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Madras High Court has ordered Sun TV Network to pay actress R. Sukanya approximately Rs 10 lakh in compensation. The ruling upholds a prior decision concerning a 1996 interview with forest brigand Veerappan, where defamatory statements were made about Sukanya.

Veerappan's daughter Vidhyarani and widow Muthulakshmi are entering electoral politics. They aim to portray the late forest brigand as a protector of Tamil rights. Vidhyarani is contesting from Mettur and Muthulakshmi from Krishnagiri. Both candidates are backed by parties supporting Tamil nationalism. Their campaigns focus on their father's legacy and local issues.

Actress Zareen Khan's mother, Parveen Khan, has passed away in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. The family confirmed the news and stated the funeral will be held today. Zareen had been sharing updates on her mother's health and recently mourned the loss of her pet cat. Khan, known for her debut in 'Veer', has a notable filmography.

Cajoling the clouds, fiddling with the ocean or digging deep into the earth any idea even remotely suggesting a solution to Chennai's water crisis has been eagerly lapped up by officials over the years. Vestiges from the past may be pulled down, but history often repeats itself -in Chennai, in the form of water scarcity .

Veerappan is long dead, but sandalwood trees in western Tamil Nadu continue to be under threat from smugglers. One such smuggler, A Selvam, who earned the dubious epithet of ‘Junior Veerappan’, was arrested on Friday for wantonly felling trees.

Tamil Nadu PWD Senior Engineers Association has alleged that the state government is not transparent in the execution of projects and schemes and that it was neither uploading information on its website nor providing it if sought through RTI.

An influential businessman who had secret links with Sri Lanka-based Tamil radicals was helping forest brigand Veerappan with information and, probably, arms. The same man, when threatened with exposure over his Lankan links, helped the Special Task Force trap and gun down the bandit 12 years ago.

An influential businessman who had secret links with Sri Lanka-based Tamil radicals was helping forest brigand Veerappan with information and, probably, arms.

COIMBATORE: Kolathur Mani, who was a key emissary when Veerappan kidnapped Dr Rajkumar, is a silent man today.

Two books on Veerappan - one by wife Muthulakshmi and the other by the police officer who hunted him down - may throw new light on the dreaded man.

BANGALORE: The closest the Special Task Force ever came to getting forest brigand Veerappan was when he had fever. The STF hatched a plot: Give Veerappan cyanide in capsules.

A chronological look at the life of crime of elusive sandalwood and elephant tusk smuggler Veerappan.

Slain forest brigand Veerappan’s wife Muthulakshmi on Wednesday sought a ban on a movie ‘Vanayudham’ saying it portrays her husband and the family in poor light.

BANGALORE: With the safety of celebrity hostage Rajkumar assured through an audio cassettee __ a clever move by kidnapper Veerappan __ the bandit appears to be in no hurry to make further moves, according to officials of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

BANGALORE: The Karnataka government is placed in the peculiar situation of having run out of emissaries to negotiate the release of former minister H Nagappa who has been taken hostage by Veerappan.

BANGALORE: Karnataka's DGP K Sreenivasan retired on Tuesday. In an interview to The Times of India, Sreenivasan said: "Karnataka Police has not lost sight of the main task to nab Veerappan dead or alive."

BANGALORE: Officially the police are tight-lipped. How does one deliver Rs 50 crore, the amount demanded by Veerappan to free matinee idol Rajkumar. ``We'll require a couple of elephants,'' said an officer.

The movie will be shot again as an international film

Smart, intelligent and sprightly, forest brigand Veerappan's pet monkey Raman would never use the gun in the reverse.

'Nakeeran editor behind Rajkumar's kidnapping' BANGALORE: Nagappa Maradagi, one of the four hostages who escaped from Veerappan's clutches, has said Nakkeeran Editor R R Gopal was behind the kidnap of film actor Rajkumar.

RGV chose this particular date and time to release the trailer as Veerappan was killed

The docu-series 'Koose Munisamy Veerappan' is set to make its digital debut on December 8. This thrilling series promises to be a unique blend of real-life footage and insights from individuals closely associated with Veerappan. It aims to uncover lesser-known truths and events from Veerappan's life. The series will be available in four languages – Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu. 'Koose Munisamy Veerappan' is produced by 'Dheeran Productions' and is expected to resonate with Indian audiences.

NEW DELHI: Will the poacher-killer Veerappan be Tamil Nadu's answer to UP's dacoit-turned- politician Phoolan Devi? A ``backward caste'' Vanniyar, Veerappan's Robin Hood status in the Vanniyar belt of north and west Tamil Nadu could explain why various parties and leaders are anxious to appease him.

The Madras High Court has dismissed the Tamil Nadu government's appeal against the acquittal of nine aides of forest brigand Veerappan in the 2000 Kannada actor Rajkumar abduction case. A trial court had acquitted the surviving nine accused in September 2018, a decision now upheld by the High Court after a five-year appeal process.

DHARMAPURI (TN)/BANGALORE: A joint STF team proved to be Veerappan's nemesis, but it was a doctor who brainwashed the brigand to move out of the forest for eye treatment.

BANGALORE: It was back in 1963 that a boy called Veerappan killed his first elephant. The blood didn't stop flowing for the next 40 years as Veerappan morphed into a Robin Hood figure.