Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | 102-year-old man casts postal ballot vote from home in Tiruchi
The Hindu
Born in 1919, P. Michael said that he had voted in every election since the age of 29, at least 34 times
A 102-year-old man cast his vote through the postal ballot from the convenience of his home at Mela Kalkandarkottai in Tiruchi on Tuesday. Born in 1919, P. Michael said that he had voted in every election since the age of 29, at least 34 times. This time, however, was the first time he did not have to leave his home to practice his democratic duty, he said. Enter Mr. Michael's house in Alli Street, Mela Kalkandarkottai, and one will either hear the news on television or catch him reading the newspaper. "I like to keep up with current affairs," he said, peering from behind a newspaper. A retired employee of the Golden Rock Railway Workshop, he served 29 years in the electrical department before retiring in 1977. Since then, newspapers and prayers keep him occupied.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.