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Girl harassed Fake notes found in lift at WILL TIRUVARUR in cash remitted to Taramani station banks Puducherry, Jan 6: | NT Bureau | Chennai, Jan 6: Counterfeit currencies of Rs 100 BY-POLL BE CANCELLED? denomination were found in the Two persons were arrested fol- cash remitted to two lowing complaints that they tried banks in Reddiyar- to sexually harass a 19-year-old EC officials to announce decision soon palayam area here. girl at Taramani MRTS railway According to the station last night. Search is on District Collector holds all-party meet police, when the for a third culprit who was also bank offi cials conducted audit in involved, the police said. |NT Bureau| September last year, they found According to sources, the girl, a AIADMK TO ANNOUNCE eight counterfeit currencies of Rs Chennai, Jan 6: 100 denomination in one bank and native of Kerala, was at Taramani CANDIDATE TOMORROW 11 in another bank. The authorites station with her boyfriend last After representatives of promi- informed the Reserve bank of India, night near the lift. Three persons nent political parties stressed on AIADMK Co-Ordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneersel- vam today said that their candidate for Tiruvarur by-poll would Chennai about this and the RBI approached the couple and forci- the need to postpone by-poll in be announced tomorrow. Manager Senathipathi lodged a bly took them to the ticket issuing Tiruvarur Assembly constituency Taking part in an event in Theni, Panneerselvam, said, ‘We are complaint with the CB-CID police. offi ce in the pretext of enquiry. scheduled for 28 January, the ready to face election and we are confi dent of victory. The candi- A case has been registered. They introduced themselves as Election Commission is expected date would be announced tomorow morning’. staff at the station and demanded to announce its fi nal decision later AAP leader quits money not to inform their parents As a result, people in Thiruvarur today. The EC has empowered 7 August last year. The Election cadre are rushing to Thiruvarur of their affair. When the couple constituency will not be able to party, hits out at Kejri State Chief Election Offi cer Satya- Commission last week announced for engaging themselves in the said they have no money to pay, get the benefi t of the ongoing re- brata Sahoo to take a fi nal call. by-poll for Tiruvarur Assembly election campaign. But on the Delhi, Jan 6: they took the girl to the lift and lief work and celebrate Pongal fes- Tiruvarur Collector and District constituency on 28 January. The other side, people have rushed to tried to abuse her sexually. Hear- tival in a free manner, they said. Election Offi cer (DEO) L Nirmal counting of votes is scheduled for the court.’ The DMK has named Over two months after the Aam ing her alarm, passengers rushed Nirmal Raj prepared a report Raj convened an all-party meet 31 January. AMMK deputy gen- Poondi Kalaivanan, the Tiruvarur Aadmi Party suspended rebel leader and rescued her. and sent it to Satyabrata Sahoo Saturday. Members of farmers on Saturday. After studying the eral secretary TTV Dhinakaran District secretary of the party, as Sukhpal Singh Khaira for allegedly Following a complaint by the association and general public report, State Chief Election Of- fi elded party’s Thiruvarur district their candidate. indulging in anti-party activities, girl with Thiruvanmiyur railway attended the meeting. Expressing fi cer is expected to announce his secretary S Kamaraj as the can- Meanwhile, Naam Thamizhar the MLA resigned from the primary police, enquiries began. When their views, the participants at decision in a day or two. Supreme didate. He urged the party cadre Katchi led by Seeman announced membership of the party. Khaira in police tried to arrest the trio, one the meeting said holding elections Court will hear a petition fi led by to prove that Thiruvarur was the Tamil Muzhakkam Sahul Hameed his resignation alleged that the AAP of them manged to escape from on 28 January would affect Cy- Communist leader D Raja seeking fort of Amma (late Chief Minister as its candidate. Actor-turned- has ‘totally deviated’ from the ideol- the place. Police said two per- clone relief works in the constitu- to postpone by-election to Tiru- J Jayalalithaa). politician Kamal Haasan has said ogy and principles on which it was sons arrested were identifi ed as ency. Also people have lost their varur tomorrow. Taking an indirect jibe at the he would make an announcement formed.‘Unfortunately after joining Lucas and Lokesh, who work as identity cards and they are not in ruling AIADMK and DMK, Dhi- in two days whether his party the party I realised that the hierarchy lift operators. Search is on for the The by-poll was necessitated nakaran said, ‘Just after the noti- Makkal Needhi Maiam would be of AAP was no different from the tra- absconding station booking clerk. a mood to cast their votes. There following the demise of former will be a number of restrictions. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on fi cation of the by-election, AMMK contesting in the by-poll. ditional centralised political parties.’ 