
Fulfil govt. employees’ demands, says Ramadoss
The Hindu
Financial situation shouldn’t be cited as a reason, he says
PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss on Sunday said the State government should not use the difficult financial situation to dismiss the demands of teachers, government staff, doctors, and guest lecturers. In a statement, he said some long-pending demands of the government staff were justified and all parties had endorsed them. While the Central government was also facing a financial crunch, it honoured its commitment to its staff.
The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











