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TAMIL NADU The Abduction of Nagappa

• November 28, 2002
• Tamil Nadu Congress to have 'jumbo team'
• Raids on three former ministers of Tamil Nadu

• November 25, 2002
• TN police gun down Naxal, nab 22
• PMK president Mani surrenders

• November 23, 2002
• Nagappa abduction: Opposition parties want Mani as emissary

• November 20, 2002
• Pan-Tamil militants target power tower
• Ageing Palani deity in midst of controversy

• November 19, 2002
• Chennai court orders release of TANSI properties

• November 18, 2002
• HC notice on bail for Nedumaran

• November 17, 2002
• Government will not host Iftar this year

• November 16, 2002
• Vaiko challenges Section 21 of POTA

• November 15, 2002
• Police on the lookout for PMK president
• 'Burial ritual' at Muthalamman Temple modified
• SC orders suspension of Karur LS poll recount
• Ex-mayor presents memo to corporation peon

• November 13, 2002
• Five ministers join Jayalalithaa's Cabinet
• Madras high court stays temple notification by Centre
• TN farm leaders offer themselves for whiplashing
• Court orders police to register FIR against Karunanidhi
• TN Dalits threaten to convert on land allotment issue

• November 12, 2002
• Chennai court reserves order in TANSI case

• November 11, 2002
• IT sector should embrace social inclusion: Jaya
• Ramadoss kick-starts border row with Kerala

• November 9, 2002
• MDMK may move SC on Vaiko's detention
• TN governor urged not to give nod to anti-conversions bill
• MLA S Mani Nadar dies after prolonged illness

• November 7, 2002
• Fernandes meets Jayalalithaa after three years
• Tamil Nadu police rescues two bonded labourers from Surat

• November 6, 2002
• TN to approach court against ASI on temple

• November 4, 2002
• For some in Tamil Nadu, Diwali is black

• November 3, 2002
• Christians, Hindu Munnani in conversions row

• November 2, 2002
• Rains ease out in Chennai

• November 1, 2002
• Tamil Nadu employees, teachers end strike
• TN employees strike: Headmaster burns himself to death
• SC verdict may put TN minority schools in trouble
• Rajnikanth seeking publicity: Panneerselvam
• Heavy rains lash Chennai, other parts of Tamil Nadu
• Quick response could have saved lives in Erwadi: Report

•October 31, 2002
• Anti-conversion bill passed
• Anti-conversion law common to all: Shankaracharya
• Rajni to launch people's movement

•October 30, 2002
• Withdraw strike by Friday or face ESMA: Jaya to striking employees
• Anti-conversion law scuttles hopes of Dalits: Devasahayam
• Rains lash Chennai
• Dr Ida Scudder's vision continues in Christian Medical College

•October 29, 2002
• Jayalalithaa gets tougher with striking staff

•October 28, 2002
• Six people killed in Tamil Nadu rains
• TN employees to intensify stir

•October 26, 2002
• BJP wants nationwide debate on Jaya's conversion law
• TN govt issues notices to minority institutions
• Anti-corruption sleuths trap IAS officer in TN
• Kalam gets job for terror victim's 14-year-old son

•October 25, 2002
• Pondicherry speaker, former CM acquitted in MLA bribery case
• Erase untouchability, DMK tells government

•October 24, 2002
• Anti-ordinance protests end peacefully in TN
• 'They should have kept students out of this'
• Find ways to end discrimination, dalits to TN govt

•October 23, 2002
• Tamil Nadu HC declines to stay closure of Christian schools
• Tamil Nadu govt staff launch indefinite stir

•October 22, 2002
• Conversion law must go, says minorities commission chief
• Ten charred to death in cracker unit blast
• TN threatens ESMA on striking employees
• Film industry to unite against politicians

•October 21, 2002
• Stalin, DMK workers court arrest
• Minorities to hold rally on Thursday

•October 19, 2002
• Protests in TN against anti-conversion law

•October 18, 2002
• Raid on former Tamil Nadu minister

•October 16, 2002
• Baalu rejects Jaya's demand for TN Central ministers to quit
• Police attack on media: TN panel presents report

•October 8, 2002
• Jaya defends law banning forcible religious conversions
• Madras high court orders compensation to newsmen

•October 8, 2002
• Anti-conversion law kicks off row in TN

•October 7, 2002
• BJP, Congress sharpen knives on conversion issue
• VHP welcomes Tamil Nadu ordinance banning conversions

•October 6, 2002
• Tamil Nadu government bans conversions

•October 3, 2002
• Swamy prescribes desalination for TN's water woes

•September 30, 2002
• 9 arrested in Chennai for betting on cricket

•September 27, 2002
• Sonia sends confusing signals to TN unit
• Queen's Award presented to TN police officers

•September 26, 2002
• Tamil Nadu goes without power

•September 25, 2002
• Jaya confidante offers to surrender TANSI land
• Fire in TN cracker unit; eight killed

•September 24, 2002
• Balakrishnan named new TN Congress chief
• 5 girls charred to death, 29 injured in Tuticorin

•September 23, 2002
• TN cop wins prestigious international award

•September 21, 2002
• Tamil farm workers burn effigy of Jaya in Mandya

•September 20, 2002
• DMK boycotts all-party meet in Tamil Nadu

•September 19, 2002
• Chennai police rescues 97 bonded labourers

•September 18, 2002
• Help resettle Sri Lankan Tamils: Vaiko to Centre
• Tamil Nadu police detains Nedumaran aide under POTA

•September 17, 2002
• Blast in Tamil Nadu; twenty-one killed

•September 16, 2002
• Pan-Tamil militant held for robbery, killings

•September 13, 2002
• Chennai Corporation members defect to AIADMK

•September 12, 2002
• Gangsters kill TN Congress politician

•September 9, 2002
• TN Congress protests against Jayalalithaa's remarks

•September 6, 2002
• HC strikes down one-man-one-post law in TN
• TN being threatened: Jayalalithaa to PM

