Tag: Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu' untimely death was tragic enough. But per latest reports at least 470 death in Tamil Nadu were reported due to the shock of the Ms. Jayalalithaa's death. Several others attempted to commit suicide. AIADMK, Jayalalithaa's party has announced an interim relief of… Read More

Jayalalitha symbolized woman power for many Tamils and many considered her as the iron lady. MPs, MLAs and Ministers all fell at her feet. On many occasions, all 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 13 MPs in the Rajya Sabha did namaskaram or lay down flat to pay respects… Read More

Jayalalitha, fondly called Amma, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu had more than 18 welfare schemes that are free or heavily subsidized. Some of these include - the cradle baby scheme (to prevent female foeticide in the early 1990s), gold for marriage scheme, Amma canteens where food is available for… Read More

Investigators at the wreckage of a recent car bomb blasts in Kerala's Mallappuram district found pen drive, photo and letter evidence pointing to PM Modi being on the assassination hit list. Police believe Tamil Nadu's "Al-Ummah" is behind this and their grievance are Dadri, Babri Masjib, etc. Source: India Today Read More

Sadly, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu are fighting with each other due to the centuries old Cauvery river water problem. The conflict took an ugly turn after the Supreme Court ordered the release of water by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu. With so much conflict dating back to history, now the Supreme… Read More

PM Modi and his government help release a a Catholic priest and another Catholic aid-worker from the clutches of death in Afghanistan. This gov't also help release Alexis Prem Kumar, a Jesuit priest abducted by Islamists in Afghanistan. More recently, this gov't also helped release Judith D’Souza, an aid worker… Read More

Dalits are Hindus too - they have equal right as any Hindu to visit any temple, to perform any ritual or take part in any religious festival. There were recent reports that during the five-day annual temple festival, the Dalits were denied entry into the temple. If we treat them… Read More

Five state assembly results just came out - Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. In general, Congress did very badly recording the lowest vote share. As the elections are behind us now both Congress members and the rest of the country that might still be paying attention is… Read More

For 15 long years, 600 workers and their families had been waging a battle with Hindustan Unilever over the mercury poisoning from the thermometer factory (now closed) in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Unilever finally agreed to an undisclosed settlement. Workers had said, the company had kept them in the dark about… Read More

Greenpeace India, a local NGO extension of Greenpeace international is staring at shutdown of its India operation as they have received a cancellation notice from the central and now Tamil Nadu government. It should be noted that such notices are not lightly issues and usually are backed by facts and… Read More