Tamil Nadu

Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has appealed to M Karunanidhi, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, to have all the charges against AS Mani, the publisher and editor of the Tamil-language magazine Naveena Netrikkan, withdrawn after a court in Chennai rejected a petition for his release on bail on August 10. Arrested on the orders of Police Commissioner SR Jangid on...

A reporter cum camera-man of Sun TV and his friend were attacked reportedly by activists of Kongu Mennetra Kazhagam (KMK) at Oodanilai near Erode while covering a function in connection the death anniversary of freedom fighter Deeran Chinnamalai. The reporter Gunasekaran, in his complaint, said both of them went to Oodanilai to cover the function in a car. Prior to their entry, there was a fracas...

The CBI has finally filed an appeal before the Madras High Court Bench against a lower court verdict acquitting 17 persons, including a DSP, in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper office attack case, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported. Stating that the Centre had taken time in granting permission to go in for the appeal, the CBI also filed a petition requesting that the delay be condoned. If the...

The editor of Tamil daily Dina Bhoomi, S Manimaran, his son M Rameshkumar and associate M Muthiah, who were arrested in Madurai on Wednesday for publishing news on granite quarries in the Madurai region, were released on Thursday, the Hindu has reported. When the bail application came up before the Judicial Magistrate, Madurai Court, the prosecution did not oppose it. A senior government official...

AS Mani, the editor of the Tamil magazine Naveena Netrikkan, was freed on bail Saturday after being held for a month in Tamil Nadu. Relatives told Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) that he returned home at midday. He still faces defemation charges.

Journalist AS Mani has been detained in Tamil Nadu on a criminal defamation charge. Mani, who edits the Tamil weekly Naveena Netrikkan, was arrested in Chennai without arrest warrant on October 25 as a result of libel suit by a local businessman. “Mani is the latest victim of Indian laws that criminalise defamation,” Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) reacted. “Misuse of the laws...

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has condemned a October 7 police raid on the Tamil daily Dinamalar in Chennai and the arrest of its editor, B Lenin, over an article about Tamil actresses suspected of prostitution. Charged under the Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Act, he could remain in detention until October 21. “The police raid on Dinamalar was abusive and disproportionate and B Lenin’s arrest...

Police summoned the news editor, Raja, Sun TV for an enquiry in connection with a complaint filed by a leading Tamil daily Dinamalar, accusing the channel of resorting to 'provocative' coverage, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported. Raja was summoned for an enquiry on Tuesday night, a senior police official told PTI. The daily had filed a complaint with the state government on Tuesday...

The Chennai police have arrested three persons including a godman for assualting a journalist, who tried to take photographs of their ashram in Adambakkam on Thursday, the Times of India has reported. The police arrested godman Vikraman and ashram employees Ravichandran and Selvam in connection with the assualt. Police said Vikraman has been running the ashram in Thillai Ganga Nagar near...

Two senior photojournalists were injured when they were assaulted, allegedly by AIADMK activists, while covering a clash between two rival groups of the party during a function organised in connection with the inauguration of a AIADMK youth camp in Rameshwaram on Thursday. Police told Press Trust of India that M Seenivasan, photo journalist of Tamil daily, Dinamalar, suffered injuries on the head...