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Kanimozhi to Raja: the RS elections will hold the key to future alliances in TN

May 22, 2013

The DMDK, which has a highly useful 10 percent vote share in the state, is a relatively new party that is being actively wooed by both the Congress and the DMK. #Kanimozhi #Tamil Nadu #DMK #P. Chidambaram #Rajya Sabha #AIADMK #Jayanti Natarajan #D Raja #Tamil Nadu Congress Committee #Gnanadesikan
Tamil Nadu, Pondy remember Rajiv Gandhi on death anniversary

May 21, 2013

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was remembered in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Tuesday on the occasion of his 22nd death anniversary. #Politics #India #Tamil Nadu #Congress #Rajiv Gandhi
Jaya renews demand for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet from Sri Lanka

May 21, 2013

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu islet, ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, besides redrawing the International Maritime Boundary Line. #World #India #Manmohan Singh #Tamil Nadu #Sri Lanka #AIADMK #J. Jayalalithaa #TheySaidIt #Katchatheevu #International Maritime Boundary Line

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Should Karunanidhi retire from politics now?

May 13, 2011

The voters need a younger, more progressive, less divisive leader to take them into the new millennium. #Politics #M. Karunanidhi #Tamil Nadu #Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam #Elections 2011

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The Lancet calls State’s healthcare programme a success story

2013-05-21 07:51:00

Tamil Nadu’s health managers must be delighted the way the State’s illustrious maternal and child healthcare programme is being feted worldwide. The latest feather in Tamil Nadu’s cap is The Lancet’s mention of the programme as a “success story”. The Apr #Tamil Nadu #India #UNICEF
Moneycontrol.com
Power shortage in Tamil Nadu is concern: TTK Prestige

2013-05-17 06:17:00

TTK Prestige , which is considered market leader in southern states, is concerned about power shortage, specifically in Tamil Nadu. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, TT Jagannathan, chairman said, he cannot predict recovery in south market unless power iss #Tamil Nadu #CNBC #Uttar Pradesh
Economic Times
'Only Congress genuinely interested in Tamils' welfare'

2013-05-21 07:37:00

PUDUCHERRY: Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said that only the Congress party is "genuinely" interested in ensuring welfare of the Tamils in Sri Lanka while other political parties in Tamil Nadu were shedding "crocodile tears" on the issue. "It is in #Tamil Nadu #Indian National Congress #Sri Lanka

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Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

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Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

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Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
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Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

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Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

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The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
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IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

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Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

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Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

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