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Frustrated
Australian Olympic
Govt, Trying to University courage to face
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help Jaya: VC expresses anything: Sonia
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Interceptor missile ‘Gift’ AIADMK all 40 LS seats in
2014 elections, Jaya asks partymen
CHENNAI: Setting her to start working towards
MAX: 30O C MIN: 23O C
successfully test-fired
RH: 90% RAINFALL: NIL BALASORE: As part of consisting of long range and
sights on carving out a
larger role in national poli-
tics, AIADMK supremo and
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
this goal,” Jayalalithaa, who
will turn 64 on February 24,
said. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok
Sabha seats and the neigh-
SUNSET TODAY 6.06 PM its plan to deploy a two- multi-function radars and on Friday asked her party bouring Union Territory of
SUNRISE : TOMORROW 6.36 men to ‘gift’ her with all 40 Puduchery one.
MOONRISE : TODAY 7.06 AM layer ballistic missile de- other range sensors posi-
MOONSET : TOMORROW 7.06 PM fence system, India on Fri- tioned at different locations Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 This is not the first time
day successfully test-fired detected and identified the elections. Jayalalithaa has had made
Hewlett- its indigenously developed
supersonic interceptor mis-
incoming missile. The in-
terceptor missile at Wheeler
“Winning all the 40 seats in
the coming Lok Sabha polls
her ambitions of national
role public.
would be the best present In her address to party
Packard sile from the Integrated Test
Range off Orissa coast.
Island, about 70 km across
the sea from Chandipur, my dear party men you can
give me and I request you
men in the AIADMK gen-
A surface-to-surface target with a directional warhead Continue p-2
launches missile - a modified ‘Prith-
vi’ – was first lifted from the
was launched at about 10:16
hour and ground and on Vigilance sleuths raids houses
new range launch Complex-III in ITR
at Chandipur, 15 km from
board control guided it to
the target, the sources said.
of former DMK Ministers
KOCHI: Hewlett-Packard here around 10:13 hours, The last flight of interceptor
India launched its new range defence sources said. The missile was conducted on SIVAGANGA: Officials of of Police (DSP) Tirunelveli
of monochrome and color missile tracking network March 6, 2011. Directorate of Vigilance and Thangamani raided in the
laser jet single function and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to- house of former Minister
All-in-One (AiOs) for small
office home office and small
Take back petition or face ruling: SC to day conducted raids simul-
taneously in the houses and
for Adi Dravidar and Tribal
Welfare Tamilarasi at Ayyar
and medium business in the
Kerala market on Thursday.
Army Chief other premises of former
DMK ministers K R Periya
Bungalor locality in Ma-
durai.
NEW DELHI: Clearly stat- and HL Gokhale had ear- asked senior advocate UU up the government during
Announcing the launch of ing that there was no scope lier made some observa- Lalit who is appearing for the last hearing, saying the Karuppan and A Tamila- The ruling AIADMK
their new product, HP Imag- for the court to interfere in tions and sought to know Gen Singh. While stating December 30, 2011 order rasi, their family members government had launched
ing and Printing group La- the Army Chief age row, the why the Army Chief didn’t the court doesn’t doubt his “appears to be vitiated”. The and close relatives, on the a crackdown against the
setJet Enterprise Solutions Supreme Court on Friday get his date of birth cor- honesty, the bench main- court had told the govern- charges of amassing wealth Youth Wing Deputy Con- DMK leaders and former
Director Nitiin Hiranan- told the counsel represent- rected with the UPSC which tained that’s not material to ment that the order would disproportionate to their vener “Pallathur” Ravi, a Ministers for alleged land
dani said that that ‘’our new ing General VK Singh that had recorded it as May 10, the court. be quashed if it was not known sources of income DMK contractor Nathan. grabbing and for amassing
range of monochrome and he should either take back 1950. All documents at Govt withdraws Dec 30 or- withdrawn. at Sivaganga, Madurai and The raids were progressing wealth.
color laser jet printers em- his petition or else the court threshold when Gen Singh der The AG however told the Chennai, today. at ten places in Sivaganga The DVAC has earlier raid-
bodies HP’s commitment to will rule on the matter. joined IMA, NDA recorded Earlier, when the hearing SC that the government’s DVAC sources said the and Chennai. ed the premises of former-
innovation and a greener en- The Supreme Court has his date of birth as May 10, resumed today the govern- July 21 and 22 order turn- raids, which began at 0630 Periya Karuppan was DMK ministers, includ-
vironment.’’ asked the counsel of Gen 1950, the bench observed. ment informed the Supreme ing down Gen Singh’s plea hours were continuing at the former Minister for Hindu ing K Ponmudi, D Durai
The new printers were Singh, who was himself “The document at the Court that it was withdraw- on age row stands. During Offices of Periyakaruppan Religious and Charitable Murugan, K N Nehru, T M
affordable, space and cost- not present in the court, to threshold when you wanted ing its December 30, 2011 the hearing, Solicitor Gen- at Thiruppathur, his houses Endowments during the pre- Anbarasan, N.Suresh Rajan,
saving devices that were come back at 2.00 pm with to join IMA, NDA contains order rejecting Gen Singh’s eral Rohinton Nariman cited at native Aralipatti village, vious DMK regime. Pongalur Palanisamy, M R
specifically designed for the reply when the hearing the date of birth as May 10, statutory complaint for treat- three letters of Gen Singh a farm at Paikudipatti, be- Another DVAC team, led K Panneer Selvam and K K
will resume. The SC poser 1950. In all documents at the ing his date of birth as May to say that he has been un- sides the house of DMK’s by Deputy Superintendent S S RRamachandran.
