Selvi.J.Jeyalalitha apposes 'Sethu Project' at Rameshwaram

The AIDMK is opposed to the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project as it would seriously affect the livelihood of fishermen, party general secretary Jayalalithaa has said.

Ms. Jayalalithaa, said the party was opposed to the project as it would irreparably affect the livelihood of the fishermen. She was replying to DMK president M. Karunanidhi’s criticism on the Sethusamudhram issue.

“This project will certainly leave thousands of fishermen in a state of helplessness. Moreover, it will badly affect the delicate marine ecosystem in the region where the project is being executed. That is why the AIADMK, only with the objectives of safeguarding the fishermen, their livelihood and the marine ecosystem, is opposing the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project,” she reiterated.

Vaiko May be arrested?

MDMK leader Vaiko and actor & politician Vijaya T. Rajendher may be arrested for alleged anti-national speeches, Chennai police Commissioner K. Radhakrishnan said on Sunday.

Police commissioner Mr.Radhakrishnan told, "The copies of the speeches by Vaiko and Rajendher are being analysed for various legal aspects. We have already registered a case against Vaiko. There are possibilities of arresting them." Mr. Vaiko has already been arrested twice on the same issues.

Former legislator Rajendherr has switched parties several times. He leads a party All India Latchiya DMK and currently hosts a talk show on Sun TV, a channel part-owned by Dayanidhi Maran, the DMK candidate for Central Chennai constituency. Mr. Rajendherr is a bitter critic of Mr. Vaiko and the actor-turned-politician Vijaykanth, all of whom espouse the cause of sufferings of the Tamil ethnic minority in Sri Lanka.

Two Tamil Tigers arrested in Chennai and Two missing

Four people, including two Tamil Tigers from Sri Lanka, were arrested here on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Police sources said. The four men were arrested from the suburb of Thiruvanmiyur early in the morning and were being questioned by the Q branch - the anti-extemism wing of the police.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday received a death threat allegedly from the banned LTTE, police said a death threat letter was received at Karunanidhi's Gopalpuram house, security has been stepped up for the Chief Minister, who already is in the 'Z plus' category.

According to this issue, the four men were identified as Jayanthan, 27, Guhan, 24, Jayanathan, 29 and Babu, 29. It wasn't immediately clear who the two Tamil Tigers were. They were nabbed for their activities relating to the LTTE, police said.