President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and top leaders of the Congress paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 97th birth anniversary but no one from the National Democratic Alliance government was present at the event.
The Singapore-based contestant is the first to have scored 93 out of 100 points to win the 10th season.
Plans for SEZ development are still in their nascence, Chitty Babu, managing director, Akshaya Homes, said.
The AIADMK had faced bigger defeats in the past and had recovered to achieve great victories, she said in a statement in Chennai reacting to the victory of DMK's Ghouse Basha by an impressive margin.
DMK leader MK Stalin is concerned that a no-trust move would force the EPS faction to patch up with not only the OPS group but also the TTV camp and also get the 'Two Leaves' poll symbol unfrozen, which could upset his party's electoral apple cart, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
GA reader Gurubaran Thanigaivel shares the life lessons he learnt from living with roommates.
Heavy rains on Tuesday pounded several parts of Tamil Nadu with most areas of Chennai witnessing water logging severely disrupting train and bus services.
The Madurai Spinners Association has sought removal of import duty on cotton and cotton waste, to prevent mills going into the red.
'It was a professional relationship with Jayalalithaa.' 'Being a businessman, I have to be in touch with the ruling party.'
Tension prevailed in the town and all shops in and around the bus stand shut down soon after the incident.