B R P BHASKAR Efforts are on to squelch the months-long peaceful movement by villagers living in the neighbourhood of the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu which has delayed its commissioning. What brought the people out of their homes is the fear that the plant is a threat to their ...

Chennai, April 2: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to thrust the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on unwilling states. She also urged Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of chief ministers to discuss the matter. In a letter to the prime minister, Jayalalithaa said: "I ...

Chennai, March 31: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate the entire 2,000 MW power to be generated by the two units at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to the state which is facing severe power shortage. In a letter to Singh, the text of ...

Chennai, March 31: AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday revoked the disciplinary action initiated against her long time aide V.K. Sasikala, but reiterated that the action taken against her friend's relatives and close associates would continue. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said that Sasikala had written ...

New Delhi, March 27: The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea by DMK MP Kanimozhi to quash charges against her in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Justice M.L. Mehta asked the CBI to file its response by May 10. DMK MP Kanimozhi March ...

New Delhi, March 26: Ahead of President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to India, Russian Ambassador Alexander M. Kadakain said the agreements for the units III and IV of the Koodankulam nuclear plant were "almost ready". Moscow, he underlined, was hoping that the nuclear liability law won't apply to them. Medvedev will touch down ...

New Delhi, March 23: DMK MP Kanimozhi Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of charges made against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. "Set aside/quash the charges and also quash the chargesheet filed by the CBI and all the proceedings emanating thereunder," ...

Chennai, March 22: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Thursday welcomed India's vote in favour of the US resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Council (UNHRC) but hit out against the "confusion and procrastination that preceded that decision". She also thanked the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for India voting ...

New Delhi, March 22: The Indian government said Thursday it was probing if foreign money was fuelling the anti-nuclear protests in Tamil Nadu. Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy told the Rajya Sabha that some NGOs had been identified but said they will not be named while ...

Chennai, March 22: DMK president M.Karunanidhi Thursday termed a Tamil Eelam his unrealised dream and he will fight for its realisation, while citing rivalry between the Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups as the reason that prevented its formation. Asked by reporters here on his reaction to passing of US-backed resolution against Sri ...