Even as several political leaders and voluntary orgaisations expressed support to Rajinikanth over his remarks on a 1971 rally by Dravidar Kazhagam, a few religious heads including Mannargdui Jeeyar Chendalankara Sampath Kumarar have said that there is nothing wrong in the actor’s remarks.
Author: Karthikeyan Halan
The Supreme Court today agreed to list next week fresh pleas of telecom firms, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices, seeking a fresh schedule of payment of statutory dues to the tune of Rs 1.47 lakh crore to the Department of Telecommunications.
New Delhi: The HRD Ministry today met with a five-member team from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration, including Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar. The emergency meeting has been called to discuss the situation on the campus and resolve the standoff between students and the administration. JNU’s registrar and three rectors from the university are also part of the panel.
A very secret message was broadcast from Delhi to Islamabad in early 1950. The message was sombre, yet anguished in tone.
There is no politics in Darbar. It is a cop story and Rajinikanth appears as Mumbai Police Commissioner, says filmmaker A R Murugadoss. Slated for release this Pongal, Darbar is an action-packed commercial entertainer, bankrolled by Lyca Productions. Nayanthara, Sunil Shetty, Yogi Babu, Sriman, Nivetha Thomas among others form part of the cast. Music is by Anirudh and cinematography is by Santosh Sivan. Speaking to News Today, Murugadoss, says, ”I had detailed discussion for Rajinikanth and we both agreed to make a sequel to Chandramukhi initially. But due to various reasons, we had to do a cop story. The movie…
Some political parties and people with ”narrow political interests” are spreading misinformation in a particular section of the society regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act, NRC and now the decision to update the National Population Register (NPR). They are trying to hide the ”mountain of truth” by ”bushes of lies”. If we look at the performance of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2014, we can say that the present rule has been committed to inclusive empowerment and prosperity and development without discrimination. Our government provided two crore houses to poor, 31 per cent beneficiaries are from minority…
Khartoum: Several Indians were among the 23 people killed and over 130 injured in an LPG tanker blast in a ceramic factory in Sudan, according to the Indian mission here. The Indian Embassy in Sudan reported about the Indians killed in the incident that happened on Tuesday, without mentioning the number of casualties. “So far reports suggest that there are several casualties and injuries including among Indian workers,” it said in a statement on its website on Tuesday. It said that over 50 Indian workers are reportedly working in the factory. An AFP report quoted the Sudanese government saying that 23…
Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra Congress leaders here today and said talks over government formation in the state were progressing in the “right direction” and a decision will be taken at an appropriate time.
Maharashtra may head for President’s rule if the new government in the state is not in place by 7 November, Finance Minister and BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar said today.