SoHOs and SMB custom-
ers and also offered profes- to the Army Chief’s coun- threshold you date of birth is 10, 1951 instead of May 10, equivocally given his per-
sional quality printing with
dramatically reduced energy
sel appears to be aimed at
resolving the matter amica-
recorded as May 10, 1950,”
it noted. The court also said
1950. Attorney General GE
Vahanvati informed the Su-
sonal rights.
While Gen Singh has ‘MEDIAGUILD’ AWARDS
consumption, he claimed. bly as the court’s observa- that the primary record for preme Court about the gov- maintained that his date of ACADEMY FOR RECOGNITION
The new product, which tions today hinted that Gen Gen Singh’s date of birth ernment’s decision when the birth is May 10, 1951, the
has designed to allow cost Singh’s petition will not was with UPSC which never court resumed hearing on Defence Ministry has insist- PRESTIGIOUS, GENUINE, NON POLITICS,
conscious, were high on hold ground. corrected it. the age row this morning. ed that it should be treated NON COMMERCIAL
‘’green’’ quotient with fea- The SC bench compris- “If they (UPSC) don’t The development came as May 10, 1950. Gen Singh
tures like HP Auto on/ Auto ing justices RM Lodha do what you do,” the bench a week after the SC pulled Continue p-3
off technology and HP Smart
Web printing, he added.
‘’The newly lauched print-
Swamy to file appeal before Delhi HC
ed include HP Laster jet Pro
P1108, the worlds most en- against clean chit to PC tune of Rs 72,000 crore.
ergy efficient printer was a JAIPUR: Janta Party Presi- sufficient proof/evidences
single function monochrone dent Subramanian Swamy and also have faith in the He also criticised the lead-
laser jet that provide SMB’s said by the end of the month judiciary’. The former ership of Congress Supremo
with fast, reliable profes- he would file appeal before Union Law Minister said, ‘I Sonia Gandhi and said un-
sional HP laser jet printing the Delhi High Court against have time of three months der her leadership the Con-
the CBI Special Court’s for filing an appeal and that gress lost its original face
in an innovative compact de-
and character.
sign that easily fit on a desk- clean chit to Union Finance would be moved within this
Over Assembly elections
top,’ he added. Minister P Chidambaram in month’. Targeting the rul-
in Uttar Pradesh, he said the “Media Guild” Academy for Recognition awards established by senior
Nitin said that his company the 2G Spectrum scam. ing Congress and its Gov- contest was between lead-
was expecting a good busi- Talking to reporters here on ernment at the Centre, the journalist, chief Editor “Chennai METRO” Daily Evening English newspa-
erships of Chief Minister per and social activist S.A.N.VASIGARAN with his global experience
ness in the state and their Thursday Swamy said, ‘The Janta party Chief said the Mayawati and former chief
trial court’s verdict does not party was totally exposed “Media Guild” started its way back operation in 2007. It has in three year
main target was on grow- minister Mulayam Singh
mean that Chidambaram had before masses in this biggest achieved the best of satisfaction in recognition of achievers.“Media Guild”
ing entrepreneurs’ small and Yadav. Swamy was in the
no role in the scam, I have scam involved money to the town to deliver a lecture.
major activity is in creating multi awareness on self confidence and in social
medium business and other
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emerging industries.
The academy is engaged in “Media Guild” Awards, Academy for recogni-
‘’HP’s leadership in the la-
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ser printer market in India is
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committed to enhance our Education, and everything that comes under the purview of the respective
engagement with customers Awards given.
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Remove BJP’s tainted trio as MLA’s
METRO ‘Mere resignation Laxman Savadi, C C Patil and Krishna Palemar is no, punish-
ment’’.They should be removed from their assembly membership. Assembly was
DAILY EVENING NEWSPAPER a sacred place which is held in high esteem by the people. On certain occasions,
Speakers of Lok Sabha some Assemblies in other states had handed out severe pun-
Metro- Insight
FRIDAY 10
FEBRUARY 2012 2 ishments by even disqualifying MLAs for their ill-act
Janata Dal (Secular) President H D Deve Gowda .
