Varadarajan died due to drowning: Autopsy

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 12:51
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Veteran CPM leader WR Varadarajan died due to drowning, according to the post-mortem report. The death was shrouded in mystery ever since a TV channel claimed that there was more than met the eye in the case.

The medical team at the Government Royapettah Hospital compared the fluids inside Varadarajan’s body with samples of water collected from the Porur lake, where it was alleged that he drowned.

The tests showed that there were no toxins in the body, the official police release said.

There were no strangulation marks on his neck and the stomach was full of water, the police said quoting the postmortem report.

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Nityananda addresses public through VCD

Monday, 08 March 2010 08:00
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“I have not committed any crime,” Swami Nithyananda claimed on Sunday, in his first public response to the video CD showing him in a compromising position with an actress.

Addressing his devotees in a five-minute VCD, copies of which were distributed to the media by his lawyer here, the Swami alleged that calumnies and rumours were being spread against him and the ‘Gnanapeetam’.

“While I am receiving email, phone calls and letters from devotees and friends, expressing their support and affection, I can see that they are worried and concerned,” he said.

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Swami moves court to restrain media

Thursday, 04 March 2010 06:06
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Swami Nithyananda moved a civil court in the city on Wednesday to restrain the Sun TV from telecasting any video clippings and newspapers from publishing any article or photograph about him.

The XV Assistant Judge A Manickavasagar of the city civil court in Chennai ordered notice and posted the petition for further hearing on March 8. The newspapers and a magazine the godman wanted restrained are Dinakaran, Tamil Murasu and Nakkeeran.

In his petition, Nithyananda submitted that he had 45 lakh devotees in 17 countries and was conducting free medical camps, besides providing education to the needy.

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Tamil students breathe easy, not French

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 12:57
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The first day of Class XII State Board examinations went off smoothly for students appearing for Tamil exams. But those who took the French exam found it otherwise.

Overall, a sense of satisfaction prevailed in the air as examinees left the halls. Seeing them happy, parents also heaved a sigh of relief.

About 6.89 lakh students appeared from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the Language Paper I on Monday. In Chennai alone, 48,730 students of 436 higher secondary schools tested their skills at 137 exam centres.

“The 15 marks questions were tough, so were the essays. It was not out of syllabus, but not easy either,” said Shivant from the Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School who appeared for French exam.

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City police confirm body as Varadarajan’s

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 13:29
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City Police on Monday confirmed the death of CPM leader W R Varadarajan by matching fingerprints, in addition to a positive identification by the leader’s wife on Sunday. Varadarajan’s body was found in a lake in Porur on February 13, two days after he disappeared from his home.

“The identity of the body has been confirmed. The fingerprints samples have tallied,’’ said ACP (Law and Order) Shakeel Akhtar.

He said the results of the DNA tests were awaited. On Sunday, Varadarajan’s wife Saraswathy had identified his highly-decomposed body but the CPM chose to play it safe, saying only forensic and DNA tests would confirm whether the body was Varadarajan’s. A postmortem was conducted and the report would be available in a few days, Shakeel added.

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