SC tells N D Tiwari to go for DNA test

The direction was given on a paternity suit filed by Rohit Shekhar,who claims himself to be the biological son of 86-year-old Tiwari.

Give the blood sample,what is the problem with that? the Bench told Tiwaris counsel Sushil Jain during the hearing of Tiwaris last years plea,still pending with the apex court.

Tiwari had challenged the High Courts December 23,2010 order,asking him to undergo the DNA test.

On the last hearing of his plea in March 2011,the Supreme Court had given Tiwari the option to convey to the High Court his preferred mode of undergoing DNA test either through examination of the blood sample or his saliva or hair strand.

The apex court had earlier also assured Tiwari that his DNA test result would not be made public unless it was unavoidable in the interest of justice.

Five devotees crushed to death under temple chariot

Chennai: Five devotees were crushed to death when the temple chariot pulled by hundreds overturned and fell on them at Arani in Tiruvannamalai on Tuesday. Thirty were injured,including a few whose condition is said to be serious.

The tragedy occurred while hundreds of devotees were pulling the temple chariot as part of the annual festival at Aranikottai Kailasanathar temple,the police said.

Five persons were crushed under the over 50-foot-high chariot when its front wheel came off.

The Tamil Nadu government has announced a solatium of Rs 1 lakh for the family of the deceased and Rs 25,000 for those injured seriously.