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Updated Feb 04, 2021 | 22:25 IST
Governor’s move will not only delay freeing of Perarivalan but also release of six other convicts recommended by state cabinet way back in September 2018. A.G. Perarivalan | Photo Credit: PTI
In a significant development in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwari Lal Purohit, on Thursday, left the decision regarding the release of convict Perarivalan to President Ram Nath Kovind
The Governor’s decision was conveyed by the Centre to the Supreme Court hearing Perarivalan’s plea challenging the August 2018 judgment sentencing him to life. The Centre s affidavit was filed by Mohammad Nasim Khan, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
By Vivek Narayanan
In a move to kindle interest in stamps among children, the staff of the Vellore postal department have started a philately park in their district headquarters.The park has been set up in a 200 metres-long and 15 meters-wide area.
“This area was lying unused so we decided to use it for the park. We decided to inaugurate it using a member of the public as it is mainly for them,” said Komal Kumar, Superintendent of Post Offices, Vellore region.The park contains boards with stamps released on Vellore including its personalities and monuments. It mentions the year of release, the denomination of the stamp and also some details about the person or monument on the stamp. There are boards with a stamp on Christian Medical College which was released in 2006, on Kirubananda Variyar who was born in Kangeyanallur, Vellore, in 1906 and a stamp on Vellore Fort released in 1984.