'When you went by the book, J Jayalalithaa let you do it. But when you deviated, she made it clear that the officer could not decide new rules or new ways to do things. That she alone decided.'......
The distance from Kanyakumari to Chennai is 750 kilometres. It is possible to drive from Kanyakumari to Chennai without entering any major city on the way. There are by passes everywhere.The mother......
On Thursday at 1430 IST the sea had begun advancing closer to Ganapathypuram village in Kanyakumari district. Hardly anybody noticed. High and low tides are part of life here as day and night are......
C V Shankar, Officer on Special Duty, relief and rehabilitation, is probably the only IAS officer in Tamil Nadu working on a Saturday. He is responsible for tsunami relief in all of the state,......
If a students fails an examination, first s/he applies for revaluation.The student then approaches 'brokers', either from among the teachers or outside the university.A student pays Rs 10,000 for......
It is almost a year since the waves of death pounded the Indian coastline on December 26, 2004. Over 10,500 people were killed, over 5,000 are still missing -- presumed dead -- thousands others......
The traditional "India Meeting", held over lunch on Friday as part of the World Economic Forum annual meeting, brought to light three significant new policy initiatives that the Union government is......
IMAGE: Sheldon Jackson struck a century as Saurashtra took control. Photograph: BCCI Saurashtra's middle-order batter Sheldon Jackson followed in senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's footsteps,......
Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the......
IMAGE: Saurashtra's Arpit Vasavada hit an unbeaten century in 86 balls against Gujarat on Thursday. Photograph: BCCI/Domestic Arpit Vasavada hit a career-best unbeaten century before Parth Bhut......
IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......