N.S.M. Gowda, District Secretary of Janata Dal (Secular) was nominated
by the party to contest from Krishnagiri constituency. This was
announced by Mr. Gowda to journalists here. He said that he was defeated
in the 2011 assembly elections from Thally constituency with a margin
of a few thousand votes against the Communist Party of India candidate
T. Ramachandran. The two left parties CPI and CPI (M) are supporting the
party in the Lok Sabha elections, he said. Party leader and former
Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda would campaign for him in the
constituency in April. Mr. Gowda was the district secretary of the party
for the last fourteen years.
March 31, 2014
March 30, 2014
Expenditure observers arrive in Krishnagiri
They will keep track of election expenditure by candidates
Two expenditure observers, H. Ananda, an Indian Revenue
Service (IRS) officer from Karnataka and Madan Thimanpalli, an IRS
officer from Andhra Pradesh, arrived in Krishnagiri on Saturday. Mr.
Ananda will keep track of expenditure by Lok Sabha candidates in
Uthangarai, Bargur and Krishnagiri assembly constituencies and Mr. Madan
Thimanpalli will do the same for candidates in Veppanahalli, Hosur and
Thally assembly constituencies.
The contact numbers of the observers are: H. Ananda 96009-09714 and Madan Thimanpalli 96009-07212.
The two officials held discussions with the District Election Officer T.P. Rajesh.
A
general observer appointed by the Election Commission of India for the
Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency was Lalhming Thanga, an Indian
Administrative Service (IAS) officer from Mizoram. It was expected that
he would arrive on April 5.
Funds distributed to kin of deceased self-help group members
The Krishnagiri-based non-governmental organisation,
Integrated Village Development Programme (IVDP), headed by Magsaysay
awardee Kulandai Francis, distributed Rs. 2.10 crore as Life Security
and Solidarity Fund to the next of kin of 422 SHG members who lost their
lives due to accidents and diseases during the last year, at function
held at the R.C. Fathima Boys High School in Krishnagiri on Saturday.
Handed over
Mariya
Susai, Rector, Don Bosco College, Dharmapuri distributed the cheques to
the next to the kin of the deceased in the presence of Kulandai
Francis, President, IVDP.
R. Jesudass, Principal, Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School, participated.
Presiding
over the function, Mr. Kulandai Francis said that the scheme was being
implemented for the last 13 years and as many as 3,018 kin of the
deceased members of self-help groups had been given Rs. 10.10 crore.
Members
A
total of 9,000 women SHGs with a total of 1,65,000 members are
operating under the Integrated Village Development Programme (IVDP).
Manickam of Saint Mary’s Leprosy Hospital, Salem spoke on the occasion.
The
scheme was introduced to help the families of those who lost their
lives in accidents or because of disease, and to all those who had been
permanently disabled in accidents from 2001.
Scheme was introduced to help kin of self-help group members who lost their lives due to accidents and diseases
March 23, 2014
Elephants return to Sanamavu again
Forty elephants which were driven to Jawalagiri Reserve
Forests a month ago returned to Sanamavu Reserve Forests on Saturday
morning, forest officials here said.
The elephant herd was prevented from entering Karnataka by Karnataka forest officials and people.
The
movement of the herd towards Podur Pallam was prevented by the
officials at Sinigiripalli, the other side of the Hosur-Royakottai road.
With this, the number of elephants at Sanamavu Reserve Forests and Melumalai has gone up to 55, the officials said.
Forest
officials have been posted at Kukkalapalli, Pannapalli, Pathakottai,
Uthanapalli, and Azhiyalam villages to prevent the animals from entering
human habitations.
The team is led by Conservator of
Forest (in charge) Dharmapuri Circle A.K. Ulaganathan, and Assistant
Conservator of Forest A. Soundararajan, and Hosur Forest Ranger S.
Sukumar.
The elephants would be driven back to Denkanikottai on Saturday night, an official said.
The herd of about 13 elephants which is roaming inside Podur Pallam Reserve Forests came out on Friday night.
They were sighted at South Pennar behind the Dakshina Tirupathi Temple.
