Karunanidhi being harassed by some forces in DMK: Alagiri

March 17, 2014

Madurai, Mar 17: Maintaining that he has been "unfairly vilified" and suspended, DMK leader M K Alagiri today alleged "some forces" in the party were not allowing its chief and his father M Karunanidhi to discharge his functions.

"Some forces in the party are not allowing Kalaingar (Karunanidhi) to function as party president. They are harassing the president of the party," he told a large gathering of supporters, in remarks seen as aimed against his younger brother and DMK Treasurer M K Stalin.

alagiri_copyThe DMK South Zone Organising Secretary, who convened the meeting of his supporters to decide on his future course of action amid speculations that he might float his own outfit, narrated the sequence of events leading to his suspension.

Alagiri, considered an influential leader of the party in the southern districts, said he had had been "unfairly vilified and suspended" for seeking to prevent "irregularities and malpractices" in the party elections.

The Madurai MP, who has been denied ticket for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls, said as the Organising Secretary of the party he had pointed out "irregularities" in the conduct of party elections in Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar and several other districts.

He claimed nominations of many of his supporters were not even accepted for scrutiny. Before going on a foreign trip, he took up the issue with "proof" with Karunanidhi and asked him to take steps to stem the rot.

But the grievances of his supporters were not considered, and his supporters were suspended.

When he questioned party president about this, he threatened to dismiss my supporters. "I told him dismissing my supporters is like dismissing me. He listened to me. Then you all know what happened later. I was also suspended."

The consultative meeting of supporters was held at the Daya Mahal marriage hall, owned by Algiri near his house, which was seen overflowing even before he arrived there.

The mobilisation of the large number of lower-level cadres is seen as yet another show of strength by Alagiri in the last three months. A huge crowd had gathered for his birth day celebrations in January.

His supporters had been making vociferous call to teach the DMK a lesson for suspending their leader and his hardcore supporters ahead of the Lok sabha elections.

Alagiri supporters had put up posters stating that "Kalaingar DMK is ready to be born", a majority of his followers consider it a gimmick and he would not take such a drastic step.

Speculations about Alagiri parting ways with the party grew after his high-profile meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, BJP chief Rajnath Singh and film star Rajinikanth in the past week.

However, a close aide of Alagiri today said he would not do the "foolish" thing of forming a separate party, but would find ways to make the DMK highcommand realise his importance, as he had done in the past too.

"This meeting is the foundation to find ways to grab the party from the tight grip of the 'anti-cadre' highcommand of the party," said Asokan, an ardent supporter of Alagiri.

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March 6,2020

Mumbai, Mar 6: Harried Yes Bank depositors rushed to ATMs to withdraw cash but faced multitude of problems including closed down machines and long queues, after the RBI placed the bank under a moratorium, capping maximum withdrawals at Rs 50,000 per account for a month.

Aggravating the problems of depositors were difficulties accessing the internet banking channel, which ensured that they can't transfer the funds online as well. At an ATM in south Mumbai's Horniman Circle, with the RBI headquarters overlooking it, the shutters were pulled down.

The guard on duty said the machine was non-operational before he reported to work late in the evening and he was ordered to shut it after 2200 hrs. In the residential area of suburban Chembur, one ATM was dispensing cash but had a long queue of anxious depositors.

One man said it was still possible to withdraw up to Rs 50,000 in multiple transactions from the machine.

However, another machine nearby had run dry within minutes of the RBI announcement, a woman said.

The regulatory actions, undertaken by the RBI and the government, came hours after finance ministry sources confirmed that SBI was directed to bail out the troubled lender.

For the next month, Yes Bank will be led by the RBI-appointed administrator Prashant Kumar, an ex-chief financial officer of SBI.

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March 31,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 31: Kerala Chief

Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the government has collected the details of those who took part from the state in recent religious congregations in Nizamuddin and Malaysia and it needs to be examined if they have any health issues.

"Police have already made detailed examination in this regard. Thelist of participants have been given through respectivedistrictcollectors. Necessary precautions will be made in the concerned districts in this regard," Vijayan told reporters here.

The government has the exact number of participants and thedetails of the districts they are hailing from, he said.

Meanwhile, Pathananthitta police said they have identified 6 persons in the district in connection with the Nizamuddin congregation.

"Three persons had taken part in the congregation, of them one hadalready died. One person is in quarantine in the district while theother is located now in Thiruvananrhapuram," a senior police officialtold PTI.

The others are not participants but had travelled to Delhi along with them, he said.

In the nearby Alappuzha district, three persons have been identified in connection with the congregation, police said.

"They have been in quarantine and under the surveillance of thehealth department since they have reached back the state from Delhi," another official said.

Several people, who had attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin in the national capital are suspected to be having symptoms of Covid19, even as at least 24 have tested positive.

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June 24,2020

New Delhi, Jun 24: With the highest single-day spike of 15,968 cases and 465 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 4,56,183 on Wednesday.

According to the latest update by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), 14,476 deaths have been recorded due to the infection so far in the country.

The count includes 1,83,022 active cases, and 2,58,685 cured/discharged/migrated patients.

Maharashtra with 1,39,010 confirmed cases remains the worst-affected by the infection so far in the country. The state's count includes 62,848 active, 69,631 cured, discharged patients while 6,531 deaths have been reported due to the infection so far.

Meanwhile, the national capital's confirmed coronavirus cases reached 66,602.

2,301 deaths have been reported in Delhi due to the infection so far.

Tamil Nadu has reported 64,603 cases so far with the death toll reaching 833.

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