‘Gift’ NRHM to promote Indian system of medicine: Centre urged to make Kerala the
AIADMK all Gandhiselvan ‘World Centre of Ayurveda’
40 LS seats BANGALORE: With Yoga
and naturopathy gaining
the ‘Arogya Expo 2012’ on added. T H I R U VA N A N - medicine on a global scale. Madan Thangvelu from
the eve of the ‘International Mr Gandhiselvan pointed THAPURAM: Union Min- Pointing out that today’s UK kicked off the maiden
in 2014 worldwide acceptance, the
Centre will promote Indian
Conference on Yoga and out that there were six Lakh ister for Overseas Affairs society is showing a reluc- plenary session of the festi-
Naturopathy’ (ICYN) here practitioners of ISM and Vayalar Ravi today urged tance to accept the tradi- val with apaper on Ancient
elections, Systems of Medicine (ISM),
including Ayurveda, Siddha,
he said NRHM was signifi- Homeopathy in the country. the Centre to make Kerala tional methods of medicine Genomes, Wise Bodies,
cant for ISM, as it is capable However, the number was the World Centre of Ay- and are running behind and Unhealthy People. He
Jaya asks Unani, and therapies such
as Yoga and Naturopathy,
of meeting the objectives of still insufficient to address urveda. modern medicines that give stated that existing biology
India’s health requirements. the health issues plaguing It is indeed nice to know fast relief, he said that they is limited by many factors,
partymen through the ambitious Na-
tional Rural Health Mis-
The government intends the country. ‘’The gov- that Kerala is giving more seldom realise such treat- which are not a matter of
to introduce ISM at the pri- ernment is evolving a broad importance to research in ment would have their own concern in Ayurvedic terms.
Continue p-1 sion (NHRM) to address the mary health centres and policy to promote ISM and the Ayruveda stream of biological impacts later. Ayurveda can answer many
eral council in December health issues among all sec- community health centers Ayush colleges. At present, healthcare. Ayurveda treat- The Minister outlined the concepts and conditions left
last, she had exhorted them tions of society. through the ISM. Yoga and all over the country shortly. there are 488 Ayush colleges ment focuses not just on cur- need for giving Ayurveda unanswered by modern biol-
to galvanize the party for a Union minister of state Naturopathy can prevent Yoga and Naturopathy have in the nation. But the qual- ing one particular disease, a global face through fes- ogy.
role at national level, saying for health S Gandhiselvan, and cure various forms of been accepted by for effec- ity of education is a concern. but improves the whole life tivals and exhibitions, like The current medicine in
it would even be in a posi- Union minister of state for ailments. tive disease management be- We will make suitable sug- style of the person, he said the Global Ayurveda Fes- practice has been termed as
tion to elect the next Prime health and family welfare He said in the last three cause of their unique and ho- gestions after consulting ex- while speaking at the Glo- tival, Kerala. Sri Lankan reductive approach which
Minister. today said the union gov- decades, Yoga, in particular, listic healing approaches. It perts in the field to improve bal Ayurveda Festival here. Minister Amarathunga and will take us nowhere.
Maintaining equidistance ernment has decided to give has become popular all over is time we also took advan- the quality of education,’’ The Union Minister in- Health Secretary Bandhula The technological mind
from the alliances led by special impetus to Yoga and the world as an effective dis- tages of the same by intro- he explained. The five-day sisted on the need for both Gunanayage, ISM Director seeks instant tablet methods,
Congress and BJP, AIAD- Naturopathy so that the ob- ease management strategy. ducing them through public Arogya Expo 2012 will con- national and state minis- Anita Jacob was among the which keep people away
MK had contested the 2009 jectives of NRHM are met Speaking after inaugurating health system, the minister clude on February 9. tries to promote Ayurveda many eminent personalities from adopting the right
Lok Sabha polls as part of
a third grouping winning PMANE appeals to replace a member of and traditional systems of present at the function. methods.
only nine seats. However,
riding on a massive anti-in- NIIT sets up Hindi cell to foster
cumbency wave in the April State Expert Team on KKNPP
13 assembly polls last year,
AIADMK trounced its arch TIRUNELVELI: People’s learning of national language
the panel was a well-known He was also a member of the he (Srinivasan) visited
rival DMK, bringing back Movement Against Nuclear pro-nuclear scientist and “site selection committee” the Koodankulam area in TIRUCHIRAPALLI: The of Human Resource Devel- ern states teaching Hindi to
Jayalalithaa as Chief Minis- Energy (PMANE), a civil so it was hard for us to ac- in the 1980’s for the KKNPP 1984, there were no habita- National Institute of Tech- opment, and the Director of Tamil students, and learn-
ter for the third time. group spearheading pro- cept him.” We request the and he has been writing and tions there, nobody lived nology here (NIT-T) has set NIT-T, S. Sundarrajan. In ing the local language from
In her message today test against the Koodanku- Chief Minister to replace speaking in favour of nucle- in the area and the whole up a Hindi Cell to enable his address Dr Agnihotri them simultaneously.
to party men ahead of her lam Nuclear Power Project Dr Srinivasan with another ar power and the Koodanku- region was vast seashore. students from non-Hindi stressed the importance of The Hindi cell, in the
birthday, Jayalalithaa asked (KKNPP) today appealed to expert and expand the team lam project. Dr Srinivasan “This is complete false- speaking states to learn the learning to speak in the local process of fulfilling the re-
them to desist from any Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J with experts in geology, requested Tamil Nadu gov- hood as Koodankulam and language. language outside the state quirement for fostering the
grandeur regarding celebra- Jayalalitha to replace Dr M oceanography and hydrol- ernment’s full co-operation Idinthakarai villages have NIT-T announced here for eliciting instant response, national language, will also
tions saying such a prac- R Srinivasan, who is head- ogy, in order to deal with a to the Centre to commission been in existence for centu- today that the Institute was while Ms.Usha Sharma was serve as a forum for dissem-
tice by the DMK men did ing the four-member expert few KKNPP-specific issues, KKNPP. He spoke about the ries,” Udaya Kumar said. using Hindi for all internal appreciative of the qualita- ination of scientific content,
them in as people were not team recently constituted by said S P Udaya Kumar, Co- nuclear project at an event The people of Tamil Nadu administrative correspond- tive content, particularly po- he added.
