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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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Topic: Tamil Nadu

Mekedatu dam latest flashpoint in Cauvery water row. What’s the story behind this TN-Karnataka dispute

With Cauvery river water being an extremely emotive issue, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK & ally Congress, which is in power in Karnataka, are walking a political tightrope.

BJP alleges 3 scams worth Rs 5,600 cr in ‘DMK Files 2’ as Stalin says BJP will destroy India

BJP leaders submit ‘DMK Files 2’ to governor, saying more details will be made public during state chief Annamalai’s padyatra. CM Stalin exhorts DMK workers to work to defeat BJP.

Seat by Modi for EPS at NDA meet, invite to OPS’s son next day — BJP juggles AIADMK factions

Palaniswami faction says Panneerselvam’s son being invited to floor leaders' meet as AIADMK leader 'wrong'. Expelled leader Panneerselvam's side says 'closely watching' developments.

TN minister says those ‘who drink before heavy-duty work not drunkards’, defends morning liquor sales

Tamil Nadu Minister for Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy talked about sanitation workers drinking to 'tolerate sewage'. Oppn says make their living conditions better instead.

After Senthil Balaji, now DMK minister Ponmudy on ED radar. ‘Shows BJP’s irritation’, says Stalin

Ponmudy accused of helping relatives illegally obtain quarry licences when he was Tamil Nadu mining minister. CM Stalin says oppn unity has irked BJP, raids are 'intimidation tactics'.

Protecting wildlife, curbing plastic use — IAS officer on a quest to make Tamil Nadu cleaner, greener

Addt'l chief secretary, environment climate change & forests, Supriya Sahu has introduced cloth bag ATMs in the state & initiatives to curb illegal poaching & smuggling.

Coimbatore DIG’s ‘suicide’ shocks Tamil Nadu, loved ones remember him as ‘positive & kind person’

Police say C Vijayakumar was suffering from 'OCD, depression', a claim dismissed by friends & colleagues. AIADMK says his alleged suicide 'raises suspicions', demands CBI probe.

HC nullifies election of OPS’s son from Theni LS in 2019 — ‘Suppressed assets, given false information’

OP Ravindranath Kumar, who won the Theni LS seat in 2019, was granted a 30-day stay on the verdict to appeal to the SC. He was the lone NDA MP from Tamil Nadu.

Amid incidents of caste discrimination in TN, ‘Maamannan’ echoes DMK’s message of ‘social justice’

Starring CM MK Stalin's son & DMK leader Udhayanidhi, the film portrays caste oppression within a fictional political party. AIADMK says, 'DMK has nothing to brag about, not done anything'.

‘Don’t want to fight, will resolve Cauvery dispute with Tamil Nadu,’ says Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar

Karnataka Dy CM Shivakumar said Friday that Bengaluru is facing a drinking water shortage & that he had called a meeting with his counterparts in Tamil Nadu on 8 or 9 July.

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Buses are stuck on third gear in India. It’s time to privatise with London-style GCC model

Using a GCC model, where the state contracts private operators, lowers costs and subsidies. It’s possible to run a high-quality service, as anyone who has used London’s buses will attest.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

Amid tensions with China, Philippines says BrahMos a ‘credible defence’

At interaction in Delhi Monday, Ambassador of Philippines also highlighted talks over possibility of high-level delegation visit later this year to mark 75 yrs of diplomatic ties.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.