Chennai: Santhan, a 55-year-old convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case who was released in November 2022, passed away Wednesday at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGH) in Chennai. Santhan alias T. Suthenthiraraja had spent 32 years in prison when he was finally released in 2022. Since then, he had been lodged at a special … Read more
Soon after the NIA raids, not only at Duraimurugan’s residence but also on premises linked to other NTK functionaries, the party moved the Madras High Court. In its petition, the NTK claimed that the raids were “politically motivated”, done with a “view to arm-twist the party to create a sense of fear among the cadres”. … Read more
Chennai: DMK MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian’s remarks on the late Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder-leader of the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), have not gone down well with ally Congress in Tamil Nadu. In an interview to The Federal, a news portal based out of Tamil Nadu, last week, the writer-politician … Read more