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OUTSTATION Saturday, September 4 , 2021 cOImbATOre Friday, September 3 , 2021

The forest department staff with the recovered ivory of a dead elephant at Sadayanparai forest area under

the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Coimbatore district that was stolen and kept hidden inside a rock. Anamalai

Tiger Reserve Field Director Rama Subramaniyan in also seen.

Innervision Foundation Director Dr Aravind Karthikeyan handing over the letter for providing food to the destitutes’ and mentally retarded persons for 12 months in Mettupalayam to Coimbatore District Collector GS Sameeran. Also seen is the

Helping Hearts’ Director Ganesh.

cheNNAI, Sep.3Chief Minister MK Stalin

has on Friday announced that a memorial will be established in North Chennai to commemorate the 175th birth anniversary of Iyothee Thass Pandithar.

Chief Minister of MK Stalin made an announcement under Rule 110 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Speaking then, he said, “I take immense pride in making an announcement to honour Iyothee Thass Pandithar who made a significant contribution to the philosophical lineage of Tamil history after Thiruvalluvar, Avvaiyar, Kabilar and Vallalar”. He then said that no one can do politics in

Tamil Nadu without using two words namely ‘Tamil’ and ‘Dravidians’. “Iyothee Thass Pandithar was the one who made these two words a symbol in the political arena and the one who carried them as weapons of knowledge. In the census of 1881, it

was Pandithar who recorded the name 'Purva Tamilar' (Ancestral Tamils). The name of the organization he started in 1891 was 'Dravida Mahajana Sabha'. He started a magazine called 'Oru Paisa Tamizhan' in 1907 and ran the same magazine under

the name 'Tamizhan'. He called the Tamils 'Indigenous Dravidians without caste differences'. That is why I mentioned that he used the two words ‘Tamil’ and ‘Dravidians’ as weapons of knowledge. Tamil Nadu politics is operating on the path he has paved,” Stalin added.

Speaking on Iyothee Thass’ intellectual faculty, CM said, “He was a multi-talented writer, researcher, historian, anthropological thinker, publisher, journalist, physician, orator, linguist, neo theorist, mastermind and relentless warrior. When we think of his grandfather, Mr Kandhappan who gave to Ellis the Thirukkural

manuscripts he had and brought Thirukkural in print, we should all bow down to the great service his family did for literature”.

He then quoted Periyar’s statement, "Iyothee Tahss Pandit was the forerunner of my rationalist campaign and reformist ideas”. “So, I don't have to say anything beyond what he said. Iyothee Thass said that caste and religion are obstacles to the progress of India. He also said that great men are those who see their fellow humans as humans. This Government is proud to announce that a memorial will be built in North Chennai to honour the great Iyothee Thass Pandithar who lived between 1845 and 1914 on

his 175th anniversary. The thoughts of Iyothee Thass Pandithar have to shine

eternally for the benefit of the Tamil society”. Thus said CM Stalin.

TN health minister sets off to Delhi with more than 10 demandscheNNAI, Sep.3

With more than ten demands, Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister M Subramanian left for Delhi on Friday.

He was accompanied by Health Secretary Radhakrishnan and Health Director Selvavinayakam.

Earlier in the day, Minister M Subramaniam met the reporters at the airport in Chennai, “We are going to meet the Union Health Minister today (Friday) at 2 pm.

We are about to emphasize more than 10 demands”.

Those demands include

the following:* Additional vaccination

should be given based on the

population in Tamil Nadu* Student enrollment for

11 new medical colleges has to begin this year

* Construction of AIIMS Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu should begin immediately.

* Meanwhile, steps should be taken to set up a new AIIMS hospital in Coimbatore.

* The state should be exempted from the NEET.

* HLL Biotech in Chengalpattu and the Pasteur Institute in Coonoor should be allowed to open immediately.

* Fund for Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme.

cheNNAI, Sep.3Chief Minister MK

Stalin presented awards to five teachers out of 385 who have been selected for the Dr Radhakrishnan Award for excellence in teaching.

The Dr Radhakrishnan Award will be presented to 385 individuals who have excelled in teaching innovation, processor design for education, environmental improvement, and student enrollment.

Of the 385 nominees for the award, only 5 were honoured today by Chief Minister MK Stalin.

The award will be presented to the remaining 380 students in their respective districts on Teacher's Day that falls on September 5.

385 teachers selected for Dr radhakrishnan Award cheNNAI, Sep.3

The petition seeking to prosecute Edappadi Palkanisamy and Sasikala in the Kodanad murder and robbery case is scheduled to be heard on Friday afternoon.

A case has been registered at the police station that a security guard named Ombagadur was killed at midnight on April 23, 2017, at the Kodanad estate of the late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and documents were looted.

A charge sheet has been filed in the Nilgiris Sessions Court and an investigation is

underway. Deepu, Satheesan and Santosh Sami, who were accused in the case, filed a petition at the Nilgiris court seeking to prosecute former Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy, Sasikala, Ilavarasi, Sudhakaran, former Nilgiris Collector Shankar, former SP Murali, AIADMK

executive Sanjeevan, Kodanad Estate Manager Natarajan and Sunil in connection with the case.

The court, which heard the petition, issued an order last April allowing to investigate only the estate manager Natarajan and dismissed the petition to interrogate the rest.

Deepu, Satheesan and Santosh Sami have filed an appeal petition in the Madras High Court seeking quashing of the order. In it, it was said that the Nilgiris court had failed to consider the seriousness of the

remarks made by Sayan regarding the former chief minister's connection with the case.

According to the petition, Sasikala and Ilavarasi are the ones who are aware of the missing items during the robbery that took place after the demise of Jayalalithaa.

The petition also alleged that the investigating authorities failed to conduct the probe with the main culprits. The petition is coming up for hearing before Judge Nirmal Kumar this afternoon.

plea to prosecute epS, Sasikala in Kodanad case

5000 petitions sent to pm against gas price hike in coimbatorecOImbATOre Sep 3

Congress cadres in Coimbatore sent 5000 letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condemning the price hike of cooking gas.

The symbolic protest was led by Mayura Jayakumar.

The price of cooking gas in the country is constantly rising.

In this situation, the price of cooking gas has gone up by 25 rupees in the last 2 days and now it is selling for more than 900 rupees. Various political parties have been protesting against this.

The Coimbatore district Congress party led

by the state executive head Mayura Jayakumar condemned the gas price hike and sent 5,000 letters by post to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The

Congressmen marched from the Coimbatore District Collector's Office to the post office carrying 5,000 letters on a tray and sent them to the Prime Minister.

On the occasion of LIC's 65th anniversary celebration, Senior Divisional Manager, M Prasanna providing free face masks and gloves to the sanitary workers of the

Coimbatore Corporation. Nearby are managers Govindaraj, Jai Ganesh, Pramila, Sunandan, Durairaj and Bharathi.

hc asks Delhi govt, police to ensure Afghan protestors' reduced, follow cOVID-19 normsNew DelhI, Sep 3 (pTI)

The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Delhi government and the police to ensure that the number of Afghan nationals, protesting outside the UNHCR office here and seeking refugee status, is suitably reduced and they strictly follow COVID-19 appropriate protocol.

Stating that the law is same for everybody, the high court questioned the authorities as to how there can be 500 persons gathered for protest when the guidelines do not permit it. The court

was hearing a petition by Vasant Vihar Welfare Association which stated that the foreign nationals (refugees/ asylum seekers) have gathered outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) at B Block in South Delhi's Vasant Vihar since August 15, including lanes and parks

adjoining it and residents are facing difficulties due to this.

When the Centre's counsel referring to the Afghanistan's political crisis said the situation was not normal and unprecedented, the court made it clear that there was no question being unreasonably harsh to anybody but the law is same for everybody.

Nobody is stopping them from protesting. Firstly they are at a wrong place. It is not a designated protest site. Plus, as per the COVID-19 guidelines, more than 100 people cannot gather. I will have to direct that there

should not be more than 100 people.

How can there be 500 protestors. What is this exception of 500 for refugees? Justice Rekha Palli said, adding that 100 people are allowed for marriage purpose and here there are 500 persons gathered in a protest. The counsel for Delhi Police said that as per the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) guidelines, all social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/ cultural/ religious/ festival related gatherings and congregations are prohibited during the pandemic.

Chief Minister MK Stalin announced in the Assem-bly on Friday that an annual ‘Kappalottiya Thamizhan Award’ will be given in the name of V O Chidambaranar. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakhs. He added, “Great Cotton Road in Thoothukudi will be renamed VOC

Road. A new thesis will be published in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University under the name of VOC”. He

also said that his memorial day, November 18, would be celebrated as the Day of Sacrifice.

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Union Home & Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah felicitates freedom fighters and expressed gratitude to them for their invaluable contribution in the country’s Freedom Struggle, at Davanagere, in Karnataka.

cOImbATOre Sep 3 Cosco (India), the sports and fitness products

manufacturer has announced that its new range of ‘Personal Care Products’ will be available on Udaan, India’s largest business-to-business (b2b) eCommerce platform.

The eco-friendly personal care products from Cosco will be available across six cities – Chennai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Vizag and Cochin as merchandising kit (combo pack) on the udaan platform according to a communication from the company. Cosco will leverage udaan’s vast distribution network, B2B e-commerce expertise and existing sales channel to make their products available to all major retailers and Kirana stores.

The platform currently enables supply chain and logistics operations, across 900+ cities and 12,000+ pin codes through udaan Express said Mr. Devinder Kumar Jain - Chairman & CEO of Cosco India Limited and Mr. Vinay Shrivastava, Head - FMCG Business, udaan.

cosco’s new range of ‘personal care products’ now available on udaan

cOImbATOre Sep 3SNS Innovation Hub, SNS Institutions has organised

one crore funding opportunity for startup in association with IITM, Bioincubator, Chennai and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bangalore on 20th Aug, 2021.

Primary focus on BIRAC's Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) Scheme is to fund individuals and start-ups for developing prototype and conducting validation which is the key drivers of economic growth and job creation. BIG Innovators receive up to INR 50 lakh for each Startup with commercialization potential. One of the key benefits of securing BIG is assured follow on funding up to Rs. 1 CR by BIRAC.

