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COIMBATORE: National President of Mahila Morcha and former BJP state secretary Vanathi Sreenivasan wrote to the Prime Minister and tweeted about the plight of an eight-months-old baby from Podanur, who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy.
She pointed out that the baby needs the drug ‘Zolgensma’ for a chance to survive. The drug costs Rs 16 crore. She requested the Prime Minister to waive off GST and import cost which is 35% of the total cost of the drug.
People, who knew the family, hoped that her tweet and appeal will help in raising funds for the baby’s treatment.
Coimbatore: Members of the Federation of Coimbatore Industrial Associations (FOCIA) have presented their demands to the CPM general secretary, Sitaram Yechury, during his recent visit to the city and urged him to include them in the party’s election manifesto. They also requested him to raise their demands in the Parliament through the party MPs.
Their demands were to control the increasing price of raw materials, form GST rectification and reform committee, provide separate identity to nano and cottage industries and settle bill payments to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in a month, among others.
In a press statement, the FOCIA said the price of raw materials had been increasing continuously for the past few months and no steps have been taken to regulate the same, despite several representations to the government. “We request the government to regulate the price rise by imposing one year one price policy, fixing maximum allowed price and forming a raw material
Coimbatore: After a video of six people travelling on a motorcycle in the city in violation of traffic rules went viral on social media on Thursday, city deputy commissioner of police (traffic) R Mutharasu has instructed traffic police personnel to trace the and seize the motorcycle.
The video seems to have been recorded by someone who was travelling in a four-wheeler.
The traffic police managed to trace the vehicle owner based on the registration number, but only to realize that the owner had sold the motorcycle two years ago and that the buyer hadn’t transferred the vehicle to his name. Now, a police team is trying to trace the buyer. tnn
Coimbatore/Tirupur: CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the AIADMK government cannot be allowed to come back in power in the interest of Tamil .