Over Sri Lankan Tamils Issue, 525 Colleges Were Shut in Tamil Nadu

Students across the state protested against the Tamil Nadu government's decision to shut down 525 engineering colleges affiliated to Anna University indefinitely.

The film industry has also united for the cause in a one-day fast, while the DMK leader and the CM, Dr Jayalalithaa, are talking to New Delhi on this issue. Meanwhile, many college students protested outside their educational institutions, to send a message that they're concerned about the human rights violation.

Students are vacating hostels, as they've been instructed to, and heading to either their hometowns or other places in the city. Now that colleges are shut, students wishing to protest are looking at social networking websites to connect and get together.

On the other hand, many arts and science colleges have not joined the protest because their management doesn't want to get involved in this issue. As of now, in Tamil Nadu most of the students, along with K-Town and the political fraternity stand united against the violation of human rights in Sri Lanka.

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DMK camp miffed over Maran's replacement:NewsX

The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had called on the DMK chief M Karunanidhi. Mukherjee informed that the coalition of Congress-DMK to continue.

But the DMK party has been annoyed with the replacing Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja from the cabinet.

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2G Scam: Dayanidhi Maran resigns, CBI to question Maran

The 2G Spectrum allocation scam has taken another significant turn as the Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran has resigned today (Thursday).

The Prime Minister is likely the reshuffle the cabinet but the resignation of Maran will impact have on the Congress and DMK alliance.

And more important thing that, CBI may question Dayanidhi Maran over the scam. The CBI has informed the Supreme Court that - Maran was Telecom Minister during 2004-2007 had reportedly force Aircel to sell its shares to Malaysian Telecom company.

And the Malaysian Telecom company in favor has invested in the Sun network run by the brother of Dayanidhi Maran. However, the CBI may have many facts with it and those yet to be disclosed before the probe reaches to its final stage.

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