amused by such extrava- the state government to ad- ordinator of PMANE Strug- in Coimbatore on Decem- had expected the state expert ences. Inscriptions in Hindi ems, in the magazine. In his He hoped that the students
ganza. Holding that she was dress the fears of locals over gle Committee. ber 15, 2011 claiming that team members would be have been made promi- Presidential address, NIT-T will ensure success of the
for simplicity on the lines of the nuclear plant. In a press release here, the dangers perceived by neutral and independent, but nent on all name boards Director Dr Sundarrajan ob- significant initiative, there-
her mentor and AIADMK “While the PMANE wel- he pointed out that the locals were imaginary Dr Srinivasan is neither. So, and the Institute has also served that the campus in the by preparing themselves to
founder, the late MG Ram- comes the State Expert Panel Dr.Srinivasan is the former and wanted the project to be it is hard for PMANE to ac- put up Hindi translations of midst of rich diversity wit- serve the nation from any
achandran, she insisted that set up by the Chief Secretary Chairman and a current commissioned at the earli- cept him as a member of the Thirukkural throughout the nessed students from North- part of the country.
her birthday celebrations on behalf of Chief Minister, member of India’s Atomic est.” team, he added. campus.
should be low-key. “It Dr Srinivasan a member of Energy Commission (AEC). He also claimed that when As part of its Hindi-pro- PODHIGAI & DD-1
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Priyanka and now Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra is on the political spectrum,’.
- BJP President Nitin Gadkari Politics
Woman kills BJP a supermarket of corruption, Anna University VC
drunkard pornography and mis-governance: Singhvi
husband
PERAMBALUR: A mid-
NEW DELHI: Congress on
Thursday likened BJP to a
person Abhishek Singhvi
told reporters here.
jurist does not have to spend
an entire Press Conference
expresses shock
“supermarket of corruption, Reacting sharply to Sing- speaking the language he CHENNAI: Anna Univer- screening of students to pre-
dle aged farm coolie was
pornography and mis-gov- hvi’s remarks BJP spokes- spoke.” sity Vice-Chancellor Prof P vent them from carrying any
brutally murdered by his
ernance”, a remark which person Nirmala Seethara- Seetharaman raised issues Mannar Jawahar expressed weapons into the classrooms
wife over some domestic
drew a strong reaction from man said,”The Congress like the 2G Spectrum, land shock and surprise over the to prevent such incidents,
quarrel at Kalpadi village
the opposition party, which party need not hurry to jump allotment controversy in murder of a teacher by a stu- prof Mannar
under Maruvathur police
suggested that those living at the opposition party when Congress ruled Maharashtra dent in the class room and Jawahar said ‘’there is a dif-
limits near here on Thurs-
in glass houses should not their house is in such a mess. and indictment of a Delhi attributed it to the influence ference between school and
day.
throw stones on others. I think Congress party has a government minister by of cinema on young minds. college students’..
Police said the victims Sel-
“The entire spectrum of lot to answer much before Lokayukta to turn the table Responding to newsper- ‘’The college students
vam, a farm labourer used to
immorality and corruption they even have a quick fire well as the recent porn gate on Congress on the issue of sons queries at the launch are more mature’’, he said,
have frequent quarrels with corruption.
can be found under one round of the country,” she controversy surrounding the of St John’s Public School adding, it’s quite rare to see
his wife Thangaponnu,over three BJP ministers in Kar- “If they indeed had any
roof of BJP’s supermarket... added. (SJPS) here, he said the in- ‘’such a rage’’ on a 13-year-
spending his income on liq- If you want to go shopping At the AICC briefing, nataka and its inducting the respect for getting the truth fluence of cinema and TV was now creeping into In- old boy, who had killed the
uor. The couple quarreled for corruption, pornography, Singhvi referred to alleged tainted former BSP minister out on any of these things, soap operas make students dian educational campuses teacher.
today. In a fit of rage, the spectacle of loss of lives “litany of corruption charg- Babulal Kushwaha. they would have subjected take to violence for petty is- also Prof Mannar Jawahar He, however, ruled out in-
woman bashed up her hus- and properties and mis-gov- es” in BJP-ruled states like Attacking Singhvi, the Union Home Minister to
sues. said ‘’we cannot say like stallation of metal detectors
band with a wooden log. ernance, BJP is the single the land allotment scam in Seetharaman said “A very some kind of a questioning
Noting that teacher com- that because we are seeing in the University campus to
On information, police window supermarket of cor- Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, senior member of the Con- rather than stonewalling it
plaining to the parents about such an incident for the first screen the students saying
rushed to the spot and re- ruption,” Congress spokes- Gujarat and Uttarakhand as gress, eminent lawyer, and there,” she said.
lack of attention to studies time’’. ‘’It might be more Universities in India had
moved the body of the de-
ceased for post mortem.
