Tamil Nadu: 2012 Year In Review: Top 10 News

1. As an NRI desi: Indian Foreigners vs Europe Locals

2. Crime and Punishment: People taking law in their own hands vs Turning blind eye to Law abusing Common Man

3. Influential Celebrity: Chinamyee, Karthi Chidambaram were in Social Media vs Karunanidhi enters Twitter and FB

4. Anti-Growth Lobbyists: Power cuts for citizens vs Koodankulam Nuclear Energy

5. Eternal Conservatives: Love Marriages vs Inter-caste Protection

6. Nature vs Man made: Cyclone Nilam and Thane vs Tamil Nadu Express Fire

7. Forces beyond us: God-men Nithyananda vs Foreign hand ISI in Tamil Nadu

8. Repeatability vs Consistency: Sivakasi Fire Accidents vs. Sri Lanka arresting TN Fishermen

9. Dengue Returns vs Former telecom Minister A Raja Returns

10. Ka series: Highly Expected and stayed in limelight but never came out – Kadal, Kochaidaiyaan, Kalaam, Kaveri

Top 10 influential Indian tweeters: Politics, Cinema, MSM Media Stars

According to the Burson-Marsteller study, the ten most influential Twitter accounts in India are (alphabetically):

1. Kiran Bedi – @thekiranbedi
2. Anand Mahindra – @anandmahindra
3. Narendra Modi – @narendramodi
4. Derek O’Brien – @quizderek
5. Vir Sanghvi – @virsanghvi
6. Jonathan Shainin – @jonathanshainin
7. Digvijaya Singh – @digvijaya_28
8. Dr. Subramanian Swamy – @Swamy39
9. Sushma Swaraj – @SushmaSwarajBJP
10. Shashi Tharoor – @ShashiTharoor

According to the Pinstorm India Influencers list, the most influential Indians are celebrities.

1. Priyanka Chopra with an aggregated score of 85
2. Sashi Tharoor
3. Amitabh Bachchan
4. Ram Gopal Varma
5. Hrithik Roshan
6. Akshay Kumar
7. Madhuri Dixit
8. Kiran Bedi
9. Shahrukh Khan
10. Actor Siddarth

Indian firm Pinstorm runs a similar ranking system called the ‘India influencers list’ which averages a users Klout score and Peer Index score. Peer Index, is like Klout, a social media analytical tool that measures influence.

Top Indian Political Parties by Income: Donations to Elections

1. Indian National Congress (INC) – Rs 1,660 crore

2. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) – Rs 1,226 crore

3. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – Rs 852 crore

4. Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI(M) – Rs 335 crore

5. Samajwadi Party – Rs 200 crore

6. National Congress Party (NCP) – Rs 140 crore

7. Communist Party of India (CPI) – ?

8. Janata Dal (United) – JD(U) – ?

9. All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) – ?

10. Janata Dal (Secular) – JD(S) – Rs 4.63 crore

Air crashes involving political leaders

1. 1973: Union Minister for Steel S Mohan Kumar Mangalam
2. 1980: Congress Leader Sanjay Gandhi
3. 1994: Punjab Governor Surendranath (in Himachal Pradesh)
4. 1996: Eminent Physicist Homi Jehangir Bhabha (in France)
5. 1997: Minister of State for Defence NVN Somu (in Arunachal Pradesh)
6. 2001: Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Dera Natung
7. 2001: Former Union Minister Madhav Rao Scindia (in UP)
8. 2002: Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi (in Andhra Pradesh)
9. 2004: Popular South Indian actress and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Soundarya (in Karnataka)
10. 2005: Haryanan Ministers Surinder Singh & OP Jindal
11. 2009: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy

Best woman politician in India?

Source: connect.in.com – Explore Profiles and Express your Opinions on People, Places, Trends and Events

1. Mayawati
2. Sonia Gandhi
3. Jayalalithaa
4. Sushma Swaraj
5. Brinda Karat
6. Sheila Dikshit
7. Mamta Banerjee
8. Vasundhara Raje
9. Uma Bharati
10. Pratibha Patil
11. Mehbooba Mufti

Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency: Complaints given by the CPI(M)

CPI(M) candidate P. Mohan is pitted against the DMK candidate and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s son M K Azaghiri in Madurai.

1. Complaint against distribution of consumer goods to voters by the DMK (dated 03.03.2009)

2. Complaint against conducting Medical camp in the name of birthday celebration of the DMK candidate (03.03.2009)

3. Complaint against the District Election Officer for not taking action against violation of model code of conduct (05.03.2009)

4. Complaint against bulk applications for inclusion in the voters list (20.03.2009)

5. Complaint against distribution of cash, sarees etc to the voters by the DMK and distribution of cash to self help groups (28.03.2009)

6. Complaint against distribution of money to the voters by the DMK (31.03.2009)

7. Complaint against using the marriage halls for preparing pockets of cash by the DMK (03.04.2009)

8. Complaint on utilising places of worship for electoral campaign by DMK candidate (08.04.2009)

9. Complaint by Nanmaran MLA (Communist Party of India (Marxist)) for changing the District Collector of Madurai for his partisan behaviour (15.04.2009)

10. Complaint of inaction by the police against the murderous attack on Mr.Vijaya Rajan party member (15.04.2009)

11. Complaint against disruption of CPI (M) election meeting by DMK men (16.04.2009)

12. Complaint against misuse of police machinery to arrest our cadres on false complaints by the ruling party (16.04.2009)

13. Complaint against inaction by the police against the murderous attack on Mr.Nanmaran MLA (17.04.2009)

14. Complaint against misuse of office by the Public Relations Officer for electoral campaigns of the DMK candidate (18.04.2009)

15. Complaint against distribution of ‘tokens’ to the voters by the DMK men in Madurai Lok Sabha constituency (22.04.2009).

Therthal 2009: 20 Election Movies

நன்றி: ட்விட்டர் தமிழ்ப்படை

1. முகமது பின் துக்ளக் – சோ
2. ஏழாவது மனிதன் – ஹரிஹரன் + ரகுவரன்
3. கண் சிவந்தால் மண் சிவக்கும் – இந்திரா பார்த்தசாரதி
4. ஒரு இந்தியக் கனவு – கோமல் சுவாமிநாதன்
5. அக்ராஹாரத்தில் கழுதை – ஜான் ஆபிரஹாம்
6. தியாக பூமி – கல்கி
7. சிவந்த மண் – ஸ்ரீதர் + சிவாஜி
8. நிஜங்கள்
9. தண்ணீர் தண்ணீர் – கோமல் சுவாமிநாதன் + பாலச்சந்தர்
10. மக்களாட்சி – ஆர் கே செல்வமணி
11. முதல்வன் – ஷங்கர்
12. இருவர் – மணிரத்னம்
13. அச்சமில்லை அச்சமில்லை – கே பாலச்சந்தர்
14. தேசிய கீதம் – சேரன்
15. அமைதிப்படை – சத்யராஜ்
16. சத்யா – கமல்ஹாசன்
17. என் உயிர்த் தோழன் – பாரதிராஜா
18. பாலைவன ரோஜாக்கள் – கலைஞர் கருணாநிதி
19. அருணாச்சலம் – ரஜினி
20. மகாநடிகன் – சத்யராஜ்