On Friday morning, soon after chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced several measures as per Rule 110, Congress legislature party leader K R Ramasamy brought up the issue of IG Pon Manickavel. The police officer had submitted to the Madras High Court that its directions regarding inquiry...
The dump of bullets and explosives dug out at a house in Anthoniarpuram on Rameswaram island likely belonged to the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) that had a camp at that area. The ammunition was found when a septic tank at a house was cleaned. Sri Lankan Tamil militant...
Seline’s family is totally dependent on what her husband Joseph earns in Iran. Some six months ago, Joseph, who lived in Rajakkamangalam in Kanyakumari district got visa to go and work in that country. Some 20 other fishermen from his village and other villages in Kanyakumari and Tuticorin went...
At a time when debates are raging about the misuse of the SC/ST Act and whether the inclusion of a caste group in the SC list is a deterrent against their uplift, Kachanatham came as one of the worst cases of caste-based atrocities in recent times. In a violent outburst based almost entirely on...
Five days after the Tuticorin firing, Godwin was telling journalists from Inmathi that they should write such a powerful article that Sterlite should shut down. His sister's death shouldn’t be in vain, he explained. Eighteen-year-old Snolin was among those shot dead inside the Collectorate...
The right to protest is one of the fundamental rights of the citizens of India. Of late, several forms of protests have taken place across the country. Sometimes, protests and demonstrations have taken a violent turn. For example, the protest demanding the closure of Sterlite Copper in...
