Overview

• The ASI ordered Amarnath Ramakrishna to revise his 982-page Keeladi report in May and transferred him on June 17 after he refused to make corrections.
• DMK’s student wing and alliance partners will demonstrate in Chennai, Madurai to press for release of the final excavation report.
• Stalin alleges the BJP is withholding the findings to undermine Tamil heritage while promoting the unsubstantiated Saraswati River civilisation narrative.
• The state government has opened a museum for Keeladi artefacts and highlights world-class scientific analyses from laboratories in India, the US and Italy.
• The AIADMK has remained silent on the controversy despite its alliance with the BJP.