Jayanth Jacob

Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said Tamil Nadu government is giving short shrift to the plight of the people in cyclone-hit areas in the state after visiting the region for a third time.

The Supreme Court issued a notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for not declaring criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.

Superstar Rajinikanth turned 68 today. However, the actor with many blockbusters under his belt has urged his fans to keep the celebrations low key this time in the wake of the devastation caused by cyclone Gaja in four coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, sources said.

Tamil Nadu's petition seeking an immediate stay on Centre's permission to Karnataka government for preparing a detailed project report or DPR for a proposed dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu about 110 km from Bengaluru, has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

Rajasthan assembly election: Despite her pedigree, politics has not been a cakewalk for Vasundhara Raje, who is seeking re-election in Rajasthan against all odds. The 65-year-old faces her toughest political challenge yet -- reversing the trend that no ruling party has been voted back to power in Rajasthan since in 1993.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi seeking re-election is hoping for "an emphatic" turnout and "resounding verdict" for the party in the state that votes today to elect a new government.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday unanimously demanded the Union Government to withdraw the permission given to Karnataka to prepare a detailed project report or DPR for a proposed dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, in yet another face off between the neighbouring states over sharing of river water

A petition seeking urgent hearing on allegations against former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the light of Justice Kurian Joseph's remarks that he was under "external influence" while taking decisions was declined by the Supreme Court today.

Raising the prospect of another showdown over river water sharing with Karnataka, The Tamil Nadu assembly will meet for a special session today to discuss the proposed construction of a reservoir-cum-drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery, about 110 km from Bengaluru.

A five-member team of French investigators arrived in Kerala to interrogate an alleged ISIS terror operative Subahani Haja Moideen in connection with the 2015 Paris terror attack, sources said.

A probe into the circumstances of the death of J Jayalalithaa is far from over two years after the former Tamil Nadu chief minister breathed her last in a Chennai hospital where she was admitted for 75 days.

The Kerala Assembly was adjourned for the fourth consecutive day on Monday after Congress-led opposition demanding a discussion on Sabarimala disrupted the proceedings. Amid noisy trading of charges between the treasury and Opposition benches, Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan adjourned the House for the day, barely twenty minutes after it was assembled.

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he would have to "run away" if the BJP came to power in Telangana, Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi delivered his retort. "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me to leave it," the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader said at a rally on Sunday.

There is no regret in going public against then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in January because the press conference by four sitting top court judges was held for a "cause," Justice Kurian Joseph said today, a day after his retirement from the Supreme Court.

Former bureaucrat HC Gupta and four others have been found guilty by a Delhi court in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the coal block to a Kolkata-based company.

Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said Tamil Nadu government is giving short shrift to the plight of the people in cyclone-hit areas in the state after visiting the region for a third time.

The Supreme Court issued a notice to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for not declaring criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.

Superstar Rajinikanth turned 68 today. However, the actor with many blockbusters under his belt has urged his fans to keep the celebrations low key this time in the wake of the devastation caused by cyclone Gaja in four coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, sources said.

Tamil Nadu's petition seeking an immediate stay on Centre's permission to Karnataka government for preparing a detailed project report or DPR for a proposed dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu about 110 km from Bengaluru, has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

Rajasthan assembly election: Despite her pedigree, politics has not been a cakewalk for Vasundhara Raje, who is seeking re-election in Rajasthan against all odds. The 65-year-old faces her toughest political challenge yet -- reversing the trend that no ruling party has been voted back to power in Rajasthan since in 1993.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi seeking re-election is hoping for "an emphatic" turnout and "resounding verdict" for the party in the state that votes today to elect a new government.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday unanimously demanded the Union Government to withdraw the permission given to Karnataka to prepare a detailed project report or DPR for a proposed dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu, in yet another face off between the neighbouring states over sharing of river water

A petition seeking urgent hearing on allegations against former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in the light of Justice Kurian Joseph's remarks that he was under "external influence" while taking decisions was declined by the Supreme Court today.

Raising the prospect of another showdown over river water sharing with Karnataka, The Tamil Nadu assembly will meet for a special session today to discuss the proposed construction of a reservoir-cum-drinking water project at Mekedatu across the Cauvery, about 110 km from Bengaluru.

A five-member team of French investigators arrived in Kerala to interrogate an alleged ISIS terror operative Subahani Haja Moideen in connection with the 2015 Paris terror attack, sources said.

A probe into the circumstances of the death of J Jayalalithaa is far from over two years after the former Tamil Nadu chief minister breathed her last in a Chennai hospital where she was admitted for 75 days.

The Kerala Assembly was adjourned for the fourth consecutive day on Monday after Congress-led opposition demanding a discussion on Sabarimala disrupted the proceedings. Amid noisy trading of charges between the treasury and Opposition benches, Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan adjourned the House for the day, barely twenty minutes after it was assembled.

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said he would have to "run away" if the BJP came to power in Telangana, Hyderabad lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi delivered his retort. "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me to leave it," the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader said at a rally on Sunday.

There is no regret in going public against then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in January because the press conference by four sitting top court judges was held for a "cause," Justice Kurian Joseph said today, a day after his retirement from the Supreme Court.

Former bureaucrat HC Gupta and four others have been found guilty by a Delhi court in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the coal block to a Kolkata-based company.