Chennai: They can only own the land, but can’t sell them – this has become the predicament of residents of at least 14 villages in the vicinity of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam.
The registration freeze on all kinds of properties located within a radius of 7km around the IGCAR in Kalpakkam, about 70km south of Chennai, was made public last week when the local registration office began implementing the move on directions from the Kalpakkam Nuclear Installation Local Authority (NILA).
As a result, land registration has been frozen completely in five villages, and partially in another nine villages in the region.
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CHENNAI: Customs officials in Chennai seized 95 MDMA tablets – worth Rs 4.75 lakh – that were sent from the Netherlands.
Based on information, air customs officials detained an unregistered postal parcel that arrived at the foreign post office.
The parcel was addressed to a Kanyakumari-based person. When it was cut open, a transparent polythene packet containing 95 pink colour tablets, suspected to be MDMA (Ecstasy, a party drug), was found.
The MDMA tablets were seized under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
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Two months ago, a severely injured Firoj Alam was wheeled into the emergency room of Apollo Hospitals on OMR after falling about 200 ft, from the 17th floor to the 5th floor, at a building site. On Thursday, the 20-year-old air conditioning mechanic, smiling, told reporters he is ready to fly home to Bihar on Friday.
Senior consultant neurosurgeon Dr Roopesh Kumar said several factors including luck saved him besides intensive medical care. Alam does not remember the fall, but doctors suspect the helmet he was wearing may have flown off before he landed on the limbs and back. “It could have been fatal if he had handed on his head. His head might have hit the ground after the rest of the body absorbed most of the shock,” said Dr Roopesh.
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RAMANATHAPURAM: The Ramanathapuram district police seized 958 kg of processed and semi-processed sea cucumbers from a hideout on Thursday.
The value of the illegally fished species that was to be smuggled to Sri Lanka has been pegged at Rs 20 lakh.
The seizure was based on a tip-off received by district superintendent of police E Karthik.
The raid was conducted on the Vedalai coast by a team from the Mandapam police station. It was led by assistant superintendent of police of Rameswaram sub-division Deepak Siwach.