Kovan

Arrest of folk singer Kovan gives new lease of life for anti-liquor protests in Tamil Nadu

With the arrest of folk singer Kovan under sedition charges for singing anti-liquor songs, campaigners for Prohibition gear up to raise their voices once again.

'Jayalalithaa's reputation must be protected': There's nothing surprising about Tamil folk singer Kovan's arrest

At 02.30am, Chennai Cyber Crime Cell sleuths swooped down upon the home of Kovan, folk singer in Oraiyur, Trichy district of Tamil Nadu. His crime – to have written, performed and released on the internet, songs criticising the state government of Tamil Nadu and its Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on the burning issue of Prohibition.