SAVE FRONTIER MEDIVILLE

by S Viswanathan - July 1, 2019July 2, 20190

It was a dream project: An integrated R&D centre, a heart museum, an animal farm, a garden of herbal plants, a training centre and a convention centre, spread over 300 acres in North Madras. The brilliant cardio-thoracic surgeon Dr K M Cherian promoted it jointly with the Tamil Nadu Industrial

PREVIEW SUGGESTIONS

by Adminw - July 1, 20190

M R Sivaraman, Revenue Secretary in the early 1990s, earned a reputation for frequent and close interactions with offices and supervisions of the tax spread across the country. The then Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, paid rich compliments to Sivaraman’s stewardship at the critical time of India’s transition into a

Jai, Jai, Jaitley!

by S Viswanathan - July 1, 20190

The new cabinet of the Modi II government will miss the brilliant Arun Jaitley. Despite serious health problems, Jaitley valiantly soldiered on and lent a good deal of strength and respectability to the finance portfolio. The most invaluable of his contributions relate to the GST. This brilliant lawyer succeeded in

POWER CENTRE: Poor representation of south

by S Viswanathan - July 1, 20190

The representation of the southern states in the Union cabinet is meagre. This is related to the poor performance of the BJP in the south, save Karnataka. Of the 130 seats, the BJP drew a blank in Andhra, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu. Four cabinet berths have been provided for Karnataka.

TASKS FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT

Cover Story

by S Viswanathan - June 4, 2019June 14, 20190

There should be great relief over the lengthy election process coming to an end. The relief is for a large number of political parties, thousands of candidates, the Election Commission and of course, to the public. Spread over two months, especially during the sweltering heat of summer, the process appeared

ANDHRA SAYS “REDDY GARU SVAGATA”

Politics

by S Viswanathan - June 4, 2019June 14, 20190

From the time of his father’s untimely death in 2009, he has wanted to seat himself on the chief ministerial gaddi. Although he was placed on a turbulent political path, his strong-minded emphasis on becoming the CM finally happened as his YSR Congress secured a landslide victory. Within a decade

MODI MAGIC Voted for decisive action

by S Viswanathan - June 4, 2019June 5, 20190

The 68-year-old Narendra Damodardas Modi cruises to a second term in office. With that, he becomes the first non-Congress Prime Minister to return to power for a full five-year term. The BJP has won over 300 seats and with its partners, the NDA has a stunning tally of 350. The

CSK, MI and Dhoni

Chennai

by V Pattabhi Ram - June 2, 2019June 14, 20190

The slugfest between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings has shades of the Ashes battle and fans of the two clubs love to hate each other. Here's a sample exchange. • Hey, we are champs. • 1-0 • Come to Chennai. We will see. • 2-0 • Qualifierla vaanga • 3-0 • Finalla vechu pathudomla. • 4-0 • Next year

EXIT POLLS

Mail box

by Adminw - June 2, 20190

Exit polls are based on a statistical sampling method adopted in many scientific activities. The basis for exit polls is a perfectly-tested scientific method. The randomly selected subject may deliberately cheat in exit polls which is not possible with scientific entities! Another potential problem could be the sampling size. In

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