Dmk Workers Arrested

DMK leader M K Stalin was today arrested near Coimbatore on grounds of "law and order," when he attempted to proceed to Salem to oversee the desilting work of a lake, over which his party men and AIADMK (Amma) workers had clashed.

Cases of attempted murder have been registered against a group of DMK workers who, on Sunday, assaulted journalists in Chennai for reporting that MK Stalin had resigned.

Hundreds of DMK workers, including its Treasurer MK Stalin, were arrested today as part of the dawn-to-dusk general strike by the party-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO which evoked mixed response with normal life by and large remaining unaffected in Tamil Nadu.

DMK leader M K Stalin and thousands of party workers were arrested today when they attempted to picket the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai, demanding a probe against the island government over alleged war crimes.

A former DMK MLA and two of his associates were today arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a 15-year old girl from Kerala who worked as a servant in his house, police said.

Arterial roads in Chennai were blocked and traffic was diverted in many places for close to four hours today as DMK cadres poured out all over Tamil Nadu to court arrest as part of the opposition party's jail bharo or fill jails protest against what it calls the AIADMK's "repressive regime" and "political vendetta." Senior party leaders and about 5...

The DMK's 'fill the jails' demonstration tomorrow has kept the prison authorities on their toes. Thousands of DMK workers are likely to court arrest to condemn what they see as 'vindictive police action' against their leaders on land grabbing and other charges.

Two DMK functionaries have been arrested for trying to set themselves ablaze protesting detention of former Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam under the Goondas Act, as eight government buses were stoned in Salem, police said.

DMK leader M K Stalin was today arrested near Coimbatore on grounds of "law and order," when he attempted to proceed to Salem to oversee the desilting work of a lake, over which his party men and AIADMK (Amma) workers had clashed.

Cases of attempted murder have been registered against a group of DMK workers who, on Sunday, assaulted journalists in Chennai for reporting that MK Stalin had resigned.

Hundreds of DMK workers, including its Treasurer MK Stalin, were arrested today as part of the dawn-to-dusk general strike by the party-backed pro-Sri Lankan Tamil outfit TESO which evoked mixed response with normal life by and large remaining unaffected in Tamil Nadu.

DMK leader M K Stalin and thousands of party workers were arrested today when they attempted to picket the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai, demanding a probe against the island government over alleged war crimes.

A former DMK MLA and two of his associates were today arrested for allegedly raping and murdering a 15-year old girl from Kerala who worked as a servant in his house, police said.

Arterial roads in Chennai were blocked and traffic was diverted in many places for close to four hours today as DMK cadres poured out all over Tamil Nadu to court arrest as part of the opposition party's jail bharo or fill jails protest against what it calls the AIADMK's "repressive regime" and "political vendetta." Senior party leaders and about 5...

The DMK's 'fill the jails' demonstration tomorrow has kept the prison authorities on their toes. Thousands of DMK workers are likely to court arrest to condemn what they see as 'vindictive police action' against their leaders on land grabbing and other charges.

Two DMK functionaries have been arrested for trying to set themselves ablaze protesting detention of former Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam under the Goondas Act, as eight government buses were stoned in Salem, police said.