When Malayalam found its feet
As rain clouds hover above the horizon and a veil of darkness shrouds the Malayalam month of Karkkidakam, chants of Adhyatma Ramayanam fill most Hindu homes. Karkkidakam is also called ‘Ramayana...
View ArticleVaiko hopes DMDK will join hands with PWF
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has been hijacked by the corporate, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko has alleged. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Vaiko said...
View ArticleISRO chief among 60 Rajyotsava Award winners
The State government has chosen 60 people for Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, including Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar, cricketer Vinay Kumar, writer Aryambha Pattabhi,...
View ArticleTamil Nadu Elections 2016: Here's a quick look at the key parties, alliances...
--> Alliances have changed and so have equations between party leaders in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming elections. The 2016 Tamil Nadu polls have been touted as a multi-cornered contest with so many...
View ArticleJ Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The doughty fighter who earned her place in the...
At the funeral of the iconic MG Ramachandran, the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, in 1987, a solitary woman stood her ground behind his mortal remains. The sadness was writ large on the face of the...
View ArticleWhere BJP, Congress & their maverick kingpins stand as election fever grips...
Of the four major states going to the polls in a couple of months — West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Kerala — the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) chances are brightest in Assam and bleakest in Tamil...
View ArticleDMK functionary held on charge of murder
A mason was brutally murdered by a political functionary as a dispute arose over illegal intimacy with a woman...
View ArticleLGBT community questions PM Modi’s silence, says govt has ‘fascist mindset’
Member of India’s LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgenders) community shout slogans during a parade in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)...
View ArticleLGBT community snubs "fascist" Govt., questions PM Modi's silence
Bengaluru (Karnataka), July 1 (ANI): Expressing disappointment over India's move to abstain from voting in the UN Human Rights Council to appoint an independent investigator to help protect the rights...
View Article24 candidates file papers in Kanyakumari district
As many as 24 candidates filed their nomination papers for the six Assembly constituencies in the district on Thursday. All the six All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidates, including former...
View ArticleHinduism is based on logic; Sabarimala shrine must allow entry of women:...
Swami Bhoomananda Theertha's fight for reforms in temple rituals and religious practices began decades ago. The renowned Vedantin monk based in Kerala was one of the first to demand that women of all...
View ArticleWhere political history was forged
K. Umapathy was 27 when heard the former West Bengal Chief Minister, Jyoti Basu, address a rally at Mangollai in the city’s Mylapore area in May 1991. A resident of Mylapore’s Warren Road, he used to...
View ArticleFB’s 71 shades of sexuality raise hope and fear
For a new user, choosing the gender option on Facebook while setting up the account is not a routine task. The drop down menu consists of man, woman and, intriguingly enough, custom. Facebook offers to...
View ArticleFreebie furore! And thereby hangs a tale
Otherwise bitter political rivals, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) undoubtedly agree on one point: both believe their extravagant electoral...
View ArticleFull budget from a CM after 15 years
When O. Panneerselvam raises to deliver the budget address in the Assembly on Wednesday next, he will be the first Chief Minister to submit a full-fledged budget after a gap of 15 years. On March 24,...
View ArticleAIADMK cadre go on rampage across TN
Soon after a Bangalore court convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalitha in the disproportionate asset case, violence erupted...
View ArticleSchemes for transgenders benefit too few
It was with much fanfare that the State announced a special policy for transgenders in the budget this year, but some of the schemes introduced much earlier for their welfare seem to be benefitting too...
View ArticlePWF will work for bettering the lives of tea growers: Vijayakant
Hill town Coonoor or Ooty had changed very little in the past several years as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have done very little to improve the towns and...
View ArticleTransgender? A Doctor Won’t See You Now
Trans patients face do-or-die situations when trying to find transition care. But the medical community is not ready for them. Shop ▾ “This is not about [some hazy notion of] being able to be who you...
View ArticleList of candidates belonging to DMK and AIADMK fronts
The following is the list of candidates of the fronts led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: Tiruvallur District: A.Manimegalai (DMK) and Pon. Raja...
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