Coimbatore : The first World Tamil Conference kicked off in Coimbatore on Wednesday. Tamil language has often been a vehicle in Dravidian politics and the five-day conference inaugurated by President Prathibha Patil is seen as an effort to reiterate Karunanidhi’s image as a champion of the Tamil cause. “Western Tamil Nadu and Coimbatore have had [...]
Justice Santosh N Hegde resigned as the Chief Lokayukta of Karnataka on Wednesday, saying the state was not interested in checking the corruption by the multi-crore mining mafia that is led by the all-powerful Reddy brothers. Reddy brothers are also ministers in the BS Yeddyurappa government. Justice Hedge spoke to CNN-IBN on India @ 9. [...]
New Delhi : The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday sought strict action against the culprits in cases of honour killings, even as the government said it will bring a law to tackle the pernicious practice. The BJP said that honour killings were cold-blooded murders and demanded setting up of fast-track courts [...]
New Delhi/Patna : The Bharatiya Janata Party’s central leadership will take a final decision on continuing its alliance with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar, it was announced late Tuesday after a meeting of state party leaders with BJP president Nitin Gadkari. The party’s central leadership would meet on Wednesday or Thursday to take the [...]
Hyderabad : The by-elections in ten Assembly constituencies in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh next month will be a real test for the Telangana Rashtra Samiti which is seeking separate statehood. The ruling Congress and the principal Opposition Telugu Desam Party have nothing to lose and victory in even a couple of seats will [...]
Coimbatore : Oscar winner A RRahman’s music and film maker Rajiv Menon’s visual effects will travel on the massive LCD screens mounted on trucks across Coimbatore city – it’s part of the display which will mark the start of the world Tamil conference. The conference is being organised a little over a year after the [...]
New Delhi : The Centre has rejected the mercy petition for the convict in the Parliament House attack Afzal Guru and has sent back the file to the President’s House after exploring all legal possibilities in the case. A ministry note says: “Mercy petition filed by Tabassum, wife of the Parliament House attack convict Afzal [...]
New Delhi/ Patna : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra will not campaign for the BJP in Bihar and he will keep away from the state. That is the deal the Janata Dal (United) has extracted from its alliance partner in the state. Sources in the JD-U have told CNN-IBN both parties have reached an understanding that [...]
NEW DELHI: The GoM meet on Bhopal gas tragedy on Sunday is understood to have decided to recommend filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court to fix criminal liability, seek extradition of former UCC CEO Warren Anderson and cleaning up the complex by burying the toxic waste. Official sources said the curative petition [...]
New Delhi : Claiming himself to be an admirer of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Javier Moro, the author of a ‘fictionalised biography’ of Sonia Gandhi, has said his book does not intend to hurt the sentiments of Congressmen and is in fact a boon for the ruling party. “I have done nothing wrong. The book [...]
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