The awareness session led by Dr Nitya Raman, Program Manager, C-CAMP, Bangalore primarily focussed on the funds and investments with regard to C-CAMP and emphasis on Biotechnology Ignition Grant.

The Interactive webinar was addressed by Dr. Priya, Senior Manager, IITM Bioincubator, Dr. Nitya Raman, Programme Manager, C-CAMP, Bangalore along with Our Chairman Dr. S. N. Subbramanian, Dr. S. Rajalakshmi, Correspondent, Dr. Nalin Vimal Kumar, Technical Director & Dr. S. Prakash, Director-Research of SNS Institutions.

SNS Innovation hub, SNS Institutions to partner for rs 1 crore startup opportunity.

cOImbATOre,Sep 3 As of 31-Jul-2021, HDFC Multi-Asset Fund (“the

Scheme”) has delivered 1 year return of 29.38% vs 25.02% for its Benchmark (90% NIFTY 50 Hybrid Composite Debt 65:35 Index + 10% Domestic Price of Gold. ## NIFTY 50 (Total Returns Index).

According to a communications from the company, the scheme adopts a model driven approach for asset allocation.

The model indicates percentage of unhedged equity allocation by considering 4 valuation driven factors. Unhedged Equity allocation range indicated by the model is between 40% - 80%. If markets are expensive as compared to history, model will indicate lower unhedged equity allocation and vice versa. As of July 31, 2021, portfolio had unhedged equity exposure of ~53.8% of Total Assets. Further, hedged equity exposure was ~11.7% of Total Assets. The total equity exposure (both hedged and unhedged) is maintained above 65% so as to retain the equity taxation .

hDFc multi Asset Fund delivers 29.38 per cent returns

cOImbATOre Sep 3 Healthium, a medical devices company has

announced the successful acquisition of CareNow Medical Private Limited, strengthening its product portfolio with patented and differentiated products in the advanced wound management and infection prevention segments.

CareNow is primarily engaged in the designing, manufacturing, marketing and sale of products in the focus area of advanced wound management and infection prevention for patients and hospitals.

Anish Bafna, CEO and MD, Healthium Medtech, said, “With the acquisition of a ee look forward to offering wider choices to our customers and delivering better standards in patient care worldwide. ”

Anand Venkatachalam, COO, CareNow Medical added “We are happy to find in Healthium, the right partner to enable our products including the patented and Innovative product range, to be accessed by a larger Indian audience and also reach the global market through their distribution network".

healthium acquires careNow

call to apply for fishing in pillur, Sholayar reservoirscOImbATOre Sep 3

The Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare has on Thursday called for tenders for procuring the lease of fishing rights in Pillur and Sholayar reservoirs.

The fishing rights of Pillur and Sholayar reservoirs in the Coimbatore district have been decided to be leased for a period of 5 years.

Hence, the Commissioner of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare has invited sealed tenders for the same. Contract documents and further details can be found at www.tenders.tn.gov.in and www.fisheries.tn.gov.in

For more details, the office of the Coimbatore Fisheries Inspector can be contacted. (Tel. No. 9655506422) near Town Hall, Coimbatore. This information was given by District Collector GS Sameeran.

cOImbATOre Sep 3The Citizens Voice

Coimbatore has made representation to the Chief Minister, Coimbatore District Administration and the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation expressing concern and seeking action regarding environmental hazards posed by lack of sustainable measures in waste management at the dump yard in Vellalore the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Nanjundapuram and Ukkadam.

In the representation, the citizen’s forum has pointed out that one of the serious problems encountered by the public is the foul smell emanating from the solid

waste dump area which aerially reaches up to Lakshmi Mills at Avinashi Road in Coimbatore.

Experts in the field of solid waste management are of the opinion that planting of medicinal plants like Vetrivaer and Nannaari which release large quantities

of oxygen around the boundaries of the processing plants will help to minimize the foul smell and reduce carbon monoxide emission, too, the forum members have stressed.

Citizen’s voice members have called for measures segregation of wastes into

different category which can be used for making good quality roads, as being done at many places.

The simple technology developed by the Thiagarajar College, Madurai may be utilized for solving this perennial problem.

Activists have suggested forming an Expert Committee (including qualified local people with knowledge about STPs) to look into issues and suggest pragmatic solutions. They have also stressed on the need for proper operation of the plant and timely availability of the required chemicals as they are of utmost importance to run the plant to meet with the required design conditions.

citizens Voice concerned over Vallalore dump yard, STps; writes to cm, collector

The Citizens Voice Coimbatore has made representation to the Chief Minister, Coimbatore

District Administration and the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation expressing concern and seeking action regarding environmental hazards posed by lack of sustainable measures in waste management at the dump yard in Vellalore the

sewage treatment plant (STP) at Nanjundapuram and Ukkadam.

cheNNAI Sep 3About 66 % of the

respondents ignore early signs of poor nerve health according to findings of the ‘P&G Nerve Health Survey’ conducted among 1800 respondents across 12 cities. This is more than the national average.

Conducted by HEAL Health and Hansa Research, and supported by Procter & Gamble Health Limited, the national survey highlights that while over 90% of the respondents believe that healthy nerves are important, only 38% know that nerves are different from blood vessels. The national survey results also revealed that 73% of respondents relied upon vegetables and 69% of respondents relied upon fruits

for vitamin B12, which are not a source. Results revealed limited knowledge amongst the masses about nerve health. While people had experienced symptoms related to nerve damage only 50% related it to nerve health.

“The P&G Nerve Health Survey was conducted towards

gauging the awareness levels and perceptions about nerve health and to understand if people can identify nerve-related discomforts”, said Milind Thatte, Managing Director - Procter & Gamble Health Limited. “The function of Vitamin B12 in cell formation and lipid metabolism is vital, which works wonders in improving the nervous system.

Thus, it is essential to include Vitamin B12 in one’s meal menu to ensure good nerve health,” says Dr A V Srinivasan, Emeritus Professor, The Tamil Nadu Dr M.G.R. Medical University, Former Head and Prof. of Neurology, Institute of Neurology Madras Medical College.

chennaiaites ignore early signs of poor nerve health: Survey

payNearby launches NeoDukaan; aims to modernize100 mN retailers by 2025

cheNNAI Sep 3In its bid to mass

modernize the retail sector across the country, PayNearby, India’s leading branchless banking and digital payments network, has associated with Retailers Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI) to launch “PayNearby NeoDukaan” to digitally upgrade its retail partners and gear them towards a better livelihood.

With multiple digital payment options, digital ledger for credit

management and online wholesale procurement options, PayNearby NeoDukaan looks to create a thriving ecosystem for its retail partners by empowering them digitally and bringing them at par with the current times.

“Retail is India’s largest industry, accounting for over 10% of the country’s GDP and 8% of employment, however, despite its large size, the sector has remained predominantly unorganized due to the presence of local

stores and vendors. To win in this changing landscape, the local retailers need to change too. PayNearby is completely transforming the retail outlets and making them future-ready.

The company has enabled more than 38+ lakh retailers across 17, 600+ PIN codes to have a strong online presence and ensures that small and local shops are not left behind in the transforming digital world said Mr. Anand Kumar Bajaj, Founder, MD&CEO, Pay Nearby.

Kerala cm Vijayan chairs cIAl AGmKOchI, Sep 3 (pTI)

The 27th Annual General Meeting of Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) was held via online on Thursday.

Addressing the stakeholders, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is the chairman of the board, said the management had already initiated steps to activate new revenue streams for the company as well to increase better connectivity. The

business jet terminal work is scheduled to commence by next month, he said.

Vijayan also informed that the management initiated discussions to increase connectivity to Europe and Africa. In a release, CIAL said it has successfully completed the first phase of "Operation Pravaah"-- the flood mitigation project on time.

Three bridges were constructed and the company spent around Rs 102 crore for

the flood mitigation activity which is being carried out an area encompassing Kochi Airport and adjoining villages.

The company also effectuated a Land Utilization Plan, the release said.

Ministers and CIAL directors P Rajeeve, K Rajan, Independent directors K Roy Paul, A K Ramani, directors M A Yusuf Ali, N V George, E M Babu and Managing Director S Suhas IAS participated in the deliberations, it added.

moral policing: 3 held for assaulting youth in Dakshina Kannada districtmANGAlUrU, Sep 3 (pTI)

Three people have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 19-year-old youth from Raichur, who had come to meet a girl from a different faith at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, police sources said.

The youth had complained to the police that he was assaulted by a five-member gang when he was chatting with his friend at the KSRTC bus stand in Puttur on Wednesday.

They had also threatened

him for talking to a girl from a different religion, he said in the complaint. The arrested accused have been identified as Abdul Majeed (27) of Puttur and G Farooq (32) and

G Alebi (33) from Sullia.

Two others involved in the case are a b s c o n d i n g , police sources said.

P u t t u r police had on W e d n e s d a y

registered a case against the five people on charges of criminal intimidation, unlawful assembly and wrongful restraint.

'mara mitra' app of Isha Foundation launched to rejuvenate cauvery riverbeNGAlUrU, Sep 3 (pTI)

The Mara Mitra (Friend of Tree) App developed by Cauvery Calling, a movement started by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation to revive river Cauvery, was launched here on Thursday.

The App is the latest in a series of activities initiated by Cauvery Calling to intensify farmer outreach efforts on the ground to promote the economically lucrative and ecologically beneficial tree-based agriculture in the Cauvery basin districts of Karnataka, the Isha Foundation said in a statement.

The App was simultaneously launched in

the nine districts in which Cauvery Calling volunteers are currently working along with the Forest Department officials and 890 Mara Mitras, the statement read.

According to the Foundation, Karnataka Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar, who launched the App, said the Krushi Aranya

Protsaha Yojane (KAPY) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme are schemes by the Karnataka Government and Isha Foundation is creating demand generation.

