DMK Starts Giving it Back To BJP

The BJP has nothing to lose after a point.For the DMK it is a difficult choice, as it would not want to give too much of space to a 'national party' lest the 'Dravidian duel' of the past decades......

Guv stages unprecedented walkout amid high drama at TN assembly

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Thursday staged an unprecedented walkout from the state assembly following a face-off with Chief Minister M K Stalin over the former's customary address to members......

'We don't need religion in government functions'

'Religion must be in your home and in the temple, not in government functions.' IMAGE: Dr S Senthilkumar, the DMK MP from Dharmapuri, on the occasion of the bhoomi pooja. All photographs: Kind......

Governor returns bill seeking NEET exemption for TN, says poor will be hit

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has returned to the state government, an assembly Bill seeking exemption to the state from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, saying it went against the......

Cigarette packets to carry pictorial warning

The Supreme Court Wednesday recorded the undertaking of the central government that the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, including the rules related to......

Budget: Of snoring and missing MPs

Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss provided first aid to the Kerala MP Veerendra Kumar who fainted in the Lok Sabha while Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was reading the Interim Budget......

Budget interrupted as MP falls ill

The presentation of the Interim General Budget for 2009-10 was on Monday interrupted briefly as the Lok Sabha adjourned after JD(S) member M P Veerendrakumar complained of uneasiness. Speaker......

No trials for drugs made outside India

The health ministry will put on hold its plans to grant permissions to multinational pharma firms for conducting phase I clinical trials of molecules developed outside India until it finalises......

Pyarelal lashes out against Ramadoss

Music director Pyarelal of the legendary Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo joined the debate triggered by Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' remarks on smoking and drinking scenes in movies. Pyarelal......

NGO takes a dig at SRK

An anti-tobacco organisation has rubbished mega star Shah Rukh Khan's justification of on screen smoking in the guise of "creative liberties" stating that "creativity just cannot escape public......