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The Hindu
01-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
T.N. police arrest terror suspect who remained elusive for 30 years
The Tamil Nadu police have arrested Abubacker Siddique, a terror suspect wanted in several bomb blasts cases, who was on the run for over 30 years. He was apprehended along with another long-time absconding accused Mohammed Ali alias Yunus alias Mansoor from Annamayya district in Andhra Pradesh. Abubacker Siddique was evading arrest since 1995 and was implicated in several major terror-related incidents, including the 1995 Hindu Munnani office blast in Chintadripet, Chennai, a parcel bomb explosion in Nagore in the same year resulting in the death of one Thangam, coordinated bomb planting in 1999 at seven locations across Chennai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, and Kerala, the 2011 pipe bomb planting attempt during former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani's Rath Yatra in Madurai, the 2012 murder of Dr. Arvind Reddy in Vellore, and the 2013 bomb blast near the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru. Acting on specific intelligence, a special team of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Abubacker Siddique, a native of Nagore, and his associate Mohammed Ali, a resident of Melapalayam, Tirunelveli. Mohammed Ali had been absconding for 26 years and was also wanted in connection with the 1999 bomb planting incidents at multiple locations in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Both the accused were produced in a city court and remanded in judicial custody.
Time of India
10-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Keeladi Report Not Technically Supported
Chennai: Union minister for culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday said the report on Keeladi submitted by ASI superintending archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna was not "technically well-supported" and more data was required. The Union minister was in Chennai to speak to reporters about the 11 years of achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led govt at the centre. Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters in the city, Shekhawat said, "The report is not technically well-supported and established yet. A lot of things are to be done before recognition and accreditation are accorded to the findings presented by the archaeologist. Let them come up with more results, more data, evidence, and proof. One finding cannot change the discourse of history." Archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna submitted a 982-page report on the first two phases of the Keeladi excavation to ASI in Jan 2023. But the ASI on May 21 asked him to correct the report to make it "more authentic". Ramakrishna had responded saying the period of Keeladi excavation was evaluated according to archaeological excavation procedure. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Citing the Keeladi report, Shekhawat said regional sentiments cannot decide history. "People in positions are trying to flare up the regional sentiments, but we need to be cautious. Let the research get completed on all parameters and then let us take a call on that. This is a subject not to be decided by politicians but by archaeologists with sound technical expertise," Shekhawat said. Asked about DMK's charges that BJP was not ready to accept the ancientness of Tamil culture, Shekhawat refuted it, saying BJP accepts that Tamil is an ancient language and the PM has said this on several occasions. Meanwhile, state finance minister Thangam Thennarasu, who is also the state minister for archaeology, responded to Shekhawat, saying it is usual for BJP to find reasons to reject Tamil history. "First, they said there was nothing in Keeladi. Next, the archaeologist was transferred. Then they refused to allocate funds and finally, they shelved the report for two years. Only the reasons differ for rejecting Tamil history," Thangam said. Thangam said when researchers across the world agree that Tamils are 5,350 years old, knew technology back then, and were owners of the oldest civilization, what is preventing the BJP from accepting it? "Is it that BJP wants Tamils to be kept as second-class citizens?" Thangam asked. Thangam warned BJP that history will not wait for their "cheap politics" and will reach people. Ends MSID:: 121752637 413 |
