
Contract worker at ESI Hospital in Coimbatore arrested
The Hindu
A contract worker of the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital was arrested by the Singanallur police on Tuesday. He allegedly fleeced the family members of some COVID-19 patients by assuring th
A contract worker of the Government Medical College and ESI Hospital was arrested by the Singanallur police on Tuesday. He allegedly fleeced the family members of some COVID-19 patients by assuring them to arrange special attention for their kin who were under treatment. The police said B. Balaji (34) from Uppilipalayam, a contract worker who had been working at the hospital for about eight months, was arrested on Tuesday. The action was taken based on a complaint lodged by the hospital’s Resident Medical Officer. Balaji, who had been working at the section where food for COVID-19 patients was prepared, was accused of cheating the family members of at least five patients.
Away from the memorial of saint-composer Thyagaraja in Thiruvaiyaru, where his 179th aradhana is marked by five days of uninterrupted concerts, unchavritti and rendering of the Pancharatna kritis, a parallel aradhana is under way in Thanjavur. In the narrow Varagappa Iyer Lane off the bustling South Main Street, devotees queue up at a house named after Thyagaraja. It is here that the idols of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna and Anjaneya, worshipped by Thyagaraja himself, are preserved, along with a portrait of the saint-composer said to have been drawn by his disciples.












