Karunanidhi’s Memorial Will Be Built In Tamil Nadu

Karunanidhi’s memorial will be built in Tamil Nadu at a cost of 39 crores: Chief Minister Stalin.

A memorial to former DMK President and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late M. Karunanidhi will be set up on the Marina beach at Kamarajar Salai here. 39 crores will be spent on the memorial.

Announcing this effect on Tuesday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the memorial would be set up on 2.21 acres of land at Marina Beach to recognize his effort to build modern Tamil Nadu.

Chief Minister said in the assembly – ‘Kalaignar Memorial’ will be built on the Marina beach

The Chief Minister told the Assembly that a ‘Kalaignar Memorial’ would be built on the popular beach where he was cremated after his death on August 7, 2018.

Karunanidhi’s memorial will be built in Tamil Nadu: The main opposition party AIADMK welcomed.

Across party lines, even the leaders of the main opposition AIADMK welcomed the government’s announcement.

Recalling the late DMK leader’s contribution to social welfare, transport, education, urbanization, and infrastructure development, Stalin described his father as the architect of modern Tamil Nadu.

Stalin said- Late DMK leader Karunanidhi did a lot for the Tamil community

He said that he passed away on 7 August 2018 after being in the limelight for almost half a century. Before his death, he did a lot for the Tamil community.

ISRO Conspiracy Case: Former DGP gets anticipatory bail from the court in ISRO conspiracy case.

A Thiruvananthapuram court has granted anticipatory bail to former Kerala Director General of Police (DGP) CB Mathews in a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The case is related to the illegal arrest of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayan and two Maldivian nationals in the 1994 espionage case.

Mathews’ counsel said the relief was granted by Principal District and Sessions Judge P. Krishnakumar.

Advocate Prasad Gandhi, appearing for two Maldivians, Mariam Rashida, and Fauzia Hassan, also confirmed the court’s order. The detailed order of the court is yet to be received.

Narayan and both Maldivian women had opposed the relief to Mathews.

In the same case, the Kerala High Court had also granted anticipatory bail to three former police officers and a retired Intelligence Department (IB) officer.

The CBI had registered a case against Mathews and 17 others, including another IB officer, on charges of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, and tampering with evidence.