
Realtor’s abductors held
The Hindu
40 sovereigns of gold, ₹6 lakh cash recovered
Police have arrested six persons who allegedly abducted a realtor and took 48 sovereigns of gold ornaments and ₹12 lakh in cash as ransom to release him.
According to SP S. Jayakumar, realtor M. Saravanakumar, 40, of Bharathi Nagar in Kovilpatti went to Tirunelveli in his car on September 9 for registration of land. When the car was crossing Sannadhu Puthukkudi under Kayathar police station limits, driver M. Sethupathi, 31, of Manthithoppu in Kovilpatti stopped to answer nature’s call.

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat has rolled out digital mode of water bill generation and collection in 23 gram panchayats on a pilot basis for the first time in Karnataka. This is set to be extended to the remaining 200 panchayats shortly, according to the Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Narwade Vinayak Karbhari.

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, are present in Chennai’s beach sediments in relatively low abundance, but low overall microplastic abundance does not necessarily imply low ecological risk. Even small particles can cause long-term ecological damage by affecting marine life, moving up the food chain, and eventually impacting human health through contaminated seafood.











