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murlee

July 7th, 2011, 11:50 PM

Jayalalithaa's ringing call to investors

There has been for some time a distinct chill in the investment climate at the State level as well as in the overall national context. In fact, FDI inflows into India from April 2010 to February 2011 were 25 per cent less than what they were in the same period of 2009-10.

First among the many and varied factors responsible is the unending series of scams which have driven the Government at the Centre to the wall and brought decision-making to a standstill. This has had the concomitant effect of disabling the Government from going ahead with the remainder of the economic reforms and thereby further disheartening the investors.

The interposition of the higher judiciary, with the Supreme Court in the lead, into the domain of the Executive, taking over many of the latter's functions, has created an unfamiliar and unpredictable situation in which nothing can be taken for granted and to which economic players are finding it hard to adjust.

The increasingly pugnacious attitude of the people towards land acquisition and environmental clearance, the dithering of the Central and State Governments on this account and verdicts of courts quashing actions already taken and in progress have exposed investors to unacceptable risks of loss of the invested amounts and hassles of criminal and other types of investigation.

Top industry leaders have been forthright in making known to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, during the recent meeting of the Council of Trade and Industry, the fast worsening investment climate and the urgent need to set afoot remedial measures to recreate investor confidence.

CHURCHILLIAN FLAVOUR

In this depressing setting, the ringing call to investors by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Ms Jayalaithaa, at the Chennai meeting of National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry on July 5, has come as a breath of fresh and bracing air.

Her speech touched inspirational heights, combining a realistic analysis of the challenges with a display of the spirit of determination to overcome them.

There was indeed a Churchillian flavour to many of her statements which, coming from her, were especially taken to heart.

Even a hard-boiled audience such as the one she was addressing must have been impressed with her quoting from Keynes (“Investment is an act of faith”) and Winston Churchill (“Empires of the future are the empires of the mind”).

Her firm commitment to make Tamil Nadu a new growth model and Number One among Indian States in all spheres of development and not to spare any efforts to act as a catalyst to fulfil the investors' dreams carried conviction precisely because she squarely and frontally admitted the “infrastructure deficits” and the prevailing “nervousness” of the corporate sector over power cuts without making any attempt to gloss over them.

TONING UP BUREAUCRACY

The people of Tamil Nadu as also India will eagerly wait for the Vision Document 2025 that she has promised to bring out, detailing clear-cut policies for promoting investments in power, ports, ship building and the like. The most welcome feature of the document is the special importance she proposes to give to the exploitation of renewable energy sources such as solar power and wind energy.

This stems from her realisation that the future of humankind is bound up with renewable and non-conventional sources of energy and not with fossil fuels.

All said, new investments will only mean throwing good money after bad and there will be no guarantee of expected returns on existing investments and flow of commensurate benefits to the people unless there is a vast improvement in the working of bureaucracy by way of ensuring effective implementation, assiduous maintenance, prompt service-delivery and responsiveness to people's concerns.

A committee headed by the Chief Secretary should be specifically made accountable for toning up the administration in these respects

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/b-s-raghavan/article2208106.ece

murlee

July 7th, 2011, 11:52 PM

RBI board meets in Chennai

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor D. Subbarao on Thursday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and apprised her of the macro economic situation and the growth-inflation dynamics in the country.

The Governor was here to attend the board meeting of the RBI.

During his interaction with the Chief Minister, the Governor felt that the State government could focus on rural infrastructure to ease supply response. Further, he wanted the State government to beef up market access to farmers.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister is also understood to have sought RBI support for the State government's initiative in delivering pension through bank accounts. The Governor, according to a release from the apex bank, has assured the Chief Minister of the RBI support for this initiative. He felt that the initiative could be launched on a pilot basis in two districts.

The Governor and the top management of the RBI also met with State government officials and bankers. They discussed the issue of routing National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Old Age Pension payments through bank accounts.

http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/article2208249.ece

murlee

July 7th, 2011, 11:54 PM

State Plan panel reconstituted

The Tamil Nadu Planning Commission has been reconstituted with Santha Sheela Nair as its vice-chairperson.

An order to this effect was issued by the State Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Department last week.

At present, Ms. Nair is an advisor in the Ministry of External Affairs to oversee the implementation of a rehabilitation project for internally displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka.

An IAS officer of the 1973 batch, Ms. Nair held various positions such as State Home Secretary, Chairperson and Managing Director of Chennai Metrowater and Secretary of the Drinking Water Supply Department in the Union Rural Development Ministry. The fresh Commission has to handle the preparation of an approach paper for the 12th Plan. The formation of working groups is under way in this regard. Other members of the Commission are: Chairperson of the Cancer Institute V. Shanta and plastic surgeon K. Sridhar - Members (Health); industrialist A.C.Muthiah - Member (Industry); former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University E. Balagurusamy - Member (Education) and the Vice-Chancellor of the Karpagam University, Coimbatore K. Ramasamy - Member (Agriculture and Irrigation).

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2208816.ece

Any idea about her???

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 02:38 AM

Maran = Ma + Run :lol:

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Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 02:42 AM

Case filed against Sun TV by Nithyananda peedam

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Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 02:46 AM

One more case filed against Saxena

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Arul Murugan

July 8th, 2011, 02:57 AM

ha ha this time none of case is being filed by gvt!

looks people who got affected in previous rule is registering the cases!

land grabbing case in western tn is the example! it has crossed more than 350!!

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 03:10 AM

^^^^

About land Grabbing cases

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Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 03:12 AM

ChennaiIndian

July 8th, 2011, 03:37 AM

gvijayan

July 8th, 2011, 03:42 AM

^^ The first thing that I want Amma to improve in the state is the hygienic condition. We can see uncleared garbages in all places. A better Solid Waste Management plan is very much the need of the hour.

MyNation

July 8th, 2011, 04:11 AM

^^ NDA had guts?? Din't the Air India Hijack occur during their time?? And din't they send off Hafeez Saeed and other major terrorists?? And our then home minister Jaswant Singh accompanied the terrorists in that plane!! :bash: One of the worstest ( I know its not a word but used for impact!! :colgate:) decisions ever made in history!!!

Lets be little reasonable plz...

the decision to release the terrorists was taken in the all-party meeting of which even congress was a part of. I am not saying u r a congress supporter, but don't u think the life of so many passengers in the flight is important ?
and what kind of guts can the govt exhibit when they are taken to a land of terrorists (afghan) ?
fyi, hafeez sayeed was never released by india( i doubt if he was ever arrested by indian police). the three released terrorists were :
1)Maulana Masood Azhar
2)Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh
3)Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar
they are also dangerous. i don't try to compare them with sayeed.
and what would have been ur reaction if one of ur close relatives was thr in the flight ?

rsubbu.mdu

July 8th, 2011, 06:23 AM

2G scam: Three DoT officials blew Maran’s cover

TheNewIE, 08 Jul 2011

NEW DELHI: Statements of three officials of the Department of Telecom—one retired and two serving—given to the CBI last week, sealed the fate of former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran. These officials corroborated ex-Aircel’s chief C Sivasankaran’s allegations that, against their advise, the minister deliberately sat over the firm’s applications for additional licenses and spectrum for almost two years during his 2004-2007 tenure.

Armed with the statements of these three crucial witnesses, all of whom were in key positions in the DoT during Maran’s tenure, the CBI will soon convert into an FIR the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) registered in the case on the Supreme Court’s direction in January this year to expand the scope of investigation for period between 2001 to 2006.

The investigating agency will also soon call Maran for questioning in the case.

Senior agency officials indicated that they are likely to send notice to Maran to be available for questioning by next week. Since he is no longer a cabinet minister, there will be no need to seek sanction from the government.

According to CBI sources, the officials who blew the Maran’s cover are former telecom secretary (February 1, 2004 to March 30, 2005) Nirpendra Mishra and his subordinates Ram Jee Singh Kushwaha, Joint Wireless Advisor who continues in the same post now and P K Mittal, then senior Deputy Director General, who is now the Senior General Manager of J&K circle.

rsubbu.mdu

July 8th, 2011, 06:30 AM

இந்திய கடலில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்த இலங்கைக்கு கரிசனம் காட்டுகிறது சீனா:அமெரிக்க செனட்
Dinamalar:ஜூலை 08,2011

வாஷிங்டன்:இந்திய கடல் பகுதிகளில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் உள்நோக்கத்துடன் இலங்கைக்கு, கடந்த 2005ம் ஆண்டில் இருந்து சீனா உதவி வருவதாக அமெரிக்க செனட் சபைக்கு அளித்த அறிக்கையில் வல்லுனர்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.சீனாவின் தென் கடல் பகுதியில் இருந்து மியான்மர், வங்கதேசம், நேபாளம், இலங்கை, மாலத்தீவு, மொரீசியஸ், பாகிஸ்தான் என கடல் மார்க்கமாக நெருங்கி வந்து, இந்தியாவின் வடக்கில் உள்ள கடல் பகுதியில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தவே சீனா உள்நோக்கத்துடன், தந்திரத்துடன் செயல்படுவதாக அமெரிக்க வல்லுனர்கள் கருத்து தெரிவித்துள்ளனர்.

இதுதொடர்பாகவும், இலங்கை பற்றி அமெரிக்க செனட் சபைக்கு அளித்த எட்டு பக்க அறிக்கையில் வல்லுனர்கள் கூறியிருப்பதாவது:"ஸ்டிரிங் ஆப் பேர்ல்ஸ்' என்றழைக்கப்படும் இந்நாடுகளின் கடல் பகுதிகளில் துறைமுகம் மற்றும் விமானப்படை தளம் அமைப்பது, ராணுவத்தை நவீனப்படுத்துதல் போன்ற நோக்கங்களுக்காக இந்நாடுகளுடனான உறவுகளை சீனா பலப்படுத்தி வருகிறது. இந்திய கடல் பகுதியில், துறைமுகம் கட்டுவதற்கு, சீனா திட்டமிட்டு வருவது பற்றி, இந்திய பாதுகாப்பு துறை திட்ட மதிப்பீட்டாளர்கள் ஏற்கனவே சுட்டிக் காட்டியுள்ளனர்.இலங்கையின் தென்கிழக்கு கடற்கரைப் பகுதியில் உள்ள ஹம்பன்டோடா என்ற இடத்தில் துறைமுகம் கட்டுவதற்கு, சீனா முதலீடு செய்திருப்பதாக தகவல் கிடைத்துள்ளது. பாகிஸ்தானில் குவாடர், வங்கதேசத்தில் சிட்டகாங்க், பர்மாவில் சித்வே ஆகிய இடங்களில் துறைமுகங்கள் கட்ட சீனா உதவி உள்ளது.

விடுதலைப் புலிகளுக்கு எதிரான போரை கடந்த 2009ம் ஆண்டில் நிறுத்தும்படி, மேற்கத்திய நாடுகள் கட்டாயப்படுத்தியதால் இலங்கை அரசு அப்போது பதட்டமடைந்தது.போரில் ராணுவத்தை எப்படி கொடுமையான முறையில் பயன்படுத்தி வெற்றி கொள்வது என்பது பற்றிய பயிற்சியும், இலங்கை ராணுவத்திற்கு அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. விடுதலைப் புலிகளை வெற்றி கண்டதால், இலங்கை அதிபர் மகிந்தா ராஜபக்ஷேவுக்கு அந்நாட்டு அரசு மற்றும் சிங்கள மக்களின் ஆதரவு கிடைத்துள்ளது.

விடுதலைப்புலிகளுடன் நடந்த இறுதி கட்டப் போரின் போது, தமிழர்களை, இலங்கை ராணுவம் கையாண்ட விதம் சர்வதேச அளவில் கேள்விகளை எழுப்பியுள்ளது. ஆனால், இதுதொடர்பான சர்வதேச நாடுகளின் கேள்விகளுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் அளிக்க இலங்கை அரசுக்கு விருப்பம் இல்லை.இலங்கையில் போர் குற்றங்கள் நடந்தது தொடர்பாக சர்வதேச குற்றவியல் கோர்ட் விசாரிக்க வேண்டுமானால், ஐ.நா., பாதுகாப்புக் கவுன்சிலின் ஒப்புதல் வேண்டும். இக்கவுன்சிலில் வீட்டோ அதிகாரம் பெற்ற நாடுகளாக ரஷ்யா மற்றும் சீனா உள்ளன. இவை இரண்டும் இலங்கையின் நட்பு நாடுகள் என்பதால், இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான விசாரணைக்கு ஒப்புதல் அளிக்கமாட்டார்கள்.அதேசமயம், ஐ.நா., மற்றும் சர்வதேச நாடுகள் போர் குற்றம் தொடர்பான விசாரணைக்கு வலியுறுத்தினால், இது சிங்களர்களிடம் அதிபர் மகிந்தா ராஜபக்ஷேவுக்கு இருக்கும் செல்வாக்கை அதிகரிக்கும். இவ்வாறு அந்த அறிக்கையில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

Leo_r

July 8th, 2011, 09:24 AM

Does amma have anything like 100 day plan, 200 day plan etc. to show any progress to the public on implementing schemes that were part of the election manifesto? Anything that can increase the quality of life?

Laptop, Mixie, Wet Grinder, Fan, 4 Gram Gold, 300 Sq Ft House with Solar Lighting , Free Rice..... all are her target schemes for the next Two years.. She is never good in Financial planning and implementation of these schemes will test all Financial wizards.

Most of the Previous Govt. proposals on Infrastructural front are held back only to conserve funds for these schemes.

One has to wait till Budget presentation in August for any developmental initiatives.

siruthai

July 8th, 2011, 09:37 AM

^^ I think he meant it as embarassing for our security capability. After all parliament is supposed to be a high-profile, highly secured target compared to hotels and restaurants !!

Parliment attack happened, But our security proved capable enough to defend the Parliment.
No terrorist Managed to enter Main Buiding.
No Parlimentarian Got injured/Killed.

Case is solved and Judgement given. One of the manin accused is Afzal Guru.
So BJP govt h ad done a good job in defending the parliment(Thanks to Security Men, who laid their lives in protecting Parliment)

BUT WHAT HAPPENED THEN..CONGRESS GOVT CAME SO AS TO NOT LOSE THE MUSLIM VOTES AFZAL GURU IS NOT YET HANGED AND IS NOW ENJOYENG OUR INDIAN HOSPITALITY.

Do u want a party which take action without worreng about Vote bank or an Italian Mafia which will look the other side when our brothers/ sisters are killed like rats in srilanka and not puniush mass murders locally because that will anger muslim vote bank...
I prefer BJP...Atleast they are our own...Not some Imported/Hybrid variety..
They may have infighting within their party..But that infighting will happen even to smallest of small parties...So lets hope BJP organize themselves...

siruthai

July 8th, 2011, 09:47 AM

Karunanidhi blames media for Dayanidhi Maran's resignation

http://idlyvadai.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_827.html

அப்ப இது பார்பன, ஆரிய சதி இல்லையா? என்ன தலைவரே இப்படி கொள்கைய தள்ளி வெச்சி புட்டீங்க?

சரி அத விட்டு தள்ளுங்க, பத்மநாபசுவாமி ஆலய கதவ திறந்ததுல கிடைச்ச புதையல விட அண்ணா அறிவு ஆலையத்த திறந்தா அதிகமா கிடைக்கும்னு பேசிக்கிறாங்களே, மெய்யாலுமா தலைவா?

Kongu..one question fully out OT...i know in TN brahmins(like Iyers and Iyengars) are very soft and dont like violence correct..

But when in Saudi i happend to see one Scene...Its a labour camp where both Indians(70 people all Bihari Brahmins) and 220 Philipinos stay..
A big fight erupted between Both this group...I see in my own eyes how this
just 70 Indians defended themselves for 20 minutes..Once organized thmselves in a defendable position. They formed 2 small group of 20 people and started couter offensive and this 220 philipinos dont know how to react..and scalled compound wals to escape....But no mercy is shown..they are literally trashed with what ever in hand..Finally military police has to intervene and had to have the situation in control.
It Happened in Jubai labour camp. How in 2 states brahmins are behaving so differntly....i thought brahmins all over the world will not do violence but there i see organized/intelligent/counter offensive on a 3 times bigger group successfully by them

Arul Murugan

July 8th, 2011, 10:32 AM

Waiting for Dnikaran's e-paper. Will see whether they will put maran news.:lol:

:lol:

http://savukku.net/images/stories/8_July_2011/2280734.jpg

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 11:06 AM

Excellent cartoon!!

Which paper put this one, dinamani or dinamalam?

dineshderick

July 8th, 2011, 11:09 AM

:lol:

http://savukku.net/images/stories/8_July_2011/2280734.jpg

:lol::lol::lol:

SSCaddict

July 8th, 2011, 11:14 AM

BUT WHAT HAPPENED THEN..CONGRESS GOVT CAME SO AS TO NOT LOSE THE MUSLIM VOTES AFZAL GURU IS NOT YET HANGED AND IS NOW ENJOYENG OUR INDIAN HOSPITALITY.

president has the mercy petition of Afzal Guru.

thillai_selvan

July 8th, 2011, 11:16 AM

Excellent cartoon!!

Which paper put this one, dinamani or dinamalam?

Its savukku

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 11:35 AM

I think its Dinamani.. Savukku must have copied from there..

Arul Murugan

July 8th, 2011, 11:39 AM

Excellent cartoon!!

Which paper put this one, dinamani or dinamalam?

It is Dinamani.. which can be credited for some neutrality as well as their support in bringing out the tamils suffering in eelam.

Dinamalam paper is worst than The Hindu in bringing eelam sufferings.

I wonder why that malam paper have such a grudge on some true cause of eelam people there!

Leo_r

July 8th, 2011, 11:50 AM

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran: The Chennai-born billionaire ...

The serial entrepreneur has grown from being a fabrication contractor for Chennai Petroleum Corporation to heading a sprawling global business empire worth $4 billion.

Siva, the clash with whom proved too costly for Maran, owns three private jets (a Boeing Business Jet and two Embraer Legacy 600s) and residences around the world.

He serves as the ambassador-at-large for the island republic of Seychelles, where he maintains a seafront residence. While Maran will cool his heels with his colleagues...

And he owns the "Sterling Towers" near Gemini circle. And I did own his 16 MHZ ,10 MB HD 'Siva PC'.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/chinnakannan-sivasankaran-the-chennai-born-billionaire-behind-dayanidhi-marans-exit/articleshow/9144512.cms

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 11:57 AM

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran: The Chennai-born billionaire ...

