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Union Minister for Tourism shows off her batting skills on the MV Aquamarine

India Press Release (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Indian travelers can now play cricket, shop and enjoy a spa treatment - all while enjoying a cruise on the high seas

Union Minister for Tourism shows off her batting skills on the MV Aquamarine

India Press Release (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Indian travelers can now play cricket, shop and enjoy a spa treatment - all while enjoying a cruise on the high seas

Trinamool minister asked to pay bill, vacate five-star hotel

Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | yesterday

Union minister and Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed was on Monday asked by his party to leave his accommodation in the five-star Ashoka Hotel, where he has been staying for the last six months, running up an estimated bill of Rs 36 crore.

• Trinamool minister asked to pay bill, vacate five-star hotel - rediff News

Trinamool minister asked to pay bill, vacate five-star hotel

rediff News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Union minister and Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed was on Monday asked by his party to leave his accommodation in the five-star Ashoka Hotel, where he has been staying for the last six months, running up an estimated bill of Rs 36 crore.

Shortage of coir fibre: Minister promises help

Hindu (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009

ALAPPUZHA: Union Minister for Commerce Anand Sharma has assured that the Centre would take steps to solve the shortage of coir fibre in the State, which was accentuated by the export of the fibre from Tamil Nadu to China, K.C. Venugopal, MP, ...

Three arrested for attack on former union minister's home

Sify (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

Three people have been arrested for throwing petrol bombs at the house of former union minister and Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan here Friday night, police said.

• Chennai: Petrol bombs hurled at Cong leader's house - Times of India
• Swamy condemns attack on Elangovan's house - Daily News Analysis
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Minister’s son cremated

Hindu (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009

THANJAVUR: Body of Ko.Si.Mathiyalagan (53), son of Ko.Si.Mani, Minister for Cooperation, who died in Chennai on Thursday, was cremated in his native village Mekkirimangalam near Aduthurai on Friday. Union Minister of State for Finance ...

No cause for worry about Indian emigrants losing work: Minister

Hindu (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

ChennaiNo cause for worry about Indian emigrants losing work: Minister Most of the emigrants in Dubai belong to Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and PunjabCentre will again take up attacks on fishermen with Sri Lankan government CHENNAI: Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi on Saturday said there was no reason to worry about Indian emigrants losing work in...

Union Minister reviews Paradip port projects

Hindu (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

BHUBANESWAR: Paradip port would achieve a handling capacity of 134 million tons per annum of cargo on completion of developmental projects by March 2012. This was informed to Union Minister for Shipping Thiru G. K. Vasan, who visited ...

Tharoor hits out at Kerala chief minister

Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

Union Minister of state for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Thursday dismissed as “unfounded and misleading” the charges by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan who had accused him of using public platforms to deride the Left Democratic Front government in the state.

No correspondence between CJI and Madras HC judge on minister

Times of India (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

CIC's directive to Supreme Court to divulge complete correspondence between the CJI and Madras HC judge R Regupathi over the alleged phone call by a Union minister may not yield anything after all.

European ministers step to the plate against Google Books

Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009

European Union ministers have agreed to move forward with plans to counter a scheme by internet giant Google to create an immense digital library. They say the work should not be handled by the private sector alone.

Tharoor hits out at Kerala chief minister

rediff News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

Union Minister of state for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Thursday dismissed as "unfounded and misleading" the charges by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan who had accused him of using public platforms to deride the Left Democratic Front government in the state.

• Tharoor hits out at Achuthanandan - Times of India

Gundia: samiti’s plea to Minister

Hindu (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

HASSAN: The Malnad Janapara Horata Samiti has appealed to the Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh to share details of an official team’s scheduled visit to Gundia project site in Hassan ...

Union Minister moots preventive detention as the answer to video piracy: Meet of Ministers at New Delhi on the 5th of December, 2009

SPICY IP (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

Over the last few weeks, news has been trickling in that the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ambika Soni, has proposed a meeting in New Delhi, on December 5th to discuss the possibility of bringing in a nation-wide preventive detention law to tackle film piracy. Apparently the Tamil Nadu legislation, which was the first legislation to introduce preventive detention as...