Carnatic ragas are very mysterious things. It is said that these ragas have several mysterious powers. Amritavarsini is one such raga, which is said to possess a mysterious quality. It is believed that if sang rightly this raga can bring rain. Tamil Nadu is expecting a fresh water crisis. Its Continue Reading
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition filed against the proposed release of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts. The dismissal of the petition means that the governor of the state (the central government, indirectly) can freely decide the fate of the convicts now. The state government is already in favour of […]Continue Reading
The Crime Branch CID of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which is investigating the infamous Pollachi sexual abuse case, has added the rape charge (that is, the section 376 of Indian Penal Code) against the suspects, after verifying several evidences it has received in connection with the case and recording the statements of several […]Continue Reading
The Election Commission’s flying squad and the Income Tax monitoring team has jointly conducted raids in Vellore in several locations connected to a senior DMK leader based in that part of the region. Over 11.53 crore Indian rupees has been seized from the raids conducted in the Vellore region of Tamil Nadu by the concerned […]Continue Reading
The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam – the political party launched in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu by T T V Dhinakaran (who was removed from the AIADMK lately) – has announced their candidates for at least 38 seats in the total 39 seats in the state. The lone seat where his party has decided […]Continue Reading
Strengthening the political faction led by the AIADMK, increasing the prospects of an astounding victory in the general election to that faction, the DMDK, which was once regarding as the prime rival of the AIADMK after the DMK, has joined their hands with the ruling party of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The agreement […]Continue Reading
A day after the AIADMK, BJP and the PMK formally completed their alliance talk, the DMK, Congress and the leftists, including the CPI (M) and CPI, have agreed to join together against the AIADMK-BJP-PMK alliance. The Congress and the DMK are expected to formally announce their seat sharing agreement with each other today or in […]Continue Reading
The All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has been successfully persuaded, most probably by the Bharatiya Janata Party, to join hands with the Pattali Makkal Katchi, the political organisation which was considered as an important rival by the Dravidian party once, which in the past joined hands with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress […]Continue Reading
The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has strongly defended the special economic quota of ten per cent, which was recently granted to ensure that the economically backward ones under the general category also get the benefit of reservation in jobs and educational institutions, while speaking in a public conference organised in the Indian state of […]Continue Reading
A day after the members of a Tamil Nadu based organisation was prevented by the Ayyappa devotees from their attempt to enter the famous hill temple of South India Sabarimala, two other women have attempted to succeed in what their predecessors failed to accomplish. Both have been blocked by the devotees, before they have reached […]Continue Reading