
Chennai: Even as the pressure mounts on Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran over his alleged role as a telecom minister in aiding and helping the Sun TV empire, Tamil Nadu Governor's first address to the newly formed assembly has given a clear indication there is more trouble for the Maran brothers. The government on Friday announced the revival the defunct Arasu Cable TV Corporation and said they will move to nationalise...

11:55 AM, Jun 03, 2011

Chennai: Even as the pressure mounts on Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran over his alleged role as a telecom minister in aiding and helping the Sun TV empire, Tamil Nadu Governor's first address to the newly formed assembly has given a clear indication there is more trouble for the Maran brothers. The government on Friday announced the revival the defunct Arasu Cable TV Corporation and said they will move to nationalise...

11:55 AM, Jun 03, 2011

Chennai: Former chief minister Jayalalithaa was on Sunday elected leader of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Legislature Party. She was elected by 146 newly elected MLAs of the party at a meeting held at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai on Sunday morning, party sources said. Jayalalithaa, who led her party to a landslide victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Friday, is slated to meet Governor...

10:54 AM, May 15, 2011

Chennai: Facing a rout in the Assembly polls with his bitter political foe AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa storming back to power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday submitted the resignation of his ministry. Conceding defeat without waiting for the final tally, Karunanidhi submitted the resignation of Council of Ministers as trends showed that the AIADMK-led front was poised for a landslide win. Governor SS Barnala accepted the resignation of...

02:49 PM, May 13, 2011

Chennai: Taking on the ruling DMK over the issue of corruption and price rise, AIADMK-led Opposition on Friday disrupted the Governor's customary address to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, resulting in their mass eviction. Dressed in black, members of AIADMK, CPI(M), CPI and MDMK raised slogans against the DMK government over the 2G spectrum allocation scam linked with its party leader and former Telecom Minister A Raja. As Governor Surjit Singh...

02:08 PM, Jan 07, 2011

New Delhi: Television ratings for the first six games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season five are 19 per cent down on last year, local media has reported. The Hindustan Times on Thursday said that Tam Media Research, which is the country's top rating agency, has confirmed an initial lack of interest in the fifth season. Cumulative reach, which is the number of people who watch a program for...

03:47 PM, May 11, 2008

The latest conflict zone after Singur is Fatehgarh Channa, Barnala where farmers and cops are on collision course. ...

02:29 AM, Feb 10, 2007

Farmers say they were protesting the government's acquisition of their land for the Ludhiana-based Trident Group. ...

04:40 PM, Jan 31, 2007

The 55-year-old maid now says that she was never raped and her injuries were because of a fall from a bicycle. ...

06:26 PM, Dec 15, 2006

A local court framed charges against Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Gaganjit Singh Barnala, son of Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. ...

05:47 PM, Nov 04, 2006

Lawyer for Gaganjit Singh Barnala, accused of raping his middle-aged domestic help, alleges conspiracy. ...

10:21 PM, Sep 18, 2006

Punjab MLA Gaganjit Singh is accused of raping his maid in his legislator’s apartment on August 12. ...

11:43 PM, Sep 08, 2006