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A section of BJP leaders is of the view that the leadership may spring a surprise with its choice for the post by appointing someone from southern India.
Director R S Durai Senthilkumar speaks about his film Ethir Neechal.
The film is sure to provide some wholesome family entertainment.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the anticipatory bail granted to Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in the alleged multi-crore granite quarrying scam. A bench comprising justices H L Dattu and Ranjan Gogoi also refused to interfere with the Madras high court's decision quashing a non-bailable arrest warrant against Dayanidhi.
The Madras high court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying case. Dayanidhi and nine others are facing charges that companies owned by them mined sand and granite without permission.
The Madras high court on Monday quashed a non-bailable arrest warrant against Union Minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi and granted him anticipatory bail in the alleged multi-crore illegal granite quarrying scam.
In continuing crackdown on illegal granite quarrying, cases have been registered against ten persons, including Union Minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, charging the companies owned by them with mining sand and granite without permission.
The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Thursday kept in abeyance till November 2 a non-bailable warrant issued against Union Minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi in an illegal granite quarrying case.
A local court on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against Durai Dayanidhi, son of Union Minister M K Alagiri, in the multi-crore illegal granite quarrying scam case.
The plot is refreshing and there are no unnecessary twists or excessive melodrama, writes S Saraswathi
Former Union minister M K Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi, who has been granted anticipatory bail in the alleged granite quarrying scam, today filed a plea in the Madras high court Bench here seeking a direction to a lower court to return his passport to enable him go abroad in connection with his business interests.
'Her elevation in public life signified the end of parochial extremism and hate on a casteist basis.'
D P Duari, a NASA educator and director of M P Birla Planetarium, said December 21 would be marked different only because it is a day of winter solstice and the world would not certainly meet its end on that day.
The Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu on Friday scrapped another pet scheme of the Karunanidhi regime by ending free colour TV distribution on which over Rs 3,600 crore was spent in the past five years.
Alagiri's father and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, his younger brother and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, and other members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's first family were present at the reception held under very tight security. Former Union telecom minister A Raja, who quit over the 2G spectrum scam, was seen standing near Karunanidhi for a long time, chatting with him at times
The BJP-led NDA now has nearly 100 members in the 245-member House. If the support of friendly parties like the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (9), Biju Janata Dal (9), Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (6), and several allied nominated members and smaller parties is counted, then the Modi government is unlikely to face any serious numerical challenge there.
The Tamil Nadu Government has appointed a committee headed by a top prison official to look into the allegations by Nalini, serving life term in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, that her life was under threat in jail.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is in India this week and is expected to meet top government functionaries, business leaders and SMBs.
A week after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi declined to meet his grand nephews, the Maran brothers, a cable TV network backed by Karunanidhi's son M K Azhagiri was launched to counter the SUN TV channel owned by the Maran family.
Silver Jubilee Films' Kathavaraayan, starring Karan and newcomer Vidhisha, has a little of everything, but still fails to impress. Only for the undiscerning masses.
Polling in Vellore was scheduled on April 18.
Asked whether Tamil Nadu wanted early notification of the final award, he said that after the stipulated 90 days time, the state would insist on the Tribunal for the speedy implementation of the final award.
The musician has come up with a few original and interesting tracks which have contemporary sounds replete with melody brought on by a captivating mix of instruments like the flute, harmonica, trumpet and saxophone, to mention a few. That said, Deva has not been able to shed his copycat-tendencies completely.
The activities of the two secretariats over the years have increased many folds which involve manpower planning, judicious and prudent financial management, transfer, postings of senior officials, meeting the grievances of the officials and staff, reveals Rup Narayan Das.
The estranged elder brother of Stalin said neither he nor his son Durai Dayanidhi yearned for any position in the party.
Karat told reporters that his party wanted an amicable settlement on the issue.
The two states are sharply divided over the height of the dam in Idukki district of Kerala.
The defamation suit was filed after the minister alleged that the RSS had a hand in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.
Necessary amendments have been made in party rules to facilitate the 63-year-old Stalin's elevation to the post at the DMK general council meeting where Karunanidhi was not present.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi's son and Treasurer M K Stalin is among the five persons named by the party to hold seat-sharing talks with alliance parties for the coming parliamentary elections.
The AIADMK's Rajya Sabha members will join the DMK-led all-party delegation that will meet the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on June 8 to demand Cauvery water from Karnataka.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
The new tranche of funding raises Ola's valuation to $5.74 billion from $4.45 billion in October 2017
S Saraswathi gives us the latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
The BJP's rediscovery of its allies, including the PM touching the feet of Parakash Singh Badal, would be interpreted as the party's efforts to keep its flock together if it falls short of the majority mark on May 23.
At present, other large players in the grocery and food retail space include Flipkart Supermart, Bigbasket, and Grofers.
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