Coimbatore: Industrialist K Maniraj entered the election fray by filing his nomination papers on Tuesday to contest from Singanallur constituency as an independent.
The 58-year-old resident of Cheran Managar, which falls under Kavundampalayam constituency, has chosen Singanallur as his battleground because of the presence of about 1.5 lakh micro, small and medium enterprises in the assembly constituency. Singanallur is home to several foundries, pump set makers and grinder players.
“I am contesting on behalf of the industrialists. I am entering the poll fray as I want to voice their concerns directly in the assembly. None of the politicians has spoken for us before,” Maniraj said.
Coimbatore: A female elephant calf aged about two years and a 45-year-old male elephant were found dead in the district. A forest official said the calf might have fallen from a height and died while the male elephant died after infighting. Meanwhile, veterinarians are trying to save the male elephant which suffered serious injuries after hit by a speeding train.
The decaying carcass of the calf was found by tribals at Boluvampatti block-III reserve forest in Coimbatore forest range when they went to collect forest products. After being informed, forest officials and assistant veterinary surgeon Karthikeyan went to the spot, which is 5km inside the forest, and carried out the postmortem. The carcass was later left in the forest for scavengers.
Coimbatore: The male baby with multiple congenital defects rescued from a dustbin in Palladam was sent to a government home on Tuesday after it recovered from anorectal anomaly surgery at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
Apart from anorectal anomaly, a condition in which a baby is born without an anus, the 2.5kg baby also has meningomyelocele, a birth defect in which the spinal canal and the backbone were not closed, a statement from CMCH said. “On March 7 itself, we had performed a surgery to correct the anorectal anomaly and kept him under observation. As he was recovering well, we handed him over to a home through social welfare department. Once he becomes healthy, we will perform another surgery,” it added.
Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami
CHETTIMANKURICHI: Inviting DMK chief M K Stalin for an open debate on corruption charges levelled against him, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami challenged the opposition leader to prove his true mettle by winning in the Edappadi assembly segment instead of winning in all the other 233 constituencies.
During his campaign at Chettimankurichi in the Edappadi assembly segment on Monday, Palaniswami said Stalin had created an illusion that DMK would win in all the 234 seats. “Stalin’s thoughts will not come true at any cost,” he said.
“DMK is a corporate company with Stalin as its managing director while Kanimozhi, Udhayanidhi Stalin and Dayanidhi Maran are its board of directors,” he said.