A
pair of elephants were roaming in Melumalai Reserve Forests after
creating ruckus near Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri, and other towns during
the last one-and-a-half month.
March 20, 2014
Button rose cultivation hit by disease
Button rose cultivation is hit by powdery mildew in Krishnagiri district.
V. Raja, a farmer from Kundalapatti village, near Kaveripattinam, told
The Hindu
that he lost 50 per cent of production because of the disease in the last one-and-a-half month.
He used to get 50 kg of flowers a day from his 75 cents. The selling price was Rs. 100 a kg.
T. Sundarraj, Programme Coordinator, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, told
The Hindu
that the cloudy weather with intermittent drizzling will attract leaf dandruff, resulting powdery coating on leaf surfaces.
If
severe, it might appear on stems and the flowers themselves too.
Affected leaves eventually turn yellow, then brown. Dead foliage
typically falls off the stem, though it will sometimes remain in place.
Although
not fatal to plants, powdery mildew makes the foliage unattractive and
repeated bouts of the disease will gradually weaken the plant.
To
keep the disease at bay and control spreading, the farmers should spray
a mixture of sulphur dust at 25-30kg/ha or calixin 1ml/litre is found
effective in reducing the disease incidences.
Under high incidences spraying of difenoconazole 1ml/litre is very effective, said Mr. Sundarraj.
He suggested avoiding cultivation when humidity was high.
Watering
during morning hours limits the build up of humidity in the crop in the
night and avoid high plant densities which leads to heavy infection.
V. Venkatachalam, president, Krishnagiri Horticulture Federation, told
The Hindu
that button rose was being cultivated on over 500 acres in Krishnagiri district by over 500 farmers.
The
federation was offering training to budding farmers on cultivation of
cut rose, button rose, and other horticulture products.
P.
Kaliappan, Deputy Director, Horticulture, Krishnagiri, said that the
button rose cultivation was affected in over 100 acres in the district.
The disease was vulnerable because of low temperature coupled with
humidity. When the temperature improves, it would automatically vanish.
March 19, 2014
Woman found dead; probe ordered
N. Varalakshmi (23) was found dead at her in-laws’ house
in Pannapalli under the Veppanahalli Police Station limits on Monday
night. The police said that she married Nagaraj of Thorappalli village
just a fortnight ago and were living with in-laws. Family disputes might
have prompted her to commit suicide.
Since, the
woman died before seven years into marriage, Krishnagiri Revenue
Divisional Officer has been asked to conducting an inquiry. The body has
been sent to Government Headquarters’ Hospital here for a post mortem
examination to ascertain the cause of death.
March 18, 2014
Congress failed to meet people’s expectations : Minister Munusamy
The Congress, which is ruling the nation for the past 10
years, has failed to meet the expectations of the people, said K.P.
Munusamy, Minister for Municipal Administration, Rural Development,
Prisons, Law and Justice, here on Monday.
As part of
the election campaign in Mathur Panchayat Union on Monday, Mr. Munusamy
said that the AIADMK was the only party facing the Lok Sabha elections
with confidence.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was the
first leader to announce party candidates and begin campaigning much
ahead of all the other party leaders.Whereas the other national and
regional political parties are yet to close their alliance, this shows
that the parties do not have self confidence in their winning chance, he
said.He said that the Chief Minister implemented all her 54 promises
made during the 2011 Assembly elections in 33 months and gained people’s
support.AIADMK candidate K Ashok Kumar and party’s Krishnagiri Lok
Sabha election in-charge Purasai K. Selvam accompanied Mr. Munusamy
while he campaigned in 84 villages.
March 17, 2014
Vote to make Modi PM: Vijayakant
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| DMDK leader Vijayakant at an election meeting in Dharmapuri |
Canvassing for the NDA candidate for over 20 minutes, Mr. Vijaykant
avoided mentioning the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and names of its
candidates, PMK’s State president G.K. Mani in Krishnagiri as well as
Anbumani Ramadoss in Dharmapuri. He charged that both the DMK and the
AIADMK governments were anti-people and said that he hated politics
based on caste and communal lines.
