Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's comment that onion prices in north India would be normalised if supply from the south resumes has drawn flak from across the country.

Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar's comment that onion prices in north India would be normalised if supply from the south resumes has drawn flak from across the country. Even lay farmers in Tamil Nadu have mocked the justification that rains in Tamil Nadu had triggered price rise (of onions and shallots) in the north.

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The hanging of Afzal Guru on Saturday has predictably rung the alarm bell for “Tamil nationalists” and human rights activists who cried foul over the UPA government “hurrying the execution in hush-hus

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse was greeted with robust protests by several Tamil parties and social outfits as he arrived Friday along with wife Shiranthi and a 70-member entourage for pilgrimage at Bodh Gaya and Tirupati. After a special Suprabhatha darshan of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala Saturday morning, they will return to Colombo by their special aircraft.

With just a month left for the monsoon season to end, the city could be heading for an acute water crisis in summer next year, if the rain plays truant and fails to make up for the existing deficit in

The Cauvery talks betwe­en Tamil Nadu chief mini­s­ter Jayalalithaa and her Kar­n­a­taka counterpa­rt Jagadi­sh­ Shettar colla­p­s­ed in less than an hour at a Benga­l­uru hotel on Thursday.

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It may be early, but the Congress party has seemingly entered into election mode already. Rahul Gandhi has deputed a four-member team to TN to assess the party’s prospe­cts in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

In a faux pas committed, wh­i­le commenting on the ap­p­al­ling power scenario in TN during a protest demonst­ration organised by Makkal Nala Paniyalargal here last week, Congress MLA Vij­a­y­adharani

Southern Railways has failed to meet the passenger demand this Diwali despite operating additional special trains.

The waiting lists in some late night trains connecting Chennai to other major towns