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Sensitising people to Centre’s welfare schemes
Sensitising people to Centre’s welfare schemes SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT With a view to ensuring that information about the welfare scheme formulated by the Union government reaches all people, the Press Information Bureau, Southern Region, Chennai, is organising a three-day public information campaign here from Monday. The initiatives of the Union government, being implemented under the supervision…
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Tamil courses have more takers among SC/ST
Tamil courses have more takers among SC/ST The University of Madras had some time back removed from its curriculum Thunbakeni , a short story by late Pudumaipithan, which portrays a SC/ST woman who had left India to make a living as a plantation worker in Sri Lanka. On the surface, it may seem an “unwise”…
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SC sets 3-month deadline for Gulberg Society case
SC sets 3-month deadline for Gulberg Society case LEGAL CORRESPONDENT It is one of the 9 cases connected to the 2002 post-Godhra riots Observing that “people are languishing in jail for over 10 years,” the Supreme Court on Thursday asked a Sessions Court to complete the trial in the Gulberg Society case, one of the…
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Monsoon gets vigorous in Tamil Nadu
Monsoon gets vigorous in Tamil Nadu The HinduBraving heavy rain, people wait for U.S. visas on Anna Salai on Wednesday. Photo: R. Ragu TOPICS India Tamil Nadu weather forecast weather news Life was affected in coastal districts, especially in Nagapattinam and Karaikal Even as a low pressure area now lying over the southwest Bay of…
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Far from sunny optimism
Far from sunny optimism Article from “The Hindu” The HinduLEFT BEHIND: Women still play only a disproportionately minor role in the economy. Picture shows women labourers on their way to work in Kochi. Photo: K. K. Mustafah TOPICS economy, business and finance economy (general) macro economics economic indicator labour Some of India’s labour market regulations…
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Man arrested on rape charge
Man arrested on rape charge A 24-year-old man was arrested and remanded in custody on Saturday on charges of raping a minor girl from Cuddalore on the promise of marriage. The accused, Sivashankar, a resident from Bahour area, lured the girl, 16, to Puducherry on the pretext of meeting his parents, said Vidyaa Ramkumar, chairperson,…
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Caste census in Tamil nadu
Caste census in Tamil nadu SC sets aside verdict directing caste census: The Supreme Court has set aside two orders of the Madras High Court, directing the Centre to conduct a caste-based census, holding that it should not have interfered in the domain of policy. Endorsing the instruction manual provision that referred to public participation in…
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