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For Subscriptions contact: NATIONAL DAILY FOUNDER EDITOR: T.R.R 91766 99819 CHENNAI’S No.1 ENGLISH EVENING DAILY SINCE 1982 CHENNAI H MONDAY 18.3.2019 (EVENING) H OTHER STATIONS TUESDAY 19.3.2019 (MORNING) VOL. XXXVII NO. 102 l 8 PAGES l Rs. 5.00 l Regd. No., TN/CC(S)DN/223/ 18-20, RNI No: 33810 / 82 Licensed to post without prepayment under WPP. No. TN / PMG / (CCR) / WPP-470 / 18-20 SUPER 63 DMDK, PMK The floor is open release list |NT Bureau| u Filing of nominations for LS elections to begin Chennai, Mar 18: tomorrow in TN u Polling time extended in Completing its list of can- Madurai u Observers to reach State didates to contest in the Lok Sabha elections, PMK today |NT Bureau| DETAILS OF PHASE II announced Vaithilingam as the candidate for Sriperum- Chennai, Mar 18: Beginning of fi ling of nominations .......... 19 March budur constituency and Jothi- Filing of nomination papers for Last date of nominations ......................... 26 March muthu for Dindigul. The party had yesterday announced phase-1 of the 2019 Lok Sabha Scrutiny of nominations ........................... 27 March elections began this morning. candidates for fi ve constitu- L With the general elections and ast date of withdrawal ............................ 29 March encies out of the seven that it by-poll for 18 Assembly constitu- Election date ...............................................18 April is contesting in the AIADMK encies slated to be held in Tamil- Results ......................................................... 23 May alliance. nadu on 18 April, contestants will Similarly the DMDK which be fi ling their nominations from date for candidates submitting is also part of the AIADMK tomorrow. nomination papers for the fi rst alliance has announced R Ala- The last date of fi ling nomina- phase is 25 March and scru- garsaamy, Alagapuram R Mo- tion in Tamilnadu is 26 March tiny will take place 26 March. han, V Elangovan and L K and the papers will be scruti- The last date for withdrawal of nisied on 27 March. The last date nominations is 28 March. Apart Sudhish as the party’s candi- to withdraw nominations is 29 from the parliamentary elections, dates. They will be contesting March. Assembly elections to Andhra from Virudhunagar, Chennai The States where polls will be Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal North, Trichy and Kallakurichi, held in the second phase include Pradesh are being conducted 11 respectively. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, April. Also, by-elections to 28 enth phase on 19 May. Election Meanwhile Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, seats in the 147-strong Odisha results of all the phases will be Edappadi K Palaniswami and Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Assembly are being conducted on announced 23 May. Deputy Chief Minister O Pan- Meanwhile in Madurai, where Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West the same day. neerselvam, the AIADMK joint The annual Arubathu Moovar procession, as part of Panguni Bengal and Puducherry. Kallazhagar festival is slated to Elections to the 17th Lok Sabha coordinator and coordina- Utsavam celebrations of Mylapore Sri Kapaleeswarar temple, Seventeen States, including Ut- are being conducted in seven take place on 18 April, the polling Mada veedhis tor, respectively, today held took place today. Devotees thronged the in large tar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharash- phases in the country. The fi rst time has been extended up to 8 a meeting with senior party numbers and offered worship. Elaborate arrangements were made tra and West Bengal and Union phase will be held on 11 April, pm. Sources said election observ- by authorities ahead of the event. Territories Andaman, Lakshad- second on 18 April, third on 23 ers will reach Tamilnadu on leaders and district secretar- ies to discuss the party’s poll (Feature on Page 8) Photo: C SANTHOSH weep and Chandigarh are going April, fourth on 29 April, fi fth on Tuesday to monitor expenses and to the polls 11 April. The last 6 May, sixth on 12 May and sev- other things. strategies. SI injured while Man arrested for Dynasty Munnetra chasing gang | NT Bureau | going near Dhoni Kazhagams Chennai, Mar 18: | NT Bureau | u Sons and daughters of top leaders fi gure A Sub-Inspector of police suffered Chennai, Mar 18: grievous injuries while he tried to in candidates lists of DMK, AIADMK stop a vehicle at Chintadripet in the Police are conducting inquiries | M BHASKAR SAI | wee hours of today. with a man who trespassed into ANBUMANI S/O RAMADOSS A police source said, Prakash Na- Chepauk cricket pitch yesterday Chennai, Mar 18: & DAVID S/O KALIMUTHU tarajan (34), is Law and Order SI while an IPL practice session of at Chintadripet