News Muncher - searching for appavu

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker M Appavu on Monday released water for irrigation from Papanasam dam here. The water release for the pisanam crop would benefit nearly 86,000 acres of land in Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts, officials said and added that water was being released from Servalaru and Manimuthar reservoirs too. In a brief chat with reporters, Mr Appavu said …

Top scientists in India are studied in govt schools: Tamil Nadu assembly speaker Appavu

TIRUNELVELI: Several successful people from Tamil Nadu, including scientists of ISRO, have completed schooling under state syllabus and Governor RN Ravi should avoid making harsh statements against the state government and its education standards, Assembly Speaker M Appavu said. Former ISRO chairman K Sivan and scientists like Mylswamy Annadurai and Nigar Shaji have also done their schooling under state syllabus …

TIRUNELVELI : In a letter to the department of atomic energy, Speaker M Appavu sought jobs for those who had given their land for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, in line with the 1999 agreement, which nullified the need for a hiring test. "As per the agreement signed on February 18, 1999 at the tripartite meeting held at Tirunelveli district …

TIRUNELVELI: Assembly Speaker M Appavu inaugurated the bhoomi puja of an apartment complex, which will house 408 families from the slums, in Doctor Ambedkar Nagar in Palayamkottai, on Saturday. District Collector K P Karthikeyan, Tirunelveli MP S Gnanathiraviam, Palayamkottai MLA Abdul Wahab, and Tirunelveli Mayor P M Saravanan were present apart from Administrative Engineer of the Board Santhi and Assistant …

Assembly Speaker M. Appavu inaugurates ‘Nammai Kaakkum 48’ scheme in Tirunelveli

The State government’s new scheme of giving free emergency treatment to road accident victims for the first 48 hours was launched here on Saturday. After Chief Minister M. K. Stalin launched the scheme through videoconference, Assembly Speaker M. Appavu and Collector V. Vishnu inaugurated the scheme, ‘Nammai Kaakkum 48,’ at Galaxy Hospital in Vannarpet. Apart from this hospital, the scheme …