Chennai: Girls continued to outshine boys in the Class XII examinations conducted by the state government, results for which were announced on Tuesday. Students hailing from Namakkal district bagged the top three ranks from among nearly 8.20 lakh students who appeared for the exam conducted in March. Girls continued to dominate by registering a pass percentage of 89.7 while 83.2 per cent of boys cleared the exams. Incidentally, this time...
12:49:34 PM May 22, 2012
Chennai: DMK President M Karunanidhi, a key ally of Congress-led UPA, will not be attending the third anniversary celebrations of UPA-II in Delhi on Tuesday, party sources said. Karunanidhi will not take part in the dinner to be hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the leaders of UPA constituents and MPs and instead DMK's Parliamentary Party Leader TR Baalur would represent the party, the sources said on Monday night....
01:01:44 AM May 22, 2012
Chennai: The United States is committed to help Tamil Nadu realise the goals set in its Vision 2023 document, to put the state on par with upper middle income countries in southeast Asia, said the US envoy to India. Speaking at a function organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce here Monday, US Ambassador Nancy J. Powell said: "The United States is committed to helping Tamil Nadu realise these goals...
01:26:59 PM May 21, 2012
CHENNAI : Backing the creation of an independent, sovereign Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka, Member of Parliament and president of the Lok Janshakthi Party, Ram Vilas Paswan, on Sunday called upon the international community to ensure that a referendum is conducted to determine the emotions of the Tamil population. Speaking to reporters at a memorial event on the Marina to mark what is now termed the Mullivaykal Massacre that occurred...
08:43:00 AM May 21, 2012
Chennai: Lobbying for PA Sangma's candidature for the presidential polls, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday spoke to BJP leader LK Advani, Samajwadi supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and other non-Congress leaders including Left parties. Sticking to his earlier stand, Sharad Pawar, leader of NCP of which Sangma is a leader, has said his party will abide by UPA's "collective decision". Pawar maintained, "we are part of the UPA and...
12:49:21 AM May 21, 2012
London: Anti-nuclear and rights group on Friday held a noisy demonstration in front of the Indian High Commission here in protest against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant being built in a tsunami-prone area of Tamil Nadu. Protesters held a large red banner proclaiming "No More Chernobyls! No more Fukushimas! No Nuclear Power Plant in Kudankulam." The protesters, representing South Asian, anti-nuclear and human rights group such as South Asia Solidarity...
02:49:44 AM May 19, 2012
COIMBATORE: The availability of BE/BTech seats in Tamil Nadu is all set to shoot past the 2.65 lakh mark this year with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) allowing existing engineering colleges to add an additional 40,000 seats in undergraduate courses. The apex regulatory agency for technical education has sanctioned the increased intake of students at a time when nearly 65,000 out of the total 2.26 lakh BE/BTech...
09:22:00 AM May 18, 2012
CHENNAI: Reiterating that illegal sand mining in the State will be tackled firmly, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday said that during the previous AIADMK regime headed by her, the government had taken over the sand quarrying business to prevent illegal mining and to protect water resources. The government also took steps to make available sand at a reasonable cost while increasing the revenue of the State government. On the...
07:43:00 AM May 18, 2012
TIRUNELVELI: The Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) on Tuesday received three bomb threat letters. Two threat letters addressed to a contract worker working at KKNPP and another letter send to KKNPP administration were received at the plant on Tuesday, Police sources said.The sender, Tirunelveli Pothunala Kuzhu (Tirunelveli Public Welfare Committee), said that the contract worker and another worker were sent for planting bombs at KKNPP.The letter instructs them to plant...
10:29:00 AM May 17, 2012
PUDUKOTTAI: A tipplers movement has rushed in where many political parties are fearing to tread: the electoral arena for the June 12 Pudukottai by-elections. Naming its president Chella Pandiyan as the candidate, the Liquor Imbibers Awareness Revolutionary Movement has started a spirited campaign through pamphlets, listing its demands that include appointment of a qualified medical practitioner at TASMAC outlets to recommend the appropriate alcohol intake quantity for customers, based on...
09:47:00 AM May 17, 2012
ERODE: Five persons, including two children, died and 31 others sustained serious injuries when a lorry in which they were travelling from Andhiyur to Bargur Hill turned turtle at Thalakarai on Wednesday evening.The victims were identified as Manikandan (9), son of Madappan, Nandini (2), daughter of Rajan, Madammal (40), wife of Karuppasamy, all from Thalakarai, and Gurusamy (30) and Chinnathambi (45) of Thoppur Colony, Andhiyur.In the list of injured were...
07:28:00 AM May 17, 2012
Chennai: A year after she stormed to power in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa still enjoys wide support in the state. But the number of critics is rising too. Reactions on one year of AIADMK rule varied as Jayalalithaa began her second year in office on Wednesday. It was on this day in 2011 that the actress-turned-politician took the oath of office -- for the third time since 1991....
03:58:36 PM May 16, 2012
CHENNAI: A serpentine line of elderly women, 17-year-olds and assorted relatives, wound endlessly outside the rather dilapidated Panagal Hall at the Kilpauk Medical College. As it moved slowly into the building, it was evident that people had added twists and turns to the queue innumerable times to salvage whatever little shade they could manage.Even if we get sunstroke, I suppose there are enough doctors to attend to us, said Varadhu...
09:26:00 AM May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Scores of DMK supporters, gathered outside a Delhi court on Tuesday, cheered out loud on hearing that their leader and former communications minister A Raja was granted bail in the 2G scam case. Over 200 DMK supporters were eagerly waiting for the outcome of the hearing outside the court room at Patiala House courts complex. Raja's wife Parmeshawari Devi was also present in the court. She accompanied Raja...
09:08:58 PM May 15, 2012
Chennai: As former telecom minister A Raja secured bail in the 2G spectrum case, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the case appeared to be getting "diluted". "I am hearing from you only now. It definitely looks as though it is getting diluted," she said in reply to a question from reporters on a Delhi court granting bail to Raja, the prime accused in the case, 15 months...
05:05:13 PM May 15, 2012
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