Prisoners avail parole, disappear
The Hindu
Prison officials register complaint with Belagavi police
Hindalga prison officials have complained to the Belagavi police that two prisoners failed to come back to jail after the end of their parole (conditional release for a limited period). Ramesh Venkataramanappa Kuri and Eshwar Mallappa Waggar, who had availed parole of 90 days, failed to return to the jail at the end of the period.
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.











