Ajay.U.K The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD) and Commissionerate of Municipal Administration (CMA) have been allotted ₹16.32 crore and ₹56.05 crore respectively. ₹37.5 crore has been set aside for increasing and streamlining drinking water supply through Metrowater to the city of Chennai. With most of the areas in Tamil Nadu facing drinking…
Udhayanidhi likely to be next Secretary of DMK’s youth wing
Varsha Sriram Udhayanidhi Stalin, actor and son of DMK President M.K Stalin is likely to be elevated as party’s youth wing Secretary. Sources have confirmed to The Hindu that senior party leaders and district secretaries of the party have unanimously supported his candidature to the post. Former Union Minister and Sriperumbadur MP T.R Baalu first…
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…
Missing activist ‘rape accused’ in the eyes of police, family hints conspiracy
Ajay.U.K The activist was slammed with IPC Sections 376,417 and Section 4 of Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Woman Harassment Act following a complaint lodged by a woman in Karur district. T Mugilan, the missing environmental activist who exposed the alleged role of police in the Thoothukudi Anti-Sterlite violence during a Press Conference in Chennai has…
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…
Unable to answer questions, PT leader asking journalist’s caste sparks controversy
Ajay.U.K Political discourse in Tamil Nadu hit a new low as founder of Puthiya Tamiliagam, K Krishnasamy was put in a spot by the journalists present during a fiery press conference which was held in Chennai on Tuesday. Political discourse in Tamil Nadu hit a new low as founder of Puthiya Tamiliagam, K Krishnasamy was…
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…
Water scarcity at its peak: Chennai Metro switches off ACs to reduce water usage
Dhruvi Modi As Chennai is facing acute water shortage from weeks, the Chennai Metro Rail Limited is also trying to do its part to reduce the usage of water. CMRL has been switching off the air conditioners during non-peak hours as a means of reducing usage of water. They have been switching off the ACs…
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…
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