Tamil Nadu vigilance officials today conducted raids at the residences of former DMK minister K K S S R Ramachandran here and in Virudhunagar district for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets.
Locked in a bitter row with Tamil Nadu on the Mullaperiar Dam issue, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy on Monday maintained that the safety of the century-old dam was a "concern" for his state and that a new structure was a solution "where both sides win."
A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu could not remain idle and would be commissioned in a couple of weeks, people agitating against the project and the Centre appeared headed for a showdown.
Casting doubts on government's intentions over Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare today accused it of repeatedly betraying his team and said he is firm with his agitation plan if an effective anti-graft legislation was not passed in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
With pressure mounting on the Centre for enacting a strong anti-graft legislation, home minister P Chidambaram today said the Lokpal Bill will "certainly" be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament.
A special session of the Tamil Nadu assembly will be held tomorrow to pass a resolution that the state will not give up its rights over the Mullaperiyar Dam.
After days of simmering tension and sporadic violence in this border town over the Mullaperiyar dam issue, about 30000 people took out a peaceful procession in Cumbum, demanding that it be protected at all costs.
DMK president M Karunanidhi, a Congress ally, warned the central government on Monday of “severe repercussions” if it remained silent on the feud between Tamil Nadu and Kerala on the Mullaperiyar dam issue.
The DMK today observed a State-wide one-day fast to press Kerala to raise the height of the Mullaperiyar reservoir to 142 ft from the present 136 ft as per the 2006 Supreme Court order and drop its plan for a new dam. They also opposed Kerala's demand to lower the level to 120 ft.
DMK today announced it would organise fasts all over Tamil Nadu on December 12, demanding that the Centre prevails upon Kerala to implement the Supreme Court order, raising the storage level of Mullaperiyar Dam to 142 feet from 136 feet.
The political tussle between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam has shifted to the streets of Chennai, Coimbatore and Thanjavur with Tamil groups attacking shops owned by Keralites and forcing them to shut down on Wednesday.
A bomb packed in a lunch box was on Wednesday found near a tank at Thiruvathavur, about 15 km from Madurai, police said.
Assuring that the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam was safe, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa today appealed to the people of Kerala not to succumb "to the mechanisations of ill-wishers and unscrupulous mischief mongers".
Five Indian fishermen, taken into custody by Sri Lankan naval personnel five days back, are likely to be released on December 5 after being questioned for alleged possession of drugs, fisheries department officials in Rameswaram said.
Seven Sabarimala pilgrims were killed and 15 injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a bus near Salem on Monday.