And he owns the "Sterling Towers" near Gemini circle. And I did own his 16 MHZ ,10 MB HD 'Siva PC'.
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/chinnakannan-sivasankaran-the-chennai-born-billionaire-behind-dayanidhi-marans-exit/articleshow/9144512.cms

I remember reading that he sold Sterling Towers some 1 or 2 years back.

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 12:19 PM

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 12:27 PM

:okay:

bonoslack7

July 8th, 2011, 12:35 PM

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/du-delhi-university-invasion-of-the-non-delhiite-talent-brigade/1/144050.html

It's official. Delhi University, true to its name, is indeed a central university. In the 2011 session, almost half the number of students at DU's three most sought-after colleges - Shri Ram College of Commerce, Hansraj College and Hindu College - will be students from towns and cities all over the country.

The figures speak for themselves. At SRCC, 61 per cent of the students admitted to Bcom (honours) are not from the Capital. In economics (honours) more than half the batch - 56 per cent, to be precise - is made up of outstation candidates.

In fact, almost one third of the seats in this coveted institution have been cornered by students of Tamil Nadu Board.

Similarly, come July 21, classrooms across all three streams (science, commerce and humanities) at Hansraj College will have a burgeoning population of outsiders. Sample this.

More than 300 students out of the total 568 students admitted to the humanities stream and 339 students out of the total 653 students in science programmes are not from Delhi.

Though figures for all programmes of Hindu College were not available, but data for coveted commerce courses such as Bcom (honours) and economics (honours) corroborate the trend. In Bcom, outstation students make up for 42 per cent of the total admission and in economics, 49 per cent of the batch is represented by outsiders.

"This is a central university and students from any part of the country can apply here. It's great that DU is finally realising its national character," P. C. Jain, principal of SRCC, said.

Though DU's popularity with students of other states has been growing steadily over the years, the sudden burst of outstation students this year, according to university officials, is largely due to the new admission process.

This year, DU discontinued the sale of admission forms. Under the new process, candidates could directly claim admission in any course of any college as long as they meet the required cut-off marks.

"Till last year, you could not take admission in a course or college you had not applied to. But this time, the options were unlimited. One could take admission wherever one met the cut-off marks. Outstation students seem to have taken advantage of this and hence colleges have witnessed an increase in their intake," deputy dean of students' welfare, DU, Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, said.

The class composition across colleges will indeed be interesting this year. A majority of outstation students are from the neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

But at Hindu College, for instance, the authorities were pleasantly surprised to find 10 to 15 students from Leh-Ladakh taking admission there.

"I doubt, if we've had so many students from Leh-Ladakh here," Pradyuman Kumar, vice principal of Hindu College, said.

"DU's popularity has also become directly proportional to the decline of some of the best universities of our country. Many universities, a few decades ago, were also as sought after as DU, but they haven't been able to keep up their standards. Hence, that rush has also been now diverted to us, which puts more pressure on the colleges," V. K. Srivastav, principal of Hindu College, said.

rsubbu.mdu

July 8th, 2011, 12:49 PM

Dinamalam paper is worst than The Hindu in bringing eelam sufferings.

The Hindu will not dare write about the Ealem issue to displease China...Ram is a great friend of the Comrades across the border.

Link1 (http://www.friendsoftibet.org/save/)
Link2 (http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2006/the_hindu_censoring_tibet.html)

thillai_selvan

July 8th, 2011, 12:59 PM

bonoslack7

July 8th, 2011, 01:13 PM

Dinamalam paper is worst than The Hindu in bringing eelam sufferings.

Times of India is even worse.

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 01:15 PM

Times of India is even worse.

on what ??

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 01:35 PM

During the recent past & Present, the Journos community has changed a lot. Sensationalism is followed. Background research is pathetic. (In one of the articles, they had quoted from the posting in a (similar to SSCI) forum, without even checking whether it is based on facts or not).

Due to time pressure, they browse and pick up from a few websites and write. Even Face to Face interviews are not followed much and phone interviews are allowed. The body language of the interviewee is the best indicator whether the points given by the person is true or false.

Spelling mistakes are accepted & tolerated. For publication of False information, not even apology is offered. It is becoming similar to Cyber Journalism, where strict codes are not enforceable.

Except may be Ananda Vikatan, not many popular Tamil journals were espousing the Tamil Cause in SL. Tuglak, though taking a different view - was keeping the issue on focus.

Dinamani (I do not read) they say, has been OK to some extent. All other newspapers had become stooges in the hands of the ruling parties in CG/ SG. TV News channels are worse.

But for the internet, the real situation may not have been come to the attention of many.

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 01:48 PM

The Hindu will not dare write about the Ealem issue to displease China...Ram is a great friend of the Comrades across the border.

Link1 (http://www.friendsoftibet.org/save/)
Link2 (http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2006/the_hindu_censoring_tibet.html)

Amazing Find. I salute you .

More than that, Ram is a close friend of Rajapakse also.

siruthai

July 8th, 2011, 02:14 PM

Amazing Find. I salute you .

More than that, Ram is a close friend of Rajapakse also.

N.Ram was awarded the "Sri Lanka Rathna", the highest civilian award that can be conferred on a foreigner in Sri Lanka in November 2005.

In light of opinion pieces published by the head of The Hindu, N. Ram, extolling China's governance of Tibet[19] and other perceived slights, many commentators, have claimed a Sinophilic bias in the writings of the paper. B. Raman director of the South Asia Analysis Group stated "Its sympathy for China and its policy in recent years of keeping out of its columns any report or article of a negative nature on China is well known." and went on to further claim that "its policy of placing its columns at the disposal of the Xinhua news agency of China" make it a mouthpiece of the Chinese government.[20]

The Hoot, an Indian media watchdog group claimed that "of late there had been too much editorialising in the news columns of The Hindu".[21]

In his letter to his colleagues N Ravi, Editor says, "Ram seems bent on taking all the editorial directors into retirement with him with a scorched earth policy to ensure that no one in the family succeeds him"

Once a Nationalistic News Paper now just worth tissue paper because...

THE HINDU has been recently taken over by Joshua Society, Berne , Switzerland . N. Ram's wife is a Swiss national.

For money and wife, N.Ram had not only sold his religion but also Tamil Cause.

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 02:21 PM

Hindu and Hindustan Times are the two big criminals who twists the news on SL civil war to satisfy the SL Govt.

I find Deccan Herald to be report the news without any bias.

rsubbu.mdu

July 8th, 2011, 02:40 PM

The only news paper i find fit to read is the "The New IE" and its tamil counterpart "Dinamani". Though occasional saffron leanings crop up, more or less it has carried the Ramnath Goyenka legacy forward. S Gurumurthy fires his Salvos from TNIE/Dinamani. Other writers like TJS George, BalbirKPunj and Aditya Sinha make their columns worth reading...

ajithv

July 8th, 2011, 02:44 PM

Why ONLY Temples??:bash:

k_TIO3YAOws

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 02:51 PM

The Hindu will not dare write about the Ealem issue to displease China...Ram is a great friend of the Comrades across the border.

Link1 (http://www.friendsoftibet.org/save/)
Link2 (http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2006/the_hindu_censoring_tibet.html)

Damn!!! I never knew this... :bash: Gr8 find Subbu sir!!

Well, But i can't live without this paper.. Too addicted! Plus, I don't find any other English paper good enough compared to Hindu..

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 02:55 PM

Now I realize y Hindu had a full blown article celebrating the 90th anniversary of Chinese communist party recently!!! I was really wondering y it covered it so much when others din't!!

ajithv

July 8th, 2011, 02:57 PM

Digital media company Yahoo on Thursday said it would offer Tamil language content to its users in India and around the world.

The service, http://tamil.yahoo.com, is being launched in association with Tamil daily Dinamalar where content across diverse genres including news, entertainment, movies and cricket will be available.

Six language versions

Yahoo has identified six language versions that will be rolled out over the coming months working with language content partners. Editorial teams from both Yahoo India and the language content partner will work collaboratively to offer a relevant content experience on a co-branded site, a company release said.

According to Yahoo India Managing Director Arun Tadanki, “We understand that regional language content is largely driven by entertainment and news, both fundamental strengths for Yahoo. Through this latest association, we aim to leverage Dinamalar's Tamil language experience and editorial strengths to expand our offering to the Indian audience”.

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/business/companies/article2208265.ece)

rsubbu.mdu

July 8th, 2011, 03:01 PM

Damn!!! I never knew this... :bash: Gr8 find Subbu sir!!

Well, But i can't live without this paper.. Too addicted! Plus, I don't find any other English paper good enough compared to Hindu..

Murlee,

"The Hindu" is like Annai, very few know them. N.Ram is a big time fraud and once he wrote a big article in Hindu Magazine praising China for the good work and development/upliftment they have brought to the lives of Tibeteans. Any Tibetean's blood could have boiled seeing this article. Few sources say that he gets regular funding from the Comrades across the border.

If you observe the wiki leaks made public by The Hindu, all of them are will be in a such a way to embarrass US - India relations and not even a single China related Wiki leaks was published by the "The Hindu"

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 03:13 PM

^^ Yes.. Very true!! From now on, gotta take the articles on China with a pinch of salt..

But still, it carries some great articles which other papers seldom cover.. Mainly its Opinion page!! Am a big fan of P.Sainath.. I think he is the only one who still writes abt Farmer suicides and against corporate hegemony! Siddharth varadharajan is good too...

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 03:21 PM

Damn!!! I never knew this... :bash: Gr8 find Subbu sir!!

Well, But i can't live without this paper.. Too addicted! Plus, I don't find any other English paper good enough compared to Hindu..

I have been reading THE HINDU for the past 35 years daily. I used to read even the old issues even if I missed while traveling. I paid 5 times the amount to read Madras edition when I was in Damanjodi, Orissa (2 days old Hindu, specially brought - Chennai to Vizag by Coromandal Exp, then by road to Vijayanagaram and then to Koraput and to Damanjodi.)

But after Ram took over, the quality has come down a lot. I find even TOI better in some way as they are able to connect to people may be more youth GenNext.

I am not able to stop reading THE HINDU. Damn me !

satishanu

July 8th, 2011, 03:27 PM

^Atleast it might have given you English proficiency.

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 03:31 PM

It is Dinamani.. which can be credited for some neutrality as well as their support in bringing out the tamils suffering in eelam.

Dinamalam paper is worst than The Hindu in bringing eelam sufferings.

I wonder why that malam paper have such a grudge on some true cause of eelam people there!

That is 100% correct.:)

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In todays dinakaran paper, they haven't mentioned that Maran's name was included in CBI hit list. They just explained that sivasankaran, former CEO of aricel complained to CBI against allegations . There was nothing mentioned regarding 2G or Maxis.

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 03:34 PM

siruthai

July 8th, 2011, 03:43 PM

Why ONLY Temples??:bash:

k_TIO3YAOws

BECAUSE OF SICULARISM:ohno:

siruthai

July 8th, 2011, 03:48 PM

I have stopped reading Hindu and have successfully persuaded my family in India to switch over to TOI. Tabloid is much better than this perverse and biased Hindu.

I wish youngsters vigourously carry a campaign in facebook to boycott Hindu

Oh no...I dont know abt printed version TOI. But online TOI is pure Congress mouth peace. Indian Express is better i think...

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 03:51 PM

TOI is one of the worst papers ever!! Some even call it TOIlet paper.. :lol:

Anniyan

July 8th, 2011, 03:53 PM

TOI is one of the worst papers ever!! Some even call it TOIlet paper.. :lol:

Atleast it has colour papers.

btw, even i refer it as toilet paper of india, same way I refer dinamalar as 'dinamalam' meaning daily shit.

kongutamizhan

July 8th, 2011, 04:27 PM

Raja distributed ladoos at the court complex to celebrate Dayanidhi Maran's resignation.

Source (http://idlyvadai.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post_08.html)

kongutamizhan

July 8th, 2011, 04:36 PM

After Maran, the only leftover cabinet minister Azhagiri (and his family) could be next on the temple land acquisition case.

Source (http://www.savukku.net/home1/1021-2011-07-08-08-50-46.html)

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 04:46 PM

TN AA is on boil !

The healthy discussions are welcome but Personal Attacks are banned.

Anybody can have an opinion which we may agree or disagree,

Please do not resort to personal attacks. Mods will brig or ban if it is done.

Mods have identified the following topics as Controversial. Please refrain yourselves from getting into useless arguments and fights, when you are on these.

Congress vs BJP
DMK vs AIADMK
Srilankan Issue (Here the the views of Tamils may drastically be different from those of people from other parts of country - But Tamils have to accept the same as other points of views)
JJ vs MK or family (Here also individual indecent comments on them will not be allowed)
City vs City (We have seen what is happening in Kerala forums and what happened in TN forums earlier)

Srilankan issue may better be discussed in India Chaibar than TN AA as it will have wider eyeballs & participation.

As per SSC I convention, any discussion on neighbouring countries are discouraged since it creates a havoc in other country forums also.

So when our forumers visit other country forums, pl refrain from fighting with them on issues - which may be looked at differently by them.

We hope that you all will co operate.

Sir you have to further clarify on this issue (which i have marked as bold). The resolution passed by TN govt is a "news" and it is not my personal opinion. It is perfectly a news generated within India, but it was removed from indian chaibar on the grounds that it is controversial. Suncity also advised me not to post such news items or you could be banned unnecessarily. People instigate us in "Supertalls forum and update", but we don't have freedom to post our view or even a news item that is generated well within India?

The same is the case with Mullai periyar issue, no news items allowed to be posted here!

kongutamizhan

July 8th, 2011, 04:54 PM

Sir you have to further clarify on this issue (which i have marked as bold). The resolution passed by TN govt is a "news" and it is not my personal opinion. It is perfectly a news generated within India, but it was removed from indian chaibar on the grounds that it is controversial. Suncity also advised me not to post such news items or you could be banned unnecessarily. People instigate us in "Supertalls forum and update", but we don't have freedom to post our view or even a news item that is generated well within India?

The same is the case with Mullai periyar issue, no news items allowed to be posted here!

True!! Mods also should learn to distinguish between news items and personal opinions. [I'm NOT saying that putting forth your personal opinions on public issues on this forum is wrong]

BTW what is that Supertall forum instigation about?

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 04:58 PM

What Suncity advises is that we need not comment on topics which involve our country's neighbors.

We may feel strongly to comment on something which we do not agree / which we feel is false. But it starts a viral loop and a big argument is created.

We may discuss about Srilanka within the permissible ambit of SSC I.

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 04:59 PM

True!! Mods also should learn to distinguish between news items and personal opinions.

BTW what is that Supertall forum instigation about?

Suncity has already replied to Joseph and explained.

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 05:07 PM

True!! Mods also should learn to distinguish between news items and personal opinions. [I'm NOT saying that putting forth your personal opinions on public issues on this forum is wrong]

BTW what is that Supertall forum instigation about?

Actually the reason that is being told for denying controversial issues to be posted is, it will create problem across forums. But here is how others instigate us

See this page and 5 pages before this particular page

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040&page=104

Discussion about the instigation in forums complaint section

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040&page=104

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 05:13 PM

We may discuss about Srilanka within the permissible ambit of SSC I.

Thats what kannan sir what is that "permissible ambit". even when TN fisherman are killed by lankan army that is banned from posting. Videos from channel 4 banned. Issue pertaining to chinese camps in katchatheevu banned and all news regarding katchatheevu banned.

If you filter those nothing remains, so what is the "permissible ambit of SSC I". No one here wants to experience an unprecedented event of being banned. Thats what i am insisting this point!

murlee

July 8th, 2011, 05:17 PM

I think we can allow Sri Lanka news to be discussed here... Coz anyways not a lot of lankans in this forum, plus.. I never have seen any posting in Indian forum, especially TN forums... So, I don't think any slug-fest could breakout!

Maybe personal opinions that r harsh and not civil could be banned!

kannan infratech

July 8th, 2011, 05:39 PM

Actually the reason that is being told for denying controversial issues to be posted is, it will create problem across forums. But here is how others instigate us

See this page and 5 pages before this particular page

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040&page=104

Discussion about the instigation in forums complaint section

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=471040&page=104

First of all, please understand that the veteran forumers in the world forums instigate deliberately to enjoy the reaction. We better not to fall for it.

Second, we are the Moderators for only Indian Forums and so it will take time to get a result in world forums.

Most of us mix nationalism with such issues, where as others are looking at the buildings as buildings and comparing them with what they have seen or heard of.

If somebody does not like the design, let it be so. Why should we defend ?

In India, we hardly get any supertall and so we are super excited about the same. But others may not have such awe.

Having been an Architecture company, we have seen much worse response from others. But if we believe in something and like our design, we stand firm on that.

Mr.Nellai

July 8th, 2011, 07:23 PM

First of all, please understand that the veteran forumers in the world forums instigate deliberately to enjoy the reaction. We better not to fall for it.

Second, we are the Moderators for only Indian Forums and so it will take time to get a result in world forums.

Most of us mix nationalism with such issues, where as others are looking at the buildings as buildings and comparing them with what they have seen or heard of.

If somebody does not like the design, let it be so. Why should we defend ?

In India, we hardly get any supertall and so we are super excited about the same. But others may not have such awe.

Having been an Architecture company, we have seen much worse response from others. But if we believe in something and like our design, we stand firm on that.

Sir thats fine. my issue is not focused on that.

My issue is related to posting news items and here is the query

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=81090254&postcount=9084

vs007

July 8th, 2011, 07:41 PM

Well, But i can't live without this paper.. Too addicted! Plus, I don't find any other English paper good enough compared to Hindu..
Tabloid is much better than this perverse and biased Hindu.

The ToI Coimbatore edition has lot more news about Coimbatore than the Hindu one. Even the ToI main page has news relevant to TN, than Hindu which gives more abstract. We subscribe to both, one for news in TN,CBE and one primarily for ads.

After Maran, the only leftover cabinet minister Azhagiri (and his family) could be next on the temple land acquisition case.

Any case is fine as long as he is permanently taken out of politics.

vs007

July 8th, 2011, 08:59 PM

If you see Sun, Jaya, IBN,NDTV, or read ToI, hindu, you would notice not a mention of lankan atrocities.

Headlines today did the right thing by showing the video, but frankly I could not muster courage to watch it. Now watching the discussions on it on HeadlinesToday.

Summary:
1. Congress thinks its an internal affair, and the gandhis dont care.
2. Lankan General simply does not care and denies everything.
3. AIADMK MP seems more keen to attack DMK and praise Jaya than attacking Lanka.
4. Sarath Kumar and other human rights activists spoke really well.
5. Jaswant Singht was balanced.

