NRI Corner 2

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<b>TN to sponsor Loganathan relatives visit to US</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Tamil Nadu government came forward to foot the travel bill for nine family members, who will leave for the US in the Lufthansa flight on Thursday</b>, <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->  while the Regional Passport Office issued passports in a record one hour's time for four of them. The US Consulate here issued visas late in the afternoon.Regional Passport Officer Sumathi Ravichandran also made the travel bookings on their behalf.

The family, including Loganathan's aged parents, GK Vasudevan and Kamalammal, brothers GV Palanivel and GV Sengottuvelan, and their wives, would leave for US on Thursday.

The Regional Passport Officer said based on a request from the Chief Minister's office and instructions from the External Affairs Ministry, the application forms from four family members - Loganathan's parents, and brother Sengottuvalavan and the latter's wife Sentamilselvi - were issued passports under 'tatkal' scheme, but <b>no fees were charged from them.</b> <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Government informed the State Assembly that it would bear the entire expenses involved in the family's trip to the US.
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Are they going to do this favor for every crime victim's family in future?