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Tuticorin court sentences 35 crew men of US ship to 5 years in jail

Tuticorin court sentences 35 crew men of US ship to 5 years in jail

Rediff.com11 Jan 2016

Judge Rajasekhar also imposed a fine of Rs 3,000 each on the crew members comprising 12 Indians, three Ukranians, six British and 14 Estonian nationals.

How Tamil Nadu plans to become a start-up destination

How Tamil Nadu plans to become a start-up destination

Rediff.com21 Jan 2019

The policy aims to create around 5,000 startups, including 10 global high-growth startups, and to create a minimum of 100,000 high skilled job creation, direct and indirect, in the startup ecosystem by 2023.

Sarkar row 'comes to an end' as 'objectionable' scenes deleted

Sarkar row 'comes to an end' as 'objectionable' scenes deleted

Rediff.com10 Nov 2018

Madras high court on Friday restrained the police from arresting the film's director A R Murugadoss till November 27.

DMK's notices to Alagiri backers: Sibling feud exposed

DMK's notices to Alagiri backers: Sibling feud exposed

Rediff.com19 Apr 2012

In a move that could further fuel the sibling rivalry in the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, showcause notices have been issued to 17 supporters of Union minister and party's strongman in the south M K Alagiri, for not attending a public meeting, convened in Madurai by his younger brother M K Stalin.

Maggi noodles ad: Amitabh seeks dismissal of complaint

Maggi noodles ad: Amitabh seeks dismissal of complaint

Rediff.com21 Aug 2015

Bachchan said he had acted in 190 Hindi films and the union government honoured him with Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan awards.

Life convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets parole

Life convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case gets parole

Rediff.com21 Dec 2011

The Madras high court bench in Madurai on Wednesday granted two weeks parole to Ravi alias Ravichandran, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Umpire Ward stable after blow to head during Ranji match

Umpire Ward stable after blow to head during Ranji match

Rediff.com2 Dec 2015

Australian umpire John Ward is stable after sustaining a blow to the head while officiating in India's Ranji Trophy on Tuesday.

Arrest those instigating people over dam row: Swamy

Arrest those instigating people over dam row: Swamy

Rediff.com5 Dec 2011

Seeking arrest of those instigating people over Mullaperiyar dam issue in Kerala and Tamil Nadu under National Security Act, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Monday asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to hold talks with the neighbour in the overall welfare of the two states.

Jayalalitha holds mega rally in DMK bastion

Jayalalitha holds mega rally in DMK bastion

Rediff.com19 Oct 2010

Following up on her successful rally in Trichy in the run-up to the 2011 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president J Jayalaithaa on Monday staged a mammoth rally in Madurai.

Making waves with Leelai

Making waves with Leelai

Rediff.com3 May 2012

Debutant director Andrew Louis talks about the success of his film Leelai.

Sasikumar joins hands with Samuthirakani again

Sasikumar joins hands with Samuthirakani again

Rediff.com4 Nov 2011

Poraali will see the winning combo again.

'Sasikala's arrival won't impact AIADMK'

'Sasikala's arrival won't impact AIADMK'

Rediff.com6 Feb 2021

'Our party cadre does not want her in the party.'

Confident of commissioning Koodankulam in 2 months: Centre

Confident of commissioning Koodankulam in 2 months: Centre

Rediff.com7 Apr 2012

The Centre on Saturday said it is confident of commissioning the first unit of the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project to generate 1,000 MW of power in two months as 99 per cent of its works are over.

Land grab case: Former DMK minister's bail plea adjourned

Land grab case: Former DMK minister's bail plea adjourned

Rediff.com30 Sep 2011

The Madurai bench of the Madras high court has posted to next week bail applications of former minister KN Nehru, his brother and few others in a case registered against them on land grab charges.

'There's clarity in AIADMK-BJP alliance'

'There's clarity in AIADMK-BJP alliance'

Rediff.com21 Dec 2020

'It's a natural alliance and this alliance has been has been formed without compromising the core ideology of the AIADMK.'

First Look: Vijay's Velayudham

First Look: Vijay's Velayudham

Rediff.com5 Sep 2011

The music launch, however, looked more like a political meet.

Our paths may be different but goal is same: Rajini on Haasan

Our paths may be different but goal is same: Rajini on Haasan

Rediff.com23 Feb 2018

"Kamal is efficient. He will earn people's confidence," he said.

Complaint lodged against Alagiri's kin in TN

Complaint lodged against Alagiri's kin in TN

Rediff.com8 Aug 2011

A complaint has been lodged with police against a woman family member of Union Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader M Karunanidhi's son M K Alagiri alleging that a temple property in Madurai had been illegally acquired by her.

'Hindu pride doesn't work in Tamil Nadu'

'Hindu pride doesn't work in Tamil Nadu'

Rediff.com28 May 2019

'"Pakistan will come and bite you" doesn't work here.'

Advani bomb case: Ex-Al-Umma activists' role suspected

Advani bomb case: Ex-Al-Umma activists' role suspected

Rediff.com4 Nov 2011

Two former hardcore members of banned terror outfit Al-Umma have been identified as the masterminds behind the plot to target the convoy of Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani during his yatra near in Madurai and a manhunt is on to nab them, Special Investigation Team officials said.

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

IT companies form local bodies in smaller cities

Rediff.com10 Jan 2011

Information technology companies in smaller cities are forming regional associations to attract investments and get their demands fulfilled at the local level, as industry body Nasscom is unable to spread its wings in many such cities. Smaller companies in places such as Bhubaneswar, Coimbatore, Madurai, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram have created regional fora to sell their locations and also lobby state governments.

