Left not right: Karunanidhi

In a sharp reaction to the CPI (M)'s demonstration seeking house site pattas for the homeless, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today rebuked the Left party for asking the government to do something which they themselves had not fully done in the States ruled by them (viz Kerala and West Bengal).

Bus men rally, but nobody to rally for passengers

The trade unions affiliated to the ruling DMK today organised a march up to the Secretariat here demanding the restoration of the concessions rolled back by the previous AIADMK government.

Man steps on electric fence, dies

An old man who inadvertently stepped on an electric fence around a field near here was charred to death this morning. 

Dejected actress commits suicide

Apparently dejected at not getting enough acting opportunities, a small-time actress committed suicide by hanging herself at her house in Kodambakkam.  

'123 Agreement against sovereignty'

AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa has described the Indo-US nuclear deal as against India's sovereignty and has urged the Centre to constitute a committee of experts, parliamentarians and citizens to go into the 123 agreement. 

Rajni's bag lost and found

Actor Rajnikanth's bag was reportedly found missing after he returned to the city by a British Airways flight from London a couple of days of ago.

Now engg colleges feel the heat

The State government has decided to form 50 permanent committees to prohibit engineering colleges from taking tuition fee more than what is prescribed.

Raise maternity leave, govt told

Private companies and government departments were told to provide an isolated, secure place for mothers to breast feed their children during office hours.

Fishermen in troubled waters

Fishermen associations are up in arms against the proposed Coastal Zone Management (CZM) notification 2007 as it paved way for displacement of fishing communities.

Sports meet for Home Guards

Chennai City Home Guards is hosting its three-day 19th Inter-range  State-level Home Guards Professional and Sports meet, beginning tomorrow at the Rajarathinam stadium here.

My favourite poems and poets-VII

John Donne (1572 -1631) said, 'Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were'. The business of the Poet is not to find new emotions, but use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into inspired immortal poetry, to express celestial feelings which are not in actual emotions at all. V Sundaram writes.

Man with magical fingers

Noted Mridangist Palghat R Raghu shares memorable moments of his early life, his association with his Guru Palghat Mani Iyer and his art in an interview to V Padmasini.