New Delhi: Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's Bridge, is a continuous stretch of limestone shoals that runs from Pamban Island near Rameshwaram in South India to Mannar Island off the northern coast of Sri Lanka. Encyclopaedia Britannica says that geological evidence suggests that in the Ice Age, the stretch used to be a land connection between India and Sri Lanka. There are different geological theories behind the origin of...
02:16 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Chennai: Union ministers and MPs belonging to the DMK on Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to implement the Sethusamudram project at the earliest. They submitted a memorandum a day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote to Singh asking him to declare Ram Sethu, also known as Adam's Bridge, a national monument. Ram Sethu will be endangered by the Sethusamudram project, which is...
04:49 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned till noon on Thursday following demands for a separate Telangana state as well as protests on the Sethusamudram project and the Cauvery waters dispute. Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Congress and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) members from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh raised the issue of a separate Telangana state for a third day in the Lok Sabha. They also displayed...
01:20 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Chennai: Quoting DMK chief M Karunanidhi's controversial remarks against Lord Rama over the Sethusamudram issue, the ruling AIADMK on Thursday sought to hit back at him on the issue of a new assembly complex built during his regime, wondering whether he possessed an engineering degree. Referring to former deputy chief minister MK Stalin's past remarks that his father Karunanidhi was associated with the construction of the new assembly-cum-secretariat complex brick...
06:18 PM, Aug 18, 2011
SC bench sought the government's stand within four weeks. ...
03:02 AM, Nov 04, 2009
'Bridge' was destroyed by Lord Ram, says affidavit. ...
04:11 PM, Oct 14, 2008
From Sethu project to Amarnath row, the saffron party's raking up emotive issues. ...
09:08 AM, Aug 10, 2008
Govt doesn't want any damage to Ram Sethu. ...
01:11 PM, Jul 30, 2008
Senior advocate Nariman told SC that Ram Setu was not a national monument. ...
12:15 AM, Jul 30, 2008
Apex court has suggested an alternative alignment for Setusamudram project. ...
09:34 PM, Jul 24, 2008
DMK has been pressurising the UPA Govt to go ahead with the project. ...
10:35 AM, Jul 24, 2008
UPA's determination to go ahead with the project is a reward for DMK. ...
08:02 PM, Jul 23, 2008
It's the party's answer to those behind controversial Ram Setu affidavit. ...
01:45 PM, Jun 08, 2008
Chennai: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that playing an ODI against England in front of his home crowd in Ranchi will be a big occasion and the entire state is looking forward to it. I have never dreamt of playing for India. I think this will be a big occasion. We have a new stadium which is well equipped. We have a five-star hotel also there and an airport....
08:15 PM, May 08, 2008
Subtract the date and all that has happened with Australia in the last two years and this was straight out of the mid-200s. Sunny Adelaide, the fourth Test of a one-way series, Australia win the toss and finish the day with more than 300 on the board for the loss of just three wickets, with Ricky Ponting unbeaten on a century. Simple. Except it wasn't, even considering India's woeful form...
07:54 AM, Apr 15, 2008
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