Police arrested Thangap- Karnataka, Govt, Trying to help Jaya: was routine and it was be-
ing done only to shape up
the student Prof Mannar
out of frustration and the
way the student was being
brought, he added.
never seen such an incident.
‘’So the installations of met-
al detectors is unnecessary’’,
opnnu.
Sri Lankan Karuna. Jawahar said ‘’we are hear-
ing about such an incident
for the first time in Tamil
Prof Mannar Jawahar said
schools should allot time for
he added. Lamenting that
students were not being
brought up with discipline,
CHENNAI: DMK Presi- point that the BJP was try- ment by the then Chief Jus- imparting moral and value-
dent M Karunanidhi on ing to help Ms Jayalalithaa tice. Nadu’’. based education to students the Anna University VC said
navy Thursday said the pressure in the case, Mr Karunanidhi Mr Karunanidhi also quot- Denying that this danger- so that they don’t turn kill- society had a larger impact
mounted on Karnataka Ad- also referred to senior BJP ed Mr Acharya as saying ous trend, seen often in edu- ers. Asked whether Anna on students which could turn
arrests four vocate General B V Acharya
to resign from the post of
Leader L K Advani’s recent that there was absolutely no
bar or illegality in his con-
cational campuses abroad, University would resort to them the other way.
remarks that AIADMK was
Indian Special Public Prosecutor
(SPP) showed that the BJP
‘natural ally’ of the BJP.
Mr Karunanidhi also said
tinuing in two posts as SPP
and as Advocate-General
Delhi IIT student arrested for
fishermen and the Karnataka Govern-
ment were trying to help nataka had acted in support
Mr Acharya had not named
anyone in the Karnataka
simultaneously and that the
Karnataka government was ‘blackmailing, abducting’ girl
RAMESWARAM: Sri AIADMK Supremo and of Ms Jayalalithaa could be government who had asked aware of his assignment as NEW DELHI: An IIT-Del- months after the girl had ing the incident, Bhukhiya
Lankan navy apprehended Tamil Nadu Chief Minister gauged from Mr Acharya’s him to quit as SPP. ‘’Only SPP when it appointed him hi student has been taken filed an FIR against him on threatened to misuse her
four Indian fishermen and J Jayalalithaa come out of remarks that he preferred to the Chief Minister has the as Advocate-General in Au- into custody for allegedly November 26 last year, stat- photographs obtained from
confiscated their mecha- the disproportionate wealth resign from his post of AG authority to do so, as the Ad- gust 2011. ‘’The remarks blackmailing an IIT-Kanpur ing that the boy was threat- her phone, and sent her vul-
nized fishing boats on the case against her. rather than give in to ‘pres- vocate-General is appointed of Mr Acharya proved to ening to misuse her pictures
student. gar messages over email,
charges of cross-border fish- The case against Ms Jay- sure’ from the State govern- by the Governor on the rec- which extend the BJP and if she refused to marry him,
The Uttar Pradesh police Facebook and phone, he
ing, early on Thursday. alalithaa was being tried at a ment to quit as SPP in the ommendations of the Chief the Karnataka government
arrested Surendra Bukhiya, Circle Officer Shailendra said.
Official sources said 511 Special Court in Karnataka disproportionate assets case Minister’’, he said, quoting had acted to help Ms Jayala-
a B.Tech student, from the Lal said. The girl had lost The girl tried to reason
mechanized fishing trawlers and Mr Acharya is the SPP in against her. Quoting Mr the AG. lithaa come out of the wealth
IIT campus in Delhi on her mobile phone and purse with him, but after all else
had ventured into the Sea the case, arguing against the Acharya, DMK Chief said Mr Karunanidhi pointed case’’, Mr karunanidhi said.
AIADMK leader. Reply- to Mr Acharya’s statement Referring to Assembly charges of trying to black- in November, which was failed, she registered an
for a fishing trip yesterday the former had been under
ing to a set of questions, Mr that he was appointed SPP Speaker D Jayakumar tak- mail the IIT-Kanpur student found by Bhukhiya, who
morning from Rameswaram terrible pressure for some FIR, following which the
Karunanidhi said the inter- time asking him to resign in the case against Ms Jay- ing potshots at him for de- and attempting to kidnap hails from Warangal in And-
fishing jetty. The Srilankan accused was arrested from
view given by Mr Acharya from the position of SPP alalithaa on the recommen- scribing the suspension of her. Bukhiya, a third year hra Pradesh, Lal said.
naval boats chased away the IIT Delhi campus, he
to ‘The Hindu’ showed that and he had been resisting dation of the then Chief Vijayakanth from the House student of textile engineer- The accused asked her
some of Indian fishing boats said. IIT Kanpur admin-
how the BJP and the Karna- it. ‘’Mr Acharya had said Justice of the Karnataka as undemocratic, Mr Karua- ing at IIT-Delhi, was forc- to meet him to return the
while fishing near Kat- phone and on this pretext, istration refused to comment
taka government were try- the State government had High Court. ‘’The direc- nanidhi said he had not said ing the girl to marry him and
chatheevu island by hurling even threatened to upload abducted her, the CO said. on the matter saying the
ing to remove him from the recently asked him to resign tion for appointment of sen- anything about the Speaker.
