The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
Tamil film Thani Oruvan is perfectly executed, says S Saraswathi.
'What a saint he was. What a godly person he was.'
Yadav fought hard, but his party was well behind the BJP.
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Saturday sought the prosecution of Home Minister P Chidambaram in a Delhi court for alleged offences of corruption and breach of trust in 2G spectrum allocation.
Indicting the Prime Minister's Office but letting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh off lightly on failure to decide on prosecuting the then Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set a limit of four months for deciding the issue of sanction for prosecution of corrupt public servants.
The issue of corruption will be tested when the results of Tamil Nadu assembly elections would be declared on May 13.
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The CBI has begun probing if the country's internal security too stood compromised because of the the 2G spectrum allocation to ineligible telecom operators during former Telecom Minister A Raja's tenure. During the last hearing on February 22, the CBI had told the court that it was not aware of the threat posed by allocation of 2G spectrum to some telecom firms which subsequently offloaded their shares to global firms with links to Pakistan.
The Congress and the central government heaved a sigh of relief on Tuesday with the Supreme Court holding that the prime minister was not obliged to sanction any permission to Dr Subramanian Swamy for prosecuting Telecom Minister A Raja, who has since resigned, in the 2G spectrum scam.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Tamil Nadu unit chief L Murugan was on Friday detained at Tiruttani near Chennai by the police when he tried to embark on a statewide 'Vel Yatra', defying a ban.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday apprised a Delhi court of its ongoing probe into the 2G spectrum scam following a direction on a private complaint filed by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy for trial of former Telecom Minister A Raja for his alleged role in the case.
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea seeking a direction to the Prime Minister for grant of sanction for prosecution of former Telecom Minister A Raja in the 2G Spectrum case.
Corporate lobbyist Nira Radia was on Wednesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for her firm's alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
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'Simplicity was very much a hallmark of the Kerala lifestyle those days.'
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A special court on Thursday acquitted all accused in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases. The scam relates to the granting of 2G spectrum licence allocations in 2007-08 which caused, according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, a loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Here is a detailed timeline of how the case came to light and how it has progressed over the years:
K K Swamy is between jobs. After spending a little over a decade running Toyota Kirloskar Motors as its deputy managing director, he made a quiet exit a month ago to move to Volkswagen India as its first managing director. He is moving lock, stock and barrel from Bangalore to Pune, where he is set to take charge on July 21.
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
Indian Members of Parliament have written to President Barack Obama, urging the US Administration to maintain the current policy of denying visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
The judgment in the 2G case is a huge, huge, indictment of the criminal investigation and justice system, says R Jagannathan.
Somesh Jha describes the mood at Patiala House courtroom and outside on Thursday during the 2G spectrum case verdict.
Post 9/11, when terrorism ceased to be a 'regional' issue and became an 'international' one, experts feel India went wrong in assuming that the United States and western forces would help wipe out terror within India.
It is no longer about A Raja alone. It is not even truly about P Chidambaram. It is about rescuing Dr Manmohan Singh, says T V R Shenoy.
'We are calling for democratic accountability even as we talk about Digital India.' 'We are not against Digital India and it is important for India, but the government should not see what is applicable just to entrepreneurs but also to the vast majority of Indians who do not have the kind of advantages that many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have.'
Take a bow Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Arvind Swamy, child actors Ramesh and Vignesh and Jayam Ravi.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he was "disappointed and profoundly saddened" by Rajan's decision against a second term, but was not surprised by the development
'Anybody and everybody who opposes this government for whatever reasons will be branded a terrorist and charged in such a manner that all human rights will be taken away.'
Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of what the West needs, asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
Varsha Bhosle salutes that effervescent icon of Indian cinema, Dev Anand.
Her speech was laced with Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and even Tamil verses.
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