Chennai: India on April 1 will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of PSLV rocket, ISRO said on Saturday. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a new […]
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Over Rs 13 cr unaccounted cash seized in TN: EC
Chennai: Cash amounting to Rs 13.90 crore, being transported without proper papers, has been seized by flying squads across Tamil Nadu, a poll official said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters here, Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Satyabrata Sahoo said that a meeting of bankers have been called to discuss the procedures to be followed […]
Doctors, lawyers, businessmen in MNM’s first LS list
Chennai: Doctors, advocates, a former IPS officer, a retired district judge, and businessmen figure among the candidates fielded by Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) from Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Releasing the list of 21 candidates and their constituencies, the actor-turned-politician said the second list will be released on March 24. […]
AIADMK releases list of constituencies for LS polls
Chennai: The ruling AIADMK on Sunday released the list of Lok Sabha constituencies that the party and its allies would contest from in the upcoming general elections. In a statement here, the AIADMK said it will contest from 20 seats: Salem, Namakkal, Krishnagiri, Erode, Karur, Tiruppur, Pollachi, Arani, Thiruvannamalai, Chidambaram, Perambalur, Theni, Madurai, Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, […]
Dhinakaran’s AMMK issues 1st list for upcoming polls
Chennai: The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) party led by T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Sunday released its first list of candidates in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The candidates names were for 23 Lok Sabha seats out of 39 in Tamil Nadu and for the lone Puducherry seat, a statement issued […]
Call me Rahul, not Sir: Rahul tells students
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday told students here not to address him as “Sir” but by his first name. Gandhi, sporting a jeans and a T-shirt, surprised the students of Stella Maris College for Women with the request. The Congress leader told the gathering that he was still a young politician. IANS
Investigate Vadra, and PM Modi, too: Rahul
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he does not object to his brother-in-law Robert Vadra facing a probe over his business dealings but at the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should also be investigated over the Rafale deal. Interacting with the students of Stella Maris College for Women here, Gandhi faced a […]
Congress firming up electoral alliances: Rahul Gandhi
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his party is firming up electoral alliances across the country to fight the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to the media here, Gandhi said the Congress had stiched electoral alliances in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Jharkhand and talks in Jammu and Kashmir were in the final stages. “It […]
UPA will reserve 33% government jobs for women: Rahul
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha if it wins the Lok Sabha battle. Interacting with students of Stella Maris College for Women here, Gandhi also said […]
Modi not a man of peace: Pervez Musharraf
Chennai: Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said there should be peace between India and his country but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a man for peace. In an interview to Tamil channel Thanthi TV, Musharraf, when queried about the upcoming Indian general elections, said his expectation is for peace to prevail between […]