soda bottles and stones on post of SPP in a bid to help as SPP, stating that he could ior counsel as SPP was ‘’I have not uttered any her obscene videos and pic- He took her to a temple and matter was being investi-
the wee hours of on Thurs- Ms Jayalalithaa in the case. not continue in two posts. given by the Supreme Court word about the Speaker’’. tures on the Internet if she attempted to force her to gated by the police. Further
day. Re-producing the interview The State government was while transferring the trial Stating that had high re- failed to do so. marry him, but she managed investigations are on in the
Meanwhile, a mecha- given by Mr Acharya, he apparently under pressure of the disproportionate as- gard for the Speaker, Mr The arrest came three to escape, Lal said. Follow- matter, Lal said.
nized boat bearing registra- commended the Hindu for from its central leadership sets case to Karnataka from Karunanidhi said ‘’I want
tion number TN 10 NFB
176 was confiscated by
publishing it, while stating
that other newspapers had
(BJP) that I should quit from
the position of SPP in the
Tamil Nadu’’, Mr Acharya
had said, adding, he was
Mr Jayakumar himself to
think for a moment whether 14 students of City College
Srilankan naval men for al- allegedly published it with a case against Ms Jayalalith- not willing to give up the as a Speaker, he was right in
legedly poaching in Lankan
territorial waters. Four crew
toned down version. The
fact that the BJP and Kar-
aa’’, Mr Karunanidhi point-
ed out. To drive home his
responsibility of SPP as he
was chosen for that assign-
issuing a rebuttal statement
like a ‘speaker’ of a party’’. arrested for Bus Day ruckus
namely Sahaya Robert (35) CHENNAI: Police arrested Cases under various sec- and Raman,
owner of the boat, John Brit-
to (26), Maria
Death toll as van falls into well put at 14 students of Pachaiya-
ppa’s College in the city to-
tions of the IPC, including
147, 148, 341, 324, 336,
Sub-Inspector Rengasamy
and Armed Reserve Grade-
Clauren (26) and Justin (52) day for creating ruckus and 332, 307 IPC and 3(1) of I Constable Selvakumar,
were arrested and taken to
Talaimmanar in the Island
10 officially indulging in violence, in-
cluding pelting stones after
Tamil Nadu Public Proper-
ties Damages Act r/w 7(1)
besides the bus driver and a
commuter.
MADURAI: The death toll hospital in the city.Their Asra Garg said here this Madurai District Collec- they were denied permission (a) CLA Act were regis- Police had already taken
nation.
in yesterday’s mishap when condition was stated to be morning that the wreckage tor U.Sagayam rushed to to celebrate the Bus Day last tered. a serious view of the unruly
The arrest of four fisher- evening.
that occurred when a van stable. of the van was lifted from the scene and supervised the The arrested students cited behaviour by the students
men by the Srilankan navy Police said the enraged
carrying a marriage party Though initially it was the well at 2300 hours last rescue operation. as accused were C Karthick of some colleges, especially
had triggered a tense situa- students pelted stones from (B.Com 1st Year), Pichaim-
fell into a road side well in claimed that 15-18 people night with the help of a crane The deceased Chithiraivel the Pachaiayppas, Nandan-
tion in the coastal hamlets in the college campus in which ani (BCA III year), D Mani- am Arts, Presidency College
Rameswaram. Madurai district was offi- were traveling in the van, it and thereafter rescue teams and his family members
cially put at ten, today. was officially stated today six police personnel and a maran (B Com III year), and New College students,
It may be recalled that were pressed into service to were returning to their
driver of the state-owned L Jeevakumarm (BCA III who were causing nuisance,
the Srilankan navy had ar- Thirteen members of a that only 13 people were retrieve the bodies drowned house at Teachers Colony
Metropolitan Transport Cor- Year), creating ruckus, disrupting
rested five fishermen name- family were traveling to Tu- traveling in the van at the in the well. In all ten bodies in Tuticorin district after poration (MTC) bus were Saravanan (B.Sc, I Year), traffic, assaulting police and
ly Emerson (36), Augustus ticorin district from Devar- time of the mishap. Divers were recovered and sent to dropping his newly wedded injured. They were being B Kumar (B.Sc, II Year), P causing damage to public
(33), Vincent (42), Prashan- am in Theni district plunged from Tamil Nadu Fire and the Government Rajaji Hos- daughter Uma at her hus- treated in a hospital. Venkatesan (B.Sc, III Year), property under the guise of
th (32) and Langlet (22), into the 50-foot deep agri- Rescue Services department pital for post-mortem. band Saktheeswaran’s place In the violence and stone V Suresh (M.A I Year), R the celebrations.
