Bangalore: Spelling more trouble for former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Monday filed a chargesheet against him and former Industries Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu for "criminal misconduct as public servants in arbitrarily denotifying land". It came on a day when the Lokayukta Special Court ordered probe against Yeddyurappa and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on a complaint accusing them of illegally ordering cancellation of an industrial site on...
06:28 PM, May 21, 2012
Chennai/Madurai: The war of words between controversial Karnataka-based spiritual leader Nithyananda and those opposing his anointment as the 293rd pontiff of the over 1500-year-old Madurai Aadheenam Mutt late last month is turning murkier by the day. The latest is the decision of actor Ranjitha Menon to file a defamation suit against the Hindu seer Kanchi Sankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi for his comments on the selection of Nithyananda as junior pontiff of...
12:22 PM, May 14, 2012
Patna: A top Bihar Police officer, who is a Tamilian by birth, has fulfilled his acting dream. He debuts as a boatman with Bhojpuri film "Devra Pe Manwa Dole" which is set for release on May 10. "I am happy to be an actor in a Bhojpuri movie. It was my dream to act in a movie and I have fulfilled it. I play a common fisherman in Bihar," said...
04:27 PM, May 03, 2012
Ahmednagar: Union Agricultural Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday renewed his criticism of Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan for not doing enough for the drought-prone areas in the state. Pawar alleged that the drought-prone western Maharashtra had not received the required aid as it was being channelised to other regions. Earlier this month, he slammed the governor for not touring the drought-prone districts to verify the ground situation before announcing the budgetary...
08:25 PM, Apr 29, 2012
New Delhi: The IGI airport has been adjudged the world's most improved airport as well as the number one airport in India by SKYTRAX-World Airport Awards. The Indira Gandhi International Airport took the top honours in 'Most Improved' category for this year leaving Ankara Esenboga airport at second spot, Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at third, Sydney Airport at fourth and Recife International Airport at fifth place at the recently concluded...
12:30 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Chennai: Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK on Wednesday retained the Sankarankoil (SC) Assembly constituency, with party nominee S Muthuselvi defeating DMK candidate Jawahar Suryakumar by a massive margin of 68,744 votes. Muthuslevi polled 94,964 votes against Suryakumar's 26,220. Vaiko-led MDMK's Sadan Thirumalai Kumar polled just 20,675 votes while DMDK's Muthukumar was pushed to the fourth spot with a meagre 12,144 votes. DMK, MDMK, DMDK and nine other candidates who were in the fray...
03:13 PM, Mar 21, 2012
Sankarankoil: Ruling AIADMK's S Muthuselvi was leading by 3583 votes after the first round of counting was over in the Sankarankoil (SC) assembly bypoll in Tamil Nadu this morning. DMK's Jawahar Suryakumar was in the second spot with 1917 votes followed by the MDMK and DMDK who polled 1184 and 798 votes, official sources said. The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of AIADMK minister C Karuppasamy in October...
10:50 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Chennai: Voting for the bypoll in Sankarankoil Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district came to an end Sunday with around 75 per cent of the voters casting their ballot. The electoral fate of 13 contestants including six independents is now sealed in electronic voting machines (EVM) in the 242 polling booths in the constituency. An Election Commission of India official said around 75 per cent of the 206,087 voters...
06:58 PM, Mar 18, 2012
Chennai: Voting for the by-poll in Sankarankoil Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district began amid tight security at 8 am on Sunday. Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray vying for votes from 206,087 voters (male 102,921, female 103,166). There are 242 polling booths in the constituency and voting would close at 5 pm. The polling process will be webcasted and will be monitored by the Chief...
09:22 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Chennai: The stage is set for Sunday's by-poll in the Sankarankoil Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district. Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray vying for votes from 206,087 voters (male 102,921, female 103,166) in the district, around 650 km from here. Voting in the 242 polling booths would begin at 8 am and end at 5 pm The polling process will be monitored by the chief...
12:01 AM, Mar 18, 2012
Nagapattinam: CPI-M's Tamil Nadu unit on Friday said it would support the DMDK in the March 18 Assembly by-election to the Sankarankoil constituency. The party had decided to support the DMDK since the AIADMK government has not measured up to the expectations of the people, CPI-M state secretary G Ramakrishnan said after the third day deliberations of the party state conference in Nagapattinam. "Particularly, the steep hike in the price...
11:31 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Nagapattinam: CPI-M's Tamil Nadu unit on Friday said it would support the DMDK in the March 18 Assembly by-election to the Sankarankoil constituency. The party had decided to support the DMDK since the AIADMK government has not measured up to the expectations of the people, CPI-M state secretary G Ramakrishnan said after the third day deliberations of the party state conference in Nagapattinam. "Particularly, the steep hike in the price...
11:31 PM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered two money laundering cases against former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi on Wednesday in the multi-crore 2G licence scam. An illegal gratification of Rs 550 crore was reportedly accepted through Dayanidhi's brother Kalanidhi in the garb of share premium invested in M/S Sun Direct TV by Maxis Communication, owned by Malaysian tycoon T Anantha Krishnan. The case, registered under the...
10:44 AM, Feb 08, 2012
Bangalore: Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G Madhavan Nair says that he is ready to talk to the government to resolve the controversy over the decision to ban him and three other senior former ISRO scientists from government jobs. Nair made the statement after the government indicated that it could reach out to the banned scientists soon. "Well, if it is a real move from the government's side,...
11:09 AM, Jan 30, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralites on Sunday celebrated Christmas with traditional fervour and piety rejoicing the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem bringing hope and peace to humanity. As church bells tolled signalling the moment of Nativity, faithful congregated in large numbers for the Midnight Service in cathederals and churches of various Christian communities where senior prelates and priests conducted the special mass and gave out the Christmas message. The state, where Christians...
11:50 AM, Dec 25, 2011
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