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Tamil Nadu plans new industrial, land takeover policies
Aug 04, 2011
Tamil Nadu Thursday decided to come out with new industrial and land acquisition policies to attract investment.... Read More
Tamil Nadu gives big push to solar power
Aug 04, 2011
The Tamil Nadu government plans to give a big thrust to solar power with its plans to energise street lights and houses with power from the sun and also setting up a 50 MW solar park in public-private... Read More
Court rejects Chidambaram's plea
Aug 04, 2011
The Madras High Court Thursday dismissed a petition filed by union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to set aside a case challenging his election to the Lok Sabha in 2009 from Sivaganga constituency in Tam... Read More
Gowda is Karnataka chief minister, opponents boycott swearing-in
Aug 04, 2011
D.V. Sadananda Gowda Thursday took over as Bharatiya Janata Party's second chief minister in Karnataka with the immediate task of uniting the party split over his leadership and proving he is not a pr... Read More
India for probe into rights abuses in Sri Lanka
Aug 04, 2011
In a move that is bound to upset Colombo, India Thursday said it had sought a probe into alleged human rights abuses when the Sri Lankan military finally crushed the Tamil Tigers.... Read More
Tamil Nadu to check corruption in welfare schemes
Aug 04, 2011
The Tamil Nadu government has decided to use biometric based identification for beneficiaries to prevent leakages and corruption in welfare schemes.... Read More
Sadananda Gowda takes over as Karnataka CM
Aug 04, 2011
D.V. Sadananda Gowda was Thursday sworn in as Karnataka’s 20th chief minister at a brief ceremony on the lawns of Raj Bhavan here.... Read More
Raju, others denied bail in Satyam scam
Aug 04, 2011
A city court Thursday rejected the bail petition of B. Ramalinga Raju, former chairman of Satyam Computers, and seven other accused in India's biggest corporate fraud case.... Read More
Gowda woos Shettar faction before swearing-in
Aug 04, 2011
Hours before taking oath as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) second chief minister in Karnataka, D.V. Sadananda Gowda Thursday met the party’s faction leader Jagadish Shettar to ensure smooth... Read More
DMK boycotts budget over arrest of party leaders
Aug 04, 2011
The opposition DMK Thursday boycotted the first budget of the AIADMK government in the Tamil Nadu assembly to protest the arrest of four more party leaders on land grab charges, party officials said.... Read More