P. Nedumaran, the founder of Ulaka Tamilar Peramaippu and the leader of the Tamil Nationalist Movement, told reporters in Thanjavur that Prabhakaran was in good health and that his family had been in contact with him.
DMK leaders led by the party convenor in the union territory and Leader of Opposition, R Siva, were arrested when they staged a protest against the recent circular of the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research directing use of Hindi in records and communication by the institute.
Language row reaches Puducherry as DMK slams JIPMER s decision on use of Hindi - During the demonstration, opposition leader R Siva, a convenor of the DMK s Puducherry branch, was detained at JIPMER.