http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Mon, 21 May 2012 08:54:24 GMT Mon, 21 May 2012 08:54:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/US_committed_to_help_Tamil_Nadu_says_Powell_128356 Chennai: The United States is committed to help Tamil Nadu realise the goals set in its Vision 2023 document, to put the state on par with upper middle income countries in southeast Asia, said the US envoy to India.Speaking at a function organi... Mon, 21 May 2012 08:54:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Jayalalithaa_urges_parties_to_support_Sangma_128279 Chennai: A day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announced support to P.A. Sangma as the president, she Friday appealed to all political parties to extend their support to his candidature for the highest post.Referring to her ann... Fri, 18 May 2012 10:56:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Tamil_Nadu_exminister_kin_raided_for_graft_128236 Chennai: The houses of former Tamil Nadu minister Veerapandi S. Arumugam, his relatives and his two personal assistants were Thursday raided by officials of the anti-corruption wing, the probe agency said.DMK leader and former agriculture mi... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:12:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Cooperate_for_development_Jayalalithaa_says_128208 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday sought the cooperation of all political parties to develop the state.Speaking in the assembly on the first anniversary of her AIADMK government, she also appealed for their support t... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:59:52 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Give_Mullaperiyar_report_to_Kerala_Tamil_Nadu_Apex_court_127949 New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday directed that the report of an expert committee that studied the safety of 119-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala be shared with Tamil Nadu and Kerala.The committee was headed by former chief justice A.S. An... Sat, 05 May 2012 03:56:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Jayalalithaa_writes_to_PM_demands_Kudankulam_power_127663 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh again, reiterating her demand that the state be allocated the entire 1,000 MW power to be generated from the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear... Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:26:59 GMT http://samachaar.in/Science/Tamil_Nadu_woman_behind_satellite_launch_Thursday_127571 Chennai: Tamil Nadu will have special reason to cheer Thursday when an Indian rocket puts Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) into orbit and the remote sensing satellite starts performing, as a local woman is directing the project for India's hea... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:57:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/Daimler_to_shift_truck_manufacturing_to_Tamil_Nadu_127425 Chennai: Daimler AG, the German heavy vehicle manufacturer, will shift the production of its trucks from Pune in Maharashtra to Oragadam in Tamil Nadu from where it plans to export the vehicles to Africa and Asean countries, a company officia... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:41:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/States_being_reduced_to_glorified_municipalities_127314 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday accused the central government of bringing the states down to the level of glorified municipal corporations by restricting their operational magnitude, tightening finances and encroachin... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:13:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Tamil_New_Year_celebrated_with_traditional_fervour_127214 Chennai: Tamil Nadu heralded Nandhana - the Tamil New Year - Friday with traditional fervour with people visiting temples in the morning. "Puthandu Vazthukkal" (New Year greetings) is how friends and relatives greeted one another in... Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:12:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/AIADMK_out_of_MPs_team_to_Sri_Lanka_127112 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday withdrew her AIADMK MP from an all-party delegation set to visit Sri Lanka April 16-21.The team led by BJP's Sushma Swaraj is to inspect the rehabilitation of those displaced during t... Thu, 12 Apr 2012 04:18:11 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Strong_tremors_in_Chennai_127097 Chennai: Strong tremors were felt in several places in Tamil Nadu Wednesday following the massive earthquake in Indonesia, with people coming out of their homes and some schools moving students into open grounds.According to reports, tremors wer... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:17:03 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Dont_thrust_NCTC_on_states_Jayalalithaa_126693 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not to trust the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on unwilling states.She also urged Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of chief ministers t... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:52:18 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Allot_entire_2000_MW_Kudankulam_power_to_Tamil_Nadu_Jayalalithaa_126629 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to allocate the entire 2,000 MW power to be generated by the two units at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) to the state which is facing s... Sat, 31 Mar 2012 07:47:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sasikala_says_she_wants_to_serve_Jayalalithaa_126538 Chennai: In an apparent reconciliation move, a former aide to J. Jayalalithaa said Wednesday that she wants to keep serving the Tamil Nadu chief minister.V.K. Sasikala said she never dreamt of betraying the trust the former reposed in her and it... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:11:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_AIADMK_wins_Sankarankoil_byelection__126245 Chennai: V. Muthuselvi of the ruling AIADMK was Wednesday elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Sankarankoil constituency, defeating her DMK rival by over 68,000 votes.  Muthuselvi bagged 94,927 votes, the Election Commission said. The ... Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:03:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Jayalalithaa_deceiving_Kudankulam_people_Karunanidhi_126186 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa had deceived the people of Kudankulam by announcing Rs.500 crore towards development of local infrastructure, DMK chief M. Karunanidhi said Thursday.He also said Jayalalithaa was responsible... