Clean chit for Nalini's conduct

A senior prison official has given a clean chit in regard to conduct of Nalini, undergoing life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, to an Advisory Board which has to take a stand on premature release sought by her. The District Probation Officer has told the Board that Nalini's conduct in Vellore Central jail where she is lodged has been good during the 12 years she has been in the prison following her conviction, reliable sources said today.

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Rajiv's assassin Nalini may be freed

After spending 19 years in the Vellore prison, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassin Nalini Sriharan may be released prematurely.An advisory board constituted by the Tamil Nadu government met in Vellore on Wednesday to consider the plea for Nalini's release.The board is also considering the premature release of ten others, three of whom pertain to the Rajiv Gandhi case.

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Sabarimalai pilgrims from hyderabad die in Tamil nadu

Five Sabarimalai pilgrims, including a boy, from the city died while 13 others suffered grievous injuries when the mini-bus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary lorry at Tanneepandal on the Tiruchy-Chennai national highway in the early hours of Sunday. They were on their way to Tirupati from Sabarimalai.
All the deceased and the injured, residents of BJR Colony in Jammeguda under the Kushaiguda police limits here, had left the city for Sabarimalai on January 8 in the bus.

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India put to Bat without Dhoni, Bhajji

Top ranked India will go into the first Test against lowly Bangladesh in Chittagong on Sunday without their charismatic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been ruled out because of a back injury.Dhoni, who has been in very good form, will sit out of the match because of back spasm, leaving Virender Sehwag with the task of leading the team.

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M. G. Ramachandran’s 93rd birth anniversary

The followers of matinee idol and former Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran are preparing to mark his 93rd birth anniversary in a big way.

The birth anniversary of the leader revered by followers as Puratchi Thalaivar (revolutionary leader) and popularly known as MGR, would be celebrated all over the State tomorrow.

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Jallikattu injures 52 in Tamil Nadu

At least 52 persons including 20 spectators and bull owners were injured during the jallikattu held at Alanganallur near here on Saturday.The condition of two bull fighters, who sustained injuries in neck and head, was stated to be serious.
Six of the injured were referred to the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) here. Of them, three were bull fighters. The rest of the injured were treated by a medical team present at the venue.

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Sethu project: NIO to carry out study for new alignment

The Ministry of Shipping has nominated the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), the Goa-based constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to carry out the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a new alignment of the Sethusamudram Channel between the southern tip of India and the northern tip of Sri Lanka.

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Madurai : 25 injured in Jallikattu

In the second such incident in successive days, 25 people were injured, four of them seriously, in the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu organised in connection with Pongal festivities at Palamedu here on Friday.Police said the seriously injured were referred to the Government Rajaji Hospital here after being given first aid at the venue by a medical team.

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Ministers, MLAs humiliated me in House: Jayalalithaa

AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Jayalalithaa, on Wednesday said that DMK Ministers and MLAs often interrupted her speech in the House on Monday and humiliated her.

“No Leader of Opposition has been humiliated to this extent in the history of the Legislative Assembly,” she said. This had been going on for the past four years since the DMK had come to power.

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Tamil Nadu : CBI chargesheets 31 advocates, 10 policemen

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed charge sheets in the case pertaining to violent incidents on the Madras High Court campus here on February 19, 2009.

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TDP alleges scam in rice supply to Tamil Nadu

Senior TDP leader and former Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh K. Siva Prasad Rao has alleged a Rs. 26 crore scam in the supply of 2 lakh quintals of rice to Tamil Nadu.

Speaking at a Press Meet at the TDP Office here on Sunday, he charged that an Andhra Minister has demanded a bribe of Rs. 130 per quintal from rice Millers Association for entrusting the rice supply order to them.

Mr. Siva Prasad Rao wondered why the AP State Civil Supplies Department has not accepted the offer of Rice Millers Association to supply rice at Rs. 100 per quintal lesser than the Food Corporation of India (FCI) price of Rs. 1770 per quintal.

The Telugu Desam Party leader wanted the Andhra Government to disclose the price which the Tamil Nadu Government is willing to pay.

TN ministers watch as cop bleeds to death

In an instance of shocking apathy, a sub-inspector of Tamil Nadu Police, brutally attacked by a gang in Tirunelveli district, bled to death as his cry for help went in vain even after two ministers with their convoy stopped by and saw his plight.

44-year old Vetrivel, who was a member of the Special Task Force (STF) that gunned down forest brigand Veerappan in 2004, lay in a pool of blood with his leg severed and begged for help after the attack by the gang at Alwarkuruchi shortly before the ministerial convoy was to pass by on Thursday evening, eyewitnesses said.

Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam and Youth and Sports Development Mohideen Khan, along with officials, including the district collector, halted their convoy on seeing the profusely bleeding police official battling for life on the road.