Kodanad heist-cum-murder case accused, witness approach HC with contradictory pleas
The Hindu
Accused want permission to examine former CM, Sasikala, witness seeks completion of trial
The present controversy over the 2017 Kodanad Estate heist-cum-murder case has now spilled over from the Legislative Assembly to the Madras High Court with a few accused as well as a prosecution witness approaching the court with contradictory requests. While three accused D. Deepu, M.S. Satheesan and A. Santhosh Samy filed a revision against trial court's refusal to grant permission for examining former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, V.K. Sasikala and others, the witness ‘Anubhav’ Ravi alias Ravi insisted on completing trial at the earliest. Mr. Ravi, a jeweller-cum-realtor based in Coimbatore, told the court that he was also the joint secretary of AIADMK's Amma Peravai in Coimbatore city. He claimed to have got acquainted with prime accused Kanagaraj (since dead) when the latter was a driver to one of his friends Ashok Kumar of Chennai.Demanding State and Union governments to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and to open Mettur dam on June 12, members of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, headed by its general secretary P.R. Pandian, started a two day protest march to Mettur dam from Poompuhar, one of the prominent tail end part of the Cauvery, on Monday
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru on Monday hosted a three-day National Conference on Classical Languages of India, with the objective of encouraging the development of language, linguistics, and literature by researching, and promoting the rich heritage of classical languages in view of NEP-2020.
Actor and Hindupur MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna relaunched the Anna Canteen and NTR Arogya Ratham here on Monday amidst much fanfare. The twin occasions marked Mr. Balakrishna’s 64th birthday celebrations. Speaking to the media, Mr. Balakrishna said that the people of Andhra Pradesh had given a historic verdict to the NDA, and “I shall tirelessly work to fulfil all the promises made to them.”