6. The only man fighting for the tamil victims is British foreign Secretary: David Milliband.

India is AWOL when it comes to tamil civilians dead.

siruthai

July 9th, 2011, 08:03 AM

siruthai

July 9th, 2011, 10:56 AM

http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=269445

தமிழக மீனவர்களை, பிடித்து செல்லும் இலங்கை கடற்படையினருடன், சீன வீரர்களும் உள்ளதாக தகவல் வெளியானதை அடுத்து, இந்திய உளவு பிரிவினர் விசாரித்து வருகின்றனர்.

இலங்கை கடற்படை, அவ்வப்போது, தமிழக மீனவர்களை பிடித்து செல்வது வாடிக்கையாகி விட்டது. கடந்த மாதம், 23 மீனவர்கள் பிடித்து செல்லப்பட்டனர். தமிழக அரசு கோரிக்கைப்படி, மத்திய அரசு தலையிட்டதால், விடுவிக்கப்பட்டனர். நேற்றும், 14 மீனவர்கள் சிறைபிடிக்கப் பட்டனர்.தமிழக மீனவர்களை பிடிக்க வரும், இலங்கை கடற்படை கப்பலில், சீன வீரர்களும் உள்ளதாக தகவல் வெளியாகி உள்ளது. இதுபற்றி, தமிழக கியூ பிரிவு, டிடாச்மென்ட், மெரைன் போலீசார் மற்றும் மத்திய அரசின், "இன்டலிஜென்ஸ் பீரோ' ஆகிய உளவு பிரிவினர், சமீபத்தில் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட தமிழக மீனவர்களிடம், விசாரித்து வருகின்றனர்.

கடந்தாண்டு, கச்சத்தீவில் சீன வீரர்கள் முகாமிட்டிருந்ததை, திருவிழாவிற்கு அங்கு சென்ற தமிழக மீனவர்கள் பார்த்தனர். இந்நிலையில், இலங்கை கடற்படை கப்பலில் வரும் சீன வீரர்கள், தமிழக எல்லை பகுதிகள் மற்றும் பாதுகாப்பு குறித்து, கண்காணித்து வருகின்றனரா என்ற சந்தேகம் எழுந்துள்ளது.

arun82

July 9th, 2011, 11:08 AM

Free cattle scheme from 15 Sep

Tamilnadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has said that her government would kickstart the free milch cows and goats scheme on 15 September, the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister and Dravidian movement leader C N Annadurai.
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In a statement here, she said, 'the sole aim of this government led by me is the welfare of the people. It is functioning with the only purpose of protecting the interests of Tamils and improving their livelihood. As a first step, I signed orders related to people welfare on the first day of my assuming charge of the Chief Minister.'

Stating that the government's aim was to extend various welfare measures to the people and at the same time making people to stand on their own without expecting freebies from the government, Jayalalithaa said it is also the target of her regime to improve human and other resources. 'We are tirelessly working to achieve these things,' she said.

On the free cows and goats scheme, she said, 'In a bid to create another white revolution in Tamilnadu, I have decided to give 60,000 milch chows. In the first phase, 1,600 families will be given cows on 15 September, the birth anniversary of Perarignar Anna.'

'Likewise, we have promised in the AIADMK's election manifesto that four goats would be given free of cost to below poverty line families. On this basis, seven lakh families would be presented with goats to improve their livelihood and 1,600 familes would be given goats in the first phase on 15 September,' she said.

While releasing the AIADMK's election manifesto in Tiruchi before the Assembly polls, Jayalalithaa announced that her party, if elected, would provide a host of welfare things, including free cattle.

After assuming power with a thumping majority, Jayalalithaa recently chaired a meeting on providing free milch cow and goats for village people of Tamilnadu a
s announced in the Election manifesto. In this meeting Ministers from Finance, Agriculture and Electricity were participated along with IAS officers.

http://newstodaynet.com/newsindex.php?id=23392%20&%20section=6

dineshderick

July 9th, 2011, 12:08 PM

Chennai, Jul 9 : Ahead of the impending cabinet reshuffle, senior Congress leader and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today called on DMK President M Karunanidhi and said the alliance between the two parties was strong and would continue. Talking to reporters after an hour-long meeting with the DMK patriarch at the latter's Goplapuram residence, Mr Pranab said the ties between the two paties remained intact.

''There is a lot of writing and speculations whether the alliance between the Congress and the DMK is continuing or not'', he said, seeking to set at rest such speculation. ''The alliance is intact and will continue. It will be strengthened'', he said, virtually playing down the cracks that had developed in the relations after the arrest of Mr Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi in the 2G scam.

The meeting assumed significance as the DMK's General Council, the high level decision taking body, would be meeting in Coimbatore two weeks from now, in which some crucial political decisions were expected to be taken.Describing the meeting as a courtesy call, Mr Pranab said this was his first meeting with Mr Karunanidhi after the April 13 Assembly polls, in which the DMK-Congress combined suffered the worst ever defeat.

''Whenever, I come to Chennai, I make it a practice to call on Mr Karunanidhi and discuss the political situation prevailing in the country'' he added. ''This time also I took the opportunity of calling on him to discuss the prevailing political situation and share our views'', he added. This is the first meeting between the two parties involving top leaders after the arrest of former Telecom Minister A Raja and Kanimozhi in the spectrum scam.

The meeting was held in the back drop of the 'forced' resignation of Former Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran from the Union Cabinet after he came under the CBI scanner in the scam. Mr Maran was also present at the meeting. Sources said Pranab's visit was to get the DMK's choice for replacements in the union cabinet after the exit of Maran two days back.

But Mr Pranab was silent on the issue and refused to answer questions.Political circles see Pranab's visit a trouble-shooting mission to mollify its sulking southern ally, which had lost two key union ministers in the cabinet and was very upset over the Centre not coming to its rescue in getting Kanimozhi released from Tihar Jail. Strains in the ties developed after the arrest of Raja and the Assembly election debacle.

The cracks widened after Ms Kanimozhi was arrested on May 20. Since then speculations were rife that the DMK might pull out from the Centre. But the DMK, which had twice convened its high level action committee meeting- first after CBI chargesheeted Kanimozhi in April and the second after the Court dismissed her bail last month- chose not to rock the UPA boat and decided to face the issue legally.

That there were cracks in the alliance was apparent when Mr Karunanidhi did not call on AICC President Sonia Gandhi when he went to meet Kanimozhi in jail for the second time and also made a token representation in the UPA second annivarsary celeberations by deputing DMK Parliamentar Party leader T R Baalu to it. Following the resignation of Maran, speculation was rife that the DMK's General Council might take some decisions on alliance issue and Mr Pranab's visit was apparently aimed at placating the DMK on not to take the 'extreme step'.

But Mr Mukherjee sought to play down any rift in the ties and said the Congress-DMK relations were strong and would continue.

dineshderick

July 9th, 2011, 12:10 PM

Chennai, Jul 9 : Ahead of the presentation of its first full budget after assuming power in May, the ruling AIADMK headed by J Jayalalithaa today announced reconstitution of the state planning commission. While the Chief Minister would be the chairperson, retired bureuacrat Ms Santa Sheela Nair would be the Vice Chairman. The Commission would have five members from different fields.

The members are Cancer Institute Chairperson Dr V Shanta (Health), Plastic Surgeon Dr K Sridhar (Health), Karpagam University Vice-Chancellor Dr K Ramasamy (Agriculture and Irrigation), Industrialist Dr A C Muthiah (Industry) and former Anna University Vice-Chancellor Dr E Balagurusamy (Education).

The Commission plays a key role in the preparation of annual plans the five year plans. ''The finalisation of the annual plan is normally completed before the presentation of the budget for the financial year. Discussions on the proposed plan schemes for the current fiscal are accordingly programmed to commence shortly'', an offiical release said. The approach paper for the 12th five year plan will also have to be prepared and the working groups for the various sectors were being constituted, the release added.

The state planning commission has been reconstituted to advise the government suitably in these key areas, the release added.

dineshderick

July 9th, 2011, 12:18 PM

Chennai, More than 100 activists of Revolutionary Students Youth Forum and the students wing of the Dravidar Kazhagam(DK) were arrested for staging agitations demanding implementation of the Uniform Education System (UES) in Tamil Nadu. Police said about 80 activists of the Youth Forum were arrested in front of Madras High Court when they staged a demonstration and burnt copies of the expert panel's report which had rejected the UES.

The panel in its report to the High Court had said UES could not be implemented and suggested complete overhaul of the system. At Anna Salai, 24 members of students wing of DK were arrested when they assembled near Periyar statue and staged the agitation.

Mr.Nellai

July 10th, 2011, 02:56 AM

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gtmashok

July 10th, 2011, 04:09 AM

^^ Surya's daughter has grown up quite a lot :) Overall, a nice, healthy role-model family.

krishnaswamy

July 10th, 2011, 07:29 AM

no body ever thought that Surya will grow like this.. that too after his initial "mokkai" film like nerukku ner, uyirele kalanthu...(i could not remember even the name),
"Kakka Kakka" suryavai "katha"thu!

krishnaswamy

July 10th, 2011, 07:33 AM

delete

smile1234

July 10th, 2011, 01:36 PM

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Looks like Surya has sixth finger in his left feet

Sampathkumar

July 10th, 2011, 01:39 PM

Looks like Surya has sixth finger in his left feet[/QUOTE]

It should be toe...not finger.

Mr.Nellai

July 10th, 2011, 05:59 PM

Vaiko interview

7L7uX5yP5us

kongutamizhan

July 10th, 2011, 07:15 PM

A retired army officer named Kandaswamy Ramraj accepted that it was he shot Dilshan with a rifle. The weapon used for the muder has been recovered from the Coouam river.

Source (http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/07/10/dilshan-murderer-held-aid0128.html)

Marathaman

July 10th, 2011, 07:17 PM

Can you imagine if corrupt bureaucrats and politicians were arrested with such speed and efficiency? :lol:

s.yogendra

July 10th, 2011, 07:58 PM

http://xl.skyscrapercity.com/?page=oneonone

Taj mahal is losing.....sad

vote now.............

Mr.Nellai

July 10th, 2011, 08:01 PM

Can you imagine if corrupt bureaucrats and politicians were arrested with such speed and efficiency? :lol:

^^^^ I didn't expect such a comment from you. As far as this issue is concerned, debating the expedited arrest of persons is not a matter of fact. See whoever it is, such incidents are intolerable, and they have to be punished.

Subra

July 10th, 2011, 09:08 PM

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sanjaya-baru-growth-stabilitycorruption/442225/

Corruption in public life is not as much of a threat to economic growth as political instability. Cross-sectional and time-series evidence would show this. The starkest example is the hugely successful China of today. Mao’s more ideologically pure and politically committed cadres ran a less corrupt system than Deng’s disciples. But see who made China a rising power!

Closer home, India’s “best performing” states, according to an exhaustive study by economists Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari, are Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Gujarat is home to Narendra Modi’s government which has acquired the reputation of being one of India’s less, if not least, corrupt governments. Tamil Nadu’s two major ruling parties, the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), have often been criticised for running governments that have been symbols of “efficient corruption” – work gets done – compared to the “inefficient corruption” in states like Jharkhand.:)

What Gujarat and Tamil Nadu have had, which has helped both states maintain high rates of growth over long periods of time, is political stability. Maharashtra is a good example of a state that has been afflicted with both corruption and political instability. The double whammy has hurt Maharashtra in the past decade.

Andhra Pradesh, on the other hand, is an example of a state that experienced high corruption during the politically stable era of both Chandrababu Naidu and the late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. Corruption during both regimes did not hurt the state’s growth as much as political instability has in the past two years. Andhra Pradesh has overnight become a hot potato for investors, including its own. Three prominent Hyderabad-based business leaders have moved out of the state in the past year, taking their business not just to other states but also outside India.

The correlation between political stability and economic performance is strong in South Asia as a whole. During the era of President Pervez Musharraf’s “stable” regime, Pakistan’s economy registered impressive rates of economic growth, by its recent standards, logging upwards of six per cent per year. In the past two years, the Pakistan economy has grown at just around two per cent. This year the most optimistic number coming out of even official Pakistan sources is 3.5 per cent growth.

Nepal tells a similar story. Its economy has suffered hugely at the hands of the political instability that has gripped this landlocked Himalayan nation in the past two years. On the other hand, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have benefited from political stability, even if in Sri Lanka that stability has come at a high human cost. While Sri Lanka hopes to repeat last year’s eight per cent growth story this year, Bangladesh expects to do that with its over six per cent growth.

Clearly, Pakistan and Nepal are examples of economies in which growth has suffered owing to political instability, while in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka political stability has fostered growth.

As a general proposition it can be said that political corruption is not as much a threat to economic growth as political and social instability. This is neither a nice thing to say or read nor a particularly elevating sentiment, but there it is.

On the other hand, one could even suggest, from Tamil Nadu’s experience with the alternating regimes of the DMK and the AIADMK, that corruption may well oil the wheels of growth, while political instability would throw sand in them, as is happening today in Andhra Pradesh.

Both in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, and in New Delhi the talk in the business cocktail circuit these days is that the fear of being charged with corruption among policy makers may be contributing to policy paralysis and a slowdown in growth and, at some stage, to political instability. If the absence of the oil of corruption slows the wheels of growth and the emergence of political instability throws sand into the already slow wheels, growth will plummet!

Events in Pakistan draw attention to the next threat from continued political instability — the flight of capital and talent. In the past decade, even when corruption was high, India continued to attract both investment and talent. However, in recent weeks more and more Indian business leaders are talking about investing abroad, including in China and Africa, as a way of de-risking and reducing their dependence on India.

Pakistan has seen such a flight of capital and talent. Millions of educated and wealthy Pakistanis are moving out of the country for fear of political instability. Though Nepal does not have as many rich or talented people, it too will experience this flight if political stability does not return quickly to the country.

There are, of course, fundamental moral objections to corruption in public life. Economists are also aware of the economic consequences of corruption, which can be both negative and positive. Corruption distorts the distribution of gains from economic activity, which contributes to inequity. At the same time, it oils the wheels of economic activity and policy making. Hence, economists cannot take a uni-dimensional view of corruption, while they would take a singular view of the negative economic consequences of political instability.

At a time when India is grappling with an economic slowdown, it would appear that any threat of political instability poses a greater problem for economic growth than the enduring problem of corruption in public life does.

Marathaman

July 10th, 2011, 09:11 PM

^^^^ I didn't expect such a comment from you. As far as this issue is concerned, debating the expedited arrest of persons is not a matter of fact. See whoever it is, such incidents are intolerable, and they have to be punished.

Corruption is no more tolerable than murder. Murder kills one person, but corruption impoverishes the lives of many and kills many more.

gtmashok

July 10th, 2011, 10:42 PM

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sanjaya-baru-growth-stabilitycorruption/442225/

On the other hand, one could even suggest, from Tamil Nadu’s experience with the alternating regimes of the DMK and the AIADMK, that corruption may well oil the wheels of growth, while political instability would throw sand in them, as is happening today in Andhra Pradesh.

Both in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, and in New Delhi the talk in the business cocktail circuit these days is that the fear of being charged with corruption among policy makers may be contributing to policy paralysis and a slowdown in growth and, at some stage, to political instability. If the absence of the oil of corruption slows the wheels of growth and the emergence of political instability throws sand into the already slow wheels, growth will plummet!

Interesting theory. But if India has to attain high levels of development, we obviously need to both tackle corruption and maintain political stability. One of the reasons we are still at 'developing' status is because of corruption. Even economically, it's also one of the reasons India ranks lower than even Pak in the ease of doing business index. Same applies to every central govt scheme.

There are, of course, fundamental moral objections to corruption in public life. Economists are also aware of the economic consequences of corruption, which can be both negative and positive. Corruption distorts the distribution of gains from economic activity, which contributes to inequity. At the same time, it oils the wheels of economic activity and policy making. Hence, economists cannot take a uni-dimensional view of corruption, while they would take a singular view of the negative economic consequences of political instability.

Article seems to contradict itself at this point.:nuts:

rsubbu.mdu

July 11th, 2011, 04:52 AM

Interesting theory. But if India has to attain high levels of development, we obviously need to both tackle corruption and maintain political stability. One of the reasons we are still at 'developing' status is because of corruption. Even economically, it's also one of the reasons India ranks lower than even Pak in the ease of doing business index. Same applies to every central govt scheme.

Article seems to contradict itself at this point.:nuts:

Ashok,

My feeling is that the article is not condraticting itself. Though the author has brought to fore the postives and negatives of corruption, he has only spoken of the postives that a stable but corrupt government can help in achieving higher growth rates. No were down the article does he contradict this point of good econonomic growth ....

Regards,
Subbu

N.kumar

July 11th, 2011, 05:32 AM

If that fellow thinks his newspaper readers are politically naive, even forumers here thinks so.

Sanjaya baru was doing a yes sir job for his former boss. he was media advisor to prime minister for long time.

What was he trying - saying dont worry about UPA scams. its good for economy(contrary we all know how it is know) and to say, be careful if bjp or third front comes it wont be stable,hence economy will go down(again masterful fooling arnd) and hence upa politically stable govt of scamsters as good for india and hence vote for upa.

sanjaya baru can keep his shit for himself.

N.kumar

July 11th, 2011, 05:36 AM

Subbu,

Good economic growth - my foot. we should be achieving more and at same time pinch on people must ave been way down.

This is running on the engine of the aircraft set long before they came to power.

The way they have driven it, has ensured the engine govinda much before anticipated life time and the aircraft needs reengining now.

but no, they want to crash it.

Just like how jaya has to repair, who ever takes over next will have hard time repairing the mess these great economists have created.

rsubbu.mdu

July 11th, 2011, 06:41 AM

Subbu,

Good economic growth - my foot. we should be achieving more and at same time pinch on people must ave been way down.

Mr.Kumar,

Nothing to get so agitated on my post...i was just helping Ashok saying that the flow of the article is fine. Nowhere to my understanding have i expressed my viewpoint on the article in such a way, which looks like me taking a particular stance. Probably a wrong article/author on which i wrote.

Regards,
Subbu

N.kumar

July 11th, 2011, 07:15 AM

Subbu,

Wasnt agitated over u or the post. that was reflecting on what sanjaya baru wrote. he was the one who talked abt good economy and u were just discussing his overall outlook in general manner.

baru is fooling arnd with words like that and hence i registered the counter.

if I didnt, u will surely find one user who pokes everywhere cong is talked abt twist ur post and say yes great economic engine by upa.

rsubbu.mdu

July 11th, 2011, 02:24 PM

Kalaignar TV funding trail leads to Kolkata
The NewIE, 11 Jul 2011

NEW DELHI: The money trail in the 2G telecom spectrum scam has led the Income Tax Department to 19 “non-genuine” companies in Kolkata allegedly used by Kalaignar TV to return Rs. 230 crore, taken as “loan”, to Cineyug, after a probe was initiated into it.

