Floral tributes paid to Lakhimpur Kheri victims in Tiruchi
The Hindu
Farmers owing allegiance to Aikkiya Vivasayigal Munnani, trade union members and representatives of social organisations on Tuesday offered floral tributes to the asthi of four farmers and a journalis
Farmers owing allegiance to Aikkiya Vivasayigal Munnani, trade union members and representatives of social organisations on Tuesday offered floral tributes to the asthi of four farmers and a journalist who were killed during the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh recently.
The asthi of the five victims, which was taken to various parts of the State from New Delhi, arrived in Tiruchi on Tuesday morning.
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.