New Delhi: The kinship was quaint, spanning two continents and cultures. And yet American percussionist and Carnatic musician Douglas M. Knight Jr. is one of the most important people in Bharatanatyam legend Thanjavur Balasaraswati's illustrious household. The American exponent of percussion instrument mridangam is the late dancer's son-in-law. And he is now her biographer. "I didn't choose her; I was part of her family. My association with several members of...
10:55:36 AM Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: Actor-politican Vijayakant of DMDK has moved the Madras High Court challenging February 2 Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution suspending him from the House for ten days following a recommendation by the privileges committee. Justice S Rajeswaran, before whom the petition came up, posted it to March 2 to enable the Assembly Secretary to argue on the maintainability and the prayer for a stay of the suspension. The government pleader took...
07:54:55 AM Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: Defending its decision to do away with Common Entrance Test (CET) for admission into professional courses, Tamil Nadu government today said the enrolment of rural students into engineering courses has gone up by more that ten per cent since it was scrapped. "The percentage of rural students admitted into engineering courses during 2005 and 2006 when the Common Entrance Test was conducted, has been 56.72 per cent and 58.26...
12:23:08 AM Feb 23, 2012
Chennai: Popular actress SN Lakshmi, who played mother to all of Tamil cinema's leading heroes, passed away in the city on Sunday night. The 84-year-old artiste, who essayed various roles in over 1,500 movies, died of a heart attack. Remembered for playing mother to actors spanning generations " from MGR and Sivaji to Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, Lakshmi's most remembered roles include that of the conniving thief in 'Michael Madana...
07:07:41 PM Feb 21, 2012
Chennai: A two-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team completed the annual inspection of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) on Tuesday, said a senior official of the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL). "The IAEA team went in around 8.30 am on Monday and completed the job around 1 am on Tuesday. Normally, it takes around two days for the inspection. But as the situation is abnormal at...
04:54:43 PM Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' was a different film due to the latest 3 D techniques used in it. The use of this technique made the animated characters look more vivid and closer to reality. The Indian film industry doesn't lag far behind than Hollywood when it comes to using modern age technologies, and who could be better than Rajinikanth to start a new trend. If media...
04:33:19 PM Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha in the 1991 disproportionate assets case. Madras High Court had quashed on September 30 the DA case against Jayalalithaa saying that there was a delay by the CBI in filing the FIR. CBI had appealed against the Madras HC order on which Supreme Court has issued notice to Jayalalithaa. Earlier, Sasikala Natarajan, estranged...
12:49:35 PM Feb 21, 2012
TIRUCHY: A marriage in former minister K N Nehrus family, which as expected was graced by the bigwigs of the DMK, gave an indication of the growing conflict within the party"quite the contrast to recent statements issued by the headquarters accusing a section of the media of finding non-existent fissures within the outfit.The seating arrangements itself manifested the growing distance between DMK chief M Karunanidhi and party treasurer M K...
08:33:00 AM Feb 20, 2012
Chennai: Adding to the woes of Sasikala and her family, the Chennai Police on Saturday arrested her husband, Natarajan in connection with a land grabbing case. The case was registered against him in Thanjavur. Sasikala was a close confidante of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for several years. However, in December 2011, she expelled her and her relatives from the AIADMK, which political observers say, was a result of unprecedented...
08:18:45 PM Feb 18, 2012
Bangalore: A Bangalore court on Saturday adjourned Sasikala Natarajan's hearing in the disproportionate assests case involving her former chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter J Jayalalithaa till February 23. The former aide of the CM broke down in court during her questioning. This was the first time she was being questioned in the disproportionate assets case. Sasikala claimed that Jayalalithaa was not involved in the case. "Jayalalithaa is not involved...
06:01:36 PM Feb 18, 2012
Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's former aide Sasikala Natarajan broke down in court on Saturday during her questioning in the disproportionate assets case involving Jaya. Sasikala was questioned for the first time in the disproportionate assets case on Saturday. Sasikala claimed that Jayalalithaa was not involved in the case. "Jayalalithaa is not involved in the affairs of partnership. I alone operated the bank account. Jaya was a partner...
12:16:39 PM Feb 18, 2012
New Delhi: A four-member committee set up by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will meet on Friday for the first time. The committee is headed by former Atomic Energy Commission chief MR Srinivasan. Interestingly, the meeting comes two days after the Russian Ambassador to India blamed "vested interests" for protests against the Indo-Russian joint venture project. The panel would visit Tirunelveli district and interact with district officials. The other three...
07:30:13 AM Feb 17, 2012
Chennai: The four-member expert committee to look into safety aspects of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and address fears of locals about the project will meet here on Friday. The panel would visit Tirunelveli district and interact with district officials. "We are meeting tomorrow (Friday). After that we will chalk our future course of action," M.R. Srinivasan, a member of the committee and former chairman of...
03:34:10 PM Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Mullaperiyar central empowered committee met on Wednesday in Delhi. The Kerala government also submitted a plea to the empowered committee seeking more time to submit its report. The committee is yet to consider the plea. The Kerala govt has asked for more time to conduct tests on the current status of the dam, saying that tests were still continuing on the Mullaperiyar Dam. The report will be...
12:17:40 PM Feb 15, 2012
Chennai: The Vigilance department conducted raids on former DMK minister Thangam Thennarasu in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The raids were conducted in connection with a disproportionate assets case. Thennarasu has been booked under the Corruption Act. He is the 12th DMK leader to be targeted since the AIADMK came to power in Tamil Nadu in 2011. ...
09:42:54 AM Feb 15, 2012
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