Plea for single community certificate
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Members of De-notified Tribes Association stage road blockade
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Members of De-notified Tribes Association stage road blockade
Members of De-notified Tribes Association on Saturday staged a road blockade near Arapalayam pressing for a single community certificate declaring them as DNT.
The protest was led by its State treasurer P. Dhavamani Devi. After a prolonged blockade of road, the police convinced them to leave way for the general public as it was causing inconvenience to the motorists. “Our demand is two fold. We do not want community certificate as denotified community in the State and DNT in the Centre. Similarly, the Centre had allocated funds and completed caste-based census for DNTs across the country, except Tamil Nadu. We want the State government to do it immediately,” Ms. Devi said.
Boating service inaugurated at Mariamman Teppakulam
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Minister for Cooperation Sellur K. Raju enjoys a ride after inaugurating boating services at Mariamman Teppakulam in Madurai on Wednesday. Collector T. Anbalagan and Corporation Commissioner S. Visakan are seen.
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Minister for Cooperation Sellur K. Raju on Wednesday inaugurated boating service at Mariamman Teppakulam here.
Collector T. Anbalagan and Madurai Corporation Commissioner S. Visakan were present.
Addressing mediapersons after the inauguration, the Minister said the water-filled Mariamman Teppakulam had become the favourite entertainment spot for residents of the city. They would enjoy the boating service introduced at the temple tank now.
‘Minister should resign’
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Members of Tamil Nadu Youth Yadava Maha Sabha on Saturday attempted to lay siege to the residence of Minister for Cooperation Sellur K. Raju here protesting against his “defamatory” comment on Yadava community.
Led by its chief coordinator, Manivannan, they attempted to march towards his house at Sellur. The police blocked them at Palam Station road junction and arrested them. The members demanded that Mr. Raju should quit his cabinet post for defaming their community people at a press meet here on Friday.
However, Mr. Raju immediately expressed his regret claiming that it was a slip of the tongue.