station. He was on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) was When M Karunanidhi and J patrol duty from 9 pm yesterday. underway. He did it to meet crick- Jayalalithaa were alive, they While the PMK has named former Union Minister Anbumani Rama- From 1.30 am onwards, he was eter M S Dhoni, it is said. were accused of promoting family doss, son of its founder S Ramadoss as its Dharmapuri candidate, checking vehicles on the road and According to the police, the in- members- the former was charged TTV Dhinakaran’s AMMK has nominated David Annadurai, son of moving around in the area on his cident had created tension in the with grooming his own kin and former Speaker Kalimuthu, as its Madurai contestant. two-wheeler. At 3 am, three men on stadium premises. the latter with nurturing relatives a two-wheeler were riding fast. The Taking it as a security lapse, of her close aide V K Sasikala. trio overtook him and sped off. They police are inquiring with the ‘fan’ After their demise, many things IPL practice session. The training did not stop the vehicle even when identifi ed as S Aravind Kumar were changed in their parties, the had began by 6 pm and mid-way he asked them to. (21), a native of Madurai. He is DMK and the AIADMK, respec- Aravind jumped over the barriers Angered by this, Prakash began pursuing MBA from a private col- tively. But, the one thing that has and ran towards Dhoni. chasing them. At a junction at Aru- lege there. remained constant is opportuni- Even as Dhoni wished the fan, nachalam Naicken Road, he missed ties to wards of leaders. He came to the city by Vaigai the stadium staff escorted him out a speed breaker, hit it and fell. Express yesterday to watch the A look at the candidates lists of Kanimozhi Ravindra Nath Kumar Kathir Anand Gautham Sigamani Jayavardhan of the ground. both the parties, which were re- Thangapandian. The DMK has leaders started promoting their leased Sunday, shows the impor- fi elded Kanimozhi (Karunanidhi’s kin in a big way and no party is Techie attacked and tance given to sons and daughters daughter) in Thoothukudi, Gau- an exception to this. Parties are Bomb threat to of top guns. tham Sigamani (Ponmudi’s son) being run like family business where robbed of phone The DMK leads the pack in en- in Kallakurichi and Kathir Anand sons and daughters inherit the couraging family interests, as at (Durai Murugan’s son) in Vellore. fortunes of their fathers,’ says Ravi at Anna Salai CM’s house least six out of its 20 contestants The ruling AIADMK is not far S, a professor in a city college. | NT Bureau | | NT Bureau | combed the entire are kin of its stalwarts. And, all behind. The party’s coordina- Amid reports that party cadres premises. After a three constituencies in Chennai tor and Deputy Chief Minister O are upset with wards of leaders Chennai, Mar 18: Chennai, Mar 18: have been given to these power- Panneerselvam’s son P Ravindra snatching away their opportuni- thorough search, it was confi rmed that ful progeny. While Kalanidhi Nath Kumar is its Theni candidate. ties, DMK president M K Stalin A techie was attacked by bike- The city police were question- the information was Veerasami, the Chennai North AIADMK’s Madurai contestant dismisses this as the ‘view of the borne men at Anna Salai last night. ing a man from Pallikaranai a hoax. candidate, is a dermatologist by VVVR Rajasathyan is son of former media’. ‘We have selected well- According to the police, Basil Ba- here for issuing bomb threat The control room profession and son of former Min- Mayor VV Rajan Chellappa, Chen- qualifi ed and deserving candi- sha (28) worked for a software fi rm to Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s residence at immediately traced ister Arcot N Veerasami, Dayani- nai South candidate Jayavardhan dates who could win the election,’ as a processing executive. dhi Maran, the Chennai Central is Minister D Jayakumar’s son and he told journalists Sunday. Greenways Road this morning. the call and found At 11.20 pm Sunday, he had gone to contestant, is, no prizes for guess- Tirunelveli candidate P H Manoj And, according to Panneersel- According to police, around it was made from a shop near his home and was walking ing, son of former Union Minister Pandian is son of former Speaker P vam, ‘We have picked deserving 5.50 am, a caller informed the Pallikaranai. Police back when three men on a two-wheeler Murasoli Maran. Tamizhachi H Pandian. candidates. Everyone in our list control room that a bomb would go off then identifi ed the caller as Sunda- Thangapandian, a former English ‘The culture, or ethics, of keep- has the history of working for grabbed his iPhone, pushed him to the at the Chief Minister’s house. raj (28). He was taken into custody professor and poet, is the Chen- ing family members away from the party.