HC stays professional admission in TNCHENNAI: The Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government not to publish the selection list for professional courses in the state before June 30. In an interim order on writ petitions from about 20 students, Justice C Shivappa directed the government to finalise the selection list only after disposing off applications for re-totalling of marks pending in large numbers with the examination authorities.The medical selection list was to be announced today and the engineering on June 26.BJP protests DD blackout of yatraCHENNAI: BJP volunteers here today demonstrated in front of the Doordarshan Kendra to protest against the way in which the central government media was `blacking out' news on the BJP leader L K Advani's Swarna Jayanthi Rath Yatra. Earlier, the demonstrators, led by BJP State Youth Wing general secretary, G Kumaresan and headquarter secretary, K Rajasimhan, took out a procession.Former chief secretary gets bailKOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail on certain conditions to former Chief Secretary R Ramachandran Nair, against whom investigations are on in five crime cases registered by the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau at Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad and Kozhikode. Nair had filed a petition seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in connection with the cases relating to his omissions and commissions in his capacity as the first Vice chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, an office he held from January 1, 1994.KPCC chief's election put off againBANGALORE: The legally-entangled KPCC president's election was deferred for the second time today, with the party deciding to await the final verdict of the Supreme Court, where an organisational polls-related case is pending. The decision was announced to a general body meeting of the party by Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister and returning officer, Subhash Yadav, who said the decision had been taken in the light of the Supreme Court verdict yesterday.Three injured as blasts rock capitalNEW DELHI: Three persons were injured in a blast in the busy Sadar Bazar area of North Delhi this afternoon even as another explosion took place within an hour in its vicinity, police said. While three persons received minor injuries in the first blast at an eatery in Matkewali Gali of the congested wholesale market at 1315 hours, none was injured in the explosion outside another eatery at the Nai Sarak area in Chandni Chowk, the police said.Bus strike paralyses work in TNCHENNAI: A strike by the state transport crew throughout Tamil Nadu from this morning to protest against the alleged police lathicharge on some crew members of buses of Kattabomman Transport Corporation (KTC) at Tirunelveli, paralysed bus movement till noon, greatly inconveniencing the general public and office-goers. The flash strike was called off before noon following an accord reached between transport union representatives and the transport minister, Dr K Ponmudi.CMs' meet in Jaipur on June 25JAIPUR: Chief Ministers of six states ruled by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allies will meet here on June 25 to discuss uniform public welfare programmes for their states. According to an official spokesman, Mayawati (Uttar Pradesh), Saheb Singh Verma (Delhi) Bansi Lal (Haryana), Parkash Singh Badal (Punjab) and Manohar Joshi (Maharashtra) besides Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat would participate in the meeting. Prior to this, chief secretaries and other high officials of these six states would meet here on June 24 to prepare abroad agenda and issues for the chief minister's conference, the spokesman added.
