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LEAD STORIES
Ghosts of civic polls visit coop polls In a big embarrassment to the DMK government, the first phase of cooperative polls in Tamilnadu which began today witnessed violent incidents and electoral irregularities prompting the allies of the ruling party like the Congress, PMK and CPI(M) to resort to demonstration and road roko in many places in the State. Suspected naxalite detained by STF A 45-year-old man was caught in a special combing operation being carried out by the Special Task Force to control naxalites activities in the Periyakulam forest range yesterday. Investigations are on to find out whether the arrested man belonged to the People's War Group. In a gruesome incident, a history-sheeter was hacked to death by a seven-member gang at Manivakkam near here. Police suspect that previous enmity could be the reason behind the murder. Police are on the lookout for two persons who gave counterfeit notes and purchased items from a shop at Ambattur. It is suspected that the two might be involved in the racket which was busted yesterday. PMK's legal wing Law Protection Committee and Lawyers Social Justice Federation today decided to hold a demonstration to urge the State government to send back the name list for the appointment of six judges in the Madras High Court as no one from the Most Backward Community was in the list. Actor Srikanth, parents appear before police Actor Srikanth who has been embroiled in a legal battle over his wedding to Vandana while admitting that he had married her today said he would have to think before uniting with her. In the past few weeks, the psyche of the political class has undergone a discernible change; a change for the worse, for sure, lest we get a bit optimistic. More and more politicians, in and out of power, are shedding even the shreds of residual reticence that normally inhibit them. On the contrary, they are ready to flaunt their murky deeds and dealings openly, says Editor T R Jawahar. French fries and other burning issues The French are apparently perfectly content with sharing their confusion with the English confusion. But when you write French confusion in English then you have to italicise it just to show they are different even though they aren't. Associate Editor K Balakumar pens on French etiquette to drive home the point. Deathly failure and death of law - IV V Sundaram had proposed a draft Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to be filed by all the enlightened citizens in the Supreme Court of India against Pratibha Patil's candidatue for the top post of the country in the concluding part of the series. The second part of the draft PIL was presented yesterday. |
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