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  • ED summons TTV Dhinakaran in EC ‘bribery’ cash laundering case

    Via PTI

    NEW DELHI: The ED has summoned AMMK chief T T V Dhinakaran this week for wondering in a cash laundering case connected to alleged bribing of Election Fee officers to get the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ image for the VK Sasikala faction, officers stated on Wednesday.

    The transfer comes after the company just lately arrested jailed ‘conman’ and every other accused on this case, Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Each Dhinakaran and Chandrashekhar have been arrested via the Delhi Police crime department in 2017.

    Officers stated they have got recorded the remark of Chandrashekhar on this case early this month and now they need to query Dhinakaran to take the probe ahead.

    The 58-year-old AMMK normal secretary has been requested to depose earlier than the company right here on April 8, they stated. His remark might be recorded below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) as soon as he deposes.

    Chandrashekar used to be arrested in April 2017 from a 5 famous person resort via the Delhi Police for allegedly taking cash from Dhinakaran to bribe EC officers to get the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ image for the VK Sasikala faction in a by-election to the R Okay Nagar meeting seat in Tamil Nadu.

    Dhinakaran, who used to be fee sheeted via the police, used to be additionally arrested via the Delhi Police after 4 days of wondering for allegedly making an attempt to bribe EC officers for the logo.

    The bypoll used to be necessitated via the dying of the then Tamil Nadu leader minister J Jayalalithaa, who represented the meeting seat.

    The EC had frozen the AIADMK’s image after the 2 factions — one led via Dhinakaran’s aunt Sasikala and the opposite via former leader minister O Panneerselvam — staked a declare to it.

    Dhinakaran’s shut aide Mallikarjuna used to be additionally arrested for allegedly facilitating a Rs 50 crore deal between him and Chandrashekar.

    Dhinakaran used to be the treasurer of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and used to be expelled from the birthday party in August 2017 along side Jayalalithaa’s confidante Sasikala. He later introduced his political birthday party known as the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK).

  • SC moves down 10.5 in step with cent reservation for Vanniyars in Tamil Nadu 

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Preferrred Court docket on Thursday struck down the ten.5 in step with cent reservation supplied to Vanniyars, a Maximum Backward Neighborhood (MBC) in Tamil Nadu, in govt jobs and admission to instructional establishments.

    A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai upheld the Madras Top Court docket order which had quashed the reservation.

    “We’re of the opinion that there’s no considerable foundation for classifying Vanniakula Kshatriyas into one team to be handled another way from the rest 115 communities inside the MBC teams and, subsequently, the 2021 Act is in violation of Articles 14, 15 and 16 of the Charter. Due to this fact, we uphold the verdict of the top court docket,” the bench stated.

    The Tamil Nadu Meeting had in February remaining yr handed the then ruling AIADMK-piloted invoice offering inner reservation of 10.5 in step with cent for Vanniyars, with the incumbent DMK govt issuing an order in July 2021 for its implementation.

    It had break up the combination 20 in step with cent reservation for MBCs and denotified communities into 3 separate classes by way of regrouping castes and supplied a ten in step with cent plus sub-quota for Vanniyars, previously referred to as Vanniakula Kshatriyas.

  • DMK completed in 10 months what AIADMK could not in 10 years, says TN CM M Okay Stalin

    Via PTI

    CHENNAI: Lashing out on the opposition AIADMK for criticising his celebration on now not giving impact to his ballot assurances, Tamil Nadu Leader Minister and DMK president M Okay Stalin on Wednesday stated the DMK govt completed in a brief span of 10 months what the AIADMK did not do throughout 10 years of its rule.

    Additionally, he promised to put into effect the decade-old unfulfilled bulletins of the AIADMK regime equipped they’re really helpful to the folks.

    Making a press release beneath rule 110 within the Meeting on Wednesday, the Leader Minister stated in an instant after assuming rate on Might 7 (remaining 12 months) he signed 5 recordsdata.

    Regularly, govt orders (GO) have been issued to put into effect 208 out of 505 ballot assurances.

    However to the contrary, from 2011 to 2021, the AIADMK regime made 537 bulletins beneath Meeting rule 110, however had now not applied any of them.

    “Their bulletins nonetheless stay on paper and have been made just for the sake of exposure,” Stalin stated.

    Whilst the federal government beneath him was once handing over on its guarantees, the opposition celebration assists in keeping on asking questions.

    “It is like asking in regards to the 10th usual marks of a 10-month-old child. Let me let you know, this kid is not going to handiest rating prime grades within the 10th usual but additionally win a medal within the commencement,” the Leader Minister stated amid thumping of treasury benches.

    Record out the bulletins of the AIADMK, he stated the celebration neither stored the guarantees it made in 2011 and 2016 Meeting elections nor fulfilled the bulletins made when it was once in energy.

    “You (AIADMK govt) had introduced to habits the worldwide buyers meet (GIM) as soon as each two years nevertheless it was once held handiest as soon as within the remaining 5 years,” Stalin stated.

    The bulletins on setting up a satellite tv for pc town in suburban Thirumalisai, an built-in satellite tv for pc town close to Madurai airport, loose cellphones to ration cardholders, loose Wi-Fi in public puts and Rs 500 coupon to ration cardholders to shop for garments for Pongal at Co-optex and different guarantees made by way of the AIADMK weren’t fulfilled.

    Even the announcement on setting up a flyover between Meenambakkam and Chengalpattu, coastal highway undertaking from Chennai to Kanyakumari, Aero Park, Cellular e-Governance programme and Monorail undertaking, to call a couple of, by no means took off.

    The AIADMK regime made a complete of 507 guarantees, together with 186 in its 2011 election manifesto and 321 in its 2016 election manifesto, and in spite of being on the helm for 10 years, the celebration handed orders to put into effect handiest 269.

    He stated orders weren’t issued for 20 bulletins made for an outlay of Rs 9,741 crore. “As I’ve already discussed, throughout the remaining 10 months, the DMK govt made 208 bulletins out of 505 ballot guarantees and GO have been issued to put into effect 171 of them,” he stated.

    Recalling DMK founder and previous Leader Minister C N Annadurai’s quote “matran thottathu malligaikkum manam undu” (even the jasmine in neighbour’s lawn have perfume), Stalin confident to put into effect the bulletins of the AIADMK regime in the event that they have been really helpful to the folks.

  • Money, jewels, crypto forex funding papers seized throughout raid on ex-Minister

    By means of PTI

    COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday stated the company has seized 11.152 kg of gold embellishes 118.506 kg of silver, incriminating paperwork, unaccounted money of over 84 lakh, cell phones, locker keys of a number of banks and pc arduous discs throughout the raid performed at the premises of former minister S P Velumani and of his 12 friends in six districts of Tamil Nadu and in Kerala.

    Funding paperwork concerning crypto currencies to the music of Rs 34 lakh have been additionally detected, a press unlock from the DVAC stated right here.

    In line with knowledge that Velumani had collected property disproportionate to his identified supply of source of revenue of over Rs 58.23 crore throughout 2016-2021 with the assistance of the 12, a case was once registered and due to this fact raids have been performed, stated the discharge.

    Additional investigations are on, the discharge stated. That is the second one raid towards the previous minister, who belongs to the AIADMK, within the ultimate 8 months.

    The DVAC officers stated they searched additionally the homes of AIADMK MLA Ok R Jayaaman right here and of former MLA Shanmugam close to right here. Velumani was once provide on his assets throughout the raid, they stated.