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.

Advocates Boycott – Enters Fourth Week!

Chennai, The boycott of High court and all other courts by advocates in TamilNadu demanding the State government to take action against the District General of Police(DGP) and Chennai Police Commissioner who were allegedly responsible for the February 19 clash in Madras High Court campus(See Clash Video in this blog), entered the fourth week today, still no solutions taken by the govt.

The joint action group of the advocates, headed by Madras High Court Advocates Association President R C Paul Kanagaraj with hundreds of advocates staged a dharna and held a protest fast in front of the court complex.

The Women Lawyers Association conducted a free legal aid to the public inside the court buildings. Large groups of advocates submitted letters to Registrar General withdrawing from the cases they had taken up.

Meanwhile, a section of the advocates allegedly assaulted a photographer of leading Tamil Daily ”Dinamalar” when he was taking photos of the agitation.

Lawyers Police Clash at Chennai High Court Video

Lawyers and policemen clashed for over two hours on the premises of the Madras High Court on Thursday, leaving around 20 people injured. A high court judge and two news photographers caught were also hurt. The situation was brought under control after the Rapid Action Force, the Special Action Group and the Tamil Nadu police commandoes were called in.

[ The trigger for the violence was the presence of Janata Party leader and former union minister Subramanium Swamy in the court. Swamy had been assaulted by a group of lawyers on January 17 for having been a critic of the LTTE.

Swamy, who had come for an unrelated matter, departed without incident. A group of lawyers led by one S. Rajnikanth then went to the police station located inside the court premises and
complained that Swamy, while walking along the court’s verandah, had made derogatory remarks about the lawyers. However, some of the lawyers were detained by the police and told they were being arrested for the earlier assault on Swamy. “A furious argument began and all hell broke loose,” said an eyewitness.] - Thanks Hinduston Times

2nd SearchCamp'2009 in Chennai

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Main Speakers
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Mahesh Murthy, CEO, Pinstorm
Milind Mody, CEO, eBrandz
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Date & Location
The event is scheduled for the 28th February & 1st March 2009, at the Main Auditorium, Tidel Park, Chennai. The event starts at 9 a.m. Registration at 8 a.m. Reg.cost Rs.500/-.

Careers in SearchCamp
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Final Year College Students, Gradutes interested in Online Marketing and Professionals are Welcome to attend this camp.

Day & Date for Careers in Search: Saturday, 28th February 2009, Time : 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, Registration Fee : Rs 100 (Students) - Rs 200 (Others), Venue : Tidel Park, Chennai.

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Tamilnadu Budget - Interest Free Loans to Farmers

22 Jan 2009, K. Anbazhagan, Minister for Finance, Government of Tamil Nadu, presenting the Budget for 2009-2010. Tamil Nadu again took the lead among States in the country to come up with a new scheme of giving interest-free co-operative crop loans to farmers on Tuesday and slashed land revenue to rock-bottom level.

Keeping eye on the coming Lok Sabha polls, the DMK Government in yet another populist stroke decided to waive interest on all crop loans given by all cooperative sector banks. The interest rate on such loans has already been cut from 9 to 4 per cent. (The other freebies will continue including free electricity to all farmers, PDS rice at Rs.1 per kg to 1.86 crore ration card holders, and giving free colour TVs’ to over 56 lakhs poor families.)

AIADMK on Tuesday flayed the State budget for 2009-2010, Ms.Jayalalithaa said through this budget, poor would not get any benefit.