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THALAIVASSTUMBLE AT HOME

6 7A major reshuffl e was made in

the DMDK party hierarchy today. Party founder Vijayakant was elected as the permanent general secretary at the State...

V’KANTH ELECTED AS DMDKPERMANENT GENERAL SECY

The Central Industrial SecurityForce (CISF) personnel of Madras High

Court carried out a cleanliness drive, aware-ness campaign and rally ...

CISF PERSONNEL CARRYOUT CLEANLINESS DRIVE

In-spite of jam-packed spectatorsin Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium rallying behind their favourite cricketing legend and

team owner Sachin Tendulkar to show...

Dhanush has announced beginning asequel to his earlier hit Maari. It would be made in

Tamil and Telugu simultanmeously. Maari 2will renuite Dhanush and director...

SAI PALLAVI OPPOSITE DHANUSH

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Quake or quack?� Kerala ESP expert warns of tsunami

before Dec � Geology prof disputes his claim

A HARSHAVARDHANChennai, Sept 30:

Kerala-based B K Research As-sociation for ESP has written a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, warning that a major earthquake and tsunami will hit the Indian Ocean region before December 2017. An image of the letter has been going viral on WhatsApp and Facebook, igniting heated discussions among social media users.

According to the message, a ‘vigor-ous’ earthquake is about to hit the Indian Ocean which will the coastal re-gions of the Asian continent. Countries including India, China, Japan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indone-sia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Gulf nations are said to be vulnerable. The message also states that these areas will also encounter a ‘seeshma’ storm that may strike with 120 to 180 kmph winds with heavy rain.

B K Research Association for ESP is an organisation run by Babu Kalayil, a person who claims to possess the gift of extra sensory perception (ESP). Kalayil also claims to have predicted the major earthquake that caused the tsunami in December 2004, exactly two months before it occurred. He has said that he has a feeling that the Indian Ocean would witness a massive earthquake before 31 December and wants to warn the people of the impeding catastrophe. He also said that he has no intention to create panic among the public.

When News Today contacted HOD of Geology at Anna University, L Elango, he refuted the claims saying, ‘They are just rumour and publicity mongers. They do not provide any scientifi c proof and we must learn to ignore them.’

An astrologer based in Anna Nagar though, has a different view on these predictions and about ESP. Wishing to remain anonymous, he said, ‘Aris-totle and Nostradamus from history are all seen as famous seers and philosophers who were able to predict the future hundreds of years ahead

of their time. But if it is someone from our own land, he is seen as a fraud. This view must change. More research must be conducted on the paranormal and parapsychology.’

The University of Kerala in 2005 had granted permission to one of its senior professors, Renuka, to be a co-investigator in a project of the Department of Science & Technology under the Central Government.

Renuka had back then said that Babu had predicted the presence of water on Mars, a month before a team of Hungarian scientists reported the presence of water on the red planet. Scientists at the Berkeley University of California had claimed to have discovered a new planet, 50 light years from the earth, in 2004. Babu had, in 1998, predicted the existence of such a planet.

Predictions made on the basis of ESP usually do not have many takers, mainly on account of the fact that they are not supported by proper scientifi c data or established theories. Truth or not, Babu Kalayil’s recent prediction has given fodder for heated discus-sion to social media users.

A ‘vigorous’ earthquake is about to hit the

Indian Ocean which will the coastal regions of the Asian continent.

Countries including India, China, Japan,

Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand,

Indonesia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Gulf

nations are vulnerable. These areas will also

encounter a ‘seeshma’ storm that may strike with 120 to 180 kmph

winds with heavy rain’

Rowdybrutally killed, three arrested

NT BureauChennai, Sept 30:

Three persons were appre-hended for killing a rowdy at MKB Nagar at Vysarpadi here.

The victim Suresh was found dead on Thursday night with stab marks at eight places and his head was smashed with a grinding stone.

In this connection, police h a v e a r r e s t e d V a l l a r a s u , Saran Raj and Gopinath last night.

Police said that Suresh, 24, was son of Ganesan, who is an employee of Metripolitan Transport Corporation and a resident of Shastri Nagar in MKB Nagar.

‘His family had last seen Suresh when one of his friends took him to the 15th Street of Shastri Nagar around 11 pm on that fateful day’, police said. Later, he was found murdered.

Sources said that Suresh was facing several charges against him. It was learnt that he was also convicted in one of the cases and served sentence in prison a couple of months back

� For 4 other States too... The President of India also appointed

Governors for four other States and Lieu-tenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The appointments will take effect from the dates the incumbents assume charge of their respective offi ces

Bihar Satyapal MalikAssam Jagdish Mukhi Meghalaya Ganga PrasadArunachal Pradesh B D Mishra

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands -

Devendra Kumar Joshi.Know your Governor

� Hails from Vidarbha in Maharashtra.� Involved in social, political, educational and industrial fi elds� Was members of Forward Bloc, Cong, BJP� Floated his own Vidarba Rajya Party � Appointed as Assam Governor last year� Managing editor of daily newspaper Hitavada

At last, TN getsfull-time Governor

� Banwarilal Purohit named by Prez � Multifaceted personality had stints in Cong, BJPNT Bureau

New Delhi / Chennai, Sept 30: President of India Ram Nath Kovind

today appointed Banwarilal Purohit as the new Governor of Tamilnadu. He is the incumbent Governor of Assam.

With his appointment, the State has got a full time Governor after K Rosaiah retired in August 2016.

