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FM plays a please-all tune
A slew of measures intended to benefit a large section of people ranging
from farmers, fishermen and housewives to students was announced in the
Tamilnadu Budget here today. Presenting the Budget, Finance Minister K
Anbazhagan announced that undergraduate students studying in government
arts colleges would be exempted from tuition fees, thereby extending free
education to them at the college- level. NT Bureau has more details
Red signal for traffic woes
A State-level City Corporation Traffic and Transportation Improvement
Advisory Committee would be set up to recommend traffic and transport solutions
for Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore, Finance Minister K Anbazhagan announced
in Tamilnadu Budget presented in the House today.
PMK sits in dharna in front of
CM's office
Anxiety and tension gripped Fort St. George today as PMK MLAs squatted
all of a sudden in front of the Chief Minister's office. The reason for
their impromptu dharna was the Chief Minister’s reluctance to grant audience
to them to voice their displeasure over personalised attacks on the PMK
supremo.
Traders strike bring diverse parties
together
In an effort to pressurise the government to stop the entry of corporates
and multinational companies into retail trade, the Protection Forum of
Koyambedu Commercial Complex Trade Aassociations observed a one-day token
fast in Chennai today and all shops in the sprawling wholesale market at
Koyambedu were closed.
NGOs, subversive activists
and foreign funds - III
NGOs, Subversive Activists and Foreign Funds- Anti-Nation Industry,
edited by Radha Rajan and Krishen Kak, is a provocative book which exposes
the political and anti-nation agenda of some very well-known NGOs and activists,
and clearly reveals their foreign sponsorships, donors and funds, both
hidden and open. V Sundaram writes.
Fans have to be cool
If Indian cricketers are inconsistent and exasperating, then by definition,
its fans are. One begets the other. And, it is time fans learn to treat
victory and defeat for the Indian team with equanimity, says Associate
Editor K Balakumar.
Time is ticking by, so brace up
With today being World Meteorological Day, the much talked about subject
that assumes more significance now than ever before is global warming.
It is high time to avoid polluting the surroundings to save the earth,
says G Ramanarayanan.
A catalyst for creativity
In a tiny room on Royapettah High Road, ten children could be seen squatting
on the floor, with their eyes glued to the objects they were sketching
on paper. More from V Padmasini. |
