TN Minister quits after conviction in '98 stone-pelting case
Tamil Nadu Sports Minister P Balakrishna Reddy on Monday resigned after a special court convicted him and 15 others in a 1998 stone-pelting case. Reddy was sentenced to three years in prison and fined â¹10,000, however, he was later granted bail and his sentence was suspended pending trial in a higher court. His portfolio was reallocated to Thiru KA Sengottaiyan.