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Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu

Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral......

Why Is The BJP Talking About Stability?

'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.'......

Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?

'If he has not achieved a 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

Stalin's Latest Headache

Stalin has a procedural problem.Nominating new ministers would entail his having to seek formal permission from Governor R N Ravi.Stalin does not want to interact with this governor as far as......

Should Governors Be Legally Given Time Limit To Act?

Given the politics behind it all, one possibility is for binding the governor to act according to the decisions of the state government and clarifying his position vis a vis bills and resolutions......

Why Dr Kurien Deserves The Bharat Ratna

It is largely due to his vision and efforts that we have almost quadrupled our per capita milk availability in the last 40 years, points out Shailesh Dobhal. IMAGE: Dr Verghese Kurien cuts a cake......

4 lessons to learn from CCD's Siddhartha's life

V G Siddhartha's story 'will be a good case study and not a deterrent to those who want to be entrepreneurs. I don’t think it will scare young entrepreneurs. I think these cases will make......

Centre to issue Rs 100, Rs 5 coins to mark MGR birth centenary

The government will issue Rs 100 and Rs 5 coins to commemorate the birth centenary of Bharat Ratna awardee and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M G Ramachandran. The coins will bear his......

Gandhi's 'Sarvodaya' philosophy can revive the Indian economy

In over six decades of democracy, India has had a grim record of policies and laws that were intended to foster fairness and equality to all, says Rajni Bakshi. The austere simplicity of the Bombay......

India Inc adds star power to list of Padma nominee

Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, ITC Chairman Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Videocon Group Chairman and Managing Director Venugopal Nandlal Dhoot, GVK Chairman Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy, Infosys......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

He Married South Cinema With Bollywood

'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.''Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.''But when my father pitched......

When Chiranjeevi Felt Humiliated

'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.' IMAGE: Ram Charan with his father Chiranjeevi in Acharya. Recalling a visit to Delhi in 1988, Chiranjeevi said it was......

Priyanka Chopra's Kerala connection

How many people knew her Nani was from Kottayam? Not many were aware that Priyanka Chopra, currently making waves in the West, has a Malayali connection until she arrived to attend her maternal......

Tamil actor Manjula passes away

Well known Tamil actor Manjula Vijayakumar passed away on July 23 in a private hospital in Chennai following a brief illness, sources close to her family said. Manjula, 59, is survived by......

IOA chief Ramachandran awarded Olympic Order

Indian Olympic Association president N Ramachandran was awarded the Olympic Order for outstanding service to the Olympic movement on Sunday. Instituted in May 1975, the Olympic Order is the highest......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......

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