Puducherry polls | Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds roadshow
The Hindu
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a roadshow in Lawspet constituency where BJP president V. Saminathan is pitted against Congress nominee Vaidiyanathan. Upon his arrival at the Puducherry
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday held a roadshow in Lawspet constituency where BJP president V. Saminathan is pitted against Congress nominee Vaidiyanathan. Upon his arrival at the Puducherry airport, he went straight to Sithanandha temple to offer prayers. He then returned to the Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Statue from where the roadshow started. He travelled in an open van from there to Sivaji Statue.
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.











