“The people know very well who stood by them during the Karur incident and who abandoned them and ran away.” – DMK Deputy General Secretary and MP Kanimozhi
The High Court has issued an interim stay on the announcement of by-elections for five vacant Assembly constituencies in TN.
The Chennai High Court dismissed the election petition challenging Senthil Balaji’s victory from the Covai South Assembly constituency.
Doctors for social equality association in Coimbatore has alleged that there is a lot of irregularities in organ transplantations. It is said that the majority of beneficiaries for organs from brain dead patients are foreigners while the list of Indians waiting for transplantation is quite long. The association has demanded CBI enquiry into this issue and has blamed the public health department and corporate hospitals for the irregularities.