hailing from Rameswaram cultural well. Ten people, worked feverishly and re- He said preliminary inves- at Devaram. The deceased pelting, two MTC buses, a Sivalingam (BBM I year), S The celebrations, of late,
on November 28 last year on including four children died, covered ten bodies from the tigations revealed that the included Chithiraivel, his police jeep and a car were Sharathkumar (B.A I year), had taken a violent turn
the alleged charges of drug while three occupants were well during the search oper- driver of the van had lost wife Murugammal, brother damaged, following which V Chandru (B.A. III year), leading to clashes between
smuggling. The fishermen rescued by locals after they ation that lasted throughout his control when the vehicle Balakrishnan, sister Aruna police have registered on Panneerselvam (B.Sc. - III students of two colleges and
were languishing in Jaffna fell into the water. They the night. was passing over a speed- and other family members a complaint from injured year), P Ajithkumar and K retaliatory attacks result-
prison since then. were admitted to a private Superintendent of Police breaker. died. MTC driver Gencilcin (28). Saranraj. ing law and order problem.
All the 14 students were The behaviour by students at
Take back petition or face ruling: SC arrested and remanded in
judicial custody. The
times goes out of control as
they climb atop the bus and
to Army Chief Continue p-1 College Management has
declared a holiday for the
travel, hanging precariously
on the footboards, and pass-
had earlier this week sub- treating May 10, 1950 as his tained that his acceptance of college today due to the stu- ing lewd comments against
mitted before the Supreme official date of birth, necessi- 1950 as the year of his birth dent’s unrest. women commuters in the
Court additional documents tating his retirement on May was given in good faith at Police said the Pachaiyap- bus.
to support his case for restor- 31 this year. Challenging the behest of the then chief pas College students, who The Madras High Court
ing his date of birth as May the government’s decision to of Army Staff and not due to had the habit of behaving in had taken a serious view of
10, 1951. The documents a boisterous manner under the violence indulged in by
determine May 10, 1950 as agreement with the conclu-
relate to the Army Rules on the guise ofcelebrating Bus the college students and had
his date of birth, Gen Singh, sion of the Military Secre- Day, proposed to celebrate
Commissioning of officers. already banned ‘Bus Day’
in a 68-page petition, main- tary’s Branch. the occasion and stopped a celebrations on the ground
Gen Singh had moved the
apex court in January this MTC Bus route No.53 from that it caused hindrance to
Poonamallee. the public.
year accusing the govern-
They were stopped by As the harassment by stu-
ment of treating him in a
Deputy Commissioner of dents crosses the tolerable
manner reflecting total lack
Police, Ambattur District limits at times, the common
of adherence to procedure Mahesh Kumar and other refrain among the commut-
and principles of natural jus- police personnel. The ers, especially women has
tice in deciding his age. students then took out a been that its high time police
The Army Chief took the march and reached the col- and the government identify
unprecedented step of drag- lege from where they pelted the notorious students, and
ging the government to the stones injuring Special SIs control them taking punitive
apex court after the Defence Mohanasundaram, Du- action, including barring
Ministry had insisted upon raipandian, Gangachalam them from college.
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Frustrated Australian Olympic swimmer Bollywood superstar I have enough courage
Stephanie Rice would have ditched season Aamir in Kashmir to to face anything: Sonia
but for Olympics shoot for incredible India Agarwal
trial.”
Australia’s Olympic trials
take place in Adelaide from
15-22 March and although
Rice was back in the water
on Friday, the injury meant
even her participation in
other events at the meet at
Sydney’s Olympic Pool was
by no means certain.
“The whole process at the
moment is trying to swim
and train when it’s not so
Australia’s Stephanie Rice competes in the women’s 400m individual medley heats sore because when it’s sore,
at the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai on July 31, 2011. I have to back off,” she said.
Triple Olympic champion had been disrupted. fully repaired and she has “The last thing I want to do
Stephanie Rice would have “I think if this wasn’t an Ol- been reduced to trying to having got this far is to make
ditched this season out ympic year, I would have manage the injury and doing it worse. I’ve had to learn to
of sheer frustration at her pulled out of the year be- what she can to keep fit out- judge what a good sore is
shoulder injury were it not cause it’s been the most frus- side the pool through gym and what a bad sore is.
for the London Games, the trating journey,” she said. work, running and cycling. “It’s been sore every ses-
Australian said after her first “It’s been so frustrating, es- “They can’t repair a tendon, sion, it’s never like I get in
race of the year on Friday. pecially in an Olympic year, it’s a six month rehab,” she and it’s awesome, but some
The 23-year-old, who won the most exciting year, and said. “I obviously didn’t days it’s less sore and that’s
the 200 and 400 meters indi- I’m just trying to do every- have time for that, so they good.” Rice admitted to
vidual medleys as well as the thing I can to get myself on just went in and cleaned it “nerves and anxiety” before
4x200m relay gold in world the team. up as best they could. her return to racing and also
record times in Beijing four “Hopefully everything I’m “I don’t know if that was some resignation that she
years ago, competed on Fri- doing now is making my the best option right now, would be unable to prepare
day for the first time since character stronger,” she add- to have surgery, because it for London in the same way
surgery on a torn tendon in ed with a laugh. didn’t really do anything she did for Beijing in 2008.
her shoulder last December. Dogged by injury since her so I had a cortisone a few “I can’t judge what I did
‘Oru Nadigaiyin Vakku- about my marriage, She fur-
While satisfied with her stunning Beijing perform- weeks ago and that seems four years ago to what I’m
moolam’ Tamil Movie which ther said that she feels very
time of four minutes 49.93 ance, Rice has not won a to have settled it down a bit doing now, I’m a completely
produced by Poonagai Poo happy in acting; I am hav-
seconds to finish second in major international title in and I’ve been able to get different athlete,” she said.
