Month: December 2018

Youngsters in the Chennai could be seen enjoying the end of 2018 and the dawn of 2019 in various ways like holding parties, riding their bikes at breakneck speed and driving along the beach apart from eating out.

In 2018, almost every day was field day for meme-makers in these parts, as they were supplied content non-stop by top personalities from various walks of life. Nobody was left out by these modern day message-messiahs who take the comedy route to convey even the most serious of criticism.

A nominated BJP MLA caused a flutter on the Assembly premises here today by resorting to sudden dharna urging the Puducherry government to ban immediately production, sale and use of plastic products in the Union Territory on the lines of neighbouring Tamilnadu.

Political backlash faced by actor Vijay’s ‘Sarkar’, plagiarism rows and MeToo sting, there was more action off screen in Tamil cinema industry in 2018 than on it.

The revised bill that will make instant Triple Talaqa punishable offence, to be tabled for debate in the Rajya Sabha today, will now be taken up 2 January as the Upper House was adjourned several times amidst uproar.

Southern Railway GM, R K Kulshrestha, launched a pilot project for the usage of hand-held terminals by Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs).

A top space scientist today said India will miss out on capturing a share of the international satellite and rocket market if it did not ramp up its hardware production capacity big time.

The government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as Chief Information Commissioner, along with four information commissioners, all of whom were bureaucrats, in the Central Information Commission. Bhargava was Information Commissioner in the CIC. The panel was functioning with three members against the sanctioned strength of 11, including the chief information commissioner.

In a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi for his critical remarks on the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani dubbed the Congress president as a ‘shameless liar’ who was desperate to see the State fail.

Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticising the state government’s farm loan waiver scheme and called him “anti-farmer.”