Rail roko rolls, halts immediately

On a day of swift developments, the rail roko organised today to press for the Salem Railway Division turned out to be an apparent success as the Union government has conceded the demand of Tamilnadu.

Sex racket busted; four held

The Anti-Vice Squad of the Chennai city police today busted a sex racket being run at a house in suburban Medavakkam and rescued two women.Four persons including a woman were arrested.

Cable TV biz: Jaya rubbishes MK's claim

AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa today rubbished Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's claim that the Sate government is venturing into the cable TV business only to make more revenue while alleging that it was a move to settle scores with Maran brothers' Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) enjoying monopoly in the cable TV distribution system.

15 lakh CTVs given to people

The Stage government has so far distributed over 15 lakh colour television sets under the free CTVs scheme. According to an official release yesterday, 17.67 lakh CTVs have been handed over to all the District Collectors for distribution till 19 August.

Two women die of diarrhoea

Diarrhoea outbreak has been reported in around Gingee resulting in the death of two women.

Red spells danger

My thick skull is nuclear-resistant. Somehow, stuff like plutonium, uranium, curium, neptunium etc fail to make even a dent on my cranium. I guess it is so for many of you readers also with all this high voltage nit-picking on the the nitty-gritties of Indo-US nuclear deal passing way above our heads. Editor T R Jawahar writes.

There is a moral in this story

Ever since I started to carry my email id at the bottom of this column, needless to say my inbox is overflowing like an Onyx dustbin as unknown but kindly hearts are thoughtful enough to offer me either several thousands of dollars stashed away in some African country or unlimited supplies of viagra. Associate Editor K Balakumar writes.

The unknown saga of a known civil servant

A sense of honour, simple nobility of soul, an unsullied purity of character and above all a capacity for love and devotion to several public causes-all these qualities have made B S Raghavan's moral personality unique says V Sundaram.

Affable actor, adorable appa

Ramesh is a versatile actor, who has proved his histrionics both on stage and on small screen. Fondly called as 'Appa' Ramesh , he derived his name from the fact that he enacts the role of father in Crazy Mohan's stage plays. Preetha Kadhir interviews.