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As efforts to generate unique identification numbers for farmers under the ‘Farmer Registry’ continue across Tamil Nadu’s delta districts, several farmers’ organisations have voiced concerns over the efficiency and inclusivity of the initiative. The state-wide drive, implemented under the Agri Stack programme by the Union government, aims at streamlining access to government benefits, credit, and…

Amul (Anand Milk Union Ltd.) plans to gradually enter Tamil Nadu’s milk market, providing a cooperative model for local farmers, said Amit Vyas, Managing Director, Amul Dairy in Tiruchi on Saturday. He told presspersons that a milk processing plant was being set up at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, enabling supplies to Bengaluru. “We have started selling curd in Chennai and will subsequently enter…

A 95-year-old woman was murdered in her house on Nelson Road in Srirangam police station limits here on Friday morning.  The police identified the victim as Seshammal, who was staying alone. The aged woman’s husband had died and the couple had no children. A few relatives of the woman were staying nearby. The police said a milk man found that there was no response from inside. He alerted the…

An awareness programme on important provisions of the POCSO Act and prevention of child abuse was conducted for the postal department staff at Tiruchi on Thursday. The programme was organised by the Regional Office, Central Postal Region.  B. Srividhya, Legal and Probation Officer, District Child Protection Unit, Department of Child Welfare and Special Services, explained in detail the provisions…

The full-time fair price shops in Tiruvarur district will not function on June 15 because of the replacement of existing point-of-sale machines with new machines connected with iris scanners. Disclosing this in a press release, Collector T. Charushree has said that the fair price shop staff have been instructed to hand over the PoS machines to the respective taluk engineers after business hours…

The E.N.T department staff who successfully completed the stapes surgery on the woman at the Karaikal Government Hospital. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement After struggling for 20 years with hearing disability, a 41-year-old woman based in Thanjavur district is able to hear due to a rare surgery performed in Karaikal Government Hospital. The procedure, called stapes surgery, was performed by…

P. Velmurugan, District Sports Officer, Tiruchi, has been suspended for alleged dereliction of duty. According to sources, Member-Secretary of the Sports Department Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) placed him under suspension pending inquiry on Monday. Sources said Mr. Velmurugan allegedly failed to prevent the erection of a flex board, featuring a former Minister, who runs a sports academy, on the…

P.R. Pandian, general secretary of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, beginning a two-day protest march to Mettur dam from Poompuhar on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Demanding State and Union governments to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu and to open Mettur dam on June 12, members of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, headed by its general secretary P.R. Pandian, started…