"It is not right to say Isha Foundation was using government money to plant saplings. These are

government schemes. Isha is creating awareness by educating farmers about the schemes," Kumar was quoted as saying in the press release. The Foundation said the Cauvery Calling operation will cover 1,785 Gram Panchayats in 57 Taluks of the nine Cauvery river basin districts which are home to 24 lakh farmers. The campaign aims to plant 242 crore trees by farmers on their private farmlands in the river basin. It stated that the plantation drive will increase the farmers' income between 3 and 8 times besides promoting a host of ecological benefits such as soil rejuvenation, repletion of groundwater table and reviving biodiversity.

Salem District Collector Karmegam chairing a consultation meeting with all college principals on the task of vaccinating all students, faculty and staff of government, private and polytechnic colleges in the Salem District

at the Salem District Collector's Office. Nearby are District Revenue Officer Alin Suneja, Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital Principal Valli Satyamurthy, Joint Director (Welfare) Nedumaran,

Deputy Director (Health Services) Nalini (Salem), Gemini (Attur) and others.

Kanyakumari District Collector Aravind chairing a meeting with veterinarians at the Kanyakumari District Collector's Office on cowpox vaccination (NADCP-2) for the

cattle.

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erODe SepT 3: Isha Foundation distributed 1.10 saplings

last financial year and planned to double it this year. Of the saplings 75 percent were timber species and the rest were fruit and flower yielding species. According to Isha Agro Forestry scheme coordinator Thamizhmaran and west zone nursery incharge Swami Satvika, Sadhguru's 2 crore tree plantation project was inaugurated by the late CM M Karunanidhi in 2007 and it got success. Then, Sadhguru, founder of Isha, started 'Rally for River' from Sept 3to Oct 2, 2018 and submitted a project report to PM Modi to protect over 50 rivers in the nation and then he started 'Cauvery Calling' motorcycle rally in September 2019. All such schemes focus on tree plantation to ensure more rain to save rivers, sustainable growth in agriculture, protect environment, restore soil wealth and check water pollution etc.

Green Hands: Under the Green Hands project, Isha

distributed timber saplings at a low price of Rs 3 to ryots and fruit bearing and fower yielding plants at Rs 7 through its 32 nurseries in TN. Among them, the nurseries at Tanjore, Erode, Cuddalore and Thiruvannamalai were major centres due to good water condition there and from there saplings were being transferred to many areas. In Cuddalore

alone, 40 lakh saplings are produced every year. In each centre 40-100 farm labours were working.

Know-how to ryots: Isha functionaries

Shankar and Anandh said the foundation itself arranges agriculture, horticulture and agro engineering experts in each district to go to farmers to enlighten them on the need to grow timber trees in waste lands and boundaries of lands. They give technical know-

how on raising suitable trees according to the agro climatic condition of the area and on organic farming and input production etc. It would help them get adequate income by selling trees after 2 or 3 decades.

Cauvery Calling: More thrust is given to raise more trees in the

Cauvery flowing 18 districts in TN and 9 districts in Karnataka under the Cauvery Calling project under which farmers were encouraged to raise trees.On an average 400 saplings can be planted in an acre. After 10 years, the land owner can get Rs 20 lakh by selling them. It would ensure sustainable income. In this regard, the foundation also signed MoU with TNAU and Horticulture College at Mettupalayam. The foundation targeted to double the plantation every year and raise 242 cr trees within 12 years.

FAO's concern:The Food and Agriculture

Organisation of UNO itself expressed its concern over

diminishing micro and macro nutrients in the soil in our nation during the past 30 years. The organic content in the land came down from 2-4 percent to 0.5 -0.12 due to overuse of chemical inputs in the land. So, curcumine content in turmeric in our nation is nearly 2.5 percent whereas it is 7 in Vietnam. Similar problem is existed in other farm products also. So, the only way to restore soil wealth, and ensure self sufficiency of ryots, organic farming is must. Growing more trees around farms and waste land would enrich the soil and ensure more rain.

Saplings giving culture:Isha's effort encouraged many to give saplings

of herbal, flower and fruit species in marriage and family functions in recent past by buying saplings from Isha nurseries in bulk. But, due to corona and curfew norms, the functions were restricted affecting the tree plantation move. The government itself has tree plantation scheme in private lands and social forestry schemes. Isha acts as a coordinator between the government and ryots to use the scheme.

In Karnataka government gives more support to Isha's scheme and efforts are made to get similar support from TN government. For more details, contact 94425 90068.

Isha plans to distribute 2.20 cr saplings this year

erODe SepT 3: The Department of Commerce (Banking,

Insurance) of Erode Arts and Science College arranged a road safety awareness rally at Vellodu on Thursday. Perundurai DSP Selvaraj flagged off it in the presence of Director of the College Dr A. Venkatachalam, Principal Dr

A. Sankarasubramanian, Dean Selvaraj and department HoD Charles Victor.

During the rally, students carried banners with slogans on road safety awareness. Sub Inspector K. Uthraj, Assistant Professors of the College A. Niveda Shenbagam and A. Bakkiyalakshmi also participated.

road safety awareness rally held

TIrUppUr SepT 3: Tiruppur Collector Dr

S Vineeth handed over Rs 5 lakh each to 9 children who lost both parents due to corona at a function held at the collectorate.

The CM announced the aid distribution scheme under which Rs 3 lakh will be given for kids who lost single parent.

Besides all such kids will be given Rs 3000 per month till their 18 years of age and free education up-to degree

level with free boarding and lodging in hostels. Under the scheme, ministers MP Saminathan and Kayalvizhi Selvaraj distributed Rs 5 lakh each to 3 and Rs 3 lakh to 4 kids and the amount deposited in their names.

collector distributes rs 45 lakh aid to kids

erODe SepT 3: Erode Mahila Court

Judge Malathi sentenced a powerloom unit worker Thangaraj 50 of Modakurichi to 20 years imprisonment for sexually harassing a 6 year old girl of the area.

The unmarried man stayed in the house of his sister there.

The judge slapped a fine of Rs 5000 on him and directed the government to give Rs 2 lakh solatium to the girl.

The case was registered in Erode all women police station following complaint from her parents.

20 years rI for sexual harassment

erODe, SepT 3: More than 25 members of the public attempted to set

up huts in the government land at Kurumbapalayam near Punchai Puliyampatti in Erode district at around 2 am yesterday. They brought the required goods in a lorry.

On hearing Sathy Tahsildar Ravishankar visited the spot. It is learnt that they belonging to JJ Nagar submitted a petition in the Taluk office two days back seeking house sites. Following an advice from tahsildar against encroachment, they dispersed. In this situation, the Punchaipuliyampatti police have registered a case and are investigating a complaint lodged by Vinnapalli VAO Suresh Babu on the issue.

Tahsildar prevents encroachment

erODe SepT 3 The residents of Anthiyur appealed to the government to

allot one more 108 ambulance to meet the needs of people of Anthiyur and surrounding areas. They complained that when they called 108 ambulance in case of emergency, private ambulances came at first and 108 ambulance came after that. Due to urgent need people use private ambulance by spending much. So, a probe must be made on how the private ambulances come while they call 108 ambulance.

One more 108 ambulance sought

erODe SepT 3 Erode cattle shandy at Karungalpalayam held after 4

months gap following relaxation of curfew norms. As it was held after a long gap, less number of ryots and traders visited it. Around 150 cattle came for trade.

The shandy manager Rajendran said the visitors were alllowed after thermal scanner test and only those who wore masks and vaccinatef were allowed entry.

The animal husbandry department officials inspected the shandy and health condition of cattle.

cattle shandy held after 4 months gap

Erode Karungalpalayam Cattle Shandy.

Hindu Munnani leaders staging protest in front of the Perundurai Mariamman Temple, Erode, seeking permission to celebrate vinayaka chathurthi festival

in public places.

A blue metal laden lorry capsized due to a pothole in the SKC Road, Erode.

erODe SepT 3: Erode corporation has arranged a special corona

vaccination camp for the teaching, non teaching staff and students of Erode Rangampalayam Dr. R.A.N.M. Arts and Science College in the college premises. College correspondent KK Balusamy inaugurated it in the presence of Principal Dr A Palaniyappan. The camp was organized by the college's NCC unit. Corporation Commissioner Dr. Ilangovan, Health Officer Muralisankar and assistant commissioner Vijaya, Health Inspector Yoganathan and Nurses Rizwana and Rajalakshmi extended due support to hold the camp in which over 200 got benefit.

Vaccination camp held at rANm college

cOImbATOre SepT 3: Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner

Raja Gopal Sunkara inspected the ongoing development works in wards 44 and 41 in North zone. He inspected micro compost production activities and visited the

Corporation school at Maniyakaranpalayam where he inquired thermal scanner usage for students and other corona safety norms. He also inspected the quality of road works there and also visited Amma unavagam there to inspect the quality of food.

commissioner inspects development works

DUbAI, Sep. 3The Dubai government

has honoured four people, including two from Kerala, with 50,000 dirhams each (10 lakh Indian rupees), for saving a pregnant cat.

On August 24, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, posted a video on his Twitter page. It was a video of four men together rescuing a pregnant cat trapped on the second floor.

He also mentioned in the tweet, “We are proud and happy to see incidents like this in our beautiful city. Tell me if anyone recognizes

these heroes who are not celebrated. I want to thank them"

In the video, taken in Dubai's Deira Frij Murar, a cat trapped on the second floor comes to the edge. Four men were holding a cloth to protect the cat.

Suddenly the cat jumps and falls safely into the net they had spread. Then the cat gets up and walks away.

Rashid, one of the four, posted this on his Instagram page. He also posted a video of the cat eating quietly and said the cat was fine.

The four friends were identified by Dubai police and reported to the government. It is noteworthy that two of them were from Kerala.

Following the ruler's tweet, it was revealed that the four people who saved the cat were watchman Harshab from Morocco, salesman Atif Mehmood from Pakistan, Nasser and grocery store owner Mohammed Rashid from Kerala.

The Dubai government has awarded four people 50,000 dirhams, or 10 lakh Indian rupees.

Speaking to the media after receiving the government honour, Rashid said, "Everyone here knows the pregnant cat because she roams the streets a lot.

