5 Fishermen Back in TN

FRONTLINE Homeless & Wawrinka puts London Sigh of relief for It is a honour for PRINTERS Voiceless behind, ready for Lille Indian techies in US my fans: Rajini Homecoming PRIVATE LTD 3786 he fi ve fi shermen from Tamilnadu, who were sen- Ttenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug traf- Complete Printing fi cking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa Facilities under pardoned them, arrived in Rameshwaram to a huge One Roof welcome today. A grand reception was held for the fi ve -- Emerson, P. Augustus, R Wilson, K Prasath and J M-7, Thiru-Vi-Ka Langlet, in Thangachimadam on their arrival. Industrial Estate, The fi shermen from Rameswaram, who were released Guindy, by Sri Lankan authorities on Wednesday, arrived by an Chennai - 600 032. Air India fl ight at 1.05 a.m, airport offi cials said. & 2250 0111, 4202 1111 Tamilnadu Ministers B Valarmathi, S Sundararaj and K A Jayapal, Union Minister of State and senior BJP leader Pon Chennai’s No 1 English evening daily since 1982 www.newstodaynet.com Radhakrishnan and State BJP president Tamilisai Sounda- rarajan were among those who received the fi shermen. Meanwhile, police on Friday started questioning self- styled godman Sant Rampal after he was arrested at his ashram with more than 400 followers following a 10-day deadly standoff. Rampal was sent to a fi ve-day police custody on Thursday. Police have fi led criminal charges against him and his supporters over the stand-off that left six people dead and about 200 others injured. Rampal and 38 others have been charged with murder and other offences after a clash between his supporters and another group killed one person in July 2006. He NATIONAL DAILY FOUNDER EDITOR: T.R.R was freed on bail, which was cancelled after his follow- VOL. XXXII NO. 344 H CHENNAI H FRIDAY 21.11.2014 (EVENING) H OTHER STATIONS SATURDAY 22.11.2014 (MORNING) H 8 PAGES Rs. 4.00 H Regd. No., TN/CC(S) Dn. / 223 / 12-14, RNI No: 33810 / 82 ers entered a courtroom and threatened lawyers in July. Vasan aims to get old name for new party 5 fi shermen back in TN NT Bureau Chennai, Nov 21: q Rs 3 lakh each as fi nancial aid: CM q Warm welcome at Thangachimadam Supporters of former Union Min- ister G K Vasan have approached the Election Commission of India to get ‘Tamil Maanila Congress’ as the name of their new Support showers Happy waves at party. According to sourc- es, senior leaders of Vasan’s party have from govt native village camped in New Delhi to get TMC as the party name. NT Bureau NT Bureau Modi’s victory: Pon Radhakrishnan TMC was the party Chennai, Nov 21: Rameswaram, Nov 21: 24 more Meanwhile, Union Minister fl oated by Vasan’s fa- Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said Rs three lakh each has been pro- The five fishermen, who es- of State for Road Transport ther G K Moopanar in 1996. It was later vided to the fi ve fi shermen who were freed from a Sri Lankan prison yesterday. caped death sentence in Sri in island jail & Highways, Shipping Pon merged with the Congress by Vasan. In a statement here, he said the cheques for Rs three lakh were handed Lanka and reached India Thurs- A Sri Lankan court today re- Radhakrishnan has said Prime Vasan, who announced quitting the over to the fi shermen by State Ministers B Valarmathi, K A Jayapal and Dr S day, received a warm reception portedly extended the custody Minister Narendra Modi has Congress and fl oating a new party re- Sundararaj, when they (fi shermen) reached Chennai airport late last midnight. at their native Thangachimadam of 24 Indian fi shermen up to scripted history by securing the cently, is expected to unveil the name Panneerselvam said the fi nancial assistance was given to enable them start here today. 5 December. This information release of the fishermen. and fl ag of the party at a conference a new life. Family members, colleagues has sent shock waves among He said this while receiving the in Trichy on 28 November. Listing out various steps taken by the AIADMK government headed by J and general public of the area fi shing community, even as it fishermen at Chennai airport late More than 1.5 lakh people are Jayalalithaa for the welfare of fi shing community in general and for the release thronged in large numbers to is rejoicing the release of fi ve last night. expected to attend the meeting at of fi ve fi shermen in particular, the Chief Minister said Jayalalithaa stands at welcome Emerson, P Augus- fi shermen. Elsewhere, in Chennai, speak- Trichy’s G Corner ground. the forefront when it comes to protecting the rights of fi shermen. tus, R Wilson, K Prasath and ing at a function organised by Vasan had said it would ‘draw the ‘As soon as a false case was foisted on