Farmers successfully quench the thirst of crops Let us take a look at Nugumbal, a village in Cheyyur taluk, in Kancheepuram district. Even during peak summer days, several ponds and wells in this village hold surplus water. Farmers here plan for their third crop in May unlike their cousins in […]
Chennai Sandesh
Chennai women take Kali Avatar These Chennai ladies are all devotees of Semaathamman (Kali) whose temple situated bang on the premises of Chenna Metro Bus Terminus; it is more than 1500 years old. A portion of the land belonging to the temple is sought to be used for Metro Rail […]
Venom from a jihadi pen Threatening letters from jihadis normally name persons they would kill. But a threatening letter received by Hindu Munnani office last week contained a demand. It wanted Sakir Hussain now in police custody to be released, failing which Hindu Munnani will be destroyed, the letter stated. […]
When the apex court chose to belittle Hindus A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and Pinaki Chandra Misra of Supreme Court said, “Forcing a bull and keeping it in the waiting area for hours and subjecting it to the scorching sun is not for the animal’s well-being” and banned jallikattu […]
Whitewashing Caldwell The bicentenary of Irish missionary Robert Caldwell will be observed on May 7 as a government function. An order to this was issued by chief minister J Jayalalithaa on May 3. It is in response to a request from the Church. The bicentenary celebrations will begin at the […]
“One third of India Naxal infested”; Army Officer How safe is India? Jagbar Singh, Commanding Officer (South) Indian Army, says one-third of India is infested with Naxal menace. He was speaking as a Chief Guest at a symposium on ‘Technological Ad vancement in Defence Outfits’ organized by Confederation of Indian […]
Intelligence in trouble There was a report in the Tamil media that a visitor to Tamilnadu from Malaysia was taken aback by the absence of any wall writing or poster during the poll campaign. But the only poster making its appearance is that of the Election commission appealing to the […]
Intolerance of Modi baiters at its worst R N Joe D’Cruz is a popular Tamil novelist. He writes for and fights for depressed sections of society particularly the fisherfolk. He is a recipient of Sahitya Academy award. Last week his support for BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was widely […]
Vriksha Devo Bhava… Neyveli in Tamilnadu brings to one’s mind the biggest open coal mine in Asia. Last week a Shakha in Neyveli decided to take up watering saplings planted along the periphery of the huge playground where the Shakha is going on. The Shakha team has taken it up […]
MDMK manifesto tries to torpedo national oneness ‘United States of India’ – This is the name by which MDMK headed by Vaiko (once a DMK functionary) likes India to be called. The party has thought it fit to include this demand in its election manifesto released last week. As MDMK […]