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AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha accepted the challenge by DMK president M. Karunanidhi for an open debate on the Cauvery issue, saying she was prepared to face him in the State Assembly. Repeatedly charging Mr. Karunanidhi with betraying the State on the emotive inter-State river water-sharing dispute with Karnataka, Ms. Jayalalalithaa said the DMK patriarch should make up his mind on accepting her challenge and announce it publicly “lest he himself accepts that he had betrayed” the people. Addressing an election rally in Arani, she recalled that Mr. Karunanidhi had in a recent public meeting at Tiruvarur asked if the two could debate the issue in the Assembly. “I accept Karunanidhi’s challenge. I am ready to discuss the Cauvery issue in the next assembly session to be convened after the Lok Sabha elections. I am ready to list out Karunanidhi’s betrayals,” she said.  The Chief Minister laid down a condition that only Mr. Karunanidhi should face he...

Jayalalithaa lists projects expected to bridge gap Tamil Nadu will have surplus power by the end of this year, Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa has said. Addressing a public meeting, she said: “The State will get 230 MW after NLC expansion by July. The NLC-TNEB joint venture project at Tuticorin will generate another 387 MW. The Vallur third unit will start contributing 350 MW from August. Besides, agreements have been signed for purchase of 3,300 MW for 15 years. The Sholapur-Raichu r power line, now under trial, will be available for commercial use shortly and contribute another 1,208 MW to the State. The Kudankulam second unit will supply 462 MW by the end of this year.” “When I took charge as Chief Minister in 2011, the State’s requirement was 11,000 MW, against the generation of 8,000 MW. Certain amount of time is required to bridge the 3,000-MW gap,” she said.

As a result of the ceaseless efforts of Chief Minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, second round of fishermen level talks between representatives of Tamil Nadu and Srilanka to be held on May 12th and 13th. As a result of the ceaseless efforts of Chief Minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, the second level of talks between the fishermen of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka will take place on the 12th and 13th of May 2014. A letter has been written by Tamil Nadu to the Government of India in this regard. According to the letter, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Puratchi Thalaivi Amma had written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the 20th of September last year proposing fishermen level talks between fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. As a follow up to this, the fishermen level talks were held in Chennai on the 1st of January this year. In reply to the centre’s letter on the 28th of february 2014, it was conveyed by Tamil Nadu on the 2nd of March 2014 that the next round of talks...

சென்னை: ராஜீவ் காந்தி கொலைக்கைதிகளை விடுதலை செய்ய நடவடிக்கை எடுத்த முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா வுக்கு ஒட்டு மொத்த தமிழர்களும் உறுதுணையாக நிற்பார்கள்’ என்று இயக்குனர் பாரதிராஜா தெரிவித்துள்ளார். முன்னாள் பிரதமர் ராஜீவ்காந்தி கொலை வழக்கில் தூக்குத்தண்டனை விதிக்கப்பட்ட பேரறிவாளன், சாந்தன், முருகன், நளினி உள்பட 7 பேரின் விடுதலை நடவடிக்கைக்கு ஆதரவு தெரிவித்து தமிழ் திரையுலகம் சார்பில், சென்னை வடபழனியில் உள்ள ஆர் .கே.வி. ஸ்டுடியோவில் இயக்குனர் பாரதிராஜா தலைமையில் கூட்டம் நடந்தது. இந்த கூட்டத்தில் பேசிய பாரதிராஜா, "உலக நாடுகள் அனைத்தும் தூக்குத் தண்டனையை எதிர்க்கும் சூழ்நிலையில், ராஜீவ் காந்தி கொலை வழக்கில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம் தலைமை நீதிபதி சதாசிவம் மிக சரியான தீர்ப்பை சொல்லி இருக்கிறார். குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவர்களை விடுதலை செய்வது மாநில அரசின் முடிவு என்று அவர் தீர்ப்பு கூறியதும் முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதா தாய்மை உணர்வுடன் பேரறிவாளன், சாந்தன், முருகன் ஆகிய 3 பேர் உள்பட சிறையில் இருக்கும் 7 பேரையும் விடுதலை செய்ய உத்தரவிட்டார். இதற்காக உலக தமிழர்கள் அத்தனைபேரும், கண்ணீரால் முதல்வர் ஜெயலலிதாவிற்கு நன்றி தெரிவிக...

Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu), March 21 - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa said the government has decided to set up an industrial park here for food processing, engineering and printing industries. She also questioned the DMK’s commitment to its promise of nationalisation and inter-linking of rivers as the party did not do anything towards that when it was part of the ruling United Progressi ve Alliance (UPA) government. Addressing an election rally here, 525 km from Chennai, Jayalalithaa said: “The government is taking steps to set up an industrial park for food processing, engineering and printing industries.” She said the park would come up in an area of 3,400 acres. She also listed the other measures taken by the government for development of Virudhunagar. Referring to the DMK’s poll promise of nationalisation and inter-linking of rivers, Jayalalithaa said: “The DMK was part of the central government since 1996. The party has been mentioning this promise in all its manifestos...

Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that she would support Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalitha for the Prime Ministerial post. Mamata also clarified that she doesn't mind working Jaya and her party AIADMK in the upcoming general elections. Talking to a television channel, Mamata said that she would never ever support BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. “After the Gujarat riots, Trinamool Congress demanded Mr. Modi's resignation but they did not and so we came out of NDA. We are looking for non-Congress and non-BJP governments in the center,” added Mamata.

The party's candidates are: P Venugopal (Tiruvallur), T G Venkatesh Babu (Chennai North), J Jeyavardhan (Chennia South), S R Vijayakumar (Central Chennai), K N Ramachandran (Sriperumbudur), Maragatham Kumaravel (Kancheepuram), Tiruttani K Hari (Arakkonam), B Senguttuvan (Vellore), K Ashok Kumar (Krishnagiri), P S Mohan (Dharmapuri), R Vanaroja (Tiruvannamalai), Ginjee Seval V Elumalai (Arani), S Rajendran (Villupuram) K Kamaraj (Kallakurichi), V Pannerselvam (Salem), P R Sundaram (Namakkal), S Selvakumara Chinnaiyan (Erode), V Sathyabama (Tirupur), C Gopalakrishnan (Nilgiris), A P Nagarajan (Coimbatore), C Mahendran (Pollachi), M Udayakumar (Dindigul), M Thambidurai (Karur), PKumar (Trichy), R P Marudairaj (Perambalur), A Arunmozhithevan (Cuddalore), M Chandirakasi (Chidambaram), R K Bharathimohan (Myladuthurai ), K Gopal (Nagapattinam) K Parasuraman (Thanjavur), P R Senthilnathan (Sivaganga), R Gopalakrishnan (Madurai), R Parthiban (Theni), D Radhakrishnan (Vridhunagar), A Anwarra...