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Five-year plans and the dreaded Commission which spawned them may have been consigned to the dustbin of history but the mindset and culture that venerated them is still alive.

On the contrary: Trouser talk

We are brilliant at brainstorming but quite hopeless when it comes to implementation.

5 Feb 2017 7:12 AM IST

A tamer embraces the hump of a bull in Dindigul. (Photo: DC)

42 injured in Dindigul jallikattu

Thousands of people from 40 villages had gathered to witness the sport, in which the bull-tamers were very enthusiastic.

5 Feb 2017 6:40 AM IST

Bull tamers undergo medical examination at a primary government school at Avaniyapuram near Madurai on Saturday (Photo: DC)

Festive mood at Avaniyapuram, more youth throng for jallikattu

1, 350 bull-tamers, 916 bulls register for today's event near Madurai.

5 Feb 2017 6:37 AM IST

Lt Governor immediately after assuming office had also urged the Puducherry administration to implement the helmet rule ordered by the Madras high court without fail.

Helmets compulsory in Pondicherry from May 1

Even as authorities implemented the compulsory helmet rule in adjacent Tamil Nadu, there is laxity in the Union...

5 Feb 2017 6:32 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Balanced Budget, says hotel association

Vikram Oberoi, president, HAI, has termed the Budget a â€œbalanced: one which will ensure Indian economy â€œremains on a...

5 Feb 2017 6:26 AM IST

Madras High Court

Loyola goes to Madras HC against state CIC

The shift I is government aided stream while shift II is a self financing stream.

5 Feb 2017 6:13 AM IST