Congress leader Rahul Gandhi witnessing Avaniyapuram jallikattu event in Madurai.
MADURAI: Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi, who was the special guest at the Avaniyapuram jallikattu event in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, said he was happy to see the way the traditional bull taming game was being conducted by ensuring the safety of both the bulls and the bull tamers.
Addressing the spectators, Rahul said Tamil culture, history and heritage were needed for the future of India and should be respected by all. “I will always stand with the Tamil people to protect their culture and Tamil language,” he said.
Theni: Personnel from the wildlife crime control bureau (WCCB), forest department and the Theni district police arrested five people and seized 5.75kg of pangolin scales from them. The value of the seizure is estimated at several lakh rupees.
An official said that pangolins that are protected under Schedule I of The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, are hunted for misconception over their medicinal value. It is mostly exported to China. Based on a tip-off, P Sekar, 50, of Kadamalaikundu village near Andipatti in Theni was picked up for questioning.
The scales were seized from him and based on information provided by him they arrested R Munusamy, S Latchumanan, V Chellapandi and K Vanaraj.
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MADURAI: The SS Colony police in Madurai city seized 29 kgs of ganja, hidden in a motor room and arrested two persons.
The accused have been identified as K Mahendran from MM Nagar in Ponmeni Main road and M Prakash from Chittalatchi Nagar in Mahaboobpalayam.
A police officer said that they received a tip off that the duo were involved in peddling ganja. A team followed the accused and found that they had hidden ganja in a motor room in Kalaimuthu Nagar.
A police team barged into the motor room on Saturday and seized the ganja hidden there. They also arrested Mahendran and Prakash from the room.
The children say they have now got a taste of higher education and will urge their parents to refrain from marrying them young.
DINDIGUL: Eleven tribal children in the Sukkavali cluster in the Ayyalur forest range in the district will be the first from their villages to attend higher education as their education will be sponsored by Ponnammal Educational Trust. They also have been made ambassadors for slender loris, that thrive in the forest range, by SEEDS Trust.
Ponnammal Educational Trust will give Rs 1 lakh to each student through through SEEDS Trust. PAWS-Bosch has been funding slender loris conservation under its CSR activity through SEEDS Trust which has been interacting with students on nature conservation. The 11 students were appointed as student ambassadors for the slender loris conservation project in the area.
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