Stalin vs. Alagiri war heats up ahead of DMK meet

Stalin vs. Alagiri war heats up ahead of DMK meet

Rediff.com17 Jul 2011

Ahead of next week's crucial general council meeting, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is at the crossroads with differences among Karunanidhi family members over the succession issue, threatening to make the two-day meet at Coimbatore a stormy affair.

Differing voices in P Chidambaram's Sivaganga

Differing voices in P Chidambaram's Sivaganga

Rediff.com9 Apr 2011

A Ganesh Nadar visits Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's Sivaganga constituency in poll bound Tamil Nadu, and tries to gauge its multi-layered political atmosphere.

Why Alagiri is southern TN's 'undisputed' leader

Why Alagiri is southern TN's 'undisputed' leader

Rediff.com9 Apr 2011

Known for his organisational skills, Union Minister and party's strongman M K Alagiri shies away from open electioneering. But he is always on the move, crisscrossing southern Tamil Nadu giving 'pep talks' to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadre

Review: Kullanari Koottam's a feel-good love story

Review: Kullanari Koottam's a feel-good love story

Rediff.com28 Mar 2011

Kullanari Koottam, starring Vishnu might lack logic but it does a reasonably good job at romance.

Accused in Advani bomb plot case seeks CBI probe

Accused in Advani bomb plot case seeks CBI probe

Rediff.com24 Dec 2011

An accused in the case of planting a bomb on Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani's yatra route has filed a petition in the Madras high court bench in Madurai, seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the matter, alleging that he was falsely implicated in the case. Hakeem of Jaihindpuram, who moved the court, expressed fear that the police could "resort to extra judicial killing of some accused" to cover up their alleged lacunae in the probe.

Battle-scarred Anil Ambani on religious tour

Battle-scarred Anil Ambani on religious tour

Rediff.com17 Aug 2009

As the wrangle over the energy deal continues between Ambani brothers, younger brother Anil Ambani has opted to go on a religious tour of South India.

Al Qaeda agent? Or innocent?

Al Qaeda agent? Or innocent?

Rediff.com15 Dec 2011

Mohammad Niaz, a native of Tamil Nadu, was arrested in Paris in May, accused of being a member of Al Qaeda. Helpless family members don't know whom to approach or what to do to get him released. A Ganesh Nadar reports from Madurai.

Karunanidhi saw the 2G episode -- from the leak of the CAG report to the weak defence put forth by Congress leaders -- as politically motivated

Karunanidhi saw the 2G episode -- from the leak of the CAG report to the weak defence put forth by Congress leaders -- as politically motivated

Rediff.com9 Apr 2021

Karunanidhi was convinced that using the 2G cases against the DMK and reopening the fodder case against Lalu Prasad Yadav were products of the Congress leadership's short-sightedness. A revealing excerpt from A S Panneerselvan's Karunanidhi: A Life.

Security beefed up in TN following anonymous call

Security beefed up in TN following anonymous call

Rediff.com25 Aug 2013

Security in coastal areas of Tamil Nadu has been further beefed up following an anonymous telephone call about infiltration of terrorists, days after an intelligence alert that they could sneak in from Sri Lanka and attack Madurai, Mayiladuthurai and Rameswaram in the state.

At 102, she won and lost the polls, but wants to contest the next

At 102, she won and lost the polls, but wants to contest the next

Rediff.com2 Nov 2011

A Ganesh Nadar meets Thadagati, the 102-year-old woman who had contested, won and then lost the panchayat elections in her village

Four youths may have planted bomb on Advani's yatra route

Four youths may have planted bomb on Advani's yatra route

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

Police suspect that four youths planed a bomb on the LK Advani's yatra route in Madurai. The idea was just to create a scare and not attack the Bharatiya Janata Party patriarch, they say ruling out the hand of extremists. Vicky Nanjappa reports

Non-bailable warrant against 19 AIADMK leaders

Non-bailable warrant against 19 AIADMK leaders

Rediff.com8 Jan 2011

Judicial Magistrate of Tirumangalam near Madurai issued the warrant against Panneerselvam, former ministers K A Senottaiyan and Pollachi Jayaraman and 17 others on Friday.

Crackdown reveals extent of graft culture in TN

Crackdown reveals extent of graft culture in TN

Rediff.com12 Apr 2011

Two districts where most of the cash and jewellery has been recovered are Madurai and Tiruchirapalli, both bastions of the rulng DMK.

Vegan days of Madras high court are over!

Vegan days of Madras high court are over!

Rediff.com11 Jul 2015

Non-vegetarian food arrives in Madras high court campus canteens

Flight from Chennai lands at new airport in Jaffna

Flight from Chennai lands at new airport in Jaffna

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

The ATR 72-600 aircraft was accorded water salute as it landed at the Jaffna airport, about 400-km from capital Colombo.

SpiceJet's Tier-2 and 3 regional service from July

SpiceJet's Tier-2 and 3 regional service from July

Rediff.com9 Jun 2011

SpiceJet will begin regional operations from Tier-2 and 3 cities like Vijayawada, Tirupati, Mysore, Mangalore, Madurai, Nagpur and Indore using the Bombardier Q400 Next Gen turboprop aircraft.

After poll drubbing, Alagiri moves to Delhi

After poll drubbing, Alagiri moves to Delhi

Rediff.com27 May 2011

Union minister MK Alagiri has shifted his base from Madurai to New Delhi since last week. After a massive rout in Tamil Nadu, MK Alagiri has now shifted his attention to Delhi.

TN cops can't locate terror suspect Niaz's address

TN cops can't locate terror suspect Niaz's address

Rediff.com24 May 2011

Police in Madurai are at their wits end trying to find out the exact address of terror accused Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, who was arrested in France early this month. Their main stumbling block is that they don't have a photograph of him.

Aadukalam is impressive

Aadukalam is impressive

Rediff.com14 Jan 2011

Aadukalam is Dhanush's best works to date.