Top news developments in Tamil Nadu today
The Hindu
Key news developments from Tamil Nadu on March 18, 2022.
Here are the key news developments in Tamil Nadu to watch out for today:
1. Kilpauk police in Chennai have arrested two key drug peddlers on charges of smuggling hashish oil worth around ₹1.5 crore from Nepal to Sri Lanka.
2. Autopsy of an elephant that was found dead in Coimbatore Forest Division to be carried out today.
3. Water released from Kamaraj Sagar Dam for wildlife in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.
4. Tamil Nadu Finance Secretary to hold post-budget briefing at a news conference in Chennai in the afternoon.
5. Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan will present the State Budget in the Assembly at 10 a.m.
6. Tamil Nadu Sand Lorry Owners Federation office bearers will hold a press meet in Tiruchi.
The Congress government including controversial farm legislations that had been brought in and later withdrawn by the BJP-led government at the Centre as the reference points for the Karnataka Agriculture Prices Commission (KAPC) has ruffled the feathers of farmers’ leaders and agricultural economists who had expressed their ideological support to the Congress.