Vellore

Combined Water Supply Scheme launched by CM

The Rs. 1,295 crore Combined Water Supply Scheme (CWSS), which was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister on Monday, will cover residents of Vellore Corporation, 11 municipalities, five town panchayats and 944 rural habitations in the district. Implemented in three packages. Touted as an answer to the acute drinking water …

Combined Water Supply Scheme launched by CM

The Rs. 1,295 crore Combined Water Supply Scheme (CWSS), which was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister on Monday, will cover residents of Vellore Corporation, 11 municipalities, five town panchayats and 944 rural habitations in the district. Implemented in three packages. Touted as an answer to the acute drinking water …

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi regarding the results of the Multi Centre Clinical Trial of Rotavirus Vaccine done on infants, 14/10/2015

Judgement of the High Court of Delhi in the matter of Jacob Puliyel Vs Union of India & Others dated 14/10/2015. This petition, by way of Public Interest Litigation, is filed seeking a direction to the respondents to provide complete data of the results of the Multi Centre Clinical Trial …

Sand Mafia Bribe Locals to Overlook Palar Mining, say Villagers on Stir

VELLORE: After sand-mafia allegedly assaulted and injured a college student on Saturday for protesting the mining of sand in the Palar riverbed, villagers gathered in front of the Vellore Collectorate on Saturday night and staged a protest which went on till the wee hours of Sunday. “The Revenue and PWD …

Residents to boycott elections on encroachment issue

Residents of Kambar Street in Ezhilnagar, Vellore, numbering about 400 have decided to boycott the parliamentary elections on April 24 in protest against the “failure” of the authorities to take action on their petition to remove the encroachment, an office which has been constructed by a private person, across the …

Solar, wind-powered LED lamps to light up Vellore Fort

Light emitting diode (LED) lamps powered by solar photovoltaic panels and mini windmills will decorate the Vellore Fort. Launching the new facility here on Sunday, Health Minister K.C. Veeramani said, “A hybrid power system of photovoltaic panels and mini wind mills, a power regulation mechanism and LED lamps have come …

Save Palar using bio-metallurgy’

Vellore MP Abdul Rahman has urged the Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan to devise a plan to reverse the damage to the ecology of the Palar river basin using the proven bio-metallurgy technology used across the world. The technique can be used to remove heavy metals in …

Natural dye can be used in applications such as DNA fingerprinting

indigenous knowledge can now be deployed for a common laboratory procedure. Annatto, a reddish orange dye, is used by indigenous people in many parts of Latin America as a cleanser of poisons. Obtained from the plant Bixa orellana, it is also commercially used to colour foods such as cheese and …

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