the fi shermen, Jayalalithaa took J Langlet. and thanked Central and State the BJP to celebrate World attention of the whole country’. all necessary steps to face it. Since this is an international issue, Tamilnadu Unable to control their excite- governments for the steps taken Fishermen Day, state president He said that his party would be a government could not contact with the Lankan government directly. So the ment and happiness, many local to free them. of the party, Tamilisai Soundar- trendsetter and would draw the at- State government and Jayalalithaa continously persuaded the Centre to take fishermen were seen dancing, ‘Today is our New Year’s Day. rajan said that her party was not tention of the entire country and not up the issue and ensure their release. The Central government took steps while women were singing devo- Our joy can’t get bigger than playing politics in the fishermen just Tamilnadu. accordingly and the fi shermen were freed, which is a good thing,’ he said. tional songs. this,’ said wife of Augustus, release. The cadre were enthusiastic about Panneerselvam added: ‘At this juncture, it is sadenning that some politicians Family members of the fisher- who was at the venue along She added that the Centre was the launch throughout the State, in Tamilnadu are trying to politicise the issue, by stating that they were the men expressed happiness at the with her son to receive her always committed to the welfare of Vasan said. reason behind the release of the fi shermen.’ release of their bread-winners husband. fi shermen. HIT & SIT Defence Srinivasan acted against Minister’s apology to Rajini guilty player: BCCI to SC Panaji, Nov 21: New Delhi, Nov 21: Uion Defence Minister and former The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today fi led an affi davit to Goa Cief Mnister Manohar Parrikar contest the Justice Mudgal panel’s fi nding that its president in-exile N Srini- on Thursday missed out on mention- vasan and four other board offi cials were aware of a player’s code of conduct ing the legendary actor’s name while violation but did not act on it. According to reports, the BCCI refuted the Mudgal formally acknowledging the presence committee fi nding that no action was taken against a player, known as the of dignitaries present at the 45th IFFI Individual 3 in the report, for his misconduct, saying he was ‘reprimanded.’ inauguration ceremony here. The affi davit by the apex cricket body said that a BCCI working committee meet- After reading out the names of In- ing was held on 18 November to analyse the report and it was deciphered that the formation and Broadcasting Minister incident was about an overseas tour in which Ranjit Biswal was the team manager. Arun Jaitley, Minister of State for I&B The affi davit said that Biswal, in the meeting, informed that the incident about Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Goa ‘individual 3’ (player) violating Players’ Code of Conduct was reported to the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, then BCCI president Shashank Manohar. The BCCI said the nature of violation Sate Governor Mridula Sinha, Par- by the player was ‘minor’ in nature and the player was ‘orally reprimanded.’ rikar appeared to have missed out Along with the BCCI affi davit, Biswal also fi led a separate affi davit explaining on Rajinikanth’s name. the entire episode. The Mudgal Committee, which had submitted its report on But the former Goa Cief Minister, 17 November had said that N Srinivasan, along with four other BCCI offi cials, known for his ready wit, immediately was aware of the violation of the Players Code of Conduct by the player, but made up for the lapse with a smile. no action was taken by any of them. The player was not named in the report. Parents staging protest at Kodambakkam seeking justice for the physical education teacher of a private Addressing Rajnikanth with a BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel in his affi davit said: ‘On 18 November, BCCI school, who was brutally attacked. Photo:B ANAND sheepish smile, Parrikar said, ‘Sorry discussed Justice Mudgal Panel report and Ranjib Biswal, representing Orissa for that goof. I had written (the names cricket Association, who was the manager at the time of incident, mentioned down). Forgot the paper down there.’ that the incident referred to by the panel took place when he was the manager Protest throws traffi c out Rajinikanth, known for his fi ery per- of the Indian cricket team. The incident was a minor one and player was orally sona onscreen but gentle otherwise, reprimanded and Sashank Manohar, President of BCCI at that time was satis- smiled back with equal warmth.

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