Directed by film maker Pandiraj the film has actors Vimal, Sivakarthikeyan in key roles. ...
04:13 PM, Mar 31, 2013
However the Tamil flick will be directed by filmmaker Gopi and will be a full on comedy caper. ...
08:35 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The recent execution of Afzal Guru has brought the spotlight back on the legality of hanging those who have been serving long sentences in jail after being awarded the death sentence. ...
03:33 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The movie will be shot in places such as Thirunelveli, Mumbai and Hong Kong. ...
06:14 PM, Feb 20, 2013
Salem (TN): Facing arrest on a complaint of cheating by his lover, a CRPF constable who allegedly dumped her after making her pregnant agreed to marry her. Murugan of Attur was in love with his 25-year old neighbour for the past two year, but went back on his promise to marry her. He had also allegedly threatened to kill the woman, who was seven months pregnant, police said on Saturday....
11:48 AM, Nov 17, 2012
AVM Murugan, eldest son of legendary producer AVM Meiyyappa Chettiyar, passed away in Chennai on Monday. He was credited as one of the founders of Tamil Film Producers Council. Meanwhile, his son Karthik Meyappan has lodged a complaint with the police, suspecting some mystery in Murugan's death. Following this, the police have registered a case of a suspicious death. Murugan played a vital role in the production ventures of AVM...
01:35 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Vellore (TN): Perarivalan and Murugan, facing the gallows in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and lodged at the high-security prison in Vellore, have cleared the Class XII state board exams with flying colours, scoring a little over 91 per cent and 81 per cent respectively. Perarivalan (41) and Murugan (43) scored 1096 and 983 marks respectively out of a total of 1200 in the exam, results of which were announced...
06:30 PM, May 22, 2012
Chennai: CBI has questioned Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss and his son, former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, in connection with the murder of a relative of Tamil Nadu minister for Commercial Taxes Thiru C.Ve Shanmugam, sources said. While the senior PMK leader was questioned last evening, Anbumani Ramadoss was interrogated few days back, they said. A relative of Shanmugam, Muruganandham, was murdered by an armed gang on May...
10:20 AM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: The hearing of the petition to commute the death sentences of Rajiv Gandhi's assassins has been adjourned. The Madras High Court will now hear the case on January 31. The court had on Aug 30 stayed the death sentence of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan. The trio had earlier sought a stay on their execution on the ground that the President had taken 11 years in deposing their mercy...
12:10 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Vigilance Department conducted raids on former DMK minister Durai Murugan properties on Thursday morning. Murugan was the Law minister during the DMK regime. Sources say the vigilance department raided nine of his properties in Chennai, Vellore and Kancheepuram. Murugan is the eight DMK leader to be raided since July. The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption in October, conducted searches at the residence of DMK...
08:01 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Chennai: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said that the ruling AIADMK should pass 'on humanitarian grounds' a resolution at its cabinet meeting urging the President to reconsider clemency petitions of the three death row convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and forward it to Governor K Rosaiah. The government, he said, should not think its job was over just by passing a unanimous resolution in the Assembly. "On...
07:18 PM, Sep 11, 2011
Vellore: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins Nalini Sriharan met her husband Murugan at Vellore jail on Saturday morning. This is Nalini's first meeting with Murugan after the President rejected his mercy plea in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Nalini was shifted to Vellore Jail a few days ago and had not met her husband for over a year. The Madras High Court had ordered a stay on the hanging...
09:12 AM, Sep 10, 2011
The Madras High Court stayed the execution of the former PM Rajiv Gandhi's assassins for eight weeks. ...
11:58 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered a stay on hanging of Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu convicted for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination for another eight weeks, giving them a brief reprieve. Twenty one years after the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, it's now at least another eight more weeks of legal drama before a decision is taken on whether or not three of the...
11:22 PM, Aug 30, 2011
Chennai: In a major relief for three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed their hanging which was scheduled on September 9. Hearing their mercy petition the High Court gave interim relief for eight weeks to Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu. The Centre and the Tamil Nadu government will file a counter affidavit in the case within eight weeks in...
11:37 AM, Aug 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Madras High Court will hear the review petition filed on behalf of the three convicts facing execution for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi even as politics over their death sentence gathers pace. In Tamil Nadu, pro-Tamil groups have stepped up efforts to stall the execution of Rajiv Gandhi's killers. Should Murugan alias Sriharan, Santhan and Perarivalan alias Arivu be hanged on September 9? The case of the...
08:09 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Chennai: Three convicts sentenced to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have filed a petition in the Madras High Court. Chandrashekharan N filed a petition on behalf of the three convicts - Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan - on grounds of executive delay of over 11 years before rejecting the mercy plea of the prisoners. The court will hear the petition on Tuesday. Advocates Ram Jethmalani and Mohit Choudhary will...
12:04 PM, Aug 29, 2011
Chennai: The CPI state council on Sunday announced its members would observe a fast across Tamil Nadu on September 3 to seek cancellation of the death sentences awarded to three persons in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Calling upon all its alliance parties to take part, a party release said the fast would be observed in district headquarters across the state. CPI state secretary D Pandian had also written a...
10:24 PM, Aug 28, 2011
Chennai: Opposition DMK on Tuesday decided to boycott rest of the Tamil Nadu Assembly session following "anti-democratic" activities in the floor of the House, saying the party will explain the events before people in a public meeting. "It has been decided that it would not be proper to attend the rest of the session. To explain to the people the incidents in the Assembly, we have decided to conduct a...
01:28 AM, Aug 17, 2011
New Delhi: President Pratibha Patil has rejected the clemency petitions of three killers of Rajiv Gandhi whose death sentences were confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2000. The apex court had sentenced members of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) Murugan, Santhan, Perarivalan and Nalini to death in 1999 for the assassination of the former prime minister in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991. A Rasthrapati Bhavan spokesperson said...
03:53 PM, Aug 11, 2011
