Tamil Nadu Assembly election | Donkeys deliver EVMs to hill hamlets
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Three villages in Dharmapuri and one in Erode remain inaccessible to vehicles
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Three villages in Dharmapuri and one in Erode remain inaccessible to vehicles During every election, three hill hamlets in Dharmapuri district and one in Erode get polling materials delivered by donkeys. For years, these villages have remained inaccessible to vehicles, and can be reached only on foot. As in the past, donkeys on Monday began to trek up to help in the election process.
In the Anthiyur Assembly constituency, election officials, two donkeys and a few local people trekked a nine-km jungle terrain to ferry electronic voting machines (EVMs), Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) units and other materials to Kathirimalai village that has 134 votes.
Tamil Nadu Assembly election | Schools to be sanitised tomorrow
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Chief Educational Officers have sent out circulars
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Chief Educational Officers have sent out circulars Schools across Tamil Nadu that are going to be used as polling booths for the Assembly election on Tuesday are planning to disinfect and sanitise their campuses for Class 12 students who return on Wednesday.
The Chief Educational Officers (CEOs) in different districts have sent out circulars to the schools, directing them to ensure that the campus, the rooms used as polling booths, drinking water sources and the bathrooms are thoroughly disinfected and sanitised.
A question of language
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Posters of the BJP, welcoming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, came in handy for the DMK alliance to find a reason to tell the electorate to shun the AIADMK-BJP alliance. The poster read “Welcome Yogi Adityanath to
Dakshina Pradesh”. The IT wing of the DMK immediately turned active, and social media platforms were agog with posts, calling on the electorate to shun the BJP, “as wanted to change the name of Tamil Nadu”.
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In an accidental show of support to the opposite side of the political aisle, an AIADMK campaign vehicle suddenly played the DMK’s campaign song near Avinashi in Tiruppur district on Saturday. Residen
Food for thought
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TIRUCHI : 02/04/2021 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah enjoying the taste of Idly at a modest restaurant at Krishnarayapuram in Karur district on Thursday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, too, seems to have joined the list of north Indian politicians who relish traditional south Indian food. Mr. Shah, on his way to the Tiruchi airport after concluding his visit to Karur on Thursday night, visited a roadside restaurant at Krishnarayapuram to have a quick bite. His meal included idli and dosa. As word spread about his visit, locals gathered around. Mr. Shah made good use of the opportunity to seek votes for the alliance.