Tamil Nadu farmers suspend protest after assurances from CM  Almost 41 days after they began protests seeking a relief package for their drought affected state, Tamil Nadu farmers on Sunday suspended their agitation till May 25 after chief minister E Palaniswami assured them of all the help. The protesting farmers attracted the attention of the government and the media through their bizzare ways of protest - sometimes by displaying human skulls – purportedly of farmers who had committed suicide –, walking naked near the Prime Minister's office or by holding live rats in their mouths. They even organised mock funerals and drank urine in a bid to raise their voice. ________________________________ PM pitches for simultaneous elections, shifting fiscal year to Jan-Dec At the third meeting of the governing council at Rashtrapati Bhavan that was attended by chief ministers of 27 states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for simultaneous state and Loksabha elections a...