Maharashtra Governor Ch Vi-dyasagar Rao is ho ld ing the additional charge of Tamilnadu since last year and there had been demands of appointment of a full-time Governor in view of the

Today is Vijayadasami, the 10th day of Dussehra which is auspicious to admit children to schools and to start new things. At Lord Ayyappan temple at Mahalingapuram in the city, a Vidyarambam event was conducted in which young ones practiced writing their fi rst letters on rice. Photo: V M SRINIVASAN

TR under fire forbullying Dhanshika

� Vishal, women activists, social media usersslam actor-director for crossing limits

NT BureauChennai, Sept 30:

Actor-director T Rajendar has come under severe criticism for crossing limits and bullying actress Sai Dhan-shika on stage at a fi lm event recently.

Nadigar Sangam general secretary and Tamil Film Producers Council president Vishal condemned TR for insulting the Kabali actress, which had left her in tears during a promo-tion of the movie Vizhithiru here.

The incident happened on Thursday when TR launched a verbal attack on the actress for leaving his name out while thanking the people on stage. Even though Dhanshika repeatedly apologised and even fell on his feet, he continued his onslaught saying, ‘You haven’t come dressed in a saree and you are saying sorry.’

Hitting out on Rajendar, Vishal wrote on social media, ‘I strongly condemn Mr TR for continuously targeting Dhanshika despite the fact that she apologised to him and he could have avoided all this.’

He added: ‘Dhanshika apologised and even fell at Mr TR’s feet, after he pointed out that she missed mentioning his name. Mr TR didn’t pardon Dhansika who is as old as his daughter.’

Shockingly, Dhanshika’s co-stars in the fi lm, Vidharth, Krishna, Venkat

Prabhu, other fi lm personalities on the dais, and the audience were seen clapping and laughing even while the actress wept.

Condemning them, Vishal wrote, ‘Now coming to the point, both you boys, Vidharth and Krishna, I think you guys should have had the least bit of decency not to clap when your own co star was being bullied. Completely not called for, buck up.’

He further went on to defend Dhan-shika saying, ‘It’s very diffi cult for women to come up in the cine indus-try. I know Dhansika very well and people who know her know well that she wouldn’t have done any-thing like this intentionally.’ There are a lot of comments by women activists and social media users against TR, demanding an apology from him. Certain comments on the social media seem to suggest that TR has an internal animosity with Rajini which triggered the issue, since Dhanshika had acted with the superstar in Kabali.

Pictures from the event.

TR launched a verbal attack on the actress for leaving his name

out while thanking the people on stage

Ð, MRAMBAM

Banwarilal Purohit

The memorial which is to be opened at Adyar tomorrow. (Inset) The Sivaji statue which was removed from Marina will also be installed here.

Photos: C SANTHOSH

Sivaji’s ‘Vasantha Maaligai’to be opened tomorrow

� OPS to inaugurate memorial � Entire fi lm industry to be present at the eventNT Bureau

Chennai, Sept 30:It’s fi nally a happy ending for the

controversies surrounding the inau-gural of Sivaji Ganesan memorial, as Deputy Chief Minister O Panneer-selvam will declare it open in honour of the legendary Tamil thespian tomorrow, coinciding with his birth anniversary. On Friday, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami announced that the memorial would be inaugu-rated by OPS, after Sivaji’s family members, fans, political leaders and fi lm personalities expressed unhap-piness over the original plan to have the building inaugurated by Ministers.

Palaniswami said yesterday that he always had special regard for the thespian. ‘There cannot be any second opinion that there is no one to match his acting skills, which are praised the world over,’ the Chief Min-

ister said. Palaniswami also referred to Jayalalithaa praising the actor in the Assembly.

He said he had issued orders to the Information and Public Welfare departments, to jointly take up the preparatory works for the inaugura-tion of the memorial.

Sivaji Ganesan’s second son and actor, Prabhu, thanked Palaniswami for making arrangements for conduct-ing the inauguration of the memorial, an offi cial release said.

Earlier, the government had an-nounced that Information and Pub-licity Minister ‘Kadambur’ C Raju

would inaugurate the memorial. This invoked critisicms from the family of the actor who said, ‘Please do recon-sider about asking the CM & all ur govt dignitaries to attend the Great Tamil Actor’s memorial opening it is a humble request sir our family as well as thousands of Sivaji Ganesan fans are waiting for a favourable reply.’

Members of Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Samooga Nala Peravai, a so-cial welfare body run by the actor’s fans, joined the foray and said it (the inauguration) should be done by the chief minister himself.

Prabhu told the media that it was the dream project of Jayalalithaa, and if she was alive, she would have presided this opening.

The 28,300 sq ft memorial has been built by the Public Works Department at a cost of Rs 2.80 crore at Adyar here

MUDHAL MARIYADHAI

� CM, Stalin greet Chief Minister Edappadi K Pal-

aniswami today greeted Purohit over phone on being appointed as the Governor of Tamilnadu.

DMK working president M K Stalin also greeted the new Governor and said that adminis-tration was affected for the past one year due to the absence of a permanent Governor. ‘I hope that Banwarilal Purohit is neutral and fulfi lls his work effectively,’ he added.

political situation in the State.

Purohit born in 16 April 1940 hails from the Vidarba region in Maharashtra. He was appointed as Gover-nor of Assam on 17 August 2016 along

with additional charge of Meghalaya. He has been thrice elected as mem-

ber of Parliament from Nagpur, twice on Indian National Congress’s ticket and once as a BJP member.

Purohit is a public personality, insepa-

rably involved in social, political, educa-tional and industrial fi elds of Vidarbha in Maharashtra.

He made his entry into politics in 1977 and fi rst joined the All India For-ward Bloc. Later he joined Congress. He was elected to Maharashtra As-sembly on a Congress ticket in 1979

and 1980. He was elected twice to Parliament from Congress, in 1984 and 1989, was elected once from BJP, in 1996. He was ousted from Congress when he took part in kar seva in Ayodhya in 1991, when he was still a member of the party. Then

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