During its probe into the spectrum allocation scam, the I-T department zeroed in on 19 companies based in Kolkata that were allegedly used to pay Rs. 52.20 crore to Kalaignar TV, in which DMK MP Kanimozhi had a 20 per cent stake, a recent report of the department said.

The money from these companies was transferred to Saphire Media and Infrastructure Limited, which gave a Rs. 83 crore loan to Anjugam Films Private Limited, which again forwarded Rs. 69.61 crore as a loan to Kalaignar TV to pay Rs. 230.31 crore to Karim Morani-owned Cineyug Media and Entertainment as repayment of its Rs. 200 crore “loan”.

Kalaignar TV had received Rs. 200 crore from Cineyug Media between December 2008 and August 2009, which the Central Bureau of Investigation alleges was illegal gratification from DB Group promoter Shahid Balwa, whose company Swan Telecom was a beneficiary of 2G spectrum allocation during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A. Raja.

The CBI has alleged that money from Mr. Balwa was routed through Cineyug and soon after the probe started, Kalaignar TV started returning money to give the impression that the money received was a genuine business transaction — a loan which was returned with interest.

Kalaignar TV has taken a loan and advances for making these “repayments” and investigations have revealed that these were coming from “non-genuine” companies from Kolkata.

greatchennai

July 11th, 2011, 02:36 PM

Corruption is no more tolerable than murder. Murder kills one person, but corruption impoverishes the lives of many and kills many more.

For some reason, most of your discussions in this context seems to be supporting that irrational army person - biased...!:ohno:

Marathaman

July 11th, 2011, 05:58 PM

No, my focus is on corruption :)

vs007

July 11th, 2011, 06:22 PM

Please watch Headlines Today's Rahul Kanwal. He is the only national journalist speaking about the killing fields in lanka(only lanka no sri). He spoke to MEA, and she was silent.

Please follow his twitter and comment on the MEA's silence. This is the only way we can influence this UPA govt.
http://twitter.com/#!/welcome/search/rahul%20kanwal

Thanks

rsubbu.mdu

July 11th, 2011, 06:40 PM

Saw this comment on the HindustanTimes website:

"All South-indian ministers should be dropped, because they are very parochial and unpatriotic. No province south of Vindhyas consider themselves as part of India, and did not sacrifice anything for the independence of India."

Though this comment is from a ill informed person, many north indians are developing a similar opinion about Tamils after series of exposes of people from the DMK in the 2G scam. Few have started considering Tamils as one of the most corrupt and unethical people. People working out of TN might have encountered similar words from Northies i believe....

Raji7373

July 11th, 2011, 06:43 PM

SSCaddict

July 11th, 2011, 06:44 PM

:lol:

doccbe

July 11th, 2011, 07:31 PM

doccbe

July 11th, 2011, 07:35 PM

I also request the members to use the forum for healthy discussions and not for letting out the frustration emotionally.

Marathaman

July 11th, 2011, 07:42 PM

Like South Korea, South America, South Sudan - we will have south India as seperate country soon..if these kind of sentiments go into the heads of Indian citizens..

Very sorry my friend. We are in this together..for better or for worse. So better to spend your energy trying to make it work :lol:

kongutamizhan

July 11th, 2011, 08:30 PM

Kalanidhi Maran's counter punch for Arasu cable.

CNN-IBN and Sun Network to merge and form Sun 18? Hmm media can love or hate Maran. I think he already reached a stage where he can't be ignored. Let's wait and watch. Rupert Murdoch of India in making..

Source (http://www.savukku.net/component/content/article/8-news/1032-2011-07-11-07-06-09.html)

Arul Murugan

July 11th, 2011, 08:47 PM

wlbkng

July 11th, 2011, 08:49 PM

Like South Korea, South America, South Sudan - we will have south India as seperate country soon..if these kind of sentiments go into the heads of Indian citizens..

Whatever differences we have over people from non-south india, when it comes to the point of nation's integrity, we all will join together to keep up the spirit. Thats the patriotism which is inherited in us. But I like your sense of over imagination.

FYI - South america is not a country.

neohistoryman

July 11th, 2011, 10:44 PM

Whatever differences we have over people from non-south india, when it comes to the point of nation's integrity, we all will join together to keep up the spirit. Thats the patriotism which is inherited in us. But I like your sense of over imagination.

FYI - South america is not a country.

Well said.

I have also noticed some idiotic comments online but they are rare and in no way represents the majority of the people. And as Arul says, these kind of people exist in all four corners of the country. Best to ignore such foolishness.

N.kumar

July 12th, 2011, 12:42 AM

savukku very late.

this and other possibility has been discussed and may or may not happen anytime.

when couple of us saw the partnership between viacom 18 and sun we speculated and had people ask in private to editors and dep editors and they said not happenning and will remain a partnership.

yes network 18 bleeds. sucheeta dalal had run a series some time back i think. but still manageable and rajdeep had his brand still. will be disaster for him.

the other possible buyout is ndtv. its bleeding big and its a surprise how it still runs. ndtv hindu itself has big time accumulated losses.

in the past i suspect once vijay news run by ndtv closed, ndtv did some production for the them.

ndtv has partnership with astro and runs astro awani in indonesia and malaysia, its first outside india channel.

astro is also owner of maxis as per many.

So a possibility here as well. ndtv has nothing to loose by selling out.

its image pride everything is already gone the process which started 6-7 yrs bck when.prannoy just left everything to barkha and ignored the rest.

very few bother to watch it now.

murlee

July 12th, 2011, 01:31 AM

Sales Tax rates revised

The move is expected to generate additional revenue of Rs 3,900 crore

The State government on Monday announced the revision of Sales Tax rates, which is expected to generate additional revenue of Rs 3,900 crore per annum.

In addition, it revised the registration fees on various documents, which would generate another Rs 300 crore. The new tax rates come into effect from Tuesday.

An official release from the Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department said the earlier government had left a huge debt of over Rs 1 lakh crore and the State government had to mobilise additional resources to adhere to the fiscal norms and also to implement new welfare schemes successfully. Revision of Sales Tax has been identified as one of the possible sources and accordingly, the government has taken the decision and issued a notification on Monday to make certain changes in the Sales Tax rates.

REVENUE DEFICIT

Under the current fiscal norms, the government has to eliminate revenue deficit at the end of this financial year and rein in fiscal deficit at below three per cent of the Gross State Domestic Product.

In the revised structure, Value Added Tax (VAT) on commodities now charged at the rate of four per cent would go up to five per cent. This according to the Government would bring the State on a par with Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

However, agricultural implements now taxed at four per cent would be fully exempted from VAT. Similarly, fertilisers and insecticides (presently four per cent) would also be fully exempted.

Commodities now charged at 12. 5 per cent would attract 14.5 per cent, the State government sought to justify the hike saying Andhra Pradesh has hiked its rate to 14.5 per cent and Karnataka to 13.5 per cent.

In Gujarat certain commodities are taxed at 15 per cent and some others at 20 per cent.

For edible oils, the State government has decided to reduce the exemption of the turnover limit from Rs 500 crore to Rs 5 crore.

TAX AVOIDANCE

The government said there was rampant tax avoidance under edible oils due to misuse of the turnover based exemption. The step would bring bigger dealers under the tax net.

The prices of cellular phones, i-pod, i-phones, LCD/LED panels, DVDs and CDs and the parts are set to go up, as the tax on them has been sharply raised from four to 14.5 per cent.

Tobacco and tobacco products would be taxed at 20 per cent instead of 12.5 per cent.

Beedi and beedi tobacco, earlier exempted would be now brought under VAT and taxed at 14.5 per cent.

Textiles and textile products, which were earlier exempted, will be brought under 5 per cent tax. This was exempted earlier as the Central Government was collecting Additional Excise Duty (AED).

The Government of India has already abolished AED and permitted the States to levy Sales Tax.

As cone yarn is already taxed at 5 per cent in the present dispensation, taxing textiles will get the benefit of input tax credit as a part of the VAT chain. Andhra Pradesh has also brought textiles and textile products under VAT.

EXEMPTION CONTINUES

However, hank yarn and handloom fabrics will continue to enjoy the exemption, the release added.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2219348.ece

murlee

July 12th, 2011, 01:34 AM

Jayalalithaa announces new medical insurance scheme

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced a new health insurance scheme, significantly enhancing benefits to patients, compared to the Chief Minister's Insurance Scheme of the previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government.

A number of amendments have been made, upping the total health insurance cover for a family to Rs. 4 lakh for four years. In the yet-to-be-named scheme, each family gets cover of Rs. 1 lakh per annum for four years. In the case of certain diseases, this could go up to Rs. 1.50 lakh, Ms. Jayalalithaa said in a statement.

The other significant change is that the new scheme covers 950 medical conditions compared to 642 under the previous scheme. The DMK government had envisaged extending the scheme for newborns, but that was not implemented. The fresh scheme will not only include treatment for newborns, but also medical management, as against merely surgical interventions. Thereby, treatment costs will be covered for heart attack as well as angioplasty or open heart surgery.

The Chief Minister also announced that all the investigations done in connection with the treatment, as authorised by a government hospital, or government-run health camp, would be covered under the new scheme, even if surgery was not warranted at the end of it.

In case of hospital admissions, investigations and other charges incurred for five days would be reimbursed to the hospital. Under the earlier scheme, only investigations directly related to surgery would be covered. A certain amount would also be allocated for follow-up procedures.

One of the criticisms levelled against the previous health insurance scheme was that private hospitals were being promoted at the cost of government institutions. Trying to address this, the new scheme specifies that government hospitals would be paid the same rates as those in the private sector. Additionally, certain kinds of treatments would be permitted only in government hospitals. Special wards would be set up in the hospitals approved by the government under the new scheme.

Ms. Jayalalithaa added that people already enrolled under the old scheme and requiring emergency surgery could still avail treatment at approved hospitals. The government itself would compensate the hospitals for such expenses.

While fresh identity cards would have to be issued, the new scheme would use the existing database for beneficiaries.

The first State empowered committee meeting headed by the Chief Secretary would analyse the various issues and arrive at a decision to fix on the process of calling for tenders from bidders before this weekend, officials said.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2218371.ece

Arul Murugan

July 12th, 2011, 05:27 AM

TASMAC revenue going to shoot up!

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/07/12/20110712a_001101008.jpg

DKN

rsubbu.mdu

July 12th, 2011, 07:02 AM

Spirits run low as a glass of tipple costs more
12July11, The NewIE

CHENNAI: In a sudden move, the prices of spirits and beer were hiked by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) on Monday, triggering unruly scenes and altercations at liquor outlets across the State, with tipplers entering into arguments with the salesmen there.

The price hike hit the salesmen at the shops like a bolt from the blue as they came to know of it only around 3 pm. Since they were instructed to implement the revised price structure immediately, many salesmen pulled down the shutters to take an inventory of the stocks, earning the ire of many customers.

When the shops re-opened, the customers were in for a shock as the were asked to pay Rs 20 more for a full bottle of spirit and Rs 5 for a bottle of beer. Those buying half-bottles had to shell out Rs 10 more and quarter-bottles cost Rs 5 more, irrespective of the brand and type of spirit.

The mid-day price change even led to the manhandling of some salesmen by angry customers, according to a TASMAC employee in Virudhunagar. Unable to handle angry customers and to protest the sudden price hike, many salesmen downed shutters again.

The CITU-affiliated union of TASMAC employees said salesman were being asked to pay the corporation the revised rates for the bottles that were sold between 10 am and 3 pm.

The price revision—the earlier rates were fixed on October 1, 2009—is expected to earn an additional revenue of Rs 1390 crore per annum for TASMAC, said another union office-bearer.

murlee

July 12th, 2011, 07:05 AM

^^ Great news!! :cheers:

Arul Murugan

July 12th, 2011, 07:16 AM

^^ Great news!! :cheers:

consumption will go down?? Hike in cigrate, beedi, drinks are welcomable! It may have two advantage!

1. Marginal increase in revenue for government
2. for very few it will burn their pockets and may reduce the consumption!

karthikarthik

July 12th, 2011, 08:19 AM

consumption will go down?? Hike in cigrate, beedi, drinks are welcomable! It may have two advantage!

1. Marginal increase in revenue for government
2. for very few it will burn their pockets and may reduce the consumption!

Sometimes this increase in price affects people badly. Now India has the distinction of more tobacco chewers compared to cigarette smokers. Cigarette is becoming costlier so people went to other alternative. These also leads to illegal arrack consumption. I feel really bad that our Govt is functioning majorly by TASMAC revenue. Opening more and more shop is like inviting more and more people to drink and there by we are loosing innocent children education(A recent study indicated dropout of children education is due to their parents drinking habit) and prevalence of poverty.

venkatm

July 12th, 2011, 09:07 AM

Raising taxes is a great move imposed on foolish people. You want free mixie - pay through your nose for your cellphone or clothes or DVD player.

Leo_r

July 12th, 2011, 09:21 AM

Rs 1400 crores from Tasmac plus Rs 3900 crores from VAT.. Rs 5300 Crores should be sufficient for distribution of Goats/Jersy Cows,Mixies,Fans,Wet Grinders,Laptops, 4 Grams Gold , Rice and expanded Insurance scheme...

Good Show.

Anniyan

July 12th, 2011, 10:50 AM

Raising taxes is a great move imposed on foolish people. You want free mixie - pay through your nose for your cellphone or clothes or DVD player.

I strongly condemn your comments. You need to apologise for calling the 'citizens' as fools.

arun82

July 12th, 2011, 11:52 AM

Indian caste system
Lt Col Zaheerul Hassan (R)

Hindu religion diversify the Indian society and caste system mainly into four castes like; Brahmins, Ksatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras (Dalit). According to the Hinduism, the followers of the caste system believes that by birth, Brahmin works for; peace, self-harmony, austerity, purity; loving-forgiveness and righteousness; vision, wisdom and faith. The Ksatriya are heroic minded, believes to be Constance, resourceful, courage in battle, generosity and noble leadership. The trade, agriculture and the rearing of cattle are the work of a Vaishya. The work of the Shudra is service. The word “Dalit” comes from the Sanskrit, and means “ground”, “suppressed”, “crushed”, or “broken to pieces”. It was first used by Jyotirao Phule in the nineteenth century, in the context of the subjugation faced by the erstwhile “untouchable” castes of the twice-born Hindus. Although in 2008 Indian Govt tried to tackle the issue when National Commission for Scheduled Castes, noticing that “Dalit” was used interchangeably with the official term “scheduled castes”, called the term “unconstitutional” and asked state governments to end its use. After the order, the Chhattisgarh government ended the official use of the word “Dalit”.

It is also a known fact that the large majority of the Dalits in India are Hindus but due to extremists’ Hindu behavior, many of them have been converted to Buddhism, often called Neo-Buddhism and Christian. Moreover, the attitude of Upper-castes Hindus towards low-caste Hindus and minorities have never been cordial. Internationals and local human rights organizations always reported that Dalits are being pushed towards wall continuously. Though, all main political parties like Congress, BJP and Shiv Sena believe in the supremacy of Hinduism in India but Shiv Sena is a known hard liner party which openly believes in carrying out brutality against minorities and Dalits. Extremists Hindus even do not hesitate in killing innocent and sexually assaulting women, young girls and children. It has been found that local police, troops deployed in IOk are involved in raping women fathering children for sexual abuses. In this context even Indian soldiers in Peace Keeping Mission are also found involved in sexually assaulting women and children. Reportedly, 12 officers and 39 soldiers are facing investigations in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, to conclude if they had sexually abused the local women and children once they were on UN Peace keeping Mission in Congo.

According to the Amnesty International Reports of March 2011 , in Indian occupied Kashmir under the garb of the Public Safety Act (PSA) to incarcerate suspects without adequate evidence, India has not only violated their human rights but also failed in its duty to charge and try such individuals and to punish them if found guilty in a fair trial. Between January and September 2010 alone, 322 people were reportedly detained in addition to the raping women, punishing and killing “Dalits” Maharashtra, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Tamils and Bru areas.Amnesty International also prepared the report on the basis of research conducted by the team during a visit to Srinagar in May 2010 and subsequent analysis of government and legal documents relating to over 600 individuals detained under the PSA between 2003 and 2010.

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered probe into the Police firing in air at Villur village near Tirumangalam on May 1. Madurai superintendent of police Asra Garg opened fire in the air after a mob of around 500 persons belonging to caste Hindu Thevar families allegedly attempted to assault police. The angry mob had demanded the release of five caste Hindus who were arrested by police for assaulting a Dalit youth for riding a motorcycle along the main street of the village against a discriminatory diktat. The caste Hindus, for years, allegedly oppressed Dalrts by preventing them from riding motorcycles on Kaliamman Koil street in Villur. Caste Hindus had also issued a diktat that Dalits should not walk with footwear. Christians are demanding an inquiry into how seven dalit and tribal people were falsely charged with the murder of Hindu leader Laxmananada Saraswati, which led to months of violence in which more than 100 people died and hundreds of homes destroyed. Police now say Maoists have confessed to murdering the man. The Christians leaders have stated that innocent Christians were branded and paraded as killers by the police. It smacks of vendetta. Now the state should extend apology to those falsely accused and release them immediately. The government should come up with a comprehensive plan for the compensation and restoration of justice. Others called for a White paper probe, suggesting the authorities acted in cahoots with Hindu extremists. We demand a white paper on the nexus between the administration and Sangh Parivar. Pradhan, whose family was forced to become Hindus for a month, said the hate campaign against Christians still continues. The administration and Hindu fundamentalist should own up and be booked accordingly. In January, 2009 seven Dalit and tribal Christians were charged with the murder the Hindu leader. But this week, police charged seven Orissa- based Maoist leaders with killing Saraswati and four others at Jaleshpata Ashram in the Kandhamal district on the night of August 23, 2008.

In short, we can conclude that injustice in the society, denying of basic rights and violations of human rights of minorities are some of the major factors which gave birth to new states. For example, in nineteenth century, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka appeared on world map as result of extremist’s Hindu discriminatory treatment towards Muslims, Buddha and even Sri Lankan’s Hindus. Similarly some incorrect political decision and Indian intrigue against Pakistan produced Bangladesh. Here, I would also mention that the basis of independence of Pakistan was the ideology of two nation theory. The same theory proved to be correct since Bangladesh did not fall into Indian lap even after separating from Pakistan. Thus, brutality against Dalits and minorities will likely to give birth to new states, Muslim Bengal, Tamilistan, Nagaland, Kahlistan, Kashmir and Nexilites. The Dalit community has to get up to force Indian government of protecting their rights and get some independent state where they should live without fear and perform their religious obligations freely.

