Новости за 22.03.2016

Two burglars entered a house in Seripalayam village near Negamam on Monday morning and snatched a 3.75 sovereign gold chain from a woman in the house.

More than 1.5 lakh devotees, including women and children, participated in the famous annual 'Kundam' festival at Bannari Amman Temple near Sathyamangalam in Erode district on Tuesday.

Former chief minister O Panneerselvam, now the state finance minister, visited his ailing mother Palaniammal, 86, at Gem Hospital and Research Centre here for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.

The forest department and Nature Conservation Society jointly organised the World Forest Day and World Water Day celebrations at Shakthi Engineering College on Tuesday with a focus on the need to protect rainforests.

Two burglars entered a house at Seripalayam village near Negamam on early Monday morning and snatched a 3.75-sovereign gold chain from a woman in the house.

Farmer organisations have termed the 'Punjab Settlement of Agriculture Indebtedness Bill, passed by Punjab assembly on Tuesday for expeditious settlement of of non-institutional agriculture debt, as a mere eyewash.

The Centre on Tuesday sent a team, led by joint secretary Dalip Kumar, to ascertain how much damage had been done by politicians and farmers to the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal after Punjab Vidhan Sabha passed a bill de-notifying the land acquired 34 years ago.

A major fire broke out at a private textile godown in Erode district on Tuesday.While no casualty was reported, primary investigation has pegged the damage to be around 50 lakh.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday issued notice to Punjab government on a petition against the new category of L-1A licence in its new excise policy for allegedly benefiting certain groups.

Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday claimed that SAD-BJP alliance's allegations against his son Raninder Singh was a design to declare snap polls around September and cash in on the sentiments over Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.

The Congress's plan to have a parting shot at the ruling SAD-BJP on the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue by bringing in a no-confidence motion fell flat with Punjab assembly speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal rejecting the notice on a technical ground of not submitting it on time.

Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday asked the industry to voluntarily give reservation to the weaker sections, particularly Dalits, SCs and STs, claiming that it will help curb issues like Naxalism.

The Federation of Tamil Nadu Traders' Association on Tuesday said that they would not support AIADMK in the coming assembly election alleging that the ruling party had not supportive to the traders during its regime.

Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma has said the Union government should intervene on the river waters issues to save Punjab as it was facing water acute shortage.

Defections continued to hound the Bahunjan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday.

The Sikhs in UK are no longer seen as settlers but as citizens.

Farmers petitioned the district collector expressing concern about the attempt to revive Noyyal river by an NGO.

For Pakistan's celebrated Sikh pop singer, Jasbir Singh Randhawa, better known as Jassi Lailpuria, the story of revolutionary Bhagat Singh's valour and selflessness is as much a heritage of the neighbouring country as India's.

Even as the Supreme Court has ordered a status quo on the Satluj-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal issue, farmers in 69 villages have already reclaimed their land after the Punjab assembly last week denotifed the land for the project.

Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi alleged in the state assembly on Tuesday that a woman and her daughter were gang raped in a colony in Jhajjar town during the Jat agitation for reservation in February.

Additional director general of police, law and order, J K Tripathy held a meeting with senior police officials of Coimbatore zone on Tuesday to discuss security and protocol for election activities.

A report released by the Union ministryof health and family welfare on Monday has reported a rise in cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Haryana and Punjab.

Acting on a petition against unauthorized construction in and around Harike wildlife sanctuary, Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday issued a notice to the Union ministry of environment and forests the Punjab government seeking their replies by April 7.