Vaiko Arrested

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was on Monday charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA), a stringent law that enables detention without trial for two years. The senior politician had so far been under "unofficial" house arrest in Srinagar, where hundreds of politicians have been detained or arrested as part of the centre's a...

MDMK leader Vaiko and scores of his supporters were Friday arrested after BJP and MDMK volunteers clashed in Kavalkinaru area on the border of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu, police said.

Top opposition leaders MK Stalin and Kanimozhi of the DMK, and MDMK's Vaiko have courted arrest this morning as they support a bandh or shutdown called in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water dispute with Karnataka.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko today urged Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps to seek the release of 10 persons, hailing from Tuticorin, who were arrested on charges of smuggling red sanders by the forest department of Andhra Pradesh.

Condemning the arrest of Tamil folk singer Kovan on sedition charges over a song criticising Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, MDMK chief recited a few lines of the song and dared the government to arrest him.

MDMK chief Vaiko and around 250 of his party workers were arrested in Madurai this morning for staging a 'rail roko' protest.

Nearly 150 protesters belonging to the Naam Tamizhar Katchi, a pro-Tamil party, were arrested today as they attempted to enter the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

MDMK Chief Vaiko has been arrested by Chennai Police after he attempted to lay siege on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission today. Mr Vaiko, who led several pro-Tamil groups, was protesting against alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan government against Tamil civilians there.

Party workers of the MDMK led by General Secretary Vaiko have been arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The activists are demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2500 MW power out of which around 18 per cent is supplied to Karnataka. This is a fresh spate of protests that...

The police have arrested politician Vaiko and his supporters on the border of Madhya Pardesh and Mahrashtra, about 350 kilometres away from Sanchi. They were protesting against the visit of Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapakse, who they say must take responsibility for alleged atrocities against thousands of Tamils in his country. Police had inc...

The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested MDMK chief Vaiko who was heading to the Idinthakarai village - the epicentre of the anti-Kudankulam protests - to address villagers there.

MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was arrested along with about 100 party workers near Amaravathy check-post when they were proceeding to Kerala on Friday to check whether that state government was constructing a dam across Pamba river.

A day after an FIR was filed against Vaiko under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Law, he went on to say that he is not afraid of being arrested.

MDMK chief Vaiko, who was arrested on charges of sedition on October 23, has been released. Vaiko was arrested for allegedly making highly inflammatory speeches in support of the LTTE. At a public meeting in Chennai Vaiko had said that a separate Tamil Eelam under the leadership of LTTE chief Prabhakaran would soon come into existence in Sri Lan...

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was on Monday charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA), a stringent law that enables detention without trial for two years. The senior politician had so far been under "unofficial" house arrest in Srinagar, where hundreds of politicians have been detained or arrested as part of the centre's a...

MDMK leader Vaiko and scores of his supporters were Friday arrested after BJP and MDMK volunteers clashed in Kavalkinaru area on the border of Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu, police said.

Top opposition leaders MK Stalin and Kanimozhi of the DMK, and MDMK's Vaiko have courted arrest this morning as they support a bandh or shutdown called in Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water dispute with Karnataka.

MDMK general secretary Vaiko today urged Tamil Nadu government to take immediate steps to seek the release of 10 persons, hailing from Tuticorin, who were arrested on charges of smuggling red sanders by the forest department of Andhra Pradesh.

Condemning the arrest of Tamil folk singer Kovan on sedition charges over a song criticising Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, MDMK chief recited a few lines of the song and dared the government to arrest him.

MDMK chief Vaiko and around 250 of his party workers were arrested in Madurai this morning for staging a 'rail roko' protest.

Nearly 150 protesters belonging to the Naam Tamizhar Katchi, a pro-Tamil party, were arrested today as they attempted to enter the Defence Services Staff College at Wellington in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

MDMK Chief Vaiko has been arrested by Chennai Police after he attempted to lay siege on the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission today. Mr Vaiko, who led several pro-Tamil groups, was protesting against alleged war crimes and human rights violations committed by the Sri Lankan government against Tamil civilians there.

Party workers of the MDMK led by General Secretary Vaiko have been arrested after they attempted to lay siege to the Neyveli Lignite Corporation. The activists are demanding stopping of power supply to Karnataka. The plant produces around 2500 MW power out of which around 18 per cent is supplied to Karnataka. This is a fresh spate of protests that...

The police have arrested politician Vaiko and his supporters on the border of Madhya Pardesh and Mahrashtra, about 350 kilometres away from Sanchi. They were protesting against the visit of Sri Lankan president Mahindra Rajapakse, who they say must take responsibility for alleged atrocities against thousands of Tamils in his country. Police had inc...

The Tamil Nadu Police today arrested MDMK chief Vaiko who was heading to the Idinthakarai village - the epicentre of the anti-Kudankulam protests - to address villagers there.

MDMK General Secretary Vaiko was arrested along with about 100 party workers near Amaravathy check-post when they were proceeding to Kerala on Friday to check whether that state government was constructing a dam across Pamba river.

A day after an FIR was filed against Vaiko under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Law, he went on to say that he is not afraid of being arrested.

MDMK chief Vaiko, who was arrested on charges of sedition on October 23, has been released. Vaiko was arrested for allegedly making highly inflammatory speeches in support of the LTTE. At a public meeting in Chennai Vaiko had said that a separate Tamil Eelam under the leadership of LTTE chief Prabhakaran would soon come into existence in Sri Lan...