Do you care to eat painted eggs? But that is what they are doing here

The eggs supplied as part of the noon meal scheme at schools would be painted with different colours to avoid their illegal selling in the open market.

District officials in Vellore said the eggs distributed on three days of a week will have different hues.

The Block Development Officers would ensure that the egg packets reach the schools properly.

In addition to this, flying squads would be engaged to detect any malpractice in the distribution.

Transgenders protest delay in sex-change surgeries in Vellore

A group of transgenders staged a demonstration in front of the Government Medical College hospital near Vellore, protesting the "inordinate delay" in conducting sex-change operations.

The transgenders along with volunteers of a social service organisation 'Wheel', shouted slogans in front of the hospital on July 25.

According to the transgenders, the hospital authorities had shortlisted 18 of them as per the recommendation of District Collector Dharmendra Pratap Yadav for sex-change operations, free of cost.

Out of the 18, eight underwent primary tests last month.

They said the hospital staff were keeping them waiting saying that the operation theatres were being made ready for the purpose.

Following the demonstration, the hospital authorities held discussions with the transgenders and assured them that two of them will undergo surgery in the first phase on August 2.