Tenali Rama Reports
Tamilnadu
Obama calls PM on `Vishwaroopam’, Bush unhappy
Washington/New Delhi : It is not just Muslim organisations in Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh that are angry with Kamal Haasan’s `Vishwaroopam’. Former US president George Bush has expressed his unhappiness with the film too as it shows Al-Qaeda terrorists indulging in shooting practise with George Bush’s face as target. “Hey, why is with this guy … Continue reading
`Dhoti-clad Tamil’ as PM? India reacts
Chennai : DMK president M Karunanidhi has stirred a hornet’s nest by talking in favour of a `dhoti-clad Tamil’ as Prime Minister of India. The observation made at a function in Chennai, also had Finance minister P Chidambaram in attendance and everyone believes Karunanidhi has publicly in his own cryptic style, given his blessings for … Continue reading
Nitin Gadkari bends his back, could run for PM
New Delhi : The AIADMK will ally with the NDA in the 2014 general elections. Sources in the BJP confirm that Tamilnadu chief minister Jayalalithaa took the decision after seeing the visuals of BJP president Nitin Gadkari touching the feet of Baba Ramdev. “I am more used to my ministers in Tamilnadu going completely flat … Continue reading
Karunanidhi to DMK : “Eat bitter, drink bitter, be bitter”
Chennai : DMK chief M Karunanidhi proved today he is not only a man of words but also a man who keeps his word. Within an hour of his announcing that his party will remain in the UPA with bitterness if the government did not roll back the petrol price hike, he showed the proof … Continue reading
All roads now lead to Chennai
Chennai : Chennai Super Kings’s entry into the playoffs stage, courtesy Deccan Chargers and then eliminating Mumbai from IPL5, has had an unexpected fallout. The server of Naukri.com, the number one job portal crashed, unable to take the load of applicants from Chennai. “Young people below 30 in Chennai now think that somehow they will … Continue reading
South Indians to Mamata : “We are Maoists”
Chennai : In a move that is likely to create tensions between West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and south Indians, the latter have taken strong objection to her tirade against Maoists. In an open letter titled “We are Maoists”, a group calling itself `Dosa Eating South Indians’ (DESI) has said Mamata does not realise … Continue reading
Raja gets a new job, he will count money
Chennai : The Raravana Bhavan chain of restaurants has sacked its high-profile cashier Vasool Raja, on charges that he was allowing certain customers to jump the queue if they lined his pocket. The proprietors of the south Indian food group told Tenali Rama that they have always followed the first-come-first-served policy. “Vasool Raja thambi manipulated … Continue reading
Why A K Antony doesn’t want to run for President
New Delhi : Defence minister A K Antony has clarified that he did not mean any disrespect to the office of the President when he said, “I am not a madman” when asked if he was in the running for the post of the country’s first citizen. “Vaat is dhis? I say vaat is dhis. … Continue reading
The April evening Chennai was spooked
Chennai : This is a story you would tell with extreme care and caution. But it so starkly characterises the current state of top-level politico-cricket relations that it is a folly to keep it under wraps, as the BCCI has tried to do for some time now. While many, including the spokesman for the BCCI, … Continue reading
Jaya declares Panneerselvam `most fit politician’
Chennai : Tamilnadu’s finance minister O Panneerselvam has been declared the most fit politician in the state. Chief minister J Jayalalithaa made the announcement at a function in Chennai on Sunday evening, showering high praise on Panneerselvam’s obsession with keeping himself fit. “People think he is prostrating before me and the media has a field … Continue reading
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