But no one noticed that she was trapped on the second-floor balcony. We saved her. "

Dubai Govt honours 4 men for saving a pregnant cat: rs 10 lakhs each

cheNNAI, Sep.3The Madras High Court has on Thursday

issued an order to allow only native breeds in Jallikattu thereby banning the foreign breeds. The remarkable judgement has come during the hearing of a PIL.

Suresh, a resident of Chennai, had filed a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) in the Madras High Court, seeking the order to permit only the native breeds of bulls to participate in Jallikattu, Manjuvirattu, Oormadu, Vadamadu or Vadamanjivirattu, Eruduttu Viduthal competitions thereby prohibit the participation of foreign/crossbred bulls. The petition stated that it would be convenient for the tamers to embrace the humps easily in the case of native bulls, which is not compliant with the hybrid ones.

The case was heard by a bench comprising Justices Kirubakaran and Velumani. In the judgment issued at that time, they pointed out

that the law enacted in 2017 to allow Jallikattu has been amended to protect the country's cattle and to protect the culture of the Tamils.

Following this, the judges rejected the government's contention that foreign breeds should not be barred from participating in Jallikattu. They thus ordered that only indigenous varieties of bulls should be allowed to participate in Jallikattu and that foreign, crossbred bulls are banned henceforth.

Only indigenous breeds will be allowed for Jallikattu: madras hc

Coimbatore District Collector Sameeran chairing the coordination committee meeting with all the departmental officers in connection with the Poshan Abhiyan

Nutrition Month being observed. Several government officials, including Kavita, project director of the District Rural Development Agency, and Meenakshi,

project officer of the Integrated Child Development Department (Integrated Child Development Services) participated in the meeting.

cheNNAI, Sep.3 Minister for Health

and Family Welfare M Subramanian has on Thursday stated that a Siddha Medical University will be set up in Tamil Nadu and it will be the first of its kind in India. Responding to the Health Department’s Grant request, Minister M Subramanian has issued new announcements under rule 110 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. In particular, Kalaignar’s ‘Varumun Kappom’ project has been re-launched with 1000 special camps. The following are some of the key announcements made by the minister: * For the first time in India, a Siddha Medical University will be set up near Chennai. * 40 dialysis equipment worth Rs. 2.6 crores will be procured in government hospitals.

* Extension of Chief Minister's Comprehensive Medical Insurance Scheme for another 5 years. * Rs 1,248 crores has been allocated for the Chief Minister's insurance scheme for the next 5 years. * An additional 188 new ambulances worth Rs 69.18 crores will be procured to further improve the service of the ‘108’ emergency vehicles. * Higher medical degree courses in 12 government hospitals will be established at an estimated cost of Rs. 8.09 crore.

* Sanjeevarayanpet Primary Health Center in Chennai Corporation will be upgraded with 100-bed facilities. * Additional buildings will be constructed at 13 urban primary health centres at a cost of Rs. 45 lakhs each. * Tobacco control centres will be set up in 10 districts at a cost of Rs. 2.35 crores. * A Red blood cell freezing unit will be set up at Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, Chennai.

TN to get the first-ever Siddha Varsity in India: minister Subramaniyan

Responding to the Health Department’s Grant request, Minister M Subramanian has

issued new announcements under rule 110 in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. In particular,

Kalaignar’s ‘Varumun Kappom’ project has been re-launched with 1000 special camps.

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Tokyo paralympics: Suhas, Tarun, manoj qualify for men's singles semifinals in badminton eventTOKYO, Sep 3 (pTI)

Indian shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj and Tarun Dhillon continued their impressive run, notching up contrasting wins in their respective second group match to qualify for the semifinals in the badminton competition of the Tokyo Paralympics here on Friday.

Manoj Sarkar, who competes in SL3, also qualified for the semifinals after winning his second and last group stage match at the Yoyogi national stadium here.

Suhas, a world number 3 in SL4 class, took 19 minutes to get rid of Indonesia's Hary Susanto 21-6 21-12 in group A, while Tarun, seeded second, recovered from a mid-game slump to outwit Korea's Shin Kyung Hwan 21-18 15-21 21-17 in a group

B SL4 match. Suhas, the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, will face France's top seed Lucas Mazur, while Tarun will cross swords with Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan next later in the day.

With two wins out of three matches so far in their respective groups, both Suhas and Tarun have qualified for semifinals and might face-off in the knockout stage. Suhas

has an impairment in one of his ankles, while Tarun has restricted knee movement following a severe injury that he suffered at the age of eight.

In SL3 class, Manoj secured a 21-16 21-9 victory over Ukraine's Oleksandr Chyrkov to make it to the knockout stage after finishing at the second spot in group A behind world no 1 Pramod Bhagat.

If you are given responsibility, you have to perform either by hook or crook, says 'beefy' ShardullONDON, Sep 3 (pTI)

Shardul Thakur, who on Thursday pipped Ian Botham's record by hitting the fastest Test fifty on English soil, feels that when one is entrusted with responsibility, he has to "perform by hook or crook".

Shardul hit his second Test half-century off 31 balls and beat Ian Botham's 35-year-old record as he helped India's total attain a semblance of respectability.

"You have to take responsibility whether you are a pacer or a batter.

If you are playing for India, so whenever you get a chance you have t o shoulder responsibility by hook or by crook," Shardul said after day's play when asked if the assignment of scoring runs every time adds to the pressure.

"For me, it was a challenge and whenever I get to bat, I have to create such an impact that it opens the door for my team's victory," the Mumbai all-rounder said having already hit a fifty in India's victory in Brisbane earlier this year.

In the Indian dressing

room, he is referred to as 'Beefy' which is legendary Ian Botham's famous nickname.

"Pretty happy getting so much love from teammates that they want to call me by a certain nickname," he smiled.

He clarified that Ravindra Jadeja was sent up the order to keep the left-right combination going.

"Whether Rishabh goes or Jaddu goes, it doesn't really matter. We have seen Jadeja

score crucial runs and bat patiently. It was just to use left right combo, we send him up the order," said Shardul.

The advice given to him by coaches was to play as straight as possible and he tried doing that.

"The more you play with straight bat in English conditions, more runs you will get.

The ball swings excessively so its better to play straight.

My coaches tell me to play

with straight bat and score as much as possible with the tail." The pull shot to get his fifty was according to him his "favourite" of the three sixes and it helped that the ball swung less with no overhead clouds at the time when he batted.

The target is to restrict England to a low first innings score and take the game from thereon "If you look, our total (191) is not very high.

We have an amazing opportunity to restrict them to low total and game will be neck and neck," he said.

Shardul Thakur, who on Thursday

pipped Ian Botham's record by hitting

the fastest Test fifty on English soil,

feels that when one is entrusted with

responsibility, he has to "perform by hook

or crook".

Amateur Sneha and teen pro Jahanvi tied for lead at hero wpGTGUrUGrAm, Sep 3 (pTI)

Amateur Sneha Singh and teenager Jahanvi Bakshi shared the honours after a marathon second day in the seventh leg of the Hero WPGT here on Thursday.

While Sneha rode on her first round 69, Jahanvi had a bogey free 70 in the second round.

When action returned on the Hero Women's Tour for the second half of the season, the players were barely able to go through nine holes on Wednesday due to inclement weather. So, they had to endure a long day with 27 holes on Thursday.

Sneha, who has already won on the Pro Tour, was 3-under through the front nine on Wednesday. She

played the back nine in even par for a superb first round of 3-under 69 which had a total of six birdies and three bogeys.In the second round, which commenced soon after the first round ended, Sneha shot 2-over 74 with bogeys on two of the Par-5s. She had three birdies against five bogeys.

Jahanvi, who had a 73 in the first round, carded the best score of the second round with a 2-under 70

that included two birdies and no bogeys. She looked consistent and confident at a course that has often proved a struggle even for the best. Amateur Avani Prashanth, who had a 74 in the first round, seemed determined to make up for that as she made the turn in a superb 4-under 32.

However, she went 3-over 39 on the back nine for a second round of 71.

With a 36-hole total of 145, she is two shots behind Sneha and Jahanvi. Seher Atwal, who had a front nine 35 on Wednesday, was also even for the second half and in the second round she dropped to 77. The final round will be played on Friday with Sneha and Avani battling professionals Jahanvi and Seher.

3rd 50-over match: Oman beat mumbai by 2 wickets

mUScAT, Sep 3 (pTI) Oman stunned India's

domestic cricket giants Mumbai by two wickets in a thrilling third 50-over match here on Thursday with home team's Kaleemullah Kaleemullah sealing the game with a last ball six.

Mumbai, after losing the just concluded T20 series 1-2, were unbeaten in the 50-over series so far, but the Oman batsmen held their nerves to script a memorable win in the third game. Oman first shot out Mumbai for below-par 239 after putting them into bat despite Yashasvi Jaiswal's gritty 90 and a well made 55 by skipper Shams Mulani.

The hosts then chased down the target on the last ball with Ayaan Khan playing a key part in the victory with a stroke-filled 91.

Japan likely to get new pm as Suga bows out of party voteTOKYO, Sep 3

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga won't run for the leadership of the governing party, indicating he will step down as Japanese leader at the end of this month, a party official said Friday.

Suga told executives of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday that he will not run in the leadership race set for Sept 29, LDP Secretary General

Toshihiro Nikai told reporters. LDP has the majority in Parliament, meaning the new government leader likely will

be whoever is elected the party's leader.

The move is largely a political decision so the LDP can have a fresh leader before national elections later this year. The lower house term ends in late October and elections for the new Parliament must be held by late November.

Suga has faced criticism and nosediving support ratings over slow coronavirus measures and holding the

Olympics despite the public's health concerns.

Suga took office in mid-September a year ago after his predecessor Shinzo Abe resigned due to health problems.

Suga, the son of a strawberry farmer from Japan's northern prefecture of Akita, enjoyed support ratings as high as 70 per cent early in his tenure because he was a leader from the common people rather than blue-blood

political families like Abe.Suga introduced

a series of pragmatic measures including digital transformation and administrative reforms, but his support ratings slid quickly over his virus measures seen as too slow and too small to prevent growing outbreaks.