He said that the water from Rs 1928.80-crore Hogenakkal Drinking Water
and Fluorosis Mitigation scheme was yet to reach many areas in both the
districts and dubbed the claims of the State government as false. While
winding up his speech in Santhaipettai in Dharmapuri, Mr. Vijayakanth
said he would come again for introducing and campaigning for the
nominees of the BJP-led alliance.
Media monitoring cell has no journalist in it
The committee is supposed to check paid news during elections — carrying advertisements in the pretext of news.
A
release from District Election Officer T.P. Rajesh here said that the
committee has been constituted after a consultative meeting held at the
Collectorate on Thursday.
The following were the
members: Mr. T.P. Rajesh (chairman); P. Balasubramanian, District
Revenue Officer; Praveen P. Nair, Hosur Sub Collector; P. Shanmugam,
secretary, Red Cross Society; and S. Kovalan, Public Relations Officer,
DIPR.
In Dharmapuri district, the committee was constituted on January 28 itself, much before the announcement on Lok Sabha elections.
A
release from K. Vivekanandan, District Election Officer, said that the
following were the members: Mr. K. Vivekanandan (chairman), P. Menaka,
R. Chandrasekaran, and Hanish Sekar, all Revenue Divisional Officers;
Programme Executive of All India Radio, P. Chinnasamy, president of
Tamil Sangam N. Rajendran; and A. Raghupathy, District Information
Officer.
Krishnagiri District Election Officer could not be contacted over phone for a clarification.
Directive
According
to an Election Commission directive if the Press Council of India is
not providing names of journalists to be included in the committee, the
District Election Officer can appoint either an independent senior
citizen or journalist, who is willing and who, in the opinion of the
DEO, is eligible in terms of background and record of neutrality.
This has been followed in Dharmapuri while constituting the cell.
March 12, 2014
Vijayakanth, Stalin to campaign
The leader of the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam
(DMDK) Vijayakanth will undertake election campaign in Krishnagiri and
Dharmapuri districts on March 16, party sources here said.
V.
Chandran, party’s Krishnagiri district secretary said that Mr.
Vijayakanth would address the election meeting at the Coronation grounds
near five road junction at 3 p.m.
After finishing his campaigning in Krishangiri, he would proceed to Dharmapuri.
In
Dharmapuri, he would address the gathering either near the Rajagopal
Goundar Park or at the Vallalar grounds at 5 p.m., said district
secretary V. Ilangovan.DMK meeting
M.K. Stalin, DMK
Treasurer and former Deputy Chief Minister will address the election
meetings in Krishnagiri district on April 8 and in Dharmapuri on April
9, said Mr. T. Senguttuvan, Krishnagiri district secretary and
Veppanahalli M.L.A. here on Tuesday.
Code of conduct did not spare even Mahatma
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| The statue of Mahatma Gandhi covered in Oldpet, Krishnagiri |
It appears that the staff or the officials involved in
ensuring adherence to the model code of conduct in force for the Lok
Sabha elections got carried away in enforcing the code on statues in
Krishnagiri. Two statues of the Father of the Nation – Mahatma Gandhi –
were also covered, as if he had been just another political leader. One
statue is in Krishnagiri and the other in Hosur, officials confirmed on
Tuesday evening.
The officials explained that the
statue in Hosur was covered by the employees of the Hosur Municipality
inadvertently and the cover was removed in the evening after some media
persons sought clarification on this, said Municipal Councillor M.
Elangovan.
As many as seven statues of political
leaders were covered including that of Appavu Pillai, former Chairman of
Hosur Town Panchayat.
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi
at Pazhayapet in Krishangiri was also covered and even the local people
had not noticed it for some time, said P. Ashok Kumar, Commissioner of
Krishnagiri Municipality. “I went to the spot immediately after getting
the information around 5 p.m. But, by then the cover was removed,” he
said.
When contacted by
The Hindu
(NEWSPAPER), District Election Officer and Collector T.P. Rajesh clarified through
SMS: “Yes. Mahatma Gandhi-ji statue are not covered in MCC (Model Code of
Conduct). He is exempted.”
