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Counting on CUMTA: How Chennai can be a mobility leader now
Having a bus stop within easy walking distance, a usable pavement to get there, a single ticket to make trips on buses, Metro, suburban and MRTS trains and real-time information on all buses and trains now come within the realm of possibility, as the Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport...
New TNCA chief a sign of N Srinivasan-DMK nexus
Dr. Ashok Sigamani, son of Higher Education Minister Ponmudi, has been elected president of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA). This was an unopposed election as his rival Prabhu had withdrawn his nomination and also the case he had filed in the Madras High Court over the elections. The...
EWS quota stirs up old and new demands in TN
The Supreme Court upholding the 103rd Constitutional amendment providing ten per cent reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) among the forward castes in government jobs and education has given a fillip to the demands of caste census and proportional reservation for all...
Coimbatore blasts: Muslim voices recall trauma from past
Over 24 years ago, Coimbatore was rocked by back-to-back bomb blasts at 18 places including the railway station, hospitals, markets and so on, claiming over 50 lives and injuring thousands. The gory scene of mutilated bodies lying in pools of blood amidst deafening cries of agony is still...
Pondy historian decodes Subhash Chandra Bose death mysteryThe Eighth Column
The death or disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the most charismatic Indian freedom struggle leaders, has till date been the most mysterious of political secrets of India. He was officially declared dead in an air crash at the Taipei airfield (Taiwan) on Aug. 18, 1945 (going...
After BJP bid to politicise car blast, DMK toughens stand against RSS
The ruling DMK has hardened its stand against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities in Tamil Nadu after the Coimbatore car blast and the subsequent criticism of State BJP leaders who alleged ‘failure of intelligence machinery’ and Governor RN Ravi complaining of delay in handing over the...
The poor parakeets are no fortune tellers. Please obey the law!
The sight of roadside or mobile astrologers with a caged parakeet has almost become rare nowadays, thanks to the forest department’s crackdown aimed to protect the rare species facing extinction. The parakeet is a small parrot with green plumage, red curved beak and rose ring around the neck....
Love Today holds a comic mirror to millennial values
Love Today tells the story of the generation gap and the clash in values with humour. Love being an eternally touchy subject in our society, older folks are skeptical of its truth and value, for good reason. But, instead of taking sides, the film plays both ways, trying to get both the old and...
Ayurveda, Siddha, Homeopathy: Why Mixopathy is risky
The Siddha system is often celebrated in Tamil Nadu just as Ayurveda is being upheld elsewhere in the country. Recently a few months back while we were limping back to normalcy from the epidemic, there was a judgement in Madras High court that went largely unnoticed. In the judgement given in...
TN rains: Less flooding dampens political munitions
With most parts of Chennai witnessing no inundation during the first spell of north-east monsoon rains, the opposition AIADMK, even while pointing to the waterlogging in some parts of North Chennai, took credit for the ongoing storm water drain works and shifted the focus to ‘rain relief...
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