In the latest media surveys, support ratings have declined to around 26 per cent.

world united in what they expect Taliban to do for recognition in Afghanistan: white housewAShINGTON, Sep 3 (pTI)

The world is united in what they expect the Taliban to do to get recognition in Afghanistan from the international community, the White House said noting that it is for China to decide where it would like to stand on the situation.

The world is united in what they expect the Taliban to do, which is allow people who want to depart the country to depart. And China has to decide where they are in that effort, White House

Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Thursday.

United States President Joe Biden, she said, has said many times that there are a few countries that wanted

the US to stay in Afghanistan more than China and Russia because it would have tied up American owned resources, the US military and its financial assets and options.

Our leverage over the

Taliban is a range of things. I mean, one is, of course, access to the global marketplace, which is not just China.

It is a range of money that is in the New York Federal Reserve. That was the Afghan government's money that they currently don't have access to, she said.

The US is working with a coalition of 100 countries around the world that have signed this statement on what their expectations are of the Taliban, she said, adding that the US is working with the United Nations Security

Council (UNSC). Responding to a question, the White House Press Secretary ruled out lifting sanctions against the Taliban.

No one should assess that we are currently considering an easing of sanctions on the Taliban. That is not actively being discussed or pursued. We've not reduced sanctions, pressure on the Taliban leaders or the significant restrictions on their access to the international financial system, she said.

We will judge, and we want to make this very clear,

we are going to judge the Taliban by their actions and will stay in close coordination with the international community on any steps that we take moving forward.

Now at the same time, we also want to ensure there is assistance to the Afghan people: humanitarian assistance and other assistance to keep them afloat and make sure we provide that from the international community at this point in time, Psaki said.

She reiterated that the Taliban is not a good actor.

pakistan urges international effort to help AfghanistanUNITeD NATIONS, Sep 3

Pakistan is urging the international community to adopt a three-pronged approach to Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover: quickly deliver aid to 14 million people facing a hunger crisis, promote an inclusive government, and work with the Taliban to attack all terrorist groups in the country. Pakistan's ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, laid out his government's vision for a future international role in Afghanistan in an Associated Press interview on Thursday, saying Pakistan has been in contact with regional countries and the

broader global community on working together on the three priorities. He stressed that humanitarian help must be the top priority and called it very unhelpful for Afghanistan's assets to have been frozen, by the United States and others, because this leaves the Taliban with no access to dollars or foreign exchange to buy food or import oil. There will be inflation. The

prices in Afghanistan will rise further. The poverty level will rise, Akram warned. You will then have a refugee crisis which is exactly what the West is afraid of. The Taliban swiftly captured territory in Afghanistan in the final days of last month's withdrawal of US forces at the end of America's 20-year war, prompting many Afghans to blame neighbouring Pakistan for the insurgents' success in taking control of their country. They pointed to the Taliban's use of Pakistani territory in multiple ways, including allowing its leaders and their families in the country, and providing treatment to its wounded fighters.

Kim orders tougher virus steps after N Korea shuns vaccinesSeOUl, Sep 3

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in our style after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the UN-backed immunisation programme.

During a Politburo meeting Thursday, Kim said officials must bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention is the task of paramount importance which must not be loosened even a moment, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.

While stressing the need for material and technical means of virus prevention and increasing health workers' qualifications, Kim also called for further rounding off our style epidemic prevention system, KCNA said.

Kim previously called for North Koreans to brace for prolonged COVID-19 restrictions, indicating the nation's borders would stay closed despite worsening economic and food conditions. Since the start of the pandemic, North Korea has used tough quarantines and border closures to

prevent outbreaks, though its claim to be entirely virus-free is widely doubted.

On Tuesday, UNICEF, which procures and delivers vaccines on behalf of the COVAX distribution program, said North Korea proposed its allotment of about 3 million Sinovac shots be sent to severely affected countries instead. North Korea was also slated to receive AstraZeneca shots through COVAX, but their delivery has been delayed.

According to UNICEF, North Korea's health ministry still said it would continue to communicate with COVAX over future vaccines.

Some exports believe North Korea may want other vaccines, while questioning the effectiveness of Sinovac and the rare blood clots seen in some recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

biden says Ida, wildfires show 'climate crisis' has struckwAShINGTON, Sep 3

President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged robust federal help for the Northeastern and Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida and for Western states beset by wildfires with the catastrophes serving as deadly reminders that the climate crisis has arrived.

These extreme storms, and the climate crisis, are here, Biden said in a White House speech.

We must be better prepared. We need to act.

The president said he will further

press Congress to pass his nearly 1 trillion infrastructure bill to improve roads, bridges, the electric grid and sewer systems.

The proposal intends to ensure that the vital networks connecting cities and states and the country as a whole can withstand the flooding, whirlwinds and damage caused by increasingly dangerous weather.

Biden stressed that the challenge transcends the politics of a deeply divided nation because of the threats posed by the storms and fires.

It's a matter of life and death and we're all in this together, the president said.

TOKYO, Sep 3 (pTI) India's Praveen Kumar

clinched the silver medal in the men's high jump T64 event of the Paralympics, taking the country's haul to 11 in the ongoing Games here on Friday.

The 18-year-old Kumar, competing in his debut Paralympics, set a new Asian record with a 2.07m jump to finish behind Great Britain's Jonathan Broom-Edwards, who notched up his season's best effort of 2.10m for the gold.

This was also Kumar's personal best performance

and his first major medal since taking up the sport in 2019. The teenager is a Noida resident and is now the youngest medal winner in the Indian contingent here. The bronze went

to Rio Games champion Maciej Lepiato of Poland who produced an effort of 2.04m. T64 classification is for athletes with a leg amputation, who compete with prosthetics in a

standing position. T44, the disability classification that Kumar belongs to but is eligible to compete in T64, is for athletes with a leg deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in the legs.

His impairment, which is congenital, affects the bones that connect his hip to his left leg.

The ongoing Games are turning out to be India's best ever and the nation has so far claimed two gold, six silver and three bronze medals. Kumar is the second

teenager in the Indian contingent after shooter Avani Lekhara to win a medal at the Games. Lekhara had won a gold and is 19 years old.

The track and filed events were anticipated to give India a good medal haul and the script is unfolding just as it was expected.

Eight of India's 11 medals have come from athletics, including one gold in men's javelin throw through Sumit Antil (F64).

India have so far won five silver medals in the athletics arena along with a bronze.

Debutant praveen Kumar clinches silver in men's T64 high jump at paralympics

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KOlKATA, Sep 3 (pTI) Three persons, including a Bangladeshi national,

were arrested from the city's airport area for their alleged involvement in a SIM box' racket, police said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) nabbed the trio and seized at least 23 SIM boxes, with a capacity to store 256 SIM slots from different locations, he said.

Around 400 preactivated SIM cards, WiFi modems of different service providers, laptops and other communication equipment were also seized from their possession.

An FIR has been lodged with the Airport Police Station in this connection.

"Apart from the Bangladeshi national, the other two are from Siliguri and Jalpaiguri districts. Further investigation is underway, a senior police officer said.

According to cyber experts, a SIM box contains a number of SIM cards linked to a gateway, but stored separately, making it difficult to locate and identify the origin of phone calls.

Three held in Kolkata for involvement in SIm box' racket

rANchI, Sep 3 (pTI) The monsoon session of the Jharkhand Assembly

commencing Friday is likely to be a stormy one with the BJP-led opposition set to corner the ruling JMM-Congress combine on issues ranging from employment policy to the law and order situation in the state.

The session will end on September 9.BJP chief whip Biranchi Narayan said the party will

also raise the demand for doing away with the state's employment policy.

He said the saffron party has framed a draft outlining the flaws of the policy.

The state government has failed to provide employment to youths. During the past 19 months, not even 19 people got jobs, BJP MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi claimed.

The party also boycotted the all-party meeting chaired by Speaker Rabindranath Mahto on Thursday.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren said: "Held discussions with the ruling party legislators and leaders about the strategy for the monsoon session to be held from tomorrow."

monsoon session of Jharkhand Assembly likely to be stormy

TN records 1,562 new cases, 20 deaths

cheNNAI , Sep 3Thanjavur reported the

highest surge of 40 cases from the previous day and recorded 110 cases.

Other districts that recorded a surge included Ariyalur, Chengalpattu, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Karur, Nagapattinam, the Nilgiris, Perambalur, Salem, Sivaganga, Tirupattur, Tiruvarur, Thoothukudi, Tirupur and Virudhunagar.

On Thursday, the highest of 215 cases were reported in Coimbatore, followed by 166 in Chennai and 132 in Erode. Meanwhile, 20 deaths were reported in Tamil

Nadu, including the highest of five in Coimbatore. The total death toll in the State stands at 34,961.

As many as 1,684 people were discharged from several hospitals across the State, taking total recoveries to 25,66,504.

With 16,478 active cases

in the State currently, the TPR stands at 1 per cent, the highest being 1.8

per cent C o i m b a t o r e . As many

as 1,59,962 people were

tested for COVID-19 in the State in the past 24 hours.

KOlKATA, Sep 3 (pTI) At least 16 people, all suspected members of the

infamous gangs from Jamtara district of Jharkhand, were arrested from in and around Kolkata on the charge of duping people, a senior police officer said on Thursday.The police seized 188 debit cards of various banks, 78 mobile phones and six laptops from their possession, he said.

"In recent times the activities of infamous Jamtara gang were observed on the outskirts of Kolkata. They used to take deliveries of fraudulently obtained goods at Kestopur, Rajarhat areas," the IPS officer said.

The 16 were picked up from Kestopur, Sapoorji, Kasba and Dashdrone areas on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

"These 16 people are residents of Jharkhand's Jamtara, Giridih and Dhanbad districts," the officer said.

Jamtara gang members used to siphon money from bank accounts of unsuspecting people by collecting their bank details through fraudulent means."We are interrogating them," the police officer added.

