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AG Perarivalan -- one of the seven convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case whose release was ordered by the Supreme Court today -- and his mother Arputhammal met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai this evening.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening, when a private bus coming from Edappadi collided with another coming from Thiruchengode, reports said.

Nineteen years old at the time of the assassination, AG Perarivalan was accused of buying the two 9-volt batteries for Sivarasan, the LTTE man who masterminded the assassination.

The Supreme Court of India will pass orders today on a plea seeking the release of AG Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who has been behind bars for 31 years.

The Tamil Nadu Police said the victim allegedly called his friend "girlish". Despite the accused student's objection and pleas to stop, his friend continued to tease him over his looks and quiet demeanour.

One more worker died inside a quarry (or an open-pit mine) in Tamil Nadu, raising the death count to two after six of them were trapped due to falling boulders.

Devasahayam, who converted to Christianity in the 18th century in the then kingdom of Travancore, would be declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican today.

At least four workers aretrapped in a quarry or an open-pit mine since last night in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, while two people have been rescued so far, police said today.

Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy who made headlines with his Hindi speakers "selling pani puri" remark issued a clarification today.

The subject of Hindi - which is not India's national language as it is often mistaken to be - being taught in schools in South India has been an emotive one, particularly in Tamil Nadu.

Six-year-old Indian-American girl Kiara Kaur has become the youngest keynote speaker to address any World Expo, promptingWorld Book of Records, London to acknowledge this as a world record.

A woman, who got married just last month, has died by suicide in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, said the police. She was 27.

A 58 year-old man who had set himself on fire yesterday in a bid to stop an encroachment eviction drive in the Raja Annamalai Puram in Chennai area died this morning.

Six Tamil Nadu police personnel were arrested on Saturday for murder in connection with the custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Chennai.

The policemen involved in the custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Chennai last month have been charged for murder, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced in the Tamil Nadu assembly today. Earlier, the police had filed a case of suspicious death.

AG Perarivalan -- one of the seven convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case whose release was ordered by the Supreme Court today -- and his mother Arputhammal met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai this evening.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening, when a private bus coming from Edappadi collided with another coming from Thiruchengode, reports said.

Nineteen years old at the time of the assassination, AG Perarivalan was accused of buying the two 9-volt batteries for Sivarasan, the LTTE man who masterminded the assassination.

The Supreme Court of India will pass orders today on a plea seeking the release of AG Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, who has been behind bars for 31 years.

The Tamil Nadu Police said the victim allegedly called his friend "girlish". Despite the accused student's objection and pleas to stop, his friend continued to tease him over his looks and quiet demeanour.

One more worker died inside a quarry (or an open-pit mine) in Tamil Nadu, raising the death count to two after six of them were trapped due to falling boulders.

Devasahayam, who converted to Christianity in the 18th century in the then kingdom of Travancore, would be declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican today.

At least four workers aretrapped in a quarry or an open-pit mine since last night in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, while two people have been rescued so far, police said today.

Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy who made headlines with his Hindi speakers "selling pani puri" remark issued a clarification today.

The subject of Hindi - which is not India's national language as it is often mistaken to be - being taught in schools in South India has been an emotive one, particularly in Tamil Nadu.

Six-year-old Indian-American girl Kiara Kaur has become the youngest keynote speaker to address any World Expo, promptingWorld Book of Records, London to acknowledge this as a world record.

A woman, who got married just last month, has died by suicide in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, said the police. She was 27.

A 58 year-old man who had set himself on fire yesterday in a bid to stop an encroachment eviction drive in the Raja Annamalai Puram in Chennai area died this morning.

Six Tamil Nadu police personnel were arrested on Saturday for murder in connection with the custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Chennai.

The policemen involved in the custodial death of a 25-year-old man in Chennai last month have been charged for murder, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced in the Tamil Nadu assembly today. Earlier, the police had filed a case of suspicious death.