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Demand for mutton up, post ban on cow slaughter Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Following the ban on slaughter of cattle in the State, the demand for mutton has increased and sheep rearing has become a lucrative business, said members of the Congress and the JD(S). During a debate on calling attention to the notice of Poornima K. (BJP) on the delay in the payment of compensation for the sheep killed in accidents and rain havoc in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, K.M. Shivalinge Gowda (J...

Man beaten to death Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A man was reportedly beaten to death over his illicit relationship at Punjai Puliyampatti here on Monday night. The police said Mahendran (32) of Annai Coundampalayam, a van driver, was in a relationship with Vasanthi (50) of the same area. Vasanthi’s relative Alli Muthu (31) had warned them many times. On Monday night, when Mahendran went to Vasanthi’s house, he had an altercation with Alli Muthu who also came to the house. Alli Mu...

Updated: Share Article AAA Two inter-ministerial Central teams, tasked with assessing the crop damage incurred across Tamil Nadu due to heavy rain in January, are set to arrive in Madurai and Tiruchi on Thursday. The first team, led by Joint Secretary-level officer Ashutosh Agnihotri, would land in Madurai and visit Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts on February 4 and 5. Manoharan, Director, Directorate of Oilseed Development in the Union Ministry of Agriculture...

Updated: Share Article AAA Erode district reported 27 new cases on Tuesday, taking the district’s tally to 14,410. While 29 persons were discharged, 182 persons continue to be under treatment. In Salem, 17 cases were reported, of which 13 were indigenous and four patients returned from Namakkal. In Namakkal, 12 cases were reported, one patient returned from Tiruchi. In Krishnagiri, five indigenous cases were reported and Dharmapuri saw six cases. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER Submit Relat...

‘Their financial health has improved’ The Finance Ministry expects the remaining three public sector banks (PSBs) to be out of the RBI’s prompt corrective action (PCA) framework in two months, as their financial health has improved. Indian Overseas Bank, Central Bank of India and UCO Bank are currently under this framework which puts several restrictions on them, including on lending, management compensation and directors’ fees. “These three banks are also now consistently for the las...

Vaccine being given to the beneficiaries, in Bengaluru. File   | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar All states and Union Territories have been provided with COVID-19 vaccines, Minister of State for Health Ashwin Kumar Choubey said in a written reply to a question raised in the Upper House. The government aims to inoculate over 92.6 lakh healthcare workers employed in Central, state and private facilities through its COVID-19 vaccination drive launched on January 16, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tu...

Updated: Share Article AAA Department of Posts has informed that the Hyderabad postal region has made 124 Aadhaar centres and 15 mobile kits operational at post-offices in 28 districts of Telangana to help ration card holders to update their ‘Iris’ and mobile number in Aadhaar card, keeping in view of discontinuation of biometric system due to COVID-19 pandemic. A fee of ₹50 need to paid for updating the mobile number or ₹100 for ‘Iris’update. It is ₹100 for both mobile number an...

Couple arrested for forced termination of pregnancy Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Attur All Women Police arrested a couple, S. Subramani and Selvi, for allegedly forcing their 19-year-old daughter to terminate her pregnancy. She was into her fourth month of pregnancy. According to the police, the girl married a guy from Ramanathapuram outside her caste about four months ago and the accused were opposed to it. Recently, she visited her family here without her husband’s knowledge and...

Updated: Share Article AAA Karnataka is seriously considering a complete ban on hookah bars, in concurrence with licensing authorities like the BBMP, announced Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the Legislative Assembly. Replying to a question raised by Congress member Sowmya Reddy during Question Hour on Tuesday, he said the government was consistently cracking down on illegal hookah bars. It was considering a ban on hookah bars on the lines of what had been done in other States, he added. On t...

U.P. tops list with 52 deaths The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha, in response to a question about manual scavengers, that 340 people had died while cleaning sewers and septic tanks in the past five years. In the five years till December 31, 2020, a total of 340 deaths due to manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks were recorded in 19 States and Union Territories, with Uttar Pradesh (52), Tamil Nadu (43) and Delhi (36) topping the list. Maharashtra had...