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  • BJP unfold rumours about assaults on Bihari migrants in Tamil Nadu: JD(U)

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    PATNA: Bihar Leader Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Thursday charged the BJP with spreading “rumours” of assaults on migrant employees in Tamil Nadu with a watch on “electoral features.”

    JD(U) nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan additionally mentioned that regardless that his birthday party didn’t favour criticising the rustic on overseas soil, it felt that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was once neatly inside of his rights to precise his anxieties about “threats to democracy in India” all the way through his Cambridge excursion.

    “It has became out that not anything had took place in Tamil Nadu. And simply take a look at the individuals who had been booked and arