Rewrite Constitution: Governor

In a surprise plea, Governor Surjit Singh Barnala today urged the Central government to rewrite the Constitution which should reflect the aspirations of the backward people and minorities in a better fashion. 

AIADMK sets the tone

The stage for this short session of Assembly was perhaps set even before the Governor could begin his customary speech as the principal opposition party, the AIADMK, began its protest and eventually ended with a walkout along with its allies.

Dam issue: 'Justice will prevail in TN'

The DMK government today said it would ensure justice in the State with regard to the inter-State river water dispute.

One dead, 2 hurt in  lorry-van crash

Three persons travelling on a motorcycle were involved in a road accident which left one of them dead and  two others injured near Maduravoyal bypass road yesterday.

Seven arrested for gambling

Seven persons were arrested on the charge of gambling at Koyambedu here. Police, acting on a tip-off that gambling was on at Ayyappa Nagar, arrested.

One killed as bike collides with van

A man was killed and another is fighting for life as a van smashed their bike at Guduvanchery yesterday.

A widow's tale of woes

A young widow, who was victim of a chain-snatcher, was made to run from pillar to post to lodge a complaint at the police station.

Two workers go missing

Two labourers, who had been to work a couple of weeks ago, are reported missing in Guduvancherry and Kelambakkam respectively.

On trail of kidney brokers

 CB-CID has launched a hunt for kidney brokers even as it continued to have under scanner 10 hospitals during the investigation into the kidney racket issue in Chennai.

DMK govt to continue with welfare schemes

The DMK government will continue to implement the freebee schemes it had announced and would also launch new welfare projects in the current year. This found a mention in the customary address by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala in the Assembly today.

Need of the hour ...Read!

The visual onslaught by TV poses the biggest challenge to the printed word. While poaching of ad revenues by TV from print has been happening for more than a decade now, a greater concern for newspaper publishers should be the conversion of readers into viewers. Editor T R Jawahar elaborates on this.

Archbishops' guilt march-II

The whole of England is excited about the proposed 'Pardon of Guilt March' to be undertaken by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on 24 March, 2007 in London city, writes V Sundaram.

Earning even while satisfying the yearning

Generation now is setting new standards in mutli-tasking by becoming fnancially independent even while pursuing their studies full-time. A common sight is to see students caught up in the BPO grindmill, says Rachel Chitra.