Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the Koodankulam Nuclear Power plant, whose commissioning has been stalled due to protests, cannot be allowed to remain ‘idle’ when the nation has sunk an amount of Rs 14,000 crore on the project.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday hit out at the Prime Minister for being silent on the Mullaperiyar issue despite writing two letters asking him to rein in Kerala for spreading panic over dam safety and also seeking CISF cover at dam site to prevent any man-made disaster.

In a rare show of unity, political parties in Tamil Nadu unanimously adopted a resolution in the legislative Assembly on Thursday that the state would never relinquish its right over Mullaperiyar and asked Kerala to repeal its amended Act to increase water level in the dam to 142 feet, as directed by the Supreme Court.

Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Friday said the chief ministers of Kerala and Tamil Nadu should meet on the vexed Mullaperiyar Dam issue at the earliest to chalk out an amicable settlement.

Stepping up her attack against the Centre, Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa on Thursday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of remaining silent on the Mullaperiyar dam row.

The AP high court on Tuesday stayed the preliminary enquiries it had previously ordered by the CBI, Enforcement Directorate, the state government and the state police against former chief minister and Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu and others.

Former India captain Anil Kumble on Tuesday said he resigned as National Cricket Academy's chairman as he didn't want to be just a "figurehead" when none of his plans found support from other committee members.

Seeking to ensure unanimous election of Karnataka chief minister Sadananda Gowda in the December 22 Legislative Council byelection, his predecessor B.S.

Nuclear medicine hazard looms large in hospitals in the state with many of them not following the safety code of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).

As Anna Hazare observed a day-long fast in New Delhi on Sunday, people at his native Ralegan Siddhi village too observed fast, staged marches and shops there downed their shutters while his supporters