Cheating: case registered against chairperson of engineering college, husband
The District Crime Branch of the Krishnagiri police has
registered a case against the chairperson of an engineering college and
her husband for cheating an amount of Rs. 1.96-crore on Saturday.
In
a complaint lodged by M. Senthil Mohan (45) and his sister M. Thenmozhi
of Royakottai , they alleged that they were cheated to the tune of Rs.
1.96-crore by a D. Jayapal (42) and his wife J. Archana Kumari,
Chairperson and Managing Trustee of the Archana Group of Institutions,
Thimmapuram near Kaveripattinam, said M. Ganesan, Deputy Superintendent
of Police, District Crime Branch.
He told
The Hindu
on Tuesday that the Mr. Senthil Mohan and his sister Thenmozhi had given
Rs. 1.96-crore in six instalments after they were orally promised that
they would be made the Managing Trustees of the Institutions.
The amounts received from the siblings were acknowledged by the bonds of Rs. 100 stamp paper.
They
had mentioned in the stamped acknowledgement that the amount was
received for college expenses and would be returned along with interest
(without mentioning the rate of interest).
It was alleged that Mr. Jayapal failed to keep his promise and did not return the money.
Irked
over this, Mr. Senthil Mohan registered a complaint with the District
police. The Crime Branch registered a case on the advise of the
Inspector General of Police, West Zone and Deputy Inspector General of
Police A. Amalraj, Salem Range and the Superintendent of Police P.
Kannammal under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating)
and 506 (i) (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.
DSP
Mr. Ganesan said that many cases were pending against the couple and
hence those who have complaints can lodge them at 94425 63710 or at the
District Crime Branch over phone number 04343 235155 with relevant
records.
Police launched a manhunt for the college chairman and his wife.
Further investigations are on, police sources said.
March 11, 2014
Jayalalithaa to campaign on April 17
Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa will
campaign in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituencies on April
17, sources here said.
She will campaign in Krishnagiri for party candidate K. Ashok Kumar and in Dharmapuri for P.S. Mohan.
Sources
said the Chief Minister would arrive at 12 noon at the helipad at the
Government Arts and Science College for Men and would proceed by road to
the campaign venue on the Krishnagiri - Kuppam Road.
After
the meeting, she would leave for Dharmapuri by helicopter and would
land at the helipad established at the Government Arts and Science
College. From there, she would proceed to the campaign venue behind the
Collectorate by road at 3 p.m., sources said.
20 children from Meghalaya sent back home from Hosur
The first bench of the Madras High
Court headed by acting Chief Justice Satish K. Agnihothri and Justice M.
Sundaresan on March 6 directed the Government to handover the children
to the Chief Secretary of Meghalaya on March 13.
As
per the order, the district administration finished all the necessary
formalities including conducting medical tests for the children at the
Government-registered private home, Narendira Nambikkai Natchathiram, on
Monday.
The court also directed the Meghalaya Chief
Secretary to summon the parents of the children for identification. If
the parents were willing, they could bring their children back to Hosur
to complete their education.
The Meghalaya Government
should report back to the court on the compliance of its order, after
which the final hearing of the case would be held, the bench in its
direction said.
The children were escorted by a team
of 10 persons including L. Vincent Sundarraj, chairperson, Child Welfare
Committee of Krishnagiri district, and M. Sivagandhi, District Child
Protection Officer, revenue, health and social workers.
March 10, 2014
A 50-year-old man was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of an 8 year-old girl
A 50-year-old man was arrested for alleged sexual abuse
of an eight-year-old girl belonging to a village near Kelamangalam in
Krishnagiri district on Monday.
Police sources said
that Thimmappa (55) said to be in an inebriated condition sexually
abused the girl when she came home for lunch from the nearby school.
Thimmappa allegedly lured the girl by offering chocolate and took her to an isolated place and abused her.
On
the basis of a complaint lodged by the parents of the girl, Thimmappa
was arrested by the All Women’s Police in Denkanikottai.
He was remanded in judicial custody.
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