16 'Jamtara gang' members held near Kolkata

KOlKATA, Sep 3 (pTI) The West Bengal Cabinet

on Thursday gave its nod to proposals for framing policies relating to production of ethanol from broken rice and data processing, Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Wednesday said a policy will be framed on producing ethanol using broken rice."Today the Cabinet approved proposals to frame policies on ethanol production and data processing. Extensive guidelines will be prepared in the coming days. The ethanol policy will help farmers in their economy and it will attract more investments in

the state," Chatterjee told reporters.After the Cabinet meeting chaired by the chief minister, Chatterjee said several organisations have requested the state to come out with a policy regarding data processing and hence the decision to frame one

was made.The Cabinet also decided to take steps to encourage engineering and foundry industry in the state, he said.Ethanol will be used as bio-fuel and many investors will come for this.It has the potential to provide 48,000 jobs involving an investment of Rs 15,000 crore, Banerjee had said on Wednesday at Panagarh while laying the foundation stone of a poly film factory there.Chatterjee said the newly formed West Bengal Industrial Promotion Board, headed by the chief minister, will be meeting for the first time on September 15The Board was set up aiming at facilitating investments in the state, he added.

bengal cabinet decides to frame policies on ethanol, data processing

KOhImA, Sep 3 (pTI) The Nagaland government on Thursday said its latest

phase of unlocking will be extended by two more weeks.All relaxations which are in force will remain in effect till September 16, an order issued by Principal Secretary (Home), Abhijit Sinha said.

The north-eastern state began unlocking in phases from July 1 and the 15-day-long fifth phase was to end on September 2.On August 16, the high powered committee on COVID-19 helmed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio had decided that Unlock-5 phase will take place from August 19 to September 2.

Unlock-5 extended in Nagaland till September 16

New DelhI, Sep 3 (pTI)

The CBI on Thursday apprehended a railway employee for allegedly receiving a Rs 8 lakh bribe on behalf of the financial adviser and chief accounts officer of the South Eastern Railways in Kolkata, officials said. The probe agency also apprehended the person who was giving the bribe.The CBI had booked Binita Mitra, the financial adviser and chief accounts officer (IRAS 1986 batch) of the South Eastern Railways for allegedly seeking the

bribe from Dhanbad-based firm Unified Electricals for the Railways' electric work tender, officials said.On getting information about the possible meeting place where

the employee of the company was going to hand over the bribe amount to P Sarkar, a railway employee under Mitra, the CBI team raided the location and apprehended

both.The CBI conducted searches at the premises of Mitra and other locations, they said."Allegations of bribery related to a tender pertaining to electrical works of Supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 25KV OHE including RC and PSI work from Balasore to Ranital in Odisha (EX) in connection with the work of the third line between Narayangarh (Ex) and Bhadrak in Kharagpur division (Phase III) which was floated by South-Eastern Railways," CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi said.

cbI nabs rail staff for receiving bribe on behalf of Se railway officer in Kolkata

AGArTAlA, Sep 3 (pTI)

Tripura assembly Speaker Rebati Mohan Das on Thursday resigned from his post before being appointed as the vice-president of the BJP's state unit.Das said he

has resigned voluntarily as he is interested to work for the party."I requested the party to bring me back to organisational works.

I thank party president (Manik Saha) and Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb for giving me the opportunity to work for the organisation, he told a press conference Saha, who was present at the press conference, announced that Das was appointed as the vice-president of the party's state unit.

Meanwhile, Lok Sabha MP Pratima Bhowmik relinquished the post of the BJP Tripura unit vice-president on Thursday.

Tripura assembly speaker quits post, appointed as state bJp Vp

KOlKATA, Sep 3 (pTI) The Calcutta High

Court on Thursday asked the newly appointed West Bengal director general of police (DGP), Manoj Malaviya, to appear before it on September 21 to furnish information on the progress of the investigation in two purported chit-fund scams.

Malaviya took over as the acting DGP of the state on September 1.

A division bench presided by Acting Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal, expressing displeasure over the fact that the state went unrepresented in the court occassionally during the

hearings in connection with the scams, directed that the DGP will appear before it

personally and inform the court on the status of the investigation.A prayer by the

state lawyers later in the day for recall of the order was refused by the court.

Taking up matters related to Real Sunrise Chemtech Ltd and Sunplant Agro Ltd, the two chit-fund companies alleged to have duped depositors of their funds, the bench, during the day, found that the state was not represented by any lawyer.

The petitioners have prayed for return of their invested money in the two companies and matters have been pending since 2015-2016, lawyer for the depositors, Arindam Das, said.

cal hc asks west bengal DGp to furnish info on progress of probe in chit-fund scams

KOlKATA, Sep 3 (pTI) A special court Thursday

directed the superintendent of a correctional facility here to assist Enforcement Directorate officials seeking to interrogate Debanjan Deb, who was arrested for operating dubious COVID-19 vaccination camps in the metropolis.

The special CBI court judge asked the superintendent of the Presidency Correctional Home to cooperate with the investigating officer (IO) and other ED officials for recording the statements of the accused."For the interest of justice, the IO Diyendu Modak, assistant director,

ED is permitted to visit Presidency Correctional Home along with other ED officials for the purpose of interrogation and record the

statements of Debanjan Deb, Robin Sikdar, Susanta Das, Santanu Manna, Kanchan Deb, Sarat Patra, Ashok Kumar Roy and Arabinda Baidya," the judge said in the order.

Kolkata fake vaccination case: Special court directs correctional home superintendent to assist eD officials in interrogation of accused

The special CBI court judge asked the superintendent of the

Presidency Correctional Home to cooperate

with the investigating officer (IO) and other ED

officials for recording the statements of the

accused.

GUwAhATI, Sep 3 (pTI)

A day after a 14-year-old girl was brutally murdered at her residence here, the police Thursday arrested her cousin for allegedly committing the crime.The Guwahati Police in a statement claimed that the 18-year-old boy has confessed to have committed the crime.

"DCP Central, ACP Women's Cell, and the Central Guwahati Police District team have unravelled the case and arrested the murder accused," it added.The accused has admitted that he

killed his cousin following an altercation, they said."The police have also recovered the mobile phone and the SIM card (partially destructed), which he had hidden after the murder. The accused himself led the police to recover the phone and SIM," the statement said.

A group of residents took out a procession from the crime spot in Uzanbazar area, a locality adjacent to the Gauhati High Court premises, to Latasil police station demanding exemplary punishment for the culprit.

cousin arrested for Assam girl's murder: police

GUwAhATI, Sep 3 (pTI)

Four days after the Guwahati Police seized 1.824 kilograms of heroin from two places here, they made another seizure of 2.5 kg of heroin from a vehicle on Thursday and claimed it to be their biggest drug haul in recent times, a senior officer said.

The Guwahati Police on its official Twitter handle said that the value of the drugs seized on Thursday has been estimated to be Rs 17.5 crore in the international market.Highly appreciating the force, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted: "Whatever means the drugs mafia may choose to hoodwink Police - they

will never succeed... Brilliant act @assampolice."Based on an intelligence input, the East Guwahati Police District on Thursday morning intercepted a truck in Jorabat area, which is the entry point of Guwahati from upper Assam and Meghalaya, Police Commissioner Harmeet Singh said in a statement.

"On thoroughly searching the vehicle, a total of 205 soap cases of heroin (approximately 2.5 kg) were recovered from inside the oil tank. This is our biggest seizure so far," he said in a statement.Two drug peddlers who were in the vehicle have been arrested, the Police Commissioner said.The duo hail from Nagaland and Manipur, he said.

2.5 kg heroin worth rs 17.5cr seized in Guwahati

New DelhI , Sep 3 India's Covid chart showed improvement

today, with the country recording 45,352 cases, a drop of 3.6% from yesterday. About 366 deaths were recorded during the period, according to the Health Ministry. Active cases constitute 1.22% of total cases.

Kerala contributed 32,097 new COVID-19 infections and 188 deaths in the past 24 hours. The test positivity rate was found to be 18.41 per cent after testing of 1,74,307 samples in the last 24 hours, according to a state government release.

Kerala, which recorded the country's first coronavirus case in early 2020, has been reporting in excess of 30,000 daily cases for the past few days.

Maharashtra witnessed a slight dip in new infections as the western state reported 4,342 in the past 24 hours.No death due to the virus was recorded in Delhi for the second consecutive day on Thursday, while 39 fresh cases of the infection were reported with a positivity rate of 0.06 per cent, according to city health department.

This is the 21st time since the second wave of the pandemic hit the national capital that zero fatality due to the viral disease was

logged in a day.The active cases increased to 3,99,778 comprising 1.22 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate stands 97.45 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said. The daily positivity rate now stands at 2.72 per cent.

The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 67 crore mark. India has been running the largest vaccination drive against COVID-19

since January 16 this year.A new variant - C.1.2 - first detected in South Africa in May - has become the new cause for worry in the middle of a Delta-driven surge in many countries. Scientists say the strain may have a greater ability to evade antibodies that protect the body.

The development has forced India to revise its guideline to include visitors from seven more countries - South Africa,

Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe - to carry a negative RT-PCR result not older than 72 hours on arrival. Earlier, the rule was only applicable for arrivals from the UK, Europe and Middle East.

India is still not out of the woods when it comes to the second wave of COVID-19 and people should celebrate festivals like Diwali, Eid, Navratri and Ganesh Chaturthi at home without gathering in large numbers, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Patients who have contracted coronavirus have been found to have damage to kidney, a study found.

Even non-hospitalized patients with no renal problems have almost a twofold higher risk of developing end-stage kidney disease, compared with someone who never had Covid, the findings in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology noted.

The coronavirus has killed at least 4,529,715 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to news agency AFP. The US is the worst-affected country with 642,081 deaths, followed by Brazil with 581,150, India with 439,529, Mexico 260,503 and Peru 198,329.

45,352 Fresh cOVID-19 cases in India, 3.6% lower than yesterday

Dharmapuri District Collector Divyadarshini chairing a consultation meeting at the Dharmapuri District Collector's Office regarding the elections for 14 vacant posts in rural local bodies in the Dharmapuri district.