Geetha and story, screen- ing enough courage to face
her 400 medley heat at the the intervening four years, through a decent amount of “I have to learn to compen-
play Direction done by Ra- anything, and also said that
New South Wales champi- although she does retain the training. sate where I can. “I’m past
jkrishna, Actress Sonia she has signed for 3 movies
onships, Rice could not dis- 400 medley world record “Hopefully, it will hold the point of being worried,
together for the next few SRINAGAR: Bollywood filmmaker uncle Nasir Hu- Agarwal acting in this movie now, one in Malayalam. In
guise her frustration at how (4.29.45). it’s just a case of if it’s there,
superstar Aamir Khan on sain used to shoot his films met the media persons and the press meet most of the
her Olympic preparations Rice’s tendon has not been weeks until the Olympic it’s there, if it’s not, it’s not.”
Thursday arrived in Kash- in Kashmir,’’ he added. answered very politely. She time taken by Sona Agarwal
‘Don 2’ to premiere at Berlin filmfest on mir after more than a dec-
ade to shoot for ‘Incredible
‘’I and other people in the
Bollywood are highly im-
said that she is not thinking
of her marriage now, she
, preference given mostly
about her personal experi-
India’ in different locations. pressed with the breathtak- want to act for more than ences very decently.
Feb 11; SRK to attend ‘’I have come here to
promote ‘ Incredible India’
ing beauty of the valley,’’ he
said and expressed hope that
seven years after I will think - kumar srinivas
NEW DELHI: After wow- dience and the media. They
brand and shoot some shots good old time will return
ing cinegoers in India, ‘Don say the buzz surrounding
for the special video,’’ he and filmmakers would again
2’, the sequel to the modern SRK’s visit in Berlin is akin
told a group of journalists turn to Kashmir to shoot
version of the 80s classic, to that caused by arrival of
during his visit to famous their films. He said already a
will enthrall audiences in a rockstar In fact, authorities
floating vegetable garden in number of films were filmed
Germany where it will pre- at the Berlinale anticipate a
the world famous Dal Lake. during the past few years.
miere with a screening at the huge rush of SRK fans dur-
He said the last time he Aamir said the people are
Berlin film festival on Feb- ing the premiere of ‘Don 2’.
visited here was in 1998 for nice and hospitable in Kash-
ruary 11. Keeping in view the craze
shooting of film ‘Mann’. Mr mir, which is truly heaven
Gracing the premiere of for Shahrukh, the festival
Khan said he enjoyed shoot- on earth. About his film ‘3
the film, which has earned authorities have set up a
ing in the house at a village Idiots’, he said some parts of
over Rs 100 crore across be premiered on February in overseas territories like special page on the festival’s
in the central Kashmir dis- the film were filmed in Leh
India since its release on 11 at Friedrichstadt-Palast, Russia, Germany, China, website to answer the que-
trict of Ganderbal, which is in Ladakh region, where
December 25 last year, will a mega-theatre in Berlin. A France, Israel, and Turkey ries of his fans and to pro-
still covered by snow ‘’My they went directly to shoot.
be Bollywood superstar repeat screening of the film where the dubbed versions vide information about tick-
Shahrukh Khan, his co-star at the theatre will be held on of the film in local languag- et sales. Trade analysts say
in the film Priyanka Chopra,
the film’s director Farhan
February 12.
Initially, the film (in its
es will be screened.
Trade sources say there
the premiere and subsequent
release of ‘Don 2’ in Ger-
‘Chandramugi’ Actress donates for ‘Thane’ victims‘
Akhtar and its producer 2D and 3D versions) will be is tremendous excitement many will open new mar-
Riteish Sidhwani of Excel screened in Hindi with Eng- in Berlin over Shahrukh’s kets for Indian films which
entertainment. lish sub-titles. The dubbed expected arrival at the Ber- till now have been confined
Sources in the film trade German version will hit linale (the Berlin film fes- to UK, the US, Australia and
say Shahrukh will arrive in cinema screens in Germany tival). Tremendous an- West Asia. In fact, ‘Don 2’ is
Berlin tomorrow when he on February 16. Inciden- ticipation awaits arrival of among the few films to have
is scheduled to address the tally, February 16 will also the ‘king Khan’, who is a been shot in the picturesque
local media. ‘DON 2’ will witness the film’s release favourite with the Berlin au- city of Berlin.
Nine films release this week!
Chandramugi’ heroine Nayanthara donates a cheque of rupees 5 Lakh to TN CM J.Jayalalithaa on
Thursday at Chennai Secretariat in helping ‘Thane’ cyclone affected victims.
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