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.
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TRICHY: Saying that the health staff will be administered Covid-19 vaccine for only the next two days, health minister C Vijaya Baskar has asked them to get vaccinated at the earliest. He said as many as 1.79 lakh frontline workers have been vaccinated in the state so far with 8,000-10,000 people taking the shots on a daily basis.
He was attending a vaccination drive at Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital where district collector P Uma Maheswari and district superintendent of police L Balaji Saravanan took the shots on Tuesday.
The state received 12.34 lakh doses of vaccine so far and more doses are expected to arrive. “Widespread awareness campaign has helped 1.74 lakh people take vaccine shots in the state so far. Apprehension among people on a new vaccine is usual. That’s the reason why I also took the vaccine shot to create awareness.
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.