Category: tamil-nadu

DMDK allocated 10 seats in SPA; Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan opted out of the poll fray but extended full support to the DMK-led SPA

The current proportional representation of States should not be disturbed under any circumstances, says Chief Minister; Statement comes in the wake of reports that 2011 Census may be used for women’s reservation in Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Five such polling stations would be in Chennai district

S. Ramadoss did not clarify under which banner his candidates would be fielded as the judiciary has refused to restrain his estranged son Anbumani from using the name and flag of the PMK

Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman contends that without discipline, there will be no order; he bats for an economy centred on agriculture in T.N. and plans to create government-led industries based on local resources if his party emerges victorious in the Assembly election

The manifesto proposes a major administrative overhaul, including the creation of multiple functional capitals across Tamil Nadu to ease pressure on Chennai and improve access to governance

He also recalls the opinion of the DMK that the party lost in the Arakkonam and Vanur constituencies because its candidates were outsiders

The fire also spread to two adjoining houses and damaged wooden windows and walls of the houses; no injuries were reported

The nexus of agents with doctors and hospitals in the illegal sale of kidneys was exposed, the then Deputy Superintendent of Police V. Parthasarathy, who led the Organised Crime Unit of the CB-CID in investigating the case, wrote in a police journal published in 2010