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=102606

Article publised in Pakistan Media.

vivek2006

July 12th, 2011, 12:22 PM

I strongly condemn your comments. You need to apologise for calling the 'citizens' as fools.

Dude. Whats wrong in calling a spade a spade. All of them are not fools - but a majority of them act stupid, not sure if they are really are.

rsubbu.mdu

July 12th, 2011, 02:02 PM

Jayanthi Natarajan: Gandhi family loyalist
12 Jul 2011 , The NewIE

NEW DELHI: Jayanthi Natarajan, the only woman face from Tamil Nadu in the Congress and a known loyalist of the Nehru-Gandhi family, makes a comeback to the Union Council of Ministers after a gap of nearly 13 years.

Natarajan(57) has an arduous task ahead since she steps into the shoes of high profile and activist minister Jairam Ramesh who had given teeth to the environment ministry which he held as independent charge.

Grand-daughter of veteran Congressman and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Bakthavatsalam, Natarajan, was a practising lawyer in Chennai before she joined politics in the 1980s and has held a number of posts in Congress, including that of the party's national spokesperson for years.

She was noticed by the then Congress President Rajiv Gandhi who made her a Rajya Sabha MP in 1986. She was re-elected to the Upper House in 1992, 1997 and in 2008.

It will be a home coming of sorts for Natarajan, who will be the Environment and Forests Minister in the Manmohan Singh cabinet, as she is back in the Union Ministry after a brief stint as Minister of State for Civil Aviation under I K Gujral as a member of the Tamil Maanila Congress(TMC).

Natarajan joined the TMC floated by late Congress veteran G K Moopanar in 1996 after differences with the then Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao and was rewarded with a MoS berth for her loyality.

After their TMC merged with Congress in 2002 following Moopanar's death, Natarajan too joined the party and was made it spokesperson four years back.

An articulate speaker, Natarajan has often won kudos for communicating the party's views with ease and comfort before the cameras.

She had always been in the forefront fighting for women's rights and headed a Parliamentary Committee that looked into the Women's Reservation Bill.

She has also been involved with a number of social organizations including the All India Women's Conference, and the legal aid board.
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Enna kodumai ...

siruthai

July 12th, 2011, 02:05 PM

dineshderick

July 12th, 2011, 02:38 PM

The long awaited reshuffle of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s council of ministers Tuesday saw changes in some major portfolios with Salman Khursheed taking over law and Dinesh Trivedi railways, new inductees like Jayanthi Natarajan, who was appointed to the environment ministry, and seven ministers getting the axe.

The ‘big four’ – Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Defence Minister A.K. Antony and Home Minister P. Chidambaram – have been left untouched in the exercise to draft a new Team Manmohan.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) forwarded to President Pratibha Patil a list of 13 people to be appointed to his council, some of whom like Jairam Ramesh were being elevated and eight new faces. The ministers will be administered the oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan Tuesday evening.
The reshuffle, the second in the United Progressive Alliance II government after the first one in January, accommodates ally Trinamool Congress by giving the key portfolio of railways to Dinesh Trivedi, who takes over as a full fledged minister after Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as West Bengal chief minister.

Sudip Bandopadhyay of the party also makes his debut as minister of state for health and family welfare. However, Mukul Roy has been relieved as minister of state for railways, a day after he ignored Manmohan Singh’s directive to visit a train derailment site in Assam. He retains his job as the junior minister in the shipping ministry.

The other key ally, DMK, figures nowhere, with Dayanidhi Maran’s resignation accepted as union textiles minister following allegations of involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.

With A. Raja also having gone, this has reduced the DMK’s presence in the council of ministers to four — M.K. Azhagiri (chemicals and fertilisers), S.S. Palanimanickam (finance), D. Napoleon (social justice) and S. Gandhiselvan (health).

E. Ahamed of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), which is pivotal to the survival of the Congress in Kerala, is back as minister of state for external affairs and also gets human resource development (HRD).

The primary charge of the HRD ministry continues to rest with Kapil Sibal, who also holds the communications and IT portfolio. In a father-son swap, senior leader Murli Deora is out of the cabinet, and his son Milind in as minister of state for communications and IT.

In the environment ministry, Jairam Ramesh has been replaced by Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan and elevated as cabinet minister in-charge of rural development.

Ramesh replaces Vilasrao Deshmukh, who has been shifted to the science and technology and earth sciences ministry.

Amongst the other biggies, Salman Khursheed gets law from M. Veerappa Moily, who has been made corporate affairs minister; Beni Prasad Verma, who was minister of state for steel with independent charge, has been elevated as cabinet minister in charge of the same ministry.

The other new cabinet minister is V. Kishore Chandra Deo, who will take care of tribal affairs and Panchayati Raj.

Joining Deo, Milind Deora, Bandopadhyay and Natarajan are four other fresh faces.

These are Assam leader Paban Singh Ghatowar, who will be minister of state independent charge (Development of North Eastern Region), and three ministers of state – Congress’ lone Lok Sabha MP from Chhattisgarh Charan Singh Mahant (agriculture and food processing); high profile Rajiv Shukla (parliamentary affairs) and the understated Jitendra Singh (home), who is a close aide of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

The others, whose resignations have been forwarded with the recommendation that they be accepted, are DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran as well as M.S. Gill, B.K. Handique, Kanti Lal Bhuria, A. Sai Prathap and Arun S. Yadav.

According to N. Bhaskar Rao, analyst at the Centre for Media Studies: “The cabinet reshuffle is nothing to get excited about as it does not indicate any direction or any special initiative from the government.

“Some new talent has come in but there is nothing else to say except that the environment ministry which was being headed by a person who had been causing heartburn to many industries and their investors has been shifted. Other than that there is no major change. “

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s new Council of Ministers
Following is the new look of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s team after a reshuffle of his council of ministers Tuesday, inducting eight new faces, elevating a few and changing the portfolios of about 10 others:

Manmohan Singh
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Ministry of Planning
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space

CABINET MINISTERS

Pranab Mukherjee
Minister of Finance

Sharad Pawar
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Food Processing Industries

A.K. Antony
Minister of Defence

P. Chidambaram
Minister of Home Affairs

S.M. Krishna
Minister of External Affairs

Virbhadra Singh
Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Vilasrao Deshmukh
Minister for Science and Technology
Minister for Earth Sciences

Ghulam Nabi Azad
Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Sushil Kumar Shinde
Minister of Power

Dinesh Trivedi
Minister of Railways

M. Veerappa Moily
Minister of Corporate Affairs

Farooq Abdullah
Minister of New and Renewable Energy

S. Jaipal Reddy
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Beni Prasad Verma
Minister of Steel

Kamal Nath
Minister of Urban Development

Jairam Ramesh
Minister of Rural Development

Vayalar Ravi
Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
Minister of Civil Aviation

Ambika Soni
Minister of Information and Broadcasting

Mallikarjun Kharge
Minister of Labour and Employment

Kapil Sibal
Minister of Human Resource Development
Minister of Communications and Information Technology

Anand Sharma
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Minister of Textiles

C. P. Joshi
Minister of Road Transport and Highways

Kumari Selja
Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Minister of Culture

Subodh Kant Sahay
Minister of Tourism

G. K. Vasan
Minister of Shipping

Pawan K. Bansal
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Water Resources

Mukul Wasnik
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

M. K. Alagiri
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Praful Patel
Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Shriprakash Jaiswal
Minister of Coal

Salman Khursheed
Minister of Law and Justice
Minister of Minority Affairs

V. Kishore Chandra Deo
Minister of Tribal Affairs

MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

Dinsha J. Patel
Minister of State of Mines

Jayanthi Natarajan
Minister of State of Environment and Forests

Paban Singh Ghatowar
Minister of State of Development of North Eastern Region

Krishna Tirath
Minister of State of Women and Child Development

Ajay Maken
Minister of State of Youth Affairs and Sports

K. V. Thomas
Minister of State of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Gurudas Kamat
Minister of State of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Srikant Jena
Minister of State of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Minister of State of Chemicals and Fertilisers

MINISTERS OF STATE

E. Ahamed
Minister of State of External Affairs
Minister of State of Human Resource Development

Mullappally Ramachandran
Minister of State of Home Affairs

Jitendra Singh
Minister State of Home Affairs

V. Narayanasamy
Minister of State of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office

Rajiv Shukla
Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
Minister of State of Commerce and Industry

D. Purandeswari
Minister of State of Human Resource Development

K.H. Muniappa
Minister of State of Railways

Panabaka Lakshmi
Minister of State of Textiles

Namo Narain Meena
Minister of State of Finance

M.M. Pallam Raju
Minister of State of Defence

Saugata Ray
Minister of State of Urban Development

S.S. Palanimanickam
Minister of State of Finance

Jitin Prasada
Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways

Preneet Kaur
Minister of State of External Affairs

Harish Rawat
Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries
Minister of State of Parliamentary Affairs

Charan Das Mahant
Minister of State of Agriculture
Minister of State of Food Processing Industries

Bharatsinh Solanki
Minister of State of Railways

Mahadev S. Khandela
Minister of State of Tribal Affairs

Sudip Bandopadhyaya
Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare

Sisir Adhikari
Minister of State of Rural Development

Sultan Ahmed
Minister of State of Tourism

Mukul Roy
Minister of State of Shipping

Choudhury Mohan Jatua
Minister of State of Information and Broadcasting

D. Napoleon
Minister of State of Social Justice and Empowerment

S. Jagathrakshakan
Minister of State of Information and Broadcasting

S. Gandhiselvan
Minister of State of Health and Family Welfare

Tusharbhai Chaudhary
Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways

Sachin Pilot
Minister of State of Communications and IT

Milind Deora
Minister of State of Communications and IT

Prateek Prakashbapu Patil
Minister of State of Coal

R.P.N. Singh
Minister of State of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister of State of Corporate Affairs

Vincent Pala
Minister of State of Water Resources
Minister of State of Minority Affairs

Pradeep Jain
Minister of State of Rural Development

Agatha Sangma
Minister of State of Rural Development

Ashwani Kumar
Minister of State of Planning
Minister of State of Science and Technology
Minister of State of Earth Sciences

K.C. Venugopal
Minister of State of Power

ajithv

July 12th, 2011, 06:15 PM

Enna Koduma Sir Ithu???:bash:

RGjmnTg5dIA

wlbkng

July 12th, 2011, 06:57 PM

but a majority of them act stupid,.

Like the one who uttered that comment about citizens!

wlbkng

July 12th, 2011, 06:58 PM

Enna Koduma Sir Ithu???:bash:

RGjmnTg5dIA

Please type Sam Anderson in youtube and see the videos.

P.S: I am not responsible for any disaster after that!

ajithv

July 12th, 2011, 07:22 PM

Please type Sam Anderson in youtube and see the videos.

P.S: I am not responsible for any disaster after that!
:runaway:

Mr.Nellai

July 13th, 2011, 03:33 AM

Nellai aani car festival

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Mr.Nellai

July 13th, 2011, 04:07 AM

Boycott Srilankan products propaganda in front of Express Avenue - Chennai

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Note: I think there is nothing controversial for the news to be posted here. In fact there was a very good response for this propaganda, as people were unaware of the products they were purchasing before (it is their right to know to the origin of the products they buy and its upto them to decide whether to buy those products or not )

A group of young people assembled at Express avenue on Sunday morning with banners and placards marking a visible campaign to boycott Srilankan products in Chennai

After the release of UN Report on genocide in Srilanka Many youth groups in Tamil Nadu have spontaneously come up and are organising campaigns against the Srilankan Government. Apart from the known political parties such as MDMK, Naam Thamizhar, PMK, VCK etc various human rights organisations have stepped in to register their protest in public.

Many organisation have expressed anger on the calculated silence of the Indian Government about the genocide in Srilanka. However they stage protest only against the Srilankan Government. These youngsters organize peaceful demonstrations for the specific purpose of bringing attention on the Srilankan genocide of Tamils.

Two weeks ago thousands of people assembled at Marina beach with candle lights paying their respect to those Tamils who were killed by the Srilankan army. There are many online petitions and campaigns by the groups which have reached millions of people all over the world.

Those who assembled at the busy Express Avenue showed good response to the campaign and many people enquired about the shops where the Srilankan goods were sold.

The organizers have reported that the campaign shall be carried out in all other cities in India very soon.

Vasu

July 13th, 2011, 07:31 AM

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dineshderick

July 13th, 2011, 10:49 AM

Chennai, Jul 13 : The Chennai City police has summoned Sun TV Network owner Kalanidhi Maran following complaints of cheating and criminally intimidating lodged against Sun Pictures by a Salem-based film producer and distributor.

The summons, asking Mr Kalanidhi to appear before the K K Nagar police, where the complaint was registered, was issued last night. ''Kalanithi Maran was summoned to appear before the police at 1000 hrs this morning to inquire into the complaints lodged against Sun Pictures,'' sources said.

However, Mr Kalanidhi's counsel, came to the police station this morning and submitted a letter seeking time till July 26 for his appearance as he was away on prior business commitments. Police sources, quoting the counsel said, Mr Kalanidhi was out of station and was expected to return to the city on that day. He would later appear before the police at a date mutually convenient for Mr Kalanidhi and the police officials and give his side of explanation to the complaint.

The city police summoning Mr Kalanidhi, elder brother of former Union Textiles Minister Dayanidi Maran, comes in the wake of the arrest of Sun Pictures Chief Operating Officer Hans Raj Saxena on a cheating complaint lodged by a Salem-based film distributor T S Selvaraj. Sun Pictures is part of the Sun TV Network owned by Maran Brothers, who are the grand nephews of Former Chief Minister and DMK President M Karunanidhi.

Mr Saxena was arrested at the airport on his arrival from Hyderabad on the night of July three following a complaint from a Salem-based distributor that the Sun Pictures COO had cheated him of Rs 82.53 lakh. In his compalint, the distributor, T S Selvaraj, said he had produced the Tamil film 'Theerada Vilayattu Pillai' last year. Sun Pictures purchased the film's distribution rights for a sum of Rs 1.25 crore.

After paying an initial amount, Mr Saxena had failed to pay the balance of Rs 82.53 lakh. He also accused Mr Saxena of threatening him for asking the money due to him. As his efforts to get the money went in vain, Selvaraj filed a complaint with the K K Nagar Police in the city on July one leading to his arrest. After the court denied bail to Mr Saxena, theatre owners and film distributions flooded the city police with complaints of cheating and intimidation leading to slapping of more cases against Mr Saxena.

dineshderick

July 13th, 2011, 10:50 AM

Chennai, Jul 13 : The Tamil Nadu Government today gave its consent to host the prestigious World Chess Championship Title match between Defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel in April/May next year.

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa gave the consent to hold this mega match when World Chess Federation (WCF) President Kirsan Illyumzhinov called on her at the State Secretariat this morning, an official release said.

This would be for the first time India would be hosting a World Chess Championship Title match. The estimated budget for the prestigious event was expected to be Rs 20 crores. Being held once in two years, Anand won the World Chess Championship title in 2010 defeating Topalov at Sofia in Bulgaria and would be defending the title at home in 2012.

During the meeting, the WCF Chief said ten out of 24 Grandmasters in India were from Tamil Nadu. He also told the Chief Minister that India was ranked seventh in World in Chess. Newly elected All India Chess Federation President J C D Prabhakaran, AICF Secretary Bharat Singh and FIDE Vice-President D V Sundar were present at the meeting.

kannan infratech

July 13th, 2011, 10:57 AM

JCD Prabahakar has to be congratulated for this.

It will be a financial challenge to conduct the same. Sponsors have to be roped in.

vs007

July 13th, 2011, 11:48 AM

Boycott Srilankan products propaganda in front of Express Avenue - Chennai
Two weeks ago thousands of people assembled at Marina beach with candle lights paying their respect to those Tamils who were killed by the Srilankan army. There are many online petitions and campaigns by the groups which have reached millions of people all over the world.

Those who assembled at the busy Express Avenue showed good response to the campaign and many people enquired about the shops where the Srilankan goods were sold.

The organizers have reported that the campaign shall be carried out in all other cities in India very soon.

Good idea!!! I wish such protests were there in front of Lankan Damro shop too.

On a related note, saw Vaiko's interview on HT and he is absolutely right Indian Govt is complicit in this too.

Pls watch HeadLines Today as this is the only national channel covering this.
If possible Thank Rahul for giving this national coverage when every other channels including Sun,hindu is largely mum about this.
http://twitter.com/#!/rahulkanwal

dineshderick

July 13th, 2011, 11:55 AM

Subra

July 13th, 2011, 12:39 PM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Crowd-watches-as-goons-kill-man-on-street-in-Coimbatore/articleshow/9210246.cms

COIMBATORE: Police have arrested four men who tripped a man driving a motorcycle on a busy street in Coimbatore and murdered him as dozens of people watched in horror.

The daylight brutality on Sunday was caught on a close circuit television camera mounted on a traffic junction in this Tamil Nadu city.

The video showed two men standing on the road and deliberately coming in the way of a motorcyclist who lost balance and fell on the road.

In no time, two others joined them and they together assaulted the victim. One man was seen to be stabbing him while a second attacker hurled a heavy rock on his head.

Coimbatore's Deputy Commissioner of Police S Nijamuddin hit out at those who watched the gory killing but did not intervene.

"The people there should have tried to stop (the killers)," the officer said.

He said compared to the four killers, there were many more motorists and pedestrians, who watched the crime but did nothing. "It is a sorry to state that none came forward to help the boy (who died)."

He said it was only when the police reached the scene that an ambulance was summoned and the victim taken to a hospital. But he had already died.

Police said the attackers and the victim had earlier apparently had a brawl at a wine shop. This led to the murder.
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Shame on us. We have lost bravery, humane factors everything. We should learn how to be brave from our fellow Tamils in Lanka. It's probably the over reliance on religion that might be the reason. Very god fearing, donates tons of cash and gold to god but couldn't stop a fellow human being from being killed in a public day light setting.

jaish

July 13th, 2011, 12:54 PM

Anniyan

July 13th, 2011, 01:00 PM

This video I have seen in Sun TV. It was shocking no body there in the signal have bothered about this. This was shocking to me. I think the real meaning of economic growth is loosing humanity. Compare this incident with Dilshan Murder People took to street to protest against the murder.

