TRS raises its voice against Centre, demands Rabi paddy purchase
The Hindu
Protests held in all Assembly Constituencies except GHMC area
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has raised the volume of its voice against the BJP-led Union Government, this time by demanding the latter to continue the purchase of boiled rice produced in the Rabi season in Telangana by stopping discrimination between States in the matter of rice procurement.
All the ministers, legislators and members of parliament participated in the dharnas staged in all assembly constituency headquarters in the State and in Hyderabad for the constituencies falling in the GHMC area. The protests were staged on highways, in front of the collectorates, revenue divisional offices, tahsildars’ offices and other convenient places.

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.











