TNCC pleads morale-hit Rahul Gandhi not to resign, extends support

Ajay.U.K The resolution took into account the efforts of Rahul Gandhi and that the one-year Lok Sabha Election campaign against Narendra Modi led BJP was done with extreme vigour. According to the resolution, if there was a point of time when it was generally believed Mr.Modi wouldn’t be able to return to power, it was…

Big relief for water-scare TN; Karnataka ordered to release water

Varsha Sriram The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday ordered Karnataka to release 9.19 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery water from the Biligundlu reservoir to the Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu as part of the June quota.  The order was issued during a meeting of the CWMA in the Central Water Commission’s…

Anna University: Rich professors, poor system of education

Dhruvi Modi The latest Anna University scam where four professors- former additional controller of examinations (ACOE) S. Srinivasalu, and deputy controllers of examinations, K. Selvamani, K. Kulothungan, and Pugazhendi Sugumaran- have been suspended for being part of the marks-for-money scam – charging Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 1 lakh for manipulating the answer scripts to make…

Narendra Modi ‘Thani Oruvan’ for Superstar Rajinikanth

Ajay.U.K “Modi is a lone man with a charismatic personality, if we look into Indian politics, After Nehru it was Indira Gandhi, then came Rajiv who had an untimely death. Vajpayee was another leader who had charisma and now Modi.” Just days after the results of the Lok Sabha Election was declared, in which the…

Rajinikanth backs Rahul Gandhi, blames old guard for defeat

Varsha Sriram Rajnikanth asked Rahul Gandhi not to resign, but instead said that he should prove his leadership as he is a capable leader. At a time when Rahul Gandhi is hell-bent on resigning from his post as the Congress President in the light of the party’s dismal defeat in the 17th Lok Sabha general…

Decade-old project to link rivers in T.N delayed, BJP takes stand

Dhruvi Modi The interlinking project of Mahanadi-Godavari-Krishna-Pennar-Palar-Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar Rivers began a decade ago, and is still incomplete. After failing to make its mark in Tamil Nadu, the BJP State Unit on twitter quoted Union Minister Nitin Gadkari: “My first job is to link Godavari and Krishna and this bring water to TamilNadu.” According to a report,…