Social forestry planters, who had been struggling to get a fair price for the subabul and eucalyptus logs for a long time, had a ray of hope when a noted integrated pulp, paper and paper board Mill from Erode in Tamil Nadu came to buy the logs for an attractive price in Chimakurthy of the drought-prone Prakasam district.
The officials of the Customs Preventive Division (Ramanathapuram) here have seized 2.5 kilograms of cuboid shaped gold bars worth ₹1.54 crore. Following a specific intelligence, surveillance was mounted in the south sea near Muyal Theevu and the officials spotted a fishing boat in the vicinity. After a pause, when the team moved closer to the suspected boat along the Nochiurani coast in Ramanathapuram district on June 5, the smugglers drove the boat to the shore.
Acting upon allegations that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Rohingyas from Myanmar were being allowed to take up reservation in West Bengal, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has now launched an investigation into the State’s OBC list, Commission Chair Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.