Tamil Nadu Governor  

The Bharathidasan University has hit the headlines after asking its staff to ‘dress up well’ for the event where the chief secretary to the Tamil Nadu Governor is expected to deliver a lecture

President Ram Nath Kovind visited Attiyuran Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram and paid obeisance to Lord Athi Varadar deity taken out of water once in 40 years

A day after the Supreme Court dismissed the pleas opposing release of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, relatives of victims, who had also died in the suicide bomber attack, said that they were confident that Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit will not release the convicts.

 

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit accorded consent to the transfer of the Pollachi sexual assault case to the CBI. Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 invoked in Tamil Nadu

Though the Tamil Nadu governor has ensured that he will look into the matter after a 45-minute meeting with the families of the victims, his decision remains highly uncertain.

Arputhammal, mother of Perarivalan alias Arivu, said she met Governor Purohit at the Raj Bhavan and presented a petition with some accompanying material. She presented Judge KT Thomas' reported remarks of some 'serious flaws' in the CBI investigation into the case and details of her son's behaviour during his earlier parole and its extension, she said.

Even knocking at Congress' door did not help the sad situation of this former party member's son. Watch League Mohan's exclusive interview as he narrates his take on Tamil Nadu cabinet recommending the release of 7 convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Mohan lost his father Munaswamy in the  Sriperumbudur  blast of 1991.

A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Naveen Sinha and KM Joseph disposed of the Centre’s petition regarding a proposal for the release of the convicts, filed by the Tamil Nadu government.