Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday termed the partial rollback of petrol prices by Rs two per litre as an "eyewash" that would not soothe people's anger and demanded a complete rollback. "Reducing Rs two from the earlier hike of Rs 7.50 will not benefit the poor. This small reduction will not soothe people's anger. It will continue to be a burden on poor and middle class," the...
08:24 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said that the shortage of petrol and diesel in the state capital would end by Tuesday evening. After chairing a high-level meeting, Jayalalithaa said three ships carrying 67,000 kilo litres of diesel and petrol from Kochi arrived at Chennai port this afternoon. Efforts were being made to distribute this stock to the bunks of Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum...
04:25 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition continues to gun for the government over the recent hike in petrol prices. The ruling AIADMK on Tuesday will be holding demonstrations in Tamil Nadu to demand its immediate rollback. It is being seen as a move to upstage rival DMK which is planning a similar rally on Wednesday. Jayalalithaa said the hike in petrol price could have been avoided by reducing the profit of the...
07:03 AM, May 29, 2012
Chennai: After Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the street, DMK President M Karunanidhi, another key ally of UPA, would lead a protest demonstration in Chennai on May 30 against the recent petrol price hike. The 88-year-old party patriarch would lead DMK's state-wide demonstration by taking part in the protest to be held at Saidapet. The demonstration would also protest against the Tamil Nadu government for...
01:57 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has once again written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding that central forces be deployed at the Mullaperiyar dam site. She said that she will deploy the state police at the controversial site if Centre doesn't help. She had written to the Prime Minister earlier in December asking the Centre to ensure that Kerala didn't stop officials from her state...
11:09 AM, May 27, 2012
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday accused the central government of adopting a callous approach to the kerosene needs of the poor in Tamil Nadu by reducing its allocation. In a letter to Singh, Jayalalithaa cited the reduced allocation of kerosene to Tamil Nadu to 39.429 kilo litre (KL) for April-June 2012 from 44,580 KL earlier. She said the poor in rural and urban areas depended on...
05:18 PM, May 25, 2012
Chennai: Strongly condemning the steep hike in petrol price, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday demanded its immediate roll back, warning that otherwise people's agony would spell the doom for the 'anti-people' UPA government soon. "The hike of Rs 7.50 will affect the poor and the middle class. This is a gift given to the people by the UPA coalition government on its completion of three years in office,"...
08:38 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to support APJ Abdul Kalam for the post of President instead of NCP leader PA Sangma whom she had already chosen. In a statement, Swamy said she should support Kalam for the post of president. "She should phone him up and persuade him to become her candidate. Sangma has lost all moral authority to be...
05:37 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma, in a bid to win over UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi apologised to her on the foreign origin issue of 1999. "I had apologised to Sonia Gandhi on the foreign origin issue," Sangma said. This came after Sonia snubbed him denying him an appointment. Sangma's dream of becoming the next President of India suffered a major blow on Tuesday as...
09:34 AM, May 23, 2012
There are reports that both the Congress and the NCP won't back PA Sangma's candidature for the President's post. ...
11:17 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil's term comes to an end on July 25 and the race for her successor is heating up. While the two major national parties, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are yet to reveal their candidates for the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhawan, former Lok Sabha speaker and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader PA Sangma has thrown in his hat in the...
03:26 PM, May 22, 2012
BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik will meet NCP leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma at his residence on Tuesday to discuss Sangma's prospects as a presidential candidate. Speaking to Prabhu Chawla on IBN 7, Sangma dismissed reports of dropping out of the race and said he was still in the running for the country's highest office. Following is an excerpt from the interview: Prabhu Chawla: Are you in the...
09:31 AM, May 22, 2012
On The Last Word, Karan Thakar asks a panel of experts, is the Indian tradition of taking out multiple large advertisements in all newspapers to commemorate political birth, death or other anniversaries acceptable or morally wrong? ...
10:47 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP top brass have discussed PA Sangma's candidature for the President's post at a meeting. The party will take a final decision after consultations with the other UPA allies. Earlier on Sunday, AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa had spoken to senior BJP leader LK Advani, expressing support for Sangma. Meanwhile, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said that the consultations were still on over the Congress's choice for...
12:06 PM, 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 AM, May 21, 2012
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