Nearby are officials including District Collector's Personal Assistant (Midday meals) Ramachandran, Dharmapuri Additional Superintendent of Police Pushparaj, Project Director (Women's Project) Babu, Regional Development

Officer (Local Body Elections) Ravichandran.

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30 sovereign gold recovered, robbers arrested after 4 months in coimbatore

cOONOOr, SepT. 3Nilgiris district

administration levied a fine of Rs 5 lakhs for a former AIADMK Councillor in Coonoor for illicit removal of soil, which caused heavy damage to a nearby hospital building on Thursday.

The government has imposed various restrictions on construction work in the Nilgiris district.

Despite this, the work of removing mud and rocks with the help of earthmover has been going on day and night at a place near the Coonoor municipal office, owned by AIADMK former councillor Yogesh for the

last one month. The people of the area

have been strongly opposed to this. In this situation, a part of the retaining wall of the nearby government hospital suddenly collapsed on Thursday. Thus the hospital building stood unstable without support.

The path to the X-ray centre was closed.

The power supply to the hospital was cut off and the patients suffered as the power poles also fell off. Sub-collector Deepana Vishweswari, who came to know about this, inspected it and ordered to stop the work.

The probe revealed that in the name of erecting a barrier wall, the soil was removed illegally.

Following this, former AIADMK councillor Yogesh was fined Rs 5 lakh.

The sub-collector ordered the construction of a retaining wall with soil bags in the first phase without damaging the buildings.

Union Soil Conservation Officer Manivannan inspected and confirmed the illegal removal of soil. Work is underway to erect a new retaining wall as the hospital building is in danger of collapsing at any moment if it rains.

ex-AIADmK councillor fined for illegal soil removal

NIlGIrI , Sep 3The Nilgiris district

administration has on Thursday announced that liquor will be provided in the Nilgiris district only if the first two instalments of the vaccination certificate are shown.

The government of Tamil Nadu is keen on boosting up the preventive measures to combat the spread of COVID 19.

As part of that, the district administrations across the state are taking various measures to increase the rate of vaccination. Teaching

and non-teaching staff in schools, colleges, employees of private concerns, etc., have been instructed to vaccinate themselves compulsorily.

Vehicle checks at state borders are tightened, where the vehicles will be permitted only on producing the vaccination certificate.

On similar lines, the Nilgiris district administration has issued an order stating that liquor in government-owned Tasmac stores will be given only to those who produce the proof for administering two doses of COVID vaccines.

Two doses of vaccines compulsory to buy liquor in Nilgiris

meTTUr, Sep.3The volume of water

coming into the Mettur Dam increased to 13,670 cubic feet per second on Friday.The water level in the Mettur

dam rose to 13,670 cubic feet per second on Friday morning. The amount of water coming into the Mettur Dam has increased slightly due to heavy rains last night in the

catchment areas of Cauvery and Mettur Dam. The water level of Mettur Dam fell to 68.55 feet from 68.67 feet on Friday morning.

The amount of water coming into the dam has increased from 12,871 cubic feet per second to 13,670 cubic feet.

The dam discharges 14,000 cubic feet per second for Cauvery Delta irrigation and 650 cubic feet per second for East-West canal irrigation.The water balance of the dam is 31.47 TMC. 32.20 mm of rain was reported on Thursday night.

water level increases in mettur Dam

New DelhI, Sep.3Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on

Thursday criticised that the BJP government was misleading the country's economy.

He said this while addressing a video conference at the North Kerala District Congress Committee meeting. Rahul also accused Prime Minister Modi of handing over the country's assets, which were established over a period of 70 years, to a few of his friends.

He said Congress was not opposed to privatization, he said, while he added, it needed a framework in doing so. “The party

is opposed to abandoning the gem-studded companies that shine in the country's crown,” he said.

bJp misleads the Indian economy: rahul Gandhi

cOImbATOre , Sep 3Coimbatore Corporation

Commissioner and Special Officer Rajagopal Sunkara on Thursday Conducted a series of inspections across the Coimbatore Corporation.He first inspected the composting centre for decomposable waste in Koundampalayam of the Coimbatore North

zone. He later inspected the Maniyakaranpalayam Corporation High School and checked whether the students were being subjected to a temperature screening at the school premises. After that, he also visited the Amma Unavagam in the same area and inspected the quality and hygiene maintained for the

food served there. He then inspected the work being done to collect garbage from the Peelamedu area and send it to the Vellalore landfill under the Solid Waste Management Project. Corporation Engineer Lakshmanan, Assistant Commissioner (North) Annadurai and others were present during the inspection.

coimbatore corp commissioner conducts inspection on waste management

Pattali Makkal Katchi’s leader of legislative assembly GK Mani, along with MLAs Venkateswaran, Arul, Sivakumar and Sathasivam meeting Chief Minister MK Stalin to express their gratitude for the announcement of a memorial

for the martyrs of the 1987 Villupuram reservation struggle.

About 28.90 crore households in India use cooking gas cylinders. The union government turned the poor people

who were using firewood into consumers of cooking gas, saying it was unhealthy. Now in the name of a price hike, it is the same Union government that is making all families suffer.

The present government has gradually reduced the subsidies introduced during the last Congress regime and has now pushed it to a non-subsidized state. For the current BJP government, crude oil is a finished resource. Some countries rule the world with their entire business in hand.

In India, 80 percent of the demand for petroleum products is imported. As this trade is entirely dependent on imports, the price is determined by the fluctuations of the international market and the value of the Indian rupee against the US dollar. This price hike is an echo of that.

The union government last year cut down taxes on large corporations from 36 percent to 25 percent. It also announced a revenue shortfall of Rs 1.54 lakh crores. It is a pity that the union government, which cares about such owners of large companies, does not care about the poor people.

Why is the central government refusing to subsidize cooking gas, which is essential for India's poor citizens, who pay taxes on even the candles and matches they buy? When will the attitude of butter for one eye and lime for the other change?

butter for one eye and lime for another?

cOImbATOre, Sep 3A private hostel near Madukkarai

in Coimbatore district was on Thursday levied a fine of Rs 10,000 by the district administration for not adhering

to the COVID prevention protocols. People from various districts, including Kerala, are staying in private hostels for students operating in the Madukkarai Panchayat Union of Coimbatore district.

The district administration has advised students from Kerala to be vaccinated with 2 doses of the vaccine.

Meanwhile, Madukkarai Tahsildar and the Block Development Officer inspected the private hotels on Thursday.

During the inspection, it was checked whether the private hostels follow corona prevention rules. It was inspected whether the students from Kerala were vaccinated with two doses.

At that time, a private hostel in the Seerapalayam area was fined Rs. 10,000 for not following the corona prevention rules.

private hostel fined rs 10,000 for violating corona rules

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I, Sasidevi (Given Name) Thoppaye Ramamoorthy (Surname), W/o.Pandurangan Thuruvas Samirao, Born on : 17.01.1956, (Place of Birth : Madurai, Tamil Nadu), residing at No.78/79, Pandurangan Illam, Ramanuja Nagar East, Uppilipalayam, Coimbatore- 641015, Tamil Nadu, shall hence forth be known as SASIDEVI (GIVEN NAME) THURUVAS PANDURANGAN (SURNAME)

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Sasidevi (Given Name) Thoppaye Ramamoorthy (Surname)

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I, Jeyalakshmi Govindarajulu, W/o. Lakshmi Narayanan, Born on: 21.07.1964, (Place of Birth: Nagarakalandai, Coimbatore District), residing at No.6, N S Layout, Udumalaipettai - 642154, Tiruppur, shall henceforth be known as JAYALAKSHMI LAKSHMI NARAYANAN

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I, Tharani Shanmugam, D/o. Shanmugavel, W/o. S. Prathap, Born on: 24.08.1988, (Place of Birth: Dharapuram, Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu), residing at No.5/8, Chinna Gounder Street, Kottur, Malayandipattanam, Pollachi – 642 114, Coimbatore District, shall henceforth be known as THARANI SHANMUGAVEL

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Tharani Shanmugam

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I, Khaja Ajmeer, S/o. Sheik Mohammad, Born on: 26.01.1976, (Place of Birth: Thirumayam, Pudukkottai), residing at No.697, Ruthriyam Palayam, Allapalayam Post, Annur, Coimbatore Rural - 641653, shall henceforth be known as KHAJA AJMEER SHEIK MOHAMMAD

NAME CHANGE

Khaja Ajmeer

fh#h m{Û®, (Khaja Ajmeer), j/bg. nõ¡ Kf«kJ, ãwªj njâ : 26.01.1976, (ãw¥ãl« : âUka«, òJ¡nfh£il), v©.697, U¤Çah«ghisa«, mšy¥ghisa« mŠrš, m‹}®, nfhaK¤ö® - 641653, v‹w Éyhr¤âš tá¤J tU« eh‹ ïÅnk‰ bfh©L fh#h m{Û® nõ¡ Kf«kJ (KHAJA AJMEER SHEIK MOHAMMAD) vd miH¡f¥gLntdhfî«.

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KOhImA, Sep 3 (pTI) The School Education

Department of Nagaland is willing to open schools for classes 9 and 10 to facilitate offline teaching but the final decision will be made by the High Powered Committee (HPC) on COVID-19 headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, an official said on Thursday.

Educational institutions of the state were shut since April 29 due to a spurt in coronavirus cases and online classes were being taken

However, physical classes for higher secondary and college students resumed from July 26.

"The education department is of the view that classes 9 and 10 can be taken offline, but the decision to open schools has to be taken by the High Powered Committee," Principal Director of School Education, Shanavas C, said.

If the HPC seeks the opinion of the department, it would suggest phase-wise opening of schools starting with classes 9 and 10 as the daily Covid positivity rate is now low, he said while interacting with the media on the sidelines of a programme.

Nagaland's COVID-19 positivity rate was 3.81 per cent on Wednesday.