3 arrested BJP leaders meet CM Cyclone Pabuk: ‘Orange’ alert issued for selling ganja Port Blair, Jan 6: Andaman sea and the neighbour- capital of the Andaman and Nico- Puducherry, Jan 6: hood, they added. An Orange bar Islands. The cyclonic storm Cyclone Pabuk is now over the warning had been issued for the is very likely to continue to move Police arrested three youths Andaman sea and its neighbour- Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a north-northwestwards and cross on charges of selling ganja at hood and it has moved north- home ministry offi cial said, quot- the Andaman islands by Sunday Gorimedu here on Friday evening. northwestwards at a speed of 20 ing from a weather bulletin. An night with a wind speed of 65-75 According to the police, the three kmph in the last six hours. orange weather warning means kmph, gusting to 85 kmph, the youths rented a house and were The Centre has sounded an people should be prepared and offi cial said. Thereafter, it is very residing there. Orange alert for the Andaman there is an increased likelihood likely to move north-northwest- The neighbours got suspicious and Nicobar Islands, which is fac- of bad or extreme weather, which wards and then recurve north- of their activities and lodged a ing a cyclonic storm, offi cials said may disrupt road and air travel eastwards, towards the Myanmar complaint with the police. Police Sunday. Cyclonic storm Pabuk is and threaten life and property. coast, and weaken gradually watched them for an entire day on approaching the archipelago and It lays centred about 310 km thereafter, he added, quoting from Friday and barged into their house Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan calling on Chief currently hovering over the east-southeast of Port Blair, the the bulletin. in the evening. Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in Chennai. |NT Bureau| On 27 January when Chennai, Jan 6: GGET,ET, SSET,ET, GGOO Modi visits Madurai, BJP leader and Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan he would begin BJP’s and State unit president Tamilisai Soundararajan called on Chief Min- campaign in Tamilnadu ister and co-cordinator of AIADMK Edappadi K Palaniswami here. for Lok Sabha elections Speculations are rife that they discussed forging alliance for the On Saturday, Pon Radhakrishnan forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. and Tamilisai met Palaniswami With general elections round the separately at his residence in corner, political parties are busy Greeenways Road and held discus- fi nalising alliances. DMK president sions. Sources say they spoke about M K Stalin announced recently that seat sharing between two parties. he would face elections in UPA On 27 January when Prime Min- alliance. ister Narendra Modi visits Madurai Meanwhile reports say that State to lay the foundation stone for Minister Thangamani and Ve- AIIMS, he would begin their cam- lumani fl ew to Delhi last week and paign in Tamilnadu for Lok Sabha met Defence Minister Nirmala elections. Sitharaman to initiate discussion Modi addressed booth committee Works are on at hectic pace to get things ready for Tamilnadu Tourism Trade Fair Exhibition at Island Grounds in Chennai. on forging alliance between the members of the BJP through video AIADMK and BJP. conferencing recently. Photo: VM SRINIVASAN India on course for historic series win Rain plays spoilsport on day four Five wickets for Kuldeep

Sydney, Jan 6 (PTI): who played on after a resilient innings facing 111 balls. HHOWZZATOWZZAT Aussies were forced to follow on for the fi rst Yadav then trapped Nathan Lyon (0) lbw as Australia Fickle weather on day four prevented India from time in Test cricket since 2005 when England lost three wickets for 22 runs in the space of 44 balls. closing in on a big win in the fourth Test but they And he could have immediately completed his fi ve- were well on course for their maiden series victory in had enforced the same in Nottingham wicket haul, but Hanuma Vihari put down a skier from Australia after forcing the hosts to follow-on at home Josh Hazlewood (21) at mid on. In the process, Vihari for the fi rst time since 1988. Bad light and intermitted hurt his left shoulder whilst fi elding and didn’t take rain led to substantial loss of play with only 25.2 overs This was after Australia were bowled out for 300 the fi eld later on in the session, with Hardik Pandya bowled on day four. runs (104.5 overs) in their fi rst innings and were coming on as a substitute fi elder. Hazlewood and Australia were placed at 6-0 in 4 overs after Kuldeep asked to follow on, surrendering a lead of 322 runs. Mitchell Starc (29 not out) then added 42 runs for the Yadav’s fi ve-wicket haul in his maiden Test Down Kuldeep Yadav took 5-99, making instant impact in 10th wicket as Australia reached 300 despite another Under helped India bowl the home team out for 300 his fi rst game of the series. After the morning session pitiful batting display. Yadav got his reward thereafter in the fi rst innings. Umpires took players off the fi eld was washed out, play resumed at 1.50 pm local time with Hazlewood trapped lbw on a close umpire’s call, with eight minutes remaining in the belated afternoon IIndiansndians ccelebrateelebrate ffallall ooff a wicketwicket with 230 minutes lost to bad light and rain since day and the decision stayed in the wrist-spinner’s favour session. Marcus Harris (2) and Usman Khawaja (4) an hour, coming out for inspection in between, before three. India took the second new ball immediately and despite DRS. Australia were then forced to follow on were the unbeaten batsmen with Australia still trail- making a decision at 5 pm local time. The match offi - made quick inroads. Mohammed Shami (2-58) bowled for the fi rst time in Test cricket since 2005 when Eng- ing by 316 runs. But play didn’t resume at all once the cials were ready to wait until 6 pm for light to improve, Pat Cummins (25) with a ball that kept low on the land had enforced the same in Nottingham. On their scheduled tea break was over, as bad light hampered but a slight drizzle put paid to the wait and the day sixth ball after resumption of play. At the other end, home soil, this was the fi rst instance of Australia fol- proceedings once again. The umpires waited for nearly was called off at 5.20 pm local time. Jasprit Bumrah (1-62) set up Peter Handscomb (37) lowing on since 1988, again in Sydney, versus England.