Farmers’ union president dead
The Hindu
M.K. Mohanan, district president of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union, passed away at Nedumbassery on Wednesday. He was 54 and was undergoing treatment for COVID-19.The funeral was held in line w
M.K. Mohanan, district president of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union, passed away at Nedumbassery on Wednesday. He was 54 and was undergoing treatment for COVID-19. The funeral was held in line with the COVID-19 protocol at the SNDP crematorium at Kidangoor. He was a member of the CPI(M) Nedumbasserry area committee. He had risen through student politics and had served as the Angamaly area secretary and district secretariat member of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) Angamaly area president.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.