TN CM hands over ₹ 75 lakh to organisers of Chennai International Film Festival
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February 04, 2021 15:23 IST
The 18th Edition of the film festival is scheduled to be held from February 18 to 25
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A. Thangaraj, general secretary of the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), along with a delegation of other organisers of the event, met with the Chief Minister and received the cheque | Photo Credit:
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The 18th Edition of the film festival is scheduled to be held from February 18 to 25
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami handed over a cheque of ₹75 lakh to the organisers of the Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) on Thursday.
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case | Tamil Nadu Governor declines to take call on convict Perarivalan’s plea
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President is ‘competent authority’ to deal with request for freedom, says Banwarilal Purohit.
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President is ‘competent authority’ to deal with request for freedom, says Banwarilal Purohit.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit has refrained from taking a call on a plea for the early release of Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convict A.G. Perarivalan. The Governor said the President of India was the “appropriate competent authority” to deal with Perarivalan’s request for freedom.
“His Excellency the Governor of Tamil Nadu considered all the facts on record and after perusal of the relevant documents, recorded that the Honourable President of India is the appropriate competent authority to deal with the request for remittance vide his order dated January 25, 2021. The proposal received by the Central government will be proce
‘Veda Nilayam’ is now a memorial for Jayalalithaa
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January 29, 2021 01:23 IST
Members of the general public were not allowed at the function in view of directions from the Madras High Court
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The memorial was inaugurated at the residence of former CM Jayalalithaa, Veda Nilayam | Photo Credit:
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Members of the general public were not allowed at the function in view of directions from the Madras High Court
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday inaugurated the memorial established by the Tamil Nadu government at former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s residence ‘Veda Nilayam’ in Poes Garden in Chennai. The Madras High Court had, on Wednesday evening, said that the keys of the entire premises should be handed over to its Registrar General after the ceremony.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 27 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday unveiled a memorial built for former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at the Marina Beach in Chennai.
The newly declassified 2018 Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific, made public by the Trump administration in its last week in office, underlines how prominently what it describes as “strategic competition between the U.S. and China” set Washington’s regional policy over the past four years, as well as President Donald Trump’s mixed record in effectively addressing that challenge.
At its meeting on textbook reforms on Wednesday, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education heard presentations from right-wing organisations and educationists, including the man at the centre of a debate on the “saffronisation” of textbooks under the Vajpayee government. They argued that Mughal history is being whitewashed in Indian textbooks, and crowding out space for history from the Vedic era.