Tamil Nadu awaits good news on Jayalalithaa

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa followers are waiting with bated breath as the Supreme Court will hear the bail petition of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister, who has been in a......

Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa sacks three ministers

In a shake-up in her cabinet, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday sacked three ministers and inducted an equal number, all of them first-time MLAs. State Tourism Minister Gokula......

4 days on, Tamil Nadu cinema halls call off strike over local tax

The four-day-old strike by more than 1,000 cinema halls in Tamil Nadu protesting levy of 30 per cent local body tax in addition to GST was on Thursday called off after the state government......

Will Udhayanidhi Be Stalin's Successor?

Always interesting, DMK politics is going to get even more absorbing in the days to come, predicts Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's son and state......

How governments can overcome land acquisition woes

The problem can be met, according to Shubhashis Gangopadhyay, research director of India Development Foundation, by the government tapping into its own land holdings. Within three years of the......

Disaster risks grow, as India's cities flounder

Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization,......

Trade unions denounce SC ban on strikes

The Supreme Court's order that government employees have no fundamental, legal or moral right to go on strike has raised the hackles of trade unions."Workers don't enjoy going on strike, but they......

'Govt should present new Budget'

'This prime minister thinks he knows everything.''He has to consult, he has to talk and he has to mobilise the best people, but having seen him function, I have no expectations from him.'......

Clean up Hyderabad cricket, Rayudu tells Azhar

IMAGE: Rayudu had pulled out of the coming Ranji Trophy tournament attacking the Hyderabad Cricket Association. Photograph: Matt King/Getty Images Ambati Rayudu, on Sunday, hit back at......

Why Chennai could lose IPL final

Hyderabad on stand by for IPL final IMAGE: TNCA has not been able to procure fit certificate for three stands. Photograph: BCCI The Indian squad for the ICC World Cup will be selected on April 15......

HC demands MCA response over extra water usage for additional IPL ties

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know from the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) if it would seek additional water supply from the Pune civic body for ground and pitch maintenance for......