CM has not taken any steps to resolve Cauvery dispute: Pandian

Madurai, Mar 24 : CPI leader D Pandian has alleged that DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has not taken any step to reslove the vexed Cauvery issue, despite his party being an ally of the present UPA government and he being at the helm of affairs five times since 1968."Karunanidhi's party is an ally of the present UPA government and he has held the post of Chief Minister five times since 1968. But he has not taken any steps to resolve the Cauvery water dispute," he told reporters here last night.He also found fault with DMK ministers at the Centre for not raising any questions in Parliament about the hike in prices of petrol and diesel.

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Rajasthan Royals post 183 for 5 against Kings XI

Chennai,Mar24 : Spurious drugs valued at Rs one crore have been seized from a private godown here in the wake of authorities unearthing a racket in sale of expired medicines.Special teams have been formed to trace five persons believed to be the main accused in the case, including one Meenakshisundram, a police release said.A police team seized the expired and spurious drugs from a godown at Puraswalkam.While seven persons have already been arrested in connection with the case, two others have surrendered before a local court, police said.Police said they were coordinating with Drugs Control authorities to prevent sale of spurious and expired drugs.Recently, police recovered spurious and expired drugs from different parts of the state including Chennai which were allegedly meant for sale after repackaging, following which Chief Minister M Karunanidhi directed officials to tighten vigil and prevent sale of such drugs.He had instructed police and Drugs Control department officials to initiate stringent action against those involved in the trade and bring them to book.

Rajasthan Royals post 183 for 5 against Kings XI

Rajasthan Royals post 183 for 5 against Kings XI Mohali, Mar 24 : Put into bat, Rajasthan Royals posted 183 for five against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League here today.Brisk score:Rajasthan Royals: 183 for 5 in 20 overs (Adam Voges 45 not out, Faiz Fazal 45, Michael Lumb 41; S Sreesanth 1/20).

Infrastructucal development works would be completed by April

Coimbatore,Mar 4 : Necessary infrastructural development works for the coming World Tamil Classical Conference beginning here from June 23 are proceeding at full swing and expected to be completed by April, Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary, K S Sripathy said today.Despite some obstacles,the works taken up so far were satisfactory and repairs of approach roads to the venue at CODISSIA Hall would also be completed by April, Sripathy told reporters, after a review meeting with district and police officials, with regard to the conference.Stating that the overbridge construction at Hope College, just 500 metres from the venue would be completed in another month's time, he said works on renovation of the area around the city airport was also going on a war-footing.The city corporation has taken up works for constructing footpath, parks and installing streetlights and if required, necessary manpower would be provided for speeding up the works, Sripathy said.
-Agencies

Movie Review: Kacheri Aarambam

Jeeva, one of the talented actors of the present, delivers yet another commercial hit without bothering to worry about finesse. In the opening sequence, Jeeva lands up in the big, bad world of Chennai (haven’t we seen enough of them landing up?) and takes up the job of an assistant to Vadivelu, who run a shop in the Burma Bazaar locality. Enters Poonam Bajwa, the heroine who accidentally saves Jeeva’s life from a ‘road accident’. It’s love-at-first-sight for our hero, who decides to follow Poonam wherever she goes, not dissimilar to the way Madhavan chases Meera Jasmine in the film ‘Run’. Poonam’s deadpan expressions convey that there could be more to her brooding silence.Local don Sivamani (J.D. Chakravarty) had already fallen in love with Poonam and harasses her to fall in love with him. When Jeeva gets to know the reason for her panic-stricken silence, he attempts a novel (!) way to the solution. He joins Sivamani’s gang, wins his trust and then tries to tactically dismantle him from his position. Once Jeeva’s hide-and-seek game comes out in the open, it’s a free-for-all between him and the terror gang, culminating into a bloody climax. The initial sequences when Jeeva pens down his feelings and elopes from his house are enjoyable but the film drags as it moves into the second half. It’s a fact that at places, the film has the look of ‘Tamizhpadam’, a full-time spoof on Tamil film which released recently. But for Vadivelu whose character is named ‘Deepavali’ in the film, the viewers would have found it very hard sit through the entire length of the film. Vadivelu and Jeeva’s comic portions have come off very well indeed. Befriending the villain and then taking him on isn’t something we haven’t watched earlier in Tamil films. As such, the film obviously drags in the second half. After ‘Thenavattu’, this would be the second time Poonam gets to pair up opposite Jeeva. She does have a flawless face but her charm vanishes as she is seen in a state of grief most of the time. Nisha Kothari a.k.a. Amoha, who debuted in Saran’s ‘Jay Jay’ opposite Madhavan a few years back, returns in a bold and new avatar. The girl shines in a customary ‘item’ number with her generosity. Chakravarty as the don has done what’s expected of him, although his character has been given too much of a ‘prelude’ to drive home the point that he’s a dreaded conman. The way he repeatedly gets fooled by Jeeva’s cheap tricks doesn’t appear natural at all. Ditto in the sequence when Jeeva, hit hard on the head by an iron rod, regains his consciousness within seconds to bash up the baddies: won’t someone care for logic? Debutant director Thiraivannan proves aptly that he does have the ‘knack’ in him to make a pure commercial entertainer which won’t test anybody’s ‘thinking part’ of the brain. Young heroes who aspire to make it big as action heroes could approach Thiraivannan and get a fair deal. It’d help him if he concentrates in making his films a bit more meaningful. Imman disappoints with his songs and background score except for the song ‘Vaada Vaada..’. The particular song, shot at and in and around Agra in the backdrop of Taj Mahal, is an eye-catching one. ‘Kacheri Aarambam’ is a reasonably acceptable fare if you give logic the slip!

Energy saving lamps in railway division

Coimbatore, Mar 20: As part of the energy saving process initiated by Railways, Palakkad division has replaced incandescent lamps with Compact Fluorescent Lamps in all its residential quarters, coming under the division from Mangalore Central in Karnataka to Madukarai in Tamil Nadu.

Four CFLs were distributed to each quarter and a total of about 9,000 CFLs replaced free of cost, an official release said today.

Around 13,500 units of electric energy per month can be saved due to this, since the lamps were provided for high usage areas like living room, kitchen, bedroom and dining room to give maximum benefit.

The CFLs are manufactured by Philips with life of 10,000 burning hours, the release said. - Agencies