He was a slum boy so they took it to the streets, if he was a from middle class apartment nobody would have come to protest.

siruthai

July 13th, 2011, 01:02 PM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Crowd-watches-as-goons-kill-man-on-street-in-Coimbatore/articleshow/9210246.cms

COIMBATORE: Police have arrested four men who tripped a man driving a motorcycle on a busy street in Coimbatore and murdered him as dozens of people watched in horror.

The daylight brutality on Sunday was caught on a close circuit television camera mounted on a traffic junction in this Tamil Nadu city.

The video showed two men standing on the road and deliberately coming in the way of a motorcyclist who lost balance and fell on the road.

In no time, two others joined them and they together assaulted the victim. One man was seen to be stabbing him while a second attacker hurled a heavy rock on his head.

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Shame on us. We have lost bravery, humane factors everything. We should learn how to be brave from our fellow Tamils in Lanka. It's probably the over reliance on religion that might be the reason. Very god fearing, donates tons of cash and gold to god but couldn't stop a fellow human being from being killed in a public day light setting.

In the name of Non-Violance we are becoming cowards. Forget putting up resistence atleast should have called Ambulance and police...

dhandapanik

July 13th, 2011, 01:40 PM

He was a slum boy so they took it to the streets, if he was a from middle class apartment nobody would have come to protest.

+1

Villagers also get united easily.

venkatm

July 13th, 2011, 01:49 PM

This calls for an encounter just like what happened when the 2 kids were kidnapped and killed sometime back in CBE. No use relying on our justice system

Anniyan

July 13th, 2011, 02:24 PM

CM Jayalalitha today launched the Madurai and Trichy editions of Times of India daily.

jaish

July 13th, 2011, 02:28 PM

He was a slum boy so they took it to the streets, if he was a from middle class apartment nobody would have come to protest.

That is what i mean, True sense of econmomic growth means loosing humanity. May be That is why our kings have hidden the treasures from the people so that atleast would prevail.

jaish

July 13th, 2011, 02:31 PM

In the name of Non-Violance we are becoming cowards. Forget putting up resistence atleast should have called Ambulance and police...

As per the news some body called police, After police arrival the assualters have fled the scene. Police took the victim to hospital.

Anniyan

July 13th, 2011, 02:32 PM

What is the circulation of Hindu over last few years?

jaish

July 13th, 2011, 02:33 PM

CM Jayalalitha today launched the Madurai and Trichy editions of Times of India daily.

May be they will become NOWT of India very soon. Is there any body to regularise media in India?

siruthai

July 13th, 2011, 03:14 PM

As per the knows some body called police, After police arrival the assualters have fled the scene. Police took the victim to hospital.

a sad incident...

vs007

July 13th, 2011, 03:43 PM

The act in CBE was shameful.

Its very easy to blame the standing motorists for bystander apathy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect), had we been there too, would we have acted? Ponder.

kannan infratech

July 13th, 2011, 04:02 PM

I am repeating what I had written in this forum last year. (I do not want to repeat all that what I had written about my personal experience.)

Police harass the people, who are witness to any crime in a public place and come forward to tell it in court. I had to take many days leave just to be present in court rooms as a witness. Most of the times, it will be adjourned.

If you take the accident victims to hospitals, they make you run from pillar to post and force you to spend lots of money. More to that, Police keep calling you till they solve the case. Insurance companies also hound you if you are a witness.

I have become cynical after many such incidents.

Has any of you attempted ?

chennaidesi

July 13th, 2011, 04:09 PM

Bloody everyone has cell phone nowadays. They should have called Police or ambulance.

kongutamizhan

July 13th, 2011, 04:54 PM

All of you are talking about after effects, forgetting the cause -> TASMAC.

kongutamizhan

July 13th, 2011, 04:55 PM

The act in CBE was shameful.

Its very easy to blame the standing motorists for bystander apathy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect), had we been there too, would we have acted? Ponder.

I agree with you here!! Add Kannan's reasoning to it as well.

kannan infratech

July 13th, 2011, 05:02 PM

The violence must have been prevented by the public as early as possible. No second opinion.

I just now heard that the Chennai Police are going to do away with the jurisdiction issue, which was really a pain. Anybody can complain in any police station and it is the job of the writer to send the complaint to the respective police station.

Earlier there used to be a peculiar law with railway police. People have to complain only at the nearest RPF station from the scene of crime. Many would not even file FIR as you have to break journey and report.

I find 108 service as very efficient and most of the time, they have arrived within 15 minutes. I have not tried Police after my bad experiences.

Arul Murugan

July 13th, 2011, 07:46 PM

^^
I have already started Boycott Srilankan products.
Indian cricket Team or any other Indian sport team should not play with Srilanka.
Also the govt should stop Shipping between Lanka and India.

Good Job by Headlines Today.

I have a doubt!

Now if island gvt is really interested in restoring the tamils livelihood there in northern part, boycotting the srilankan products will not affect it?

boycotting the srilankan products will not affect the economic progress of tamils there?

before/during war it was told to boycott because the money was used for buying weapons! but now whats the logic.. anyone pls explain!!

nonamio

July 13th, 2011, 11:17 PM

tn2usa

July 14th, 2011, 01:27 AM

I agree with you here!! Add Kannan's reasoning to it as well.

IMO all these are reflections of tamil cinema , tamil cinema and tamil cinema stars need to be blamed for this to some extent. I see many tamil films glorifying rowdies and mafia operators. I could be wrong but after Roja i havent seen a single movie which does not glorify a crime.

Crime is a crime big or small.

I remember a movie showing a hero stealing mango and enjoying with girl friend ( When this was done in real life a small kid's life is lost ).

Rowdyism , amarkalam , bheema etc , today the same thing happening in real life

But do we enjoy ?

rsubbu.mdu

July 14th, 2011, 06:14 AM

கலாநிதி எங்கே? : திங்களன்று சம்மனை பெற்ற கலாநிதி, நேற்று முன்தினம் பிற்பகல் சென்னையில் இருந்து விமானம் மூலம் டில்லி சென்று, அங்கிருந்து, "சுவிஸ்' விமானம் மூலம், சுவிட்சர்லாந்து நாட்டிற்கு சென்று விட்டார். எப்போதும், விமானத்தில் முதல் வகுப்பிலேயே பயணம் செய்யும் கலாநிதிக்கு, அந்த வகுப்பில், அப்போது, "சீட்' இல்லை எனக் கூறி விட்டனர். "பிசினஸ் வகுப்பில்' பயணம் செய்வதை தவிர்க்கும் கலாநிதி, வேறு வழியில்லாமல், "பிசினஸ்' வகுப்பிலேயே, அவரது கன்னடத்து மனைவி காவிரியுடன், "ஜூரிச்' நகரத்துக்கு பறந்து விட்டார்.

Full News Item - Dinamalar (http://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=274895)

Vicvin86

July 14th, 2011, 06:19 AM

^^ He left Madras at around 2:30 pm.
rKHP56ALjII

jaish

July 14th, 2011, 06:46 AM

I have a doubt!

Now if island gvt is really interested in restoring the tamils livelihood there in northern part, boycotting the srilankan products will not affect it?

boycotting the srilankan products will not affect the economic progress of tamils there?

before/during war it was told to boycott because the money was used for buying weapons! but now whats the logic.. anyone pls explain!!

Do you think Lankan Government under Rajapakse would be really interested in Tamils welfare???? Have you heard of any attempts has been towards welfare for past two years.

If they find wealth they would invent new ways of hastening ethinical cleansing. If any one can propose any other legal means of showing opposition to what has been committed by Srilankan government we can follow the same. What i feel is Blood stains of innocent people is on all of us need to something at the earliest.

ajithv

July 14th, 2011, 11:50 AM

Subra

July 15th, 2011, 03:41 AM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Appear-in-person-court-tells-Jaya-Sasikalaa/articleshow/9230471.cms

BANGALORE: The special court trying the disproportionate assets case involving Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha, on Thursday passed the order stating that it would proceed with recording the statement of the accused under section 313 (1)(b) of criminal procedure code on July 27.

Special judge B M Mallikarjunaiah also issued oral instructions to the counsel representing the accused to ensure personal appearance of all the accused on that day.

The court rejected the plea put forward by counsel for Sasikalaa Natarajan for deferring the proceedings in view of the pendency of the petition before the Karnataka high court for recall of a witness.

Sasikalaa Natarajan, close friend of Jayalalithaa, V N Sudhakarana, J Elavarasi are co-accused in the case.

Section 313 (1) (b) of CrPC empowers the trial court to examine the accused, states that for the purpose of enabling the accused personally to explain any circumstances appearing in the evidence against him, the court shall, after the witness for the prosecution has been examined and before he is called on for defence, question him generally on the case.

Arul Murugan

July 15th, 2011, 08:01 AM

:lol:

:rofl:

sun started cry!

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/07/15/20110715a_007104007.jpg

dhandapanik

July 15th, 2011, 08:33 AM

:lol:

:rofl:

sun started cry!

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/07/15/20110715a_007104007.jpg

www.dinakarannew@gmail.com.. Vadivelu sollikudutha email id mathiri irukku..:lol:

kannan infratech

July 15th, 2011, 01:51 PM

Today, Dinakaran has many pages full with news on JJ's case @ Bangalore. Lame attempt to hide 2G.

kongutamizhan

July 15th, 2011, 05:36 PM

Muthiah Muralidaran condems Tamils of SL origin living abroad. Says don't act selfish.

Even though his interest here is cricket, there is truth about SL tamils acting in selfish manner abroad. Living in US for over a dozen years I know of thugs of Toronto (of SL tamil origin) and heard similar stories from London friends as well.

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Source (http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/07/15/muralitharan-warns-oz-not-boycott-sl-series-aid0091.html)

Former Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan feels world cricket will be under threat if Australian team decides to boycott its impending tour to the island nation for moral reasons. Some of the Aussie cricketers have privately expressed their unwillingness to visit the island nation following the screening of "Four Corners", a graphic Channel 4 documentary about atrocities committed during the end of the Sri Lankan civil war. Subsequent poll results have shown an increasing unease among the sections of the community with 81 per cent of the voters out of 3,527 voting in negative to 'The Age' online poll question, "Should the Australian cricket team tour Sri Lanka?".

vs007

July 15th, 2011, 07:22 PM

Arasu

July 15th, 2011, 09:29 PM

Does he want these folks also to have been butchered?

Mr.Nellai

July 15th, 2011, 11:53 PM

Muthiah Muralidaran condems Tamils of SL origin living abroad. Says don't act selfish.

Even though his interest here is cricket, there is truth about SL tamils acting in selfish manner abroad. Living in US for over a dozen years I know of thugs of Toronto (of SL tamil origin) and heard similar stories from London friends as well.

This is the first step in imposing economic ban to lanka, what is selfish here. These people being deprived of humanitarian rights, they were forced to leave lanka. By this process they lost their livelihood and everything. They don't have anything to lose and now they retaliate. The way by which isaipirya and other tamil reporters were murdered it doesn't make any sense to tell they are selfish.

+ He talks about IPL in this news item why does he relate IPL? because of SPL!. Then that doesn't seem to be selfish?

Also even in the same news article it has been mentioned why SA and Zimbabwe was sidelined. Don't you think that Sri lanka deserves more than those 2 countires to be sidelined?

Mr.Nellai

July 15th, 2011, 11:56 PM

www.dinakarannew@gmail.com.. Vadivelu sollikudutha email id mathiri irukku..:lol:

www.pitchumani.com :lol:

kongutamizhan

July 16th, 2011, 12:38 AM

This is the first step in imposing economic ban to lanka, what is selfish here. These people being deprived of humanitarian rights, they were forced to leave lanka. By this process they lost their livelihood and everything. They don't have anything to lose and now they retaliate. The way by which isaipirya and other tamil reporters were murdered it doesn't make any sense to tell they are selfish.

+ He talks about IPL in this news item why does he relate IPL? because of SPL!. Then that doesn't seem to be selfish?

Also even in the same news article it has been mentioned why SA and Zimbabwe was sidelined. Don't you think that Sri lanka deserves more than those 2 countires to be sidelined?

Well I interpreted his statement as he wanted to seperate sports and politics. However genunie that intention is I acknowledge that he shouldn't have said that now. Crime against human life is the worst thing and it precedes everything including sports. So no second thoughts that he should have atleast maintained his silence. (especially when the world turns heat towards SL government after channel 4 exposures). Having uttered it, it makes everyone think that Murali is a SL agent. May be he is, I don't rule out that possibility.

The point I was trying to make was he was partly correct when he called Tamil diaspora selfish. (I am speaking based on my experience, what I see and my acquitances. All of them are restricted to Canadian diaspora, but friends from UK say it's almost same in London). Live in downtown Toronto or spend few weeks there on vacation you'll know what I am talking about.

- First thing is folks who migrated to western countries in refugee status got used to the western lifestyle (beers, cars, girls etc.,) don't want the ealam issue to end. If you had asked them in private around 2004/5, you must not have missed noticing that they even wished against peaceful resolution because they will lose refugee status and they don't want to go back.

- Google Tamil thugs (or gangs) in Toronto, you will be in for surprise on how they treat their adopted homeland with respect (or lack of).

- The money that they collected during the bloody civil war, do you think they contributed them all to needy? Again check the facts and reports yourself.

- If you talk to refugee tamils 7 or 8 out of every 10 are likely to have migrated from Northern parts (and not east). Again if you are close enough to them ask them in private about what they talk about tamils in eastern part (and tamils with Indian origin that migrated to SL as tea workers, I believe Murali's family is one among them).

- After the bloody war ended, do you have an idea of how much money was collected and how propaganda machinery worked to spread the idea that Prabakaran was alive? In fact there are tamils in TN and white folks in Canada who see Prabakaran as freedom fighter, but the diaspora tamils saw him as cash-cow. Want to know what happened to the $$$ collected in the name of rebuilding?

Since you live in Canada it shouldn't take much time to validate what I said here. The folks to be pitied upon are the ones that lost life in the war and those who remain there and are not lucky enough to move out of SL. None of them, I repeat none of them including significant population of eelam diaspora tamils care for them. Chunck of the diaspora population are selfish.

Ofcourse it's wrong time for me to post this too. Couldn't help, because my blood boiled (and continues to) when I learnt this selfishness. There are folks among us who make money out of dead bodies of tamils in SL and yes this truth will hurt.

R2IChennai

July 16th, 2011, 12:59 AM

R2IChennai

July 16th, 2011, 01:01 AM

You cant call the whole tamil diaspora because of few Tamil thugs, thats GROSS exageration.

Everyone is selfish, LTTE was funded by Tamildiaspora but they wont loose refugee status (many are canadian citizens BTW)and asked to go back even if civil war ends.

I live close to Canadian border so visit Vancouver often and spoken to very many tamils, They come from North, East also from colombo metro area.
Indian tamils have seperate identity and never supported tamil eelam and not part of diaspora too.

Mr.Nellai

July 16th, 2011, 04:37 AM

If you had asked them in private around 2004/5, you must not have missed noticing that they even wished against peaceful resolution because they will lose refugee status and they don't want to go back.The folks to be pitied upon are the ones that lost life in the war and those who remain there and are not lucky enough to move out of SL. None of them, I repeat none of them including significant population of eelam diaspora tamils care for them. Chunck of the diaspora population are selfish.

Very lengthy reply:) It seems that you have met many such people. I don't reject your argument completely. But generalizing them and the criteria for calling them selfish cannot be completely justified. Also most of them have got PR status here how come they will come under refugee status and why they need to go back to their homeland?

I don't have any idea about other countries but as far as Canada is concerned these people are taken special care with all incentives and quotas in scholarship as well as jobs. Of course there are also people who exploit those facilities but they are the one who can no more be called as a refugee as they have got PR status here and they have completely settled in Canada . They completely got integrated into Canadian culture and with the quality of life in Canada no one will leave Canada easily. It is human nature and being exposed to western culture have changed their mindset drastically.

There are many sardarji's in Canada,they got Canadian citizenship, they have completely settled down here and they don't want to return back to India. Many of them even married Canadians.The difference between the sardar and SL tamil is that the sardhar got PR after waiting for 2.5 yrs (min)- 6 or even more years. But for people who come under refugee status it is little bit easier. They can't be called selfish for settling in Canada (and not returning back or not being loyal to lanka), but they can be surely be termed selfish if they don't help those who are suffering in srilanka.

In fact there are tamils in TN and white folks in Canada who see Prabakaran as freedom fighter, but the diaspora tamils saw him as cash-cow.
Ofcourse it's wrong time for me to post this too. Couldn't help, because my blood boiled (and continues to) when I learnt this selfishness. There are folks among us who make money out of dead bodies of tamils in SL and yes this truth will hurt.Want to know what happened to the $$$ collected in the name of rebuilding?

KT i do accept that there was money laundering and all sort of issues involved surrounding KP. But whether there is a way that anyone can disseminate money to people in eelam?

See the fate of the Tsunami funds from australia

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/sri-lankan-aid-projects-investigated/story-e6frg6so-1225813989191

All the money and properties owned by LTTE was disclosed because they feared that sri lankan govt will claim that and it was posted in puthinam 2 years back.

Furthermore, when LTTE was in control of north SL these funds were raised by them from the migrant Tamils in the European union and NA. So it was the migrant tamils who donated their money, so it is not apt to call everyone as selfish. "karuppu aadukkal" ella edahtulaiyum irukkku

Mr.Nellai

July 16th, 2011, 04:56 AM

Because of the unprecedented delay in finalizing the syllabus students spend their time in science centres and tourist spots. Since students throng the district science centre, the visitor count has increased drastically

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Mr.Nellai

July 16th, 2011, 05:05 AM

Nellai- First place in land grabbing cases. சூப்பர்! When this situation is going to change :bash:

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Magician...

July 16th, 2011, 05:15 AM

^^

:lol:

The live murder video made me cry :cry:

arun82

July 16th, 2011, 10:56 AM

An Earthly Eclipse
Karunanidhi finds himself beleaguered on the political and the familial fronts

An Old Man’s Cupful...

The rivalry between Karunanidhi’s sons Azhagiri and Stalin has reared its head again
This comes at a time when the DMK chief’s daughter Kanimozhi is in Tihar jail in the 2G scam
The Tamil Nadu police has trained its sights on Sun TV and also other businesses owned by the Marans
The Arasu cable network has been taken over by an AIADMK man and a known baiter of the Marans
DMK leaders, including former ministers and their kin, have been arrrested for land-grabbing
The DMK alleges vendetta by the AIADMK government
***

There seems to be no end of bad news for former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi. J. Jayalalitha, the current chief minister, hasn’t gone after him and his family as she vengefully did during her last term, but nevertheless, she is overturning most of his government’s decisions. She has also turned up the heat on him by targeting DMK leaders on land-grabbing charges. To add to all that, Karunanidhi has to contend with the rivalry that is coming to a head between his sons M.K. Azhagiri and M.K. Stalin. The old man will have to brace himself for that storm when the DMK’s general council meets in Coimbatore on July 23-24.

