Stalin has given due respect to seniority in the pecking order, but has also taken into consideration the demands of individual ministries and the suitability of individuals, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Rising delinquencies and non-performing assets in the credit card business are forcing banks to reorient their outlook, from an aggressive sales strategy to inducting people who will focus on recovery and cleaning up the portfolio.
Martin Luther King III, who is in India to trace his father Martin Luther King Junior's 'India pilgrimage' 50 years ago, will visit Thiruvananthapuram on February 23.King will visit the Madhvi Mandiram Lokseva Trust, functioning in the name of well-known Gandhian G Ramachandran at Neyyatinkara, and address a programme 'youths against terror and violence' at the Indian Council of Gandhian Studies.
Protesting against the police action, BJP has called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Thiruvananthapuram district on Tuesday.
An influential American magazine has listed almost half a dozen Indians including Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and novelist Salman Rushdie, in a list of world's top 100 'public intellectuals'. Journalist-author Fareed Zakaria and San Diego-based neuroscientist V S Ramachandran, historian Ramachandra Guha, political psychologist Ashis Nandy and environmentalist Sunita Narain are also on the list.
Union Minister of state for Home Affairs Mullappally Ramachandran on Monday said the law-and-order situation in Kerala was "not very sound" and asked the state government to take firm steps to address the issue.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy scored a stunning straight games victory over world No. 18 Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu to make it to the second round in the women's doubles at the US $350,000 India Open, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
Kingfisher Airlines is likely to commence international operations from August. It will initially start its operations to destinations like San Francisco, London, New York from the Bangalore Airport. Some more destinations will be added later, according to Siva Ramachandran, vice-president (global sales), Kingfisher Airlines.
Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The apex court said if an adult man and woman marry, no khap, panchayat, individual or society can question them.
During the first quarter of the current fiscal, new business of the company has declined by 19 per cent compared to the same quarter a year ago. There are about 37,000 advisers and the employees base of the company is 7,000, Ramachandran said after launching its 'Street to School' programme in the country.
"Change in Indian sport will only happen if mandated. A law is necessary in India. A good step by @IndiaSports & @vijaygoelbjp to suspend IOA," he further tweeted.
MK Stalin's ruling AIDMK rival does not thankfully face such problems as he did, but its problems could be worse if saner counsel does not prevail between now and the assembly polls, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
Purohit eventually cleared them only after obtaining legal opinion from the state Advocate General.
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In a last-ditch attempt to fetch M C Mary Kom a berth at the Rio Olympics, the Indian Olympic Association and ad-hoc committee administering boxing in the country have officially sent a request for a wildcard entry to the celebrated boxer who could not make the cut via the qualifiers.
At a condolence meeting, organised by the South Indian Artistes' Association for the late CM, Rajinikanth also recalled his strong statements against her during the 1996 assembly polls, which had "hurt" her.
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'So why didn't the police make it very clear that this is the line of investigation, this is what we are doing.' 'Nobody knows what kind of report was done.' 'Was she checked for (sexual assault)?'
Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Monday rejected a contempt application filed by Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications against Cellular Operators Association of India, for allegedly taking the legal battle on spectrum for a media trial.
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If Muslims face trouble I will be the first person to raise voice for them, says the Tamil superstar.
The Aluva magistrate court in Kerala has directed the police to conduct a detailed investigation on the role played by the wife of the PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani in in the Kalamassery bus burning incident a couple of years ago.
Rahul is likely to emerge as the lone candidate in the fray and decks have been cleared for his election as the Congress president, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi, who has held the post for 19 years in a row now.
The ruling came on an application of Savita Malhotra, an upper division clerk, posted at Railway Board in New Delhi, who had sought parity in seniority with other employees appointed through regular selection process.
The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family will face the daunting task of restoring lost glory to the party whose fortunes have been dwindling in the recent past.
Elated after tri-colour was hoisted at the Sochi Games Village, Indian luger Shiva Keshavan hoped for a new beginning in sports governance in the country.
The Cellular Operators Association of India, the GSM-based operators' lobby, on Friday pulled out of an official panel for reviewing spectrum allocation norms, alleging that the committee had a "predetermined mindset" and was ignoring all its suggestions.
Can welfare schemes truly transform from being flagship to flag-bearers for a government that is looking to get a second term in 2019?
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been named goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro - an unprecedented appointment in the run-up to the quadrennial extravaganza. The announcement was made in the presence of Olympic medallists and Rio star athletes such as boxer M C Mary Kom, hockey captain Sardar Singh, and shooter Apurvi Chandela, among others. Speaking on this new association with IOA Salman said, "I am honoured that Indian Olympic Association has chosen me as the goodwill ambassador for the Indian contingent for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister N K K P Raja, facing charges of abduction of a person in connection with a land dispute, was dropped on Thursday from the Ministry by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
IndusInd Bank, has recently launched www.themorestore.com only for its credit card and debit card holders
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Thursday expelled two dissident lawmakers of the party, L Ganesan and Gengee N Ramachandran, who defied the party whip and voted in favour of the trust motion moved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Lok Sabha on July 22.
Puratchi Thalaivan (a title that was given to MGR), which is also in 3D, is directed by Venky Baboo and produced by Sridevi Rao for Mayabimbam Media Private Limited.
People are anxious to know about the health condition of the chief minister as some information is already in public domain, a division bench orally observed when a public interest litigation filed by social activist K R 'Traffic' Ramaswamy came up for hearing.
Lashing out at actor-turned politician Vijaykanth's bid to usurp late M G Ramachandran's legacy, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on Thursday declared that the party led by her has the "true legacy" of the leader.
Hearing pleas over the road blocks due to the ongoing protests at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a bench comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said its concern is about what will happen if people start protesting on roads. Democracy works on expressing views but there are lines and boundaries for it, the bench said.
The traders' community in Thiruvananthapuram district has stepped up fight against the entry of big retail players into the state.
The battle for spectrum has now spread among the key members of the committee that was set up by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to suggest new subscriber norms for allocation of additional spectrum.
Air Dravida, with an initial investment of Rs 110 crore (Rs 1.1 billion), would start three flights in Chennai-Madurai sector from July end, its Executive Director Ramachandran Iyer told newspersons in Chennai on Thursday. He said while Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) of the initial investment would be infused by the company promoters, the remaining Rs 70 crore (Rs 700 million) would be raised through debts and private equity routes.