•September 4, 2002
• BJP asks DMK to clarify status of ties
• POTA court extends Vaiko's remand till September 30

•September 3, 2002
• Jayalalithaa now targets S M Krishna

•August 28, 2002
• Nationalise all inter-state rivers: Jayalalithaa
• Jaya walkout puts onus on SC

•August 27, 2002
• Jaya walks out of Cauvery authority meeting
• Burial ritual controversy: Minister to quit

•August 26, 2002
• Burial ritual controversy: NHRC seeks details

•August 22, 2002
• Minister's participation in bizarre ritual kicks up a row
• Congress mulling third front in state

•August 16, 2002
• Chennai police seize 5000 snake skins

•August 13, 2002
• TN government bans Nedumaran's party
• Jayalalithaa replaces home secretary
• Rajni fans miffed with PMK leader Ramadoss
• Congress and TMC to merge on Wednesday

•August 12, 2002
• Vaiko cynosure of all eyes in Parliament: PTI

•August 10, 2002
• Handloom workers' plight embarrasses AIADMK
• Rebels mar TMC-Congress merger festivities

•August 9, 2002
• Vaiko given permission to vote in vice-presidential poll

•August 7, 2002
• Vaiko's remand extended till September 4: PTI

•August 5, 2002
• Police want to search Vaiko's residences: PTI

•August 1, 2002
• Nedumaran arrested under POTA: PTI

•July 25, 2002
• Enraged schoolboy tries to poison classmates

•July 23, 2002
• Reject separatist leaders: Jayalalithaa

•July 22, 2002
• HC sends notice to Centre in POTA case
• 'Jaya herself an LTTE sympathiser'

•July 21, 2002
• Jaya rejects PMK's bifurcation demand

•July 14, 2002
• NDA flays TN govt for arresting Vaiko under POTA: PTI

•July 13, 2002
• There are safeguards in POTA: Jana

•July 12, 2002
• Vaiko remanded to judicial custody till Aug 7
• Vaiko allowed to vote in presidential poll
• Police put off plan to shift Vaiko to Vellore jail
• Mediapersons not allowed to meet Vaiko: PTI
• CM wants ban on MDMK
• Centre yet to examine 'evidence' against Vaiko
• Vaiko's arrest unwarranted: BJP chief
• Vaiko's arrest unfortunate: Fernandes

•July 11, 2002
• Vaiko arrives in Mumbai
• Technical snag in flight delays Vaiko's arrival in Chennai
• Vaiko says he will fight the battle legally
• Tamil problem cannot be solved without the Tigers: Vaiko
• I am not afraid of being arrested: Vaiko

•July 10, 2002
• MDMK for statewide agitation if Vaiko is arrested
• MDMK unhappy with departments entrusted to G N Ramachandran

•July 9, 2002
• Arrest warrants against MDMK activists in POTA case
• Former MP among eight MDMK men arrested under POTA
• Vaiko charges TN government with letting loose repression

•July 8, 2002
• TMC general council clears merger with Congress

•July 7, 2002
• I will gain whether Jayalalithaa arrests me or not: Vaiko

•July 5, 2002
• Police collecting cassettes of pro-LTTE speeches by Vaiko: PTI
• Special police team formed to nab Vaiko

•July 4, 2002
• Jaya ends soft approach towards BJP
• MDMK leader Vaiko booked under POTA
• MDMK emergency meeting postponed
• Vaiko case: Centre puts ball back in TN court
• UK honours two TN cops

•July 3, 2002
• Jayalalithaa threatens Vaiko with POTA
• POTA threat political vendetta: Vaiko

•June 25, 2002
• Sri Lanka for early return of Tamil refugees

•June 23, 2002
• Jaya rejects Krishna's claim on Cauvery

•June 22, 2002
• India-Sri Lanka sea link may resume by August

•June 18, 2002
• Stalin to lose Chennai mayor's post: PTI

•June 17, 2002
• TMC to merge with Congress

•May 10, 2002
• Assembly passes bill on dual membership: PTI

•April 25, 2002
• DMK MLAs evicted from assembly: PTI

•April 11, 2002
• Jaya wants Prabhakaran's extradition

•April 10, 2002
• Privilege motion against Jaya

•April 9, 2002
• Opposition parties stage walkout in TN assembly

•April 8, 2002
• Collision between buses in TN; 16 dead

•April 2, 2002
• Proceedings stayed in Karunanidhi arrest case

•March 16, 2002
• Jaya defends raids on former DMK ministers

•March 15, 2002
• Premises of 3 former DMK ministers raided

•March 2, 2002
• Settle Ayodhya dispute through talks: Jaya/PTI

•February 27, 2002
• Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi patch up

•February 21, 2002
• Reports on Andipatti bypoll

•February 5, 2002
• Tamil Nadu CM unaffected by poll findings on performance

•February 4, 2002
• Farmers hit by unseasonal rains

•January 24, 2002
• Jaya files nomination from Andipatti
• Hema Malini may campaign against Jaya
• DMK moves HC for postponement of Andipatti poll

•January 23, 2002
• V K Ramamurthy returns to Congress

•January 22, 2002
• SC issues notices to Jaya, TN govt

•January 17, 2002
• AIADMK not for confrontation with Centre: Jaya

•January 15, 2002
• India denies having received LTTE's letter on talks: PTI
• Jaya against Lanka govt-LTTE talks in TN

•January 12, 2002
• TMC too breaks ties with AIADMK

•January 9, 2002
• All acquitted in third TANSI case: PTI

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