His biggest trouble, however, is the weakening of DMK-Congress links, notwithstanding his meeting with Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee last week. Two years ago, the DMK virtually held UPA-II to ransom and Karunanidhi’s men and members of his clan commandeered prize cabinet berths for themselves. But the latest reshuffle went ahead without any addition from the DMK—though two seats have been left open and are said to be meant for this ally.

The fight seems to have gone out of the octogenarian, occupied as he is with trying to get daughter Kanimozhi out of Tihar amid all the other pressures. He had fought vigorously in A. Raja’s support when the latter was arrested in the 2G scam and had to resign his Union cabinet post, but Dayanidhi Maran’s ouster does not seem to have affected him much. Asked if the DMK would back Maran, he only gave a tame “Yes.”

Political observers think it’s just a matter of time before Maran—who the CBI said in its statement to the Supreme Court had arm-twisted Aircel promoter C. Sivasankaran to sell the telecom service provider to Maxis, a Malaysian company. Dayanidhi’s brother Kalanidhi, CMD of the Sun Network, may also land behind bars: he has been summoned by Tamil Nadu police and has obtained two weeks’ time to present himself. The COO of the network, Hansraj Saxena, has already been arrested in connection with three cases of cheating, intimidation and extortion of some Rs 2 crore from film distributors.

Although not as heavy-handedly as during her last term, Jaya is nevertheless going after the DMK in a concerted way.

Kalanidhi, 45, with a net worth of $3.5 billion, was literally flying high after having acquired Spicejet last June in addition to his media empire, which includes the Sun TV network, which operates 20 TV channels and 46 FM radio stations, his DTH operation called Sun Direct (that he holds along with Ananda Krishnan of the Astra Group) and Sun Pictures. Sources say the Maran brothers’ predicament has been worsened by grand-uncle Karunanidhi’s laissez faire attitude. The Sun network’s media clout was one reason why the Karunanidhi clan and the Marans patched up in December 2008 after an 18-month no-holds-barred war, but old hostilities seem to have resurfaced.

Jayalalitha has applied more pressure, saying she will ensure a thorough examination of the matter of a fibre-optic cable said to have been laid from Dayanidhi’s residence on Boat Club Road to the Sun Network office. The cable carried some 40 lakh units of data for a few months, allegedly at no cost. Jayalalitha has also revived Arasu Cable TV Corporation (ACTVC), putting in charge K. Radhakrishnan, who has no love lost for the Marans. The government also seems to be in the mood to revive old cases against the Sun network or entities that merged into it.

It’s a bubbling cauldron at Sun Network, with disciples of Swami Nithyananda demanding action against Sun TV for telecasting (in March 2010) sleazy video-footage of the godman in a compromising position with actress Ranjitha. “The spate of cases against the network has emboldened many, including Ranjitha, who met police commissioner J.K. Tripathy this week and alleged that Sun TV had morphed her images. “They placed video cameras inside the ashram and no action was taken,” she says, adding that the change in government had propelled her to come forward. Back when the scandal rocked the state, it was whispered that Sun TV had gone after the swami over a land issue.

In fact, action against land-grabbing is on Jayalalitha’s priority list, for it will allow her to go after DMK ministers and leaders—there have been more than 1,500 complaints statewide since she set up cells in every district in the beginning of July. Karunanidhi, while accusing her of targeting only his partymen, says, “This government is filing a case in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.” But, according to Additional DGP (Law & Order) S. George, who heads the cell, “there are no political overtones to our actions.”

Like Karunanidhi’s daughter, whose bail application has been turned down more than once, the son of former minister Veerapandi Arumugam, Raja, has been sent to a prison in Tamil Nadu for encroaching upon three acres near Salem and hasn’t obtained bail so far.

Arumugam, accused of land-grabbing by 70 evicted families of Angammal colony in Salem, is also anticipating arrest. Former DMK MLA R. Sivanandam and his sons Lokesh and Babu (who are absconding) have been booked for grabbing land from a couple in Tiruvannamalai. “Jayalalitha is also going to go after Azhagiri, against whom there are many land-grabbing complaints in Madurai,” says an analyst. Karunanidhi and Stalin have asked partymen to approach the DMK’s legal wing to fight these “false cases”. Stalin displays some bravado, saying, “The DMK is bold enough to face all false cases.” But Jayalalitha is not discomfited. When asked whether the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran was the “end of the DMK”, she retorted, “The end of the DMK has already been decided by the people.” Making the DMK cringe when she is in power comes easily to her.

http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?277650

chennaidesi

July 16th, 2011, 02:41 PM

Kerala is the fastest urbanizing big state in India. In fact after Sikkim with just 6 lakh population our state have the highest urbanization rate during 2001-2011. :cheers:
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7679/urbank.jpg

Also among states with more than 1 crore population we are the second most urbanized state after Tamilnadu. :cheers:
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3791/urban1.jpg

TN top urbanized state of India:banana:

Mr.Nellai

July 17th, 2011, 04:00 AM

Kamaraj Birthday

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siruthai

July 17th, 2011, 02:25 PM

Friends,
In Times of India, there was a Poll.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Do you think Centre's weak approach abetting terrorists to strike India? Yes
No
Can't say

Untill Last 1 hour
85 % of Respondent replied "Yes"
14 % "No"
1 % "Can't say"

But suddenly, that vote percentage become reverse. and now
85% of people reporting that they are happy with govt action.

Is it really practical that People changed their opinion this fast and togather.
Is TOI Cheating on poll....?

Times Of India , Mid-Day, Nav-Bharth Times, Stardust, Femina, Vijay
Times, Vijaya Karnataka, Times now (24- hour news channel) and many
more...
Times Group is owned by Bennet & Coleman. 'World Christian Council¢
does 80 percent of the Funding, and an Englishman and an Italian
equally share balance 20 percent. The Italian Robertio Mindo is a
close relative of Sonia Gandhi.

Foreign Investment in Media should be banned.:bash:

deepu051993

July 17th, 2011, 08:18 PM

Deivathirumagal a sensational must watch movie. After the movie every ones eye in the theatre was with drops of tear and wiping with hand or handkerchief

Hats of to Vikram and director vijay

www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2233163.ece

dineshderick

July 18th, 2011, 10:36 AM

சென்னை: சமச்சீர் கல்வித்திட்டத்தை அனைத்து வகுப்புகளிலும் தொடர சென்னை ஐகோர்ட் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது. வரும் 22ம் தேதிக்குள் சமச்சீர் பாடபுத்தகங்களை மாணவர்களுக்கு விநியோகம் செய்யவும் கோர்ட் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.

The Madras High Court Has ordered to continue Samacheer Kalvi from this year.

vs007

July 18th, 2011, 11:15 AM

ceeznic pirate

July 18th, 2011, 11:20 AM

The Jayalalithaa government will appeal in the Supreme Court.

:ohno::ohno:

Wen will this end !

mentor008

July 18th, 2011, 11:39 AM

:ohno::ohno:

Wen will this end !

She will get a big "Aaappu" from the local body elections and even may in the MP elections down the line 2+ yrs.

Leo_r

July 18th, 2011, 11:51 AM

Hell hath no fury like a lady scorned, if she had objections to the syllabus, she should have amended it than ending it on a whim screwing up kids academic year.

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Chennai: In a setback to Jayalalithaa government, Madras High Court has directed it to implement uniform syllabus in schools this year.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had scrapped Uniform Syllabus launched by the DMK government citing poor quality. Now, government will have to distribute books to schools before July 22.

The Jayalalithaa government will appeal in the Supreme Court.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/madras-high-court-asks-tamil-nadu-govt-to-implement-uniform-syllabus-120171?pfrom=home-India&cp

If She has a balanced, sensible mind, would accept Court's order and implement the new Curriculam. Simultaneously, she can set up a Committee of experts to revise syllabus upwards and write new text books to be distributed next year for all Classes. There will be no objection from any quarter.

She has spent money again wastefully to print old books and even transported to district godowns. Atleast Rs 200 crores.

Arul Murugan

July 18th, 2011, 11:56 AM

She will get a big "Aaappu" from the local body elections and even may in the MP elections down the line 2+ yrs.

I am sure before that Supreme court will give aapu for the appeal. SC may give order supporting Madras HC. But let us hope the drama ends by this month end.

10th std students going to suffer!! Hope they cancel the public exam for this year 10th. (already CBSE was planning to cancel the 10th board exams!!)

N.kumar

July 18th, 2011, 12:08 PM

They can easily cancel. 10 th exams.

personally speaking not the responsibility of HC to intervene.

if someone filed an appeal when they were planning samacheer kalvi, hc would have struck it down saying its govt purview, its a legislation and a policy decision. This is not corruption case for hc to intervene

CJI kapadia in his many lectures has asked them clearly differentiate from legislative and judicial issues. across hc's this becoming blurred.

Meanwhile,

Nastier things happenning in dmk as per many reporters.

India had last week issued statement saying hillary will not have any political meet in chennai, wont dicuss foreign policies after delhi.

but today US has categorically said hillary to meet Jaya, describing her as dynamic cm. They have also said its an issue concerning 60 million people of state and SL issue will figure in hillary talks with jaya.

These all are based on news reports.

in the meanwhile this link in circulation in net. blog of journo. I havent read it as i dont read this blog.

http://t.co/QiOo8BD

N.kumar

July 18th, 2011, 12:10 PM

And by the way teaching common portions of maths,chemistry and other science subjects can be done during this term. if schools want they can really go ahead with the concepts.

You dont need text books for it. Many schools prepare their own excellent handouts nowadays much better than text books.

dineshderick

July 18th, 2011, 12:30 PM

The bench said deferring the implementation of the education system was "arbitrary" and taken in too short a time.
The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to implement the ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ - uniform system of education - in the 2011-12 academic session, holding that its decision to defer it was ‘arbitrary’.

In a setback to the Jayalalithaa government, the First Bench, comprising Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, said the system, introduced by the previous DMK government, should be implemented in all classes.

Since the textbooks had already been printed, the government could set up a group to delete or correct any portions within three months, the bench said in its order.

The Court also quashed the amendment to the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of Education Act which sought to defer the implementation of the scheme.

Observing that deferring the Samacheer system was one of the decisions taken at the first Cabinet meeting of the Jayalalithaa government soon after assuming office in April, the bench said it was “arbitrary” and taken in too short a time.

The Tamil Nadu government had earlier contended that the amendment to the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of Education Act seeking to defer implementation of the scheme was to properly implement the uniform system of education.

N.kumar

July 18th, 2011, 01:08 PM

In a finely balanced statement, India has asked Lanka to address the ‘concerns’ over the alleged killing of Tamil civilians in the last days of the war against LTTE in 2009, even as it noted that there were ‘questions’ over the report of UN Secretary General’s panel of experts that accused Colombo of war crimes.

The Indian government’s response came in the wake of a news documentary by Britain’s Channel Four which alleged large-scale targeting of civilians by the Sri Lankan army in the last days of the war. The documentary ‘Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields’ was recently shown on a Indian private television channel. “The sequence of events during the last days of the conflict is unclear. The Sri Lankan government would need to go into the matter in greater detail. The concerns that are being expressed in this regard need to be examined,” said Ministry of External Affairs’ official spokesperson Vishnu Prakash.

India had always emphasised with Sri Lankan government that the rehabilitation of Tamil speaking minorities in the north and eastern region should be of ‘highest and most immediate priority’, he added.

“A fair and reasonable settlement of the political issues concerning the minorities in Sri Lanka is of utmost importance and the historic opportunity offered by the end of the conflict should be availed of at the earliest,” said Prakash.

In March this year, a panel of experts set up by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon had found both the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers guilty of war crimes in the last days of the conflict in 2009. Prakash said that the Indian government had already raised the issue and�� heard the views of the Sri Lankan government during the visit of Lankan foreign minister to Delhi in May and visit by top Indian officials to Colombo last month.

“In general, there are still questions on the report. So me countries have raised this� in� the UN Human Rig hts Council,” he said. At the same time, he said India had legitimate interests in the matter due to close connections with Lanka’s Tamil speaking ethnic group.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-asks-lanka-to-address-concerns/168078-60-118.html

statement after hillary meeting.

as i said sometime back, only us pressure and european pressure will work as thats where is the controlling power if india at moment.

mms listens to us and his chief europe.

N.kumar

July 18th, 2011, 01:16 PM

http://tamilweek.com/news-features/archives/2774

Please read this set of excellent answers and qns by col hariharan.

I am amzed at the dumb qns he has been asked.

josephantony

July 18th, 2011, 02:16 PM

:banana::banana::banana:Samacheer Kalvi is back on track :banana::banana::banana:

kongutamizhan

July 18th, 2011, 02:44 PM

:banana::banana::banana:Samacheer Kalvi is back on track :banana::banana::banana:

Good. Do your 10th exams well. Nalla padichi periyavan aganum seriya? :)

josephantony

July 18th, 2011, 03:19 PM

Good. Do your 10th exams well. Nalla padichi periyavan aganum seriya? :)

Some times you speak sentiments :hug:

Sure anna,I'll become IAS and will develop my city :)

josephantony

July 18th, 2011, 03:21 PM

Alagiri knows english!

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/alagiri-knows-english-stupid/167125-60-118.html

CHENNAI: If you think Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers M K Alagiri cannot speak English, perish the thought.
On Tuesday morning, pestered by hacks for a sound byte at the Chennai airport, Alagiri blew his top - in English. He was at the airport to board a flight to New Delhi to attend the Union Cabinet meeting when waiting mediapersons got his goat.
“Do you people have no other work?” he barked in English when a pesky journalist sought his reaction on the alleged implication of his wife in land-grabbing charges in Madurai and ended it with an expletive — “Stupid”. Stupid or not, the media sure was stupefied on hearing him speak in Queen’s English.
When the DMK heavyweight was initially bombarded with questions as he alighted from his car, he brushed them aside. The questions included Dayanidhi Maran’s arrest and on whether he would return with his portfolio intact. With an irritated wave of his hand, he let them pass. Moments later, English flowed.

Arul Murugan

July 18th, 2011, 04:18 PM

Singham.......

:lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnowUHgXAXs

Arul Murugan

July 18th, 2011, 04:24 PM

Laptop selling rate is down by 60% due to gvt free lappy policy

Even mixer, grinder selling rate is in down trend!!

தமிழகத்தில் லேப்-டாப் விற்பனை 60% சரிவு

அரசின் இலவச லேப்-டாப் கிடைக்குமென்ற எதிர்பார்ப்பால், வெளி மார்க்கெட்டில், லேப்-டாப் விற்பனை, 60 சதம் குறைந்துள்ளது.தேர்தலில் வெற்றிபெற்று ஆட்சியைப் பிடித்த அ.தி.மு.க., தேர்தல் வாக்குறுதிகளை நிறைவேற்றத் துவங்கியுள்ளது. இலவச அரிசி, தாலிக்கு தங்கம் போன்ற திட்டங்களை தொடர்ந்து, 25 லட்சம் குடும்பங்கள் பயன்பெறும் வகையில் கிரைண்டர், மிக்ஸி, ஃபேன் கொள்முதலுக்கு டெண்டர் கோரும் பணி நடந்து வருகிறது."ஆடு, மாடு, கிரைண்டர், மிக்ஸி, ஃபேன், மாணவ, மாணவியருக்கு லேப்-டாப் ஆகியவை வழங்கும் பணி செப்டம்பர் 15ம் தேதி துவங்கும்' என, முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா அறிவித்துள்ளார். எப்படியும் கடந்த ஆட்சி போல ரேஷன்கார்டு வைத்துள்ள அனைவருக்கும் இலவசங்கள் வந்து சேருமென பொதுமக்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கின்றனர். இதன் காரணமாக அரசு இலவசமாக வழங்குவதாக அறிவித்துள்ள பொருட்களின் விற்பனை பெரிதும் மந்தமாகியுள்ளது.சராசரியாக மாதம், 60 மிக்ஸி, கிரைண்டர் விற்பனையான கடையில், தற்போது, 12 கூட விற்பனையாவதில்லை என, வியாபாரிகள் புலம்புகின்றனர். இலவசத் திட்டம் விநியோகம் துவங்கி விட்டால், விற்பனை முழுமையாக பாதிக்கப்படுமென அஞ்சுகின்றனர்.

இலவச திட்டங்களிலேயே, "ஹைலைட்'டாக கருதப்படுவது, ப்ளஸ் 1, ப்ளஸ் 2, அரசு மற்றும் அரசு உதவிபெறும் கல்லூரி மாணவ, மாணவியருக்கு இலவச லேப்-டாப் வழங்குவதுதான். இலவச பொருட்களிலேயே விலை உயர்வானதும் இதுதான்.மானிட்டர் நீளத்தை பொருத்து என, இரண்டு வகையான லேப்-டாப்கள் சந்தையில் விற்பனையாகின்றன. தரமான கம்பெனி லேப்-டாப், 30 ஆயிரம் முதல், 45 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரையும், பிற லேப்-டாப், 20 ஆயிரம் முதல், 30 ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் வரை விற்கப்படுகிறது.வருங்காலத்தில் லேப்-டாப் இல்லாமல் கல்வியில்லை என்ற நிலை உருவாகும் என்பதால், நடுத்தர குடும்பத்தினரே தங்கள் குழந்தைகளுக்கு, மாதாந்திர தவணை முறையில் லேப்-டாப் வாங்கித் தரத் துவங்கினர். இதற்கிடையேதான், இலவச அறிவிப்பு வெளியானது. இரண்டு மாதமாக விற்பனை சரிவடைந்து வருகிறது.
ஈரோட்டை சேர்ந்த கம்ப்யூட்டர் விற்பனையாளர்கள் கூறியதாவது:அரசின் இலவச அறிவிப்புக்கு பின், விற்பனை, 60 சதவீதம் குறைந்துள்ளது. விலையும் குறையும் என்றனர்

http://www.dinamalar.com/district_detail.asp?id=276818

Arul Murugan

July 18th, 2011, 04:37 PM

Another ROFL!! End is EKSI!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-LuNG6pybE&NR=1

7Q_hDotQ2fk

josephantony

July 18th, 2011, 04:58 PM

Manmohan Singham http://www.allaboutmadurai.com/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

Awesome !!!

kongutamizhan

July 18th, 2011, 05:03 PM

krishnaswamy

July 18th, 2011, 05:24 PM

A rip-off from hollywood blockbuster "I am Sam"
yes.. But Vijay has the guts to make this movie..
going by the current "madurai" trend in tamil movies...
adithadi, thadi vacha azhukkana hero, reality-ngara perule teeth brush panrathai katrathu, TASMAC-Bar-a suthiye padam edukkarathu, Heroine iduppai katrath(Siruthai !),...

