Uproar in TN assembly as MLA calls Ramayana 'imaginary epic'

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Thursday witnessed sharp exchanges between members after a Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA termed Ramayana an 'imaginary epic,' which was strongly objected by main......

Sethu project not good for big ships: Naval chief

The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, aimed at deepening the waters in Palk Straits, is a 'viable' one but will not be useful for the navigation of the big ships, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral......

Sethusamudram row: Swamy moves SC

Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking scrapping of the controversial Sethusamudram project claiming that a government expert body has doubted its......

RSS will not allow Sethu project: Sudarshan

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has said it will not allow the Centre to go ahead with the Sethusamudram ship canal project as it posed a "challenge" to Indian culture. "The RSS is not prepared to......

Duty sops planned for private ports

The government is planning to treat charges paid by private port operators to port trusts as deemed exports under the Export Promotion Capital Good Scheme."This will enable private operators of......

Govt clears Sethusamudram project

The government on Thursday cleared the long-delayed Sethusumudram Ship Canal Project off Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu that would vastly reduce distance between east and west coasts of India.The Rs......

Sethusamudram controversy back in the spotlight

There seems to be no end to the 16-year-old war over the controversial Sethusamudram project. The project involves dredging the stretch of water between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to make it......

Sethu project faces 20-30% cost surge

The Rs 2,427.40-crore (Rs 24.27 billion) Sethusamudram canal project off the Tamil Nadu coast will face a cost escalation of over 20 to 30 per cent and a delay of over a year if the government......