film, Rajnikanth and [...]