DT is a fresh,neat movie! even though it is a remake, whoever be the strong person, everybody would have moved by the court scene...

How long such kind of scenes has come..in the recent time..
it remembers "moondram pirai" climax scene which made everybody cry..

TShyam

July 18th, 2011, 06:30 PM

yes.. But Vijay has the guts to make this movie..
going by the current "madurai" trend in tamil movies...
adithadi, thadi vacha azhukkana hero, reality-ngara perule teeth brush panrathai katrathu, TASMAC-Bar-a suthiye padam edukkarathu, Heroine iduppai katrath(Siruthai !),...

DT is a fresh,neat movie! even though it is a remake, whoever be the strong person, everybody would have moved by the court scene...

How long such kind of scenes has come..in the recent time..
it remembers "moondram pirai" climax scene which made everybody cry..

lol good one.

karthikarthik

July 19th, 2011, 04:46 AM

rsubbu.mdu

July 19th, 2011, 06:45 AM

The NewIE, 19 Jul 2011

TIRUCHY: The stench of land and property grab scams has reached the higher echelons of the DMK with a businessmen from Namakkal on Monday alleging DMK strongman K N Nehru’s hand in evicting him out of his property. The complainant, Dr K Kathirvel, claimed to have documentary evidence to prove the former minister’s link to his case.

Addressing the media after lodging a complaint with the Commissioner of Police here, he said five persons including Nehru, his brother, Ramajayam, and Deputy Mayor M Anbalagan, forced him to part with his hotel valued at Rs 15 crore.

While reportedly purchasing Hotel Kanjana Towers in December 2005, Kathirvel had drawn up an agreement on its purchase with partners Guru Sankara Narayanan, Gayathri Devi, Subbu Lakshmni and Natchiyar.

A total of Rs 65 lakh was handed over to the owners, and the balance payment was to be settled through monthly instalments, in addition to closing a bank loan of Rs 6 crore.

“To start the hotel business, I spent Rs 1.5 crore to renovate the building, and it did well after the revamp,” Kathirvel said.

However, in 2007, a group of men, with the support of then Inspector of police, Cantonment, Swaminathan, asked him to vacate the hotel claiming that the owners had sealed the deal with one Ranganathan before Kathirvel came into the picture.

“Thereafter, I was often threatened of dire consequences by former minister Nehru and his brother, Ramajayam, to hand over the property to the Ranganathan group,” alleged Kathirvel.

Subsequently, he lodged a complaint with then Cantonment police inspector Swaminathan against the duo on December 22, 2007. But the police sat on his complaint.

“The day after I filed the complaint, a gang of about 100 men with lethal weapons, led by Deputy Mayor M Anbalagan and Ranganathan, entered the hotel and assaulted me. They also forcibly evicted me out of the hotel and took it under their possession,” he said.

He also claimed that the former minister had directed the police to register a case against him on the ground that the businessman had threatened the owners and usurped their hotel.

“A case was registered against me and they arranged a publication of a news report that the police were searching for a Namakkal doctor,” he said.

He went on to add that the change of guard in the State had emboldened him to file a fresh complaint.

Police Commissioner E Ma Masanamuthu has ordered a probe.

rsubbu.mdu

July 19th, 2011, 07:00 AM

S Gurumurthy's speech :

"கறுப்புப் பணத்தால் வளர்ந்த பொருளாதாரம் இப்போது அதனாலேயே வீழ்ச்சி அடைந்து வருவதை உலக நாடுகள் புரிந்து கொள்ள ஆரம்பித்துவிட்டன. அமெரிக்காவைத் தவிர மற்ற நாடுகள் அனைத்தும் கறுப்புப் பணத்தை ஒழிப்பதில் உறுதியாக உள்ளன"

"வருமான வரி மோசடி வழக்கில் கைது செய்யப்பட்ட, வெளிநாடுகளில் கறுப்புப் பணத்தை பதுக்கி வைத்துள்ள ஹசன் அலியை ஆட்சியில் உள்ளவர்கள் காப்பாற்றி வருகின்றனர். நிலைமை இப்படி இருக்கும்போது இந்த ஆட்சியில் கறுப்புப் பண மீட்பு எப்படி சாத்தியமாகும்?"

Full article in Dinamani (http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=மக்கள்+சக்தியால்+மட்டுமே+ஊழலை+ஒழிக்க+முடியும்:+எஸ்.+குருமூர்த்தி&artid=448535&SectionID=129&MainSectionID=129&SEO=&SectionName=Tamilnadu)

dineshderick

July 19th, 2011, 07:06 AM

Chennai, Jul 18 : The US security gaurds today visited the old airport and reviewed the security arrangements as US Foreign Secretary of state Hillary Clinton making a two day visit to the city on July 20.

After examining the airstrip at the old airport, in which Ms Clinton would be landing, the Security guards held high level meeting with Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, who are guarding the airport and Airport officials.

They also had a meeting with the suburban police on security arrangements made in connection withh Ms Clinton's visit, Airport sources said. According to the provisional intenerary, Ms Clinton, accompanied by a 100 member delegation is expected to land at the old airport at 1240 hrs and would drive down to Taj Connemara in the city for stay.

Later, Ms Clinton is likely to visit the tourist destination of Mamallapuram off East coast and some car factories. On the same night, she is expected to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minsiter J Jayalalithaa, the sources said. On July 21, Ms Clinton, along with the delegation would take part in a conference of Industrialists to be held at the Chennai Trade Centre.

Ms Clinton, who is arriving by a US special flight, is likely to leave for Indonesia at 1300 hrs on July 21.

dineshderick

July 19th, 2011, 07:17 AM

Claiming that the sleazy videos involving Godman Nithynanada and actress Ranjitha were original and not morphed, a City-based advocate today threatened to file civil and criminal defamatory proceedings against them for levelling baseless allegations against them.

Talking to reporters here in the wake of allegations that he had brokered a cash deal between Tamil Magazine 'Nakkeeran' and Sun TV on one side and the Godman on the other, Advocate M Shreedhar said the video footages telecast on Sun TV and published were not morphed.

''It is original and the Godman himself had accepted it while giving an interview from Hardwar when the news hit national headlines', he claimed. He also claimed that Ranjitha was well aware of the cameras fixed in the room while she was in a compromising position with the Godman.

It was videographed with her consent. Referring to the Godman's allegations during a press meet in the city last week that the Advocate had demanded money on behalf of 'Nakkeeran' Magazine and Sun TV, Mr Shreedhar stoutly denied the charges and said he had no links with them.

''I don't know anybody in 'Nakkeeran' or in Sun TV'', he asserted. ''In fact I was the one who had filed a PIL against 'Nakkeeran' magazine in the court demanding release of the contents of the meeting its Editor Gopal had with the brigand late Veerappan in the forests during the kidnap of late Kannada thespian Rajkumar'', he added.

Mr Shreedhar, who had been giving legal advise to the Godman on how to wriggle himself out of the case legally, charged the charges levelled by Nithyananda were false and motivated. Observing that Ranjitha had never disclosed his name in her civil suits filed in Karnataka courts, Shreedhar said, it was he on the advise of the Godman who had ensured that all cases were transferred from Tamil Nadu to Karnataka.

Shreedhar said he did not know the reason behind the Godman levelling such baseless allegations against him now after having trusted him so long. Alleging that Ranjitha had virtually taken over the Godman's Ashram and has been controlling the affairs, he said they have no proof to susbtantiate the charges levelled against him.

The Godman had chosen keep Ranjitha with them fearing that she would reveal the truth in the entire episode involving Nithyananda, including the sleazy video CD that was published and telecast in Nakkeeran and Sun TV, respectively. Stating that he was going through mental torture following the allegations, he said ''if they do not tender an apology in a week's time, I will file a civil and criminal defamatory against Godman and Ranjitha seeking a compensation of Rs ten crore''.

Vasu

July 19th, 2011, 08:19 AM

jaish

July 19th, 2011, 09:32 AM

IMO, Nothing will change as banks want status quo to continue. As told by benjamin Franklin Banks are more dangerous than the Infantries. What I feel Slowly banks over the control of individuals life by taking the control of their debt.

antonylejos

July 19th, 2011, 10:45 AM

Tamil Nadu attracted maximum number of foreign tourists after Maharashtra:

Maharashtra becomes the top state in attracting 5.1 million foreigners in 2010 followed by Tamil Nadu (2.8 million) and Uttar Pradesh (1.7 million).

The other states and Union Territories which attracted foreign tourists in significant number are Delhi (1.9 million), Uttar Pradesh (1.7 million), Rajasthan (1.3 million), West Bengal (1.2 million).

Those states and Union Territories which attracted less than a million tourists in 2010 were Kerala (0.66million), Bihar (0.64 million ), Himachal Pradesh (0.45 million) and Goa (0.44 million)....

Source: http://www.financialexpress.com/news/andhra-pradesh-top-tourist-destination-tourism-ministry/819071/2

Arul Murugan

July 19th, 2011, 02:19 PM

:bash:

still people go behind these fakies inspite of having thousands of temples! and this fellow compare himself with ramakrishnar, vivekanandar etc.,

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Arul Murugan

July 19th, 2011, 03:18 PM

few jokes from vadai pochae FB group

Three FASTEST means of Communication :
1. Tele-Phone
2. Tele-Vision
3. Tell to Woman :lol:
Need it still FASTER - Tell her NOT to tell ANY ONE
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"15 years back, cost of 1 vadai was 50 paise and cost of 1 call was 5 Rupees...
Today, cost of 1 call is 50 paise and for 1 vadai is 5 Rupees... Technology has advanced.. But, enna use? Vadai Poche!!!"

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Difference between a Girl’s ROFL & a Boy’s LOLZ.. It happened in Vadai Poche Club!...

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Matter is a general term for the substance of which all physical objects consist. Typically, matter includes atoms and other particles which have mass. A common way of defining matter is as anything that has mass and occupies volume. However, there is no single agreed scientific meaning of the word "matter".

Source - Wiki!

dhandapanik

July 19th, 2011, 03:25 PM

have a look at this blog..
Thoduvanam (http://thoduvanam.com) A blog to post the grievances to Madurai collector was launched on trial basis. A nice initiative by Sagayam, Madurai Collector. A quote which he is famous for..’லஞ்சம் தவிர்த்து – நெஞ்சம் நிமிர்த்து’

kongutamizhan

July 19th, 2011, 04:47 PM

After maintaining low profile for a while, cap10 rocks again.

Be content with donkey till you get a horse - Cap10 on samacheer kalvi

Source (http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/07/19/vijayakanth-urges-tn-govt-implement-samacheer-kalvi-aid0091.html)

TShyam

July 19th, 2011, 06:46 PM

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TShyam

July 19th, 2011, 06:55 PM

13% of our money supply comes from ISI and we are wondering why there is persistently high inflation for the 3rd year running!

Arasu

July 19th, 2011, 09:08 PM

few jokes from vadai pochae FB group

Matter is a general term for the substance of which all physical objects consist. Typically, matter includes atoms and other particles which have mass. A common way of defining matter is as anything that has mass and occupies volume. However, there is no single agreed scientific meaning of the word "matter".

Source - Wiki!

At some point in time, there was a raging controversy about which is superior - matter or mind. One group said mind is superior as it controls the matter (body). The other group said mind is itself made of matter, hence matter is superior to mind. :lol:

After a long drawn battle in which no group won convincingly, they decided to call it a draw by drawing this conclusion:

"Never mind; doesn't matter." :cheers:

ChennaiIndian

July 19th, 2011, 11:43 PM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Sun-Pictures-COO-Hansraj-Saxena-is-now-talking-about-deals-say-police/articleshow/9279312.cms

CHENNAI: Sun Pictures chief operating officer W Hansraj Saxena has given his interrogators details of several controversial transactions, but maintained that he was only a employee carrying out orders of his bosses, the city police said. Saxena, who was taken into police custody on Saturday, was returned to judicial custody on Sunday.

The police on Saturday took Saxena into their custody for two days in connection with the alleged cheating of Hitesh Jhabak, producer of the movie'Mappillai'starring Dhanush and Hansika Motwani. Police personnel produced him before the magistrate court in Saidapet on Sunday and remanded him in judicial custody.

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ChennaiIndian

July 19th, 2011, 11:45 PM

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/In-Tamil-Nadu-power-comes-cheap/articleshow/9264773.cms

CHENNAI: Did you know that Tamil Nadu has the lowest power tariff for the domestic sector among other major states? The government may have introduced the low electricity tariff eyeing the vote banks, but it has put undue financial burden on the state power entity and on the power situation in the state.

The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) charges only a minimum of `1.10 and a maximum of `5.75. The tariff in Andhra Pradesh is a minimum of Rs2.75 and a maximum of Rs6.25. In Karnataka, the charges are Rs2.05 for the minimum and the highest slab is Rs4.75. In West Bengal, it is Rs3.00 and Rs6.85 respectively.

The power surplus state of Gujarat charges a minimum of Rs2.30 in rural areas and Rs2.80 in urban areas and the maximum rate is Rs4.35 and Rs4.75 respectively. Maharashtra charges a minimum of Rs2.47 and a maximum of Rs7.50. Uttar Pradesh has a slab of Rs3.45 and Rs3.80, while Orissa charges a minimum rate of Rs1.40 and Rs4.80.

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ChennaiIndian

July 19th, 2011, 11:54 PM

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2236027.ece

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday reviewed the activities of two key departments - Information Technology and Labour.

She reviewed the activities of the IT Department with its minister R B Udhayakumar and top officials, including IT Secretary Dr Santhosh Babu.

Tamil Nadu has attracted sizeable amount of investment in the IT sector and is considered one of the favourable destinations for this business. Most national and international IT companies have their footprint in the State.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister also reviewed the Labour Department activities in a meeting with Labour Minister S T Chellapandian and senior Ministry officials.

A series of labour-related issues had come up in the State in the last few years even as it attracted huge foreign investment. Labour problems had cropped up in the factories of major investors such as Nokia, Hyundai and MRF recently.

Finance Minister O Panneerselvam and Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi were present for the review meetings.

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krishnaswamy

July 20th, 2011, 02:56 AM

Friends,
Could anyone tell me what is the position of Mr. IraiAnbu IAS(formerly h was in tourism) and Mr.Umashankar IAS,(formerly in Arasu Cable)?
were they given good departments?

krishnaswamy

July 20th, 2011, 03:10 AM

Cash For Vote Scam
1. who is telling the truth : Tehelka or Sudheendra kulkarni?
2. Everyone knows it is a sting operation. who gave money to Saxena?
3. why did CNN-IBN did not televise the sting operation immediately?
4. why Cong is not taking action seriously, knowing this is a sting operation?
5. Did Big Guns like Amar singh and other Cong person were fell to this trap?
6. is Tehelka trying to protect Cong, because they were against BJP( Etherikku Etheri nanbam?)

Mr.Nellai

July 20th, 2011, 03:40 AM

A big salute for dinamani for this cartoon. This is what is called neutrality

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4679/31812484.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/31812484.jpg/)

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thillai_selvan

July 20th, 2011, 05:13 AM

TN population details

http://epaper.dinakaran.com/pdf/2011/07/20/20110720a_012107014.jpg

N.kumar

July 20th, 2011, 08:54 AM

After Radia gate comes fai gate for journos.

This fellow fai os so called kashmir action council arrested for being isi agent in usa.

isi selected which journos they wanted, this fellow invited and many of these fellows went there and presented anti india positions.

The list is who who of journos world.

Interestingly most of these fellows are anti bjp and importantly anti modi fellas.

Tells a lot who pakistan doesnt want at helm of india.

rsubbu.mdu

July 20th, 2011, 10:43 AM

வீரபாண்டி ஆறுமுகம் தலைமறைவு: கைது செய்ய 12 தனிப்படைகள்

Link (http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?&SectionName=Latest News&artid=449235&SectionID=164&MainSectionID=164&SEO=&Title=)

Leo_r

July 20th, 2011, 10:54 AM

Regaining student life after 15 years' legal battle...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article2266800.ece

dhandapanik

July 20th, 2011, 12:38 PM

Got this in Email..

AVATAR - A REMAKE OF VIETNAM COLONY

When I was watching Avatar for the ‘n’th time, a strange thought came to my mind, 'Is this film not similar to Vietnam colony?'

And remember Vietnam colony released in 1994 and James Cameroon said that the Avatar script was ready in 1995 and he also said that Avatar had many inspirations from India including the title (Something fishy).

So lets compare the two stories side by side:

1.Vietnam Colony: Prabhu and Koundamani are appointed by a real estate company to a notorious colony called Vietnam colony as this colony has high real estate values.

Avatar: Sam Worthington is appointed by the RDA Corporation to go to Pandora as the place has a valuable mineral called unabtomium.

2.Vietnam Colony: Prabhu disguises himself as a writer and becomes a member of the colony.

Avatar: Sam disguises himself as a Navi and becomes a member of Pandora.

3.Vietnam Colony: Prabhu falls in love with the heroine (Jujilipa) who is a resident of Vietnam colony.

Avatar: Sam falls in love with Saldana who is a resident of Pandora

4.Vietnam Colony: While Prabhu was trying to cheat the colony residents and throw them out of the colony, he understands that the company is doing injustice and tries to help the residents

Avatar: While Sam was trying to cheat the Pandora residents , he understands that the company is doing injustice and tries to help the residents.

5.Vietnam Colony: Prabhu finally joins hands with the colony residents and fights against his company.

Avatar: Sam joins hands with the Navis and fights against his company.

6.Vietnam colony: At the end of the movie Prabhu becomes a Vietnam colony resident.

Avatar: At the end, Sam becomes a Pandaro resident.

Aren’t the 2 movies similar…?

Even some scenes had similarities. Remember the scene where the auto driver gets afraid of the rowdy (Ravuthar) but Prabhu thinks that the auto driver is afraid of him. There is a similar scene in Avatar (first half)where a small beast gets afraid of a bigger one but Sam things that the beast is afraid of him…

There seems to be only 1 difference between the two movies-one made with more than 1000 crores, another with less than a crore!!

Che Che! Kadasila Poyum poi “Ravuthar” scene copy adichitangalae paa!!!!!