Tamil Nadu has witnessed an alarming rise in the number of children being trafficked, particularly from Cuddalore, Villupuram, Madurai Theni, Dindigul and Ramanathapuram, for labour and prostitution.
Jaya Menon, Tamil Nadu is home to adoption rackets and child-labour gangs, Indian Express, February 16, 2007.
More politics being played over the tribunal's decision on Cauvery water sharing.
Ambareesh has announced his resignation from the parliament to protest against the court verdict over the sharing of Cauvery river waters.
Kalyani Shankar, Resource, not property, Pioneer, February 17, 2007.
A very rare occasion in the history of Indian Judiciary occurred on Thursday with the Supreme Court awarding four death sentences in 48 hours.
Meanwhile three AIADMK workers convicted in the murder of three women students who were burnt to death in a bus during a protest have been awarded with the capital punishment.
TN bus burning case: 3 AIADMK workers sentenced to death, Hindustan Times, February 16, 2007.
The time for Indians to debate capital punishment seriously has definitely come.
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