Nagaland education dept for opening of schools for classes 9, 10

DhANbAD, Sep 3 (pTI) One person was killed

and two others were injured when miscreants fired at them in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, a senior police officer said on Friday.Three friends - Neeraj Tiwari, Ronak Gupta and Rahul Gupta - were sitting at a tea stall near Rajasthani Dharmashala on Katras

Rajganj road, about 40 km from here, on Thursday night. Bike borne criminals came and opened indiscriminate firing on Tiwari which also hit Ronak Gupta and Rahul Gupta, police said.Baghmara SDPO Nisha Murmu and Katras police station officer-in-charge Rasbihari Lal, who reached the spot immediately, said that the

One killed, two injured in firing by miscreants

incident occurred around 9 pm on Thursday.Police rushed Neeraj Tiwari and Ronak Gupta to Dhanbad hospital while Rahul Gupta who received a bullet in hand was admitted at local Nichitpur hospital.

A police officer said doctors at Aserfi Hospital in Dhanbad declared Neeraj Tiwari brought dead while Ronak Gupta is under treatment.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Dhanbad, Sanjiv Kumar told reporters that deceased Neeraj Tiwari and his friend Ronak Gupta had criminal antecedents.

GENERAL NOTICE

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This is to inform the general public at large that my client B.Bama, W/o. Late V.Balasubramanian residing at No.64, Sree Thiruvengada Nagar, Maniyakarampalayam road, Ganapathy, Coimbatore has misplaced the original sale deed document during transit from her residence to Ganapathy bus stand on 12.08.2021 (Document No. 3242/1975, registered at Gandhipuram SRO). If anyone finds it, kindly contact the below mentioned address/contact number:

A. Parthasarathy B.A.,B.L.,Advocate, No.7, priya complex,

Gopalapuram, 2nd Street,Coimbatore 641 018.

PH: 87604 64431

cOImbATOre , Sep 3The police nabbed

three men who indulged in a robbery in Vadavalli, Coimbatore four months ago and confiscated 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery from them on Thursday.Anandan lives with his

wife and two daughters on Siruvani Road, Maharani Avenue, in Vadavalli, Coimbatore. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at the Agricultural University, Coimbatore.On April 10, Anandam left for

Dindigul with his family to a relative's house. When he returned home, he was shocked to see the window bars broken in the kitchen. Also, the bureau locker in the bedroom was broken into and 30 sovereigns of gold jewelery were looted.Anandan had lodged a complaint at the Vadavalli police station.

The police were on the lookout for the culprits based on the complaint. After a continuous search operation for four months, the police arrested the three criminals and confiscated the stolen jewels weighing 30 sovereigns.

NAmAKKAl, Sep. 3A 10th class student of a

government high school near Namakkal has been diagnosed with corona infection. Schools and colleges were reopened in Tamil Nadu after 4 months and after 5 months respectively on September 1. Various guidelines were issued, including that classes should be held 6 days a week and that only 20 students should be allowed

in the classroom. Complete cleaning of the school premises was also carried out.In this context, a 10th class student of Manickampalayam Government High School near Elachipalayam in Namakkal district has been diagnosed with corona infection just 3 days after the schools reopened. The infected student has been isolated. Corona testing is also done for students and teachers there.

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PUBLIC NOTICEAs Instructed by my client Thiru. K.Nagaraju, S/o. Krishnasamy Naidu,

residing at Door No.B-42, HUDCO Colony, Peelamedu, Coimbatore-641 004 this Public Notice is made as follows:-

My client states that the documents belonging to my client's mother Mrs. Manguthayammal such as Original Sale Deed Doct. No.112/1973, dt.07.02.1973 and the Settlement document belonging to my client name vide Doct. No. 1303/1999, dt. 26.03.1999 and other Original Documents are missing on 27.08.2021 while my client travelling in his two wheeler, he kept the documents on the front tank of the two wheeler and travelled from his house to Peelamedu to meet his Advocate to get some legal advises from him. When my client reached the Advocate Office and searched for the Documents and found that the Documents missing on the way. He filed the Complaint in respective Police Station under CSR No. 437/2021 and got the receipt also. His sincere efforts taken to trace the same ended in vain. This is for information. Anybody found above the documents kindly be handed over to me or my client above address. If anyone misuse the above documents, I will take legal proceedings against you.

S.M.PRABHAKARAN, B.A., B.L.ADVOCATE& NOTARY PUBLIC, (GOVT. OF INDIA) Enr.No. 1349/92,

28,REVATHY BUILDING. GOPALAPURAM 2ND STREET,COIMBATORE-641 018. CELL: 98941 31171

âù¶ è†C‚è£ó˜ «è£òºˆÉ˜ ñ£õ†ì‹ 641 004, d÷«ñ´, ý†«è£ è£ôQ èî¾ â‡ B-42 â¡ø ºèõKJ™ õCˆ¶ õ¼‹ («ô†) A¼wíê£I´ Üõ˜èœ ñè¡ F¼.K.ï£èó£ü§ Üõ˜èœ ªè£´ˆî îèõL¡ 𮠪裴‚°‹ ªð£¶ ÜPMŠ¹ ò£ªîQ™ âù¶ è†C‚è£ó˜ ªîKMŠð¶ ò£ªîQ™ âù¶ è†C‚è£óK¡ î£ò£˜ F¼ñF.ñƒ°î£ò‹ñ£œ Üõ˜èœ ªðòK™ àœ÷ Üê™ A¬óòê£êùðˆFó‹ â‡.112/1973 dt. 07.02.1973 ñŸÁ‹ â¡ è†C‚è£ó˜ ªðòK™ àœ÷ Üê™ î£ùªê†®™ªñ‡† ðˆFó‹ â‡.1303/1999 dt. 26.03.1999 ñŸÁ‹ Þîó Íô Ýõíƒè¬÷»‹ èì‰î 27.08.2021‹ «îF âù¶ è†C‚è£óK¡ Þ¼ ê‚èó õ£è-ùˆF™ º¡ð‚è‹ àœ÷ «ìƒ‚ èõK™ ¬õˆ¶‚ ªè£‡´ âù¶ è†C‚è£óK¡ i†®L¼‰¶ d÷«ñ†®™ àœ÷ Üõó¶ õö‚èPë¬ó 𣘈¶ ê†ì‚輈¶¬ó ªðÁõîŸè£è ªê¡Á ªè£‡®¼‰î£˜. âù¶ è†C‚è£óK¡ õö‚èPë˜ Ü½õôè‹ ªê¡Á ð£˜ˆî «ð£¶ «ñŸð® Ýõíƒèœ õ¼‹ õNJ™ îõPM†ì¶ ªîKò õ‰î¶. Üî¬ù ⃰ «î®»‹ A¬ì‚èM™¬ô âù ªîKM‚Aø£˜. âù¶ è†C‚ è£ó˜ Þ¶ °Pˆ¶ àKò è£õ™G¬ôòˆF™ ¹è£˜ ªêŒî ñ â‡. 437/2021 ñ óY¶‹ ªðŸÁœ÷£˜. «ñŸð® ðˆFóƒè¬÷ 自초îõ˜èœ âù¶ è†C‚è£óKì‹ åŠð¬ì‚è «õ‡®ò¶. eP ¶wHó«ò£è‹ ªêŒò ºŸð†ì£™ Üõ˜èœ e¶ ê†ìŠð® àKò cFñ¡øˆF¡ Íôñ£è ïìõ®‚¬è â´‚èŠð´‹ â¡ð¬î ÜPò¾‹.

S.M.PRABHAKARAN, B.A., B.L.ADVOCATE& NOTARY PUBLIC, (GOVT. OF INDIA) Enr.No. 1349/92,

28,REVATHY BUILDING. GOPALAPURAM 2ND STREET,COIMBATORE-641 018. CELL: 98941 31171

class 10 student in Namakkal tests positive for cOVID

bhUbANeSwAr, Sep 3 (pTI) The Odisha Assembly was adjourned

till 4 PM within one minute of its sitting on the third day of the monsoon session on Friday following uproar by opposition Congress alleging a scam in the recruitment process of the state Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

The main opposition BJP, however, alleged that the House was deliberately adjourned to avoid a discussion on the "worsening" law and order in the state for which the party had given notice and

it was also accepted by the Speaker."The House was adjourned within

one minute even before one question was discussed.

It is now clear that there has been a secret deal between the ruling BJD and the Congress to avoid a discussion on law and order," BJP chief whip Mohan Majhi said."

This is something like match-fixing. As per the secret deal, the Congress raised the recruitment scam issue and

created din based on which, the Speaker adjourned the House.

Law and order issues could not be discussed. We were supposed to raise the law minister's alleged involvement in the Mahanga double murder and other such cases," Majhi told reporters outside the House.

The alleged recruitment scam issue was raised by Congress Legislature Party leader Narasingha Mishra as soon as the House assembled for the Question Hour at 10.30 AM..

Odisha Assembly adjourned after uproar over 'SSc recruitment scam'

bhUbANeSwAr, Sep 3 (pTI)

Odisha's GST Enforcement Wing has unearthed a Rs 323 crore GST fraud and arrested two masterminds including a charted accountant in the fake invoicing activities in the state, an official statement said.

The state GST Enforcement Wing Thursday arrested Amit Kumar Agrawal, a Chartered Accountant, Jharsuguda and Satindra Kumar Yadav, proprietor of S.S Syndicate, Bhubaneswar. The duo is considered as the masterminds involved in the

creation and operation of 13 fictitious firms, a statement issued by the Commissionerate of Commercial Tax and GST, Cuttack said.

While Agrawal was arrested in Jharsuguda, Yadav was nabbed in Bhubaneswar, it said.

The two masterminds in collusion with others, have availed and passed on bogus input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 323 crore by raising fake purchase and sale invoices to the tune of Rs 1,819 crore in the name of 13 fictitious/non-existent business entities. Taking advantage of simplification of GST newly

introduced, the fraud has been committed by them, the statement said.

The investigation took its origin from interception of goods vehicle supported by documents issued in the name of non-existing and fake firms. "During investigation, it was found that the route of this tax fraud has spread to different states like West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Delhi.

The State Enforcement Officers have moved to different states and conducted investigation taking the help of the jurisdictional officer of the concerned states," it said.

Odisha GST busts fake invoicing racket, arrests 2 masterminds in rs 323 crore fraud