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:12:02 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sonia_hopes_for_suitable_outcome_to_Sri_Lankan_issue_126152 Chennai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has told DMK chief M. Karunanidhi that a suitable outcome would be reached on the Sri Lankan issue soon, according to her letter released Monday.Acknowledging the DMK's chief March 9 letter, Gandhi in he... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:51:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/PMs_Sri_Lanka_resolution_statement_is_evasive_and_useless_Jayalalithaa_126150 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement in parliament on the US resolution against Sri Lanka as "evasive" and "useless".She also accused DMK president M. Karu... Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:49:15 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Polling_begins_for_Tamil_Nadu_assembly_bypoll_126085 Chennai: Voting for the by-poll in Sankarankoil assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district began amid tight security at 8 a.m. Sunday.Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray vying for votes from 206,087 ... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:40:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Fugitive_Catholic_priest_arrested_in_Tamil_Nadu_126080 Chennai: Catholic priest Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul was arrested in Erode in Tamil Nadu on charges of molesting a child in the US when he was there during 2004, police said Saturday.Acting on an alert by Interpol, Tamil Nadu police arrested ... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:35:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Stage_set_for_Tamil_Nadu_assembly_bypoll_Sunday_126079 Chennai: The stage is set for Sunday's by-poll in the Sankarankoil assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district.Thirteen candidates, including six independents, are in the fray vying for votes from 206,087 voters (male 102,921, fema... Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:34:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Former_Anna_University_chiefs_residence_raided_125948 Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) Friday raided the residence of former Anna University vice chancellor D. Viswanathan and other officials for allegedly fabricating bogus quotations to favour city-based company B... Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:52:43 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Sri_Lanka_war_crimes_AIADMK_dissatisfied_with_PMs_response_125813 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday said India should support the US-sponsored resolution on the war crimes allegedly committed during Sri Lanka's civil war and added that she was not satisfied with Prime Minister Manmohan ... Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:26:05 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/__Curtail_visits_by_Sri_Lankan_dignitaries_Jayalalithaa_125596 Chennai: Hardening her stance against Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discourage frequent private visits by Sri Lankan VIPs and allow the visits only after consulting her government.&n... Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:01:08 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Five_shot_dead_by_police_in_Chennai_gunbattle_124919 Chennai: In a midnight gunbattle at a residential locality here Thursday, Tamil Nadu police shot dead five people suspected to be involved in two suburban bank branch robberies."Five people are dead and two policemen were injured," Chen... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:24:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Tamil_actress_held_for_prostitution_124283 Pune: A Tamil actress was arrested from a five-star hotel in this Maharashtra city for her involvement in prostitution, police said here Sunday.Caroline Mariya, 22, was arrested from the hotel Saturday evening. Her manager and a film studio own... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:40:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Sri_Lankan_presidents_kin_attacked_in_Tamil_Nadu_124042 Chennai: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's relative Thirukumuran Nadesan was Tuesday attacked by MDMK activists with sticks and footwear when he was coming out of a house after a 'pooja' at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, an official said.&quot... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:56:34 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Tamil_Nadu_plans_memorial_for_Mullaperiyar_Dam_builder_124001 Chennai: Even as a row rages between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday announced the construction of a memorial for the century-old dam's builder, British Colonel J... Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:29:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/AIADMK_will_decide_next_PM_candidate_says_Jayalalithaa__123746 Chennai: AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday declared that the party will be in a position to decide the next prime ministerial candidate and called her party cadres to start working for the parliament ... Sat, 31 Dec 2011 02:33:29 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Cyclone_Thane_kills_five_in_Tamil_Nadu_Puducherry_123737 Chennai/Puducherry/Hyderabad: Five people were killed as Cyclone Thane, packing a wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Friday morning, officials said. In Tamil Nadu, two people were k... Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:11:01 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Cyclone_Thane_makes_landfall_in_Tamil_Nadu_123727 Chennai/Puducherry Dec 30 (IANS) Cyclone Thane, packing wind speed of 140 kmph, made landfall on the coast between Cuddalore in Tamil and Puducherry Friday morning, officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) here said."The c... Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:16:34 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chennai/25_people_fast_in_Chennai_for_Hazare_123662 Chennai: Three-year-old Rasika is the star attraction at Raghavendra Kalyana Mandapam here, venue for the protest fast being organised from Tuesday by the Chennai chapter of India Against Corruption (IAC) in support of activist Anna Hazare's ... Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:15:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Former_DMK_ministers_home_office_raided_123544 Chennai: The residence and business premises of former DMK minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran were raided Wednesday morning for allegedly having wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said.According to the Directorate... Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:50:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chennai/Villagers_lay_siege_to_Kudankulam_nuclear_plant_123376 Chennai: Around 1,500 villagers Saturday laid siege to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu to demand immediate cessation of all work at the site, said an activist."This morning, around 10 people f... Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:03:13 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Shops_owned_by_Keralites_attacked_in_Tamil_Nadu__123313 Chennai: The political tussle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam has shifted to the streets of Chennai, Coimbatore and Thanjavur with fringe Tamil groups attacking shops owned by Keralites and forcing them to down shutters ... Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:10:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chennai/AntiKudankulam_relay_fast_continues_for_50th_day_123273 Chennai: The relay fast against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) set up in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu continued for the 50th day Tuesday, with former naval chief L. Ramdas present at the venue, an activist said.In their third pha... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:18:47 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Tamil_Nadu_not_to_allow_FDI_funded_retail_outlets_123188 Chennai: Announcing her government's decision not to allow retail outlets with FDI in her state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Sunday asked the central government to reverse its "ill advised" policy of allowing 51 percen... Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:00:51 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Jayalalithaa_dubs_illegal_assets_case_politically_motivated_123129 Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday dubbed the disproportionate assets' case against her politically motivated at the behest of the opposition DMK party on a false complaint by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy. ... Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:36:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Jayalalitha_again_deposes_in_illegal_assets_case_123096 Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha Tuesday appeared in the special court on the city's outskirts amid tight security and deposed for the third time in the Rs.66 crore disproportionate assets case against her. As the deposition wa... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:33:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chennai/Karunanidhi_in_hospital_for_checkup_123082 Chennai: DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M.Karunanidhi was Monday taken to the Apollo Hospital here for a check-up and observation, party and hospital sources said. "He (Karunanidhi) came here at around 9.30 p.m. with complain... Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:33:27 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Kalam_suggests_10point_development_programme_for_Kudankulam_122907 Chennai: Four-lane highways, a mega desalination plant, construction of houses, schools, hospitals as well as cold storages are amongst the suggestions to the central government made by former president A.P.J. Kalam for the development of Kudank... Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:29:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/102yearold_Tamil_Nadu_civic_poll_winner_knows_target_122745 Chennai: Two days after her victory in Tamil Nadu's civic elections, 102-year-old Thadagathi of Pudukulam village near Madurai in Tamil Nadu is eager to start work and is clear about what she wants for her electorate."The primary school ... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:25:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/AIADMK_wins_in_Tamil_Nadu_AINRC_in_Puducherry__122703 Chennai: The ruling parties of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the AIADMK and All India NR Congress (AINRC), Thursday retained the Trichy West and Indira Nagar seats in the two states respectively.AIADMK's M. Paranjothi got over 68,800 votes against... Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:34:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Premises_of_Tamil_Nadu_officials_raided_122580 Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) Friday raided the premises of several Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) officials for alleged irregularities in the recruitment of assistant dental surgeons.According t... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:52:26 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/Nuclear_Power_Corp_hopes_Tamil_Nadu_will_provide_security_122564 Chennai: With anti-nuclear power activists stopping employees of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) from going to work Thursday, the Nuclear Power Corp. hoped the Tamil Nadu government would fulfill its promise of providing security to... Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:26:24 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___Supreme_Court_to_hear_Tamil_Nadus_freebie_case_122076 Chennai: In a major setback to the Tamil Nadu government, the Supreme Court Friday ordered the transfer to itself of a case against the freebies announced by the AIADMK government that was in the Madras High Court.  The case was filed by ... Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:45:06 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Welfare_measures_will_help_poor_Jayalalithaa_122023 Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday said her government's welfare schemes will greatly help the poor by ushering milk and knowledge revolution.  These schemes should not be demeaned as doles, she said while impleme... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:47:46 GMT http://samachaar.in/Tamil_Nadu/___Indian_Railways_working_on_system_to_check_collisions_121977 Chennai: Indian Railways are working on a system to prevent train accidents like the one near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu Tuesday night, which killed 10 and injured 86, said Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi Wednesday.  Speaking to reporters at... Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:39:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Chennai/_Southern_Railway_cancels_reschedules_trains_after_accident_121956 Chennai: The Southern Railway Wednesday cancelled and rescheduled trains from here following a collision of two trains near Arakkonam in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district which left about 10 people dead, an official said.  The Chennai Beach-V... Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:57:16 GMT