Swamy condemns attack on Elangovan's house

Janata Party today condemned the attack on the residence of former Union Minister EVKS Elangovan and said the party would stand by the senior Congress leader.

Elangovan's house at Adyar here came under attack last night after he had torn and removed posters and banners eulogising slain LTTE leader V Prabhakaran in Erode.

"We condemn it. Janata Party will stand by him and let the pro-LTTE elements in the state be warned," party president Subramanian Swamy told reporters here.

Calling for strict action from the state government, Swamy, a vocal opponent of the LTTE, also demanded dismissal of the ruling DMK government, "even if one more poster comes up."

On "leak" of the Liberhan Commission report, he blamed Union home minister P Chidambaram for it.

Swamy said Centre had written to the state asking for its concurrence to rename the Madurai airport as Muthuramalinga Thevar International Airport, after the freedom fighter from Madurai.

He demanded that Tamil Nadu government withdraw a letter by former chief minister O Panneerselvam in 2001 objecting to the renaming of the Madurai airport and warned of launching an agitation if the letter was not withdrawn.

Suriya Bala confirmed for ART in Macau GP

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Vince Pettit

Published: November 13, 2009Posted in: Formula BMW

Suriya balakrishna Thevar will be representing the Asia Racing Team (ART Motorsports) after agreeing a one-off race deal to drive fot them in the Macau GP.

Making his Macau debut the Singaporean driver will be taking part in the legendary street race.

Speaking before the announcement he said: “I have no expectations for this weekend as it’s going to be my second race in the Formula BMW Pacific series, and it’s a Street Race once again.”

“However, my strategy for the weekend is simple. I must learn the track well and use what I have learnt till now in the last race of the year. I’m just looking forward to the first and only practice of the weekend. It’s going to be a tough race for me but I am confident because I have a wonderful team to work with.”

Team Manager Philippe Descombes, added “We know Suriya very well from his Asian Formula Renault outings and Singapore GP – Formula BMW race. We accomplished two days of prolific testing in Zhuhai, China, and we made some good progress with him. Suriya’s physical condition is much better than it was at the time of Singapore GP. Definitely Macau GP will be another very important experience for him to prepare the 2010 season.”

Practice kicks off 19 November with Qualifying on 21 November and the race 22 November at 9.10am local time.

மீண்டும் நடிக்கும் கார்த்திக்

தமிழ்த் திரையுலகில் 1980-களில் கதாநாயனாக கலக்கியவர் கார்த்திக். சில வருடங்களுக்கு முன் சினிமாவுக்கு முழுக்கு போட்டார். தற்போது நாடாளும் மக்கள் கட்சி என்ற கட்சியை துவக்கி அரசியலில் குதித்தார். கார்த்திக்கை மீண்டும் நடிக்க வைக்க முயற்சிகள் நடந்தன. அவர் சம்மதிக்கவில்லை. ஆனால் தற்போது ஏ.வெங்கடேஷ் இயக்கும் மாஞ்சாவேலு படத்தின் கதை பிடித்துபோக திரும்பவும் நடிக்க வந்துள்ளார். இதுபற்றி இயக்குனர் ஏ.வெங்கடேஷ் கூறியதாவது:- மாஞ்சாவேலு படத்தில் முக்கியமான அண்ணன் கேரக்டர் உள்ளது. அந்த வேடத்துக்கு கார்த்திக் பொருத்தமாக இருப்பார் என்று அணுகினோம். கதையை கேட்ட கார்த்திக் நன்றாக இருக்கிறது என்று சொல்லி உடனே நடிக்கவும் சம்மதித்தார். அருண் விஜய்யின் அண்ணனாக படம் முழுவதும் வருகிறார். அவர் சம்பந்தப்பட்ட காட்சிகள் படமாக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. வருஷம் 16, கோகுலத்தில் சீதை கார்த்திக்கை இந்த படத்தில் பார்க்கலாம். சுறுசுறுப்பாக மின்சார வேகத்தில் புதுசக்தியோடு படப்பிடிப்பில் பங்கேற்கிறார். தினமும் காலை 8 மணிக்கு படப்பிடிப்பில் ஆஜராகி விடுகிறார். மாலை வரை படப்பிடிப்பு அரங்கிலேயே இருந்து காட்சிகளை முடித்து கொடுத்துவிட்டு புறப்படுகிறார். இந்தப் படம் அவருக்கு பெரிய திருப்புமுனையாக இருக்கும் என்றார்.

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Karunas‘s ‘Mukkulathin Mugavari’ Launched

A CD of ‘Mukkulathin Mugavari’ for which Karunas has composed music was released yesterday at Pasumpon Thevar Mandapam in Chennai at 5 p.m. The function was arranged by Pasumpon Illakiya Ani and had Hansraj Saxena of Sun networks and comedian Senthil as its chief guests.

Thevar Jayanthi: A ‘colour’ vs ‘monochrome’

CHENNAI: Thevar Jayanthi, the day that unites political parties of almost every hue in Tamil Nadu, with their leaders unfailingly paying tributes to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, turned out to be a ‘colour’ vs ‘monochrome’ occasion on Friday. AIADMK functionaries replaced a black and white portrait kept by the government with a multi-colour one exclusively for their leaders to honour.As is the norm nowadays, a portrait was placed on the pedestal of the Thevar statue in Nandanam junction for leaders of all parties to pay floral tributes on the occasion of the freedom fighter’s 102nd birth anniversary. State Ministers, led by Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, reached the spot around 9 am and paid homage. An hour later, before leader of Opposition, J Jayalalithaa, arrived with her party functionaries to pay tributes to Thevar, AIADMK men replaced the monochrome portrait with a multi-colour one, which was also taken away later. When asked, AIADMK men said that Muthuramalinga Thevar was known for the bright holy ash and kumkum on his forehead. Since the portrait placed by the government did not reflect the divine nature of the leader, the portrait was replaced.Apart from Stalin, State Ministers Arcot N Veerasamy, Parithi Ellamvazhuthi, T P M Mohideen Khan and Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Speaker R Avudaiappan and Chennai Mayor M Subramanian paid floral tributes. The AIADMK leaders who paid homage included presidium chairman E Madhusoodhanan. DMDK founder Vijaykanth garlanded the portrait of Thevar at his party office.

Madurai tense as Thevar statue removed

MADURAI: Tension prevailed in the city for around four hours when a life-sized statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar, installed without prior permission, was removed by the police and corporation officials here on Monday.Police sources said the statue was erected by Senthil Nathan, corporation councillor of ward 50, at Kondi Thozu Street behind Sourashtra Boys Higher Secondary School, recently.On Monday morning, when the police and the corporation officials visited the spot to remove the statue, a mob gathered around and started protesting. Chandramohan, tahsildar, Madurai South, and Murugesan, chief town planning officer, along with a posse of police, tried to reason out with the protesters that no statue could be erected without getting prior permission from the corporation. While the altercation between the police and the mob was going on, a few stones were pelted on the police, which forced the policemen to resort to a lathicharge to disperse the mob. During the lathicharge, one Sikkander Seit, an onlooker and a policeman was injured. After the statue was removed, the situation remained tense for a few more hours. Security was beefed up in the area. K Nandabalan, commissioner, police, P C Thenmozhi, DCP and other police officers held inquiries.

KARTHIK- the V.I.P

What Jayam Ravi missed and Arun Vijay got?

The remake of the Telugu blockbuster Kick is now underway in Tamil titled Thillalangadi. The film is directed by Jayam Raja and stars Jayam Ravi and Shaam. There were reports a few days ago that the team had been trying hard to sign up Karthick to play the father’s role in Thillalangadi. However, all efforts proved futile as the actor simply refused the role for reasons best known to him. The team later finalized Prabhu for the role.

The buzz now is that Karthick had agreed to star in Maanja Velu, which has Arun Vijay in the lead.

80's star meet- karthik,rajini,prabhu8,etc