The undisturbed nest of a sparrow in the paddy field of J Ranganathan near Kumbakonam
TRICHY: A farmer hailing from a village near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur has earned the appreciation of people for leaving a portion of his paddy field unharvested after spotting the nest and eggs of a sparrow. He went on to strengthen the nest with supportive sticks and harvest the rest of the crops.
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J Ranganathan alias Raghu, 40, had raised paddy on his three-acre land in Sathanur village. As the crops completed their 120-day cycle and were ready for harvest, Ranganathan used a harvester machine to reap the field. As he was moving along with the machine, he spotted a bird nest over the paddy crop at three feet height on a portion of his field. After alerting the harvester operator to stop, Ranganathan checked the nest and found four eggs of a sparrow.
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TRICHY: A mahila court in Pudukottai district has awarded triple death sentence to a 34-year-old man for raping and murdering a 17-year-old boy with learning disabilities at Keeranur in Pudukottai district in December 2019. The convict, Danish Patel, was a native of Gujarat and was a daily-wager at a stone crusher unit.
Danish Patel was living in a village close to the stone crusher. According to police, the man took the victim, who was his neighbour, to an isolated location on his motorcycle on the fateful day. After the rape, he inserted plant stems into his anus resulting in internal injuries. The boy was admitted to Pudukottai government medical college hospital after the assault. However, his condition worsened due to the injuries and he died 18 days after the incident due to multiple organ failure.
File photo of gold paste.
TRICHY: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths seized 2.93 kg of gold in paste form from three air passengers, including a woman, who arrived at the Trichy airport from Kuala Lumpur on Monday night. The seized gold was worth Rs 1.43 crore.
Based on a tip-off, DRI officials screened passengers. They found the activities of the three passengers suspicious and detained them. The trio arrived in Trichy at 7.30 pm in Air India Express from Kuala Lumpur.
When officials intensified their screening operation, they found that the trio had attempted to smuggle gold in paste form. The passengers were identified as Malini, 38, of Karaikal and Kaleel Rahman, 42, and Rahman, 38, of Ramanathapuram.
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. (file photo)
TRICHY: Condoling the death of four fishermen from Ramanathapuram, who went fishing at Kottaipattinnam of Pudukottai district on Thursday, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami wrote to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking for an investigation through the Indian high commission.
The fishermen were allegedly attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy.
He condemned the attack saying that it was an attempt by Sri Lankan Navy to destroy the livelihood of Tamil Nadu fishermen.
He said he would approach the Centre to ensure such attacks done occur again.
The deceased fishermen have been identified as A Mesiya, V Nagaraj, S Senthil Kumar and N Samson Darwin.
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TRICHY: On the second day of the first phase of Covid-19 vaccine drive, the state health secretary J Radhakrishnan took his Covaxin shot at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy on Sunday.
After arriving at the hospital from Madurai, Radhakrishnan took the jab at 1.15am.
Speaking to reporters after taking the dose, Radhakrishnan said that he had already registered for the vaccine in Trichy.
“Healthcare administrators are a part of the first phase of Covid-19 vaccine drive. As a healthcare administrator I had already registered my name with MGMGH in Trichy. So, I took the dose today,” he further stated.
TRICHY: With the climate setting in for campaigning for the state assembly election, residents and consumer welfare organisations have urged the police department not to grant permissions to host political meetings on arterial roads. Referring to a directive from the Madras high court, consumer welfare groups urged the authorities not to entertain the public meetings even on vacant spaces adjacent to the roads.
As only months remain for the election and main political parties already launching their campaign, consumer service organisations said that parties may try to exploit road to host meetings. Last week, the public meeting hosted by AIADMK urban district, that saw the participation of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, was conducted on Vellamandi road just outside the Gandhi market police station.
Trichy: Condemning the attack on a Hindu temple in Pakistan, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Friday said that the destruction of the temple of Hindu minorities justified the accusation of the Indian government that religious minorities were subjected to suppression in Pakistan.
In a statement issued by the national president of IUML, KM Kader Mohideen, he said that the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India by the BJP led Union government was vindicated by the attack. “This dastardly attack on the holy place of the Hindu community in Pakistan obviously justifies the Indian government’s accusation that religious minorities are suppressed and forced to migrate seeking asylum in India and passing of CAA (sic),” the statement read.
TRICHY: Condemning the attack on a Hindu temple in Pakistan, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Friday said that the destruction of the temple of Hindu minorities in that country justified the accusation of the Indian government that religious minorities were subjected to suppression in Pakistan.
In a statement issued by the national president of IUML KM Kader Mohideen, he said that the enactment of the citizenship amendment Act (CAA) in India by the BJP-led union government was vindicated by the attack.
“This dastardly attack on the holy place of the Hindu community in Pakistan obviously justifies the Government of India’s accusation that religious minorities are suppressed and forced to migrate seeking asylum in India and passing of the enactment of CAA,” the statement read.