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LEAD STORIES
Congress today demanded the arrest of MDMK general secretary Vaiko for his open support to LTTE and to impose a ban on political parties and organisations supporting LTTE. Karunanidhi plays Tenali in House It was a moment of mirth and laughter at the Tamilnadu Assembly today when Chief Minister M Karunanidhi narrated a tale of legendary court jester Tenali Raman to urge AIADMK MLAs not to follow the orders blindly. A real estate businessman from Kumbakonam, in possession of Rs one crore hawala currency, was arrested on his arrival here by air from New Delhi last night. Biz man surrenders before the court An industrialist who allegedly hired a gang to shoot his former employee at ICF Colony a few weeks ago had surrendered himself before a court in Sankarapuram and was lodged in Cuddalore Jail yesterday. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi turned emotional in the Assembly today while reacting to Opposition leader. More from NT Bureau Two out of the four AIADMK MLAs - V Jayaraman and V P Kalairajan - whose suspension was revoked yesterday attended the Assembly proceedings today and took part in the discussions. AIADMK to plant seeds of protest AIADMK has planned to hold demonstration at Central Bus Stand in Coimbatore on 5 May to urge the Central government to ban BT seeds and also condemn the State government for failing to initiate action in this regard. Editor T R Jawahar takes off on the shooting by Cho Seung-Hui in Virginia Tech in US to say such murders are not crimes but calamities and the world looks quite fertile for more of them. Associate Editor K Balakumar speaks about his trip to Lanka during which he speaks of the travesty of being a tourist; of forever looking to capture things in the camera while one fails to register anything in one's mental aperture for ' batteries run dry or lose charge at a place where even a Malayalee would not set shop'. . |
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