Youth files complaint against Tamil actor Suriya for 'assault'

However, the actor has denied attacking the youth and said he intervened because he saw them harassing an old woman.

A complaint has been filed against Tamil superstar Suriya in an alleged case of assault, where he has been accused of attacking a youth who was having an altercation with a woman.

The complainant is a first division football player named Premkumar, who claims that he and his friend were travelling on a bike, when the car in front of them stopped suddenly, which made them lose control and slam into the rear end of the car.

The driver of the car, who was a woman, came out and began scolding them for rash driving, following which some people also reportedly came in support of the youth.

Surya, who was driving by, reportedly stopped by and intervened in the altercation which further heated up the situation and resulted in the actor allegedly slapping the youth, asking why he was fighting.

The actor has however denied attacking the boys and has claimed that he saw the boys manhandling the women, which is when he tried to rescue her and intervened.

Premkumar has filed a complaint at the Shastri Nagar police station and an FIR is yet to be registered in the matter.

The actor's manager has issued a statement saying, "The two youngsters in a bike had hit an old lady near Adyar and were harassing her when Suriya passed that location. He stopped his car and intervened, questioning the two youngsters.

Suriya had immediately informed the police about this incident and then left. He had also left his assistant on the spot to assist the police. But taking advantage of Suriya's absence, the two youths filed a false complaint against Suriya."

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-youth-files-complaint-against-tamil-actor-suriya-for-assault-2218298

Coimbatore school expels differently-abled student citing poor handwriting

The girl had reportedly been refused entry into Class IX by the school.

On Monday, a differently-abled student petitioned the Coimbatore Collector Archana Patnaik during the grievances meeting. The young girl has alleged that the private school where she completed her Class VIII cited her poor handwriting and expelled her from the school.

A report in The New Indian Express states that S Lakshmi Priya was enrolled at St Mary’s High School in Gandhipuram. Her grandmother Jayalakshmi and mother Lalitha accompanied her to meet the Collector. Her grandmother told the daily that Lakshmi Priya was an average student but the school had refused to take her in Class IX. The young girl has a neurological problem and hence cannot write properly, said her grandmother. The Corporation school at Rathinapuri has also refused to enrol her.

The report adds that there were three other differently-abled students in the private school with her but Lakshmi Priya was the only one who was expelled. 

Jayalakshmi has asked the Collector to help her get back into the private school.

'India's answer to Khaleesi': Twitter reacts to Jayalalithaa followers congratulating her after victory

Twitter users had a lot to say after a video showing Jaya followers giving her flowers went viral.

AIADMK supremo and CM Jayalalithaa performed admirably in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly Election in which the AIADMK beat DMK. She said: “People of Tamil Nadu have rejected family politics carried out by our opponents. This election has upheld true democracy shattering to pieces the campaign of lies of DMK. This election has put a permanent full stop to the family rule.” Jaya said, "I convey my heartiest thanks to voters who have reaffirmed their faith on me and given me another chance."

Soon afterwards, a video of Jayalalithaa’s followers ‘congratulating’ her went viral, where they were seen giving her flowers and prostrating themselves in front of her, a video which Twitterati felt like mocking.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-india-s-answer-to-khaleesi-twitter-reacts-to-jayalalithaa-followers-congratulating-her-after-victory-2214317

Include Dalit Christians, fishermen in SC/ST: Karunanidhi to Modi

He demanded that fishermen community should be included in the ST category as marine tribes.

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include Dalit Christians and fishermen community in Scheduled Tribes list.

Thanking Modi for the recent Cabinet's decision to include Narikuravars in the list of Scheduled Tribes, he said it was a demand made by DMK for a very long time and expressed satisfaction that it had been fulfilled.

On his demand for including Dalit Christians in the SC/ST category, Karunanidhi said, "when SC/STs convert themselves to Christianity, they are deprived of all the privileges and concessions hitherto enjoyed by them. "DMK has been demanding that the SC/STs after conversion to Christianity should be treated as SC/STs and allowed all concessions and privileges," he said, adding there were precedents such as recognition of Sikh Christians and Buddhist Christians.

He also said the fishermen community should be included in the ST category as marine tribes. "The fishermen community, by their very geographical nature, is socially and educationally akin to the Scheduled Tribes." Their inclusion in ST list, which they "deserve in all respects", would enable them to climb up the ladder of life, Karunanidhi said.

Karunanidhi requested Modi to "consider the two demands and sought an early action by the government." Last week, the Union Cabinet gave its approval for inclusion of three communities, including Narikuravar, from the state under the Scheduled Tribes category.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-include-dalit-christians-fishermen-in-scst-karunanidhi-to-modi-2217811

Death of Congo student was not a racial attack, people at the spot tried to save him: Sushma Swaraj

Addressing a delegation of African students, Swaraj told them that the death of Congo student is not a case of racial attack.

In the wake of the recent attacks on African nationals in the country, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met African students to assure them of their safety and security in India.

During a meeting with the delegation of African students, Swaraj said, "We held a meeting with African students and told them the incident of death of Congo national is unfortunate and painful for us, but it is not a case of racial attack and should not be seen in that context."

A 23-year-old Congolese national Masonda Ketada Olivier was recently beaten to death after a verbal altercation over the hiring of an auto-rickshaw in Vasant Kunj area of south Delhi.

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Stating that being a mother she could understand the pain of the parents of the Congo student (Oliver) who lost their son on foreign soil, Swaraj added, "The day this incident took place, I sought a report from the Lt Governor and I was informed that two people have been arrested. CCTV footage clearly shows that Indian citizens who were present at the spot, tried their best to save Oliver."

Swaraj also said that the government has chalked out a plan as per which, Ministers of States along with Secretaries would visit every metro city and hold discussions with African students.

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"We will initiate programs of awareness & sensitisation in areas with max population of African students, so that such incidents don't recur," she added.

There has been a series of attacks on African nationals in the last few weeks, including killing of the Congolese youth and assault on a 23-year-old Nigerian student in Hyderabad.

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Five persons have so far been arrested in connection with the attacks.

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-attack-on-africans-death-of-congo-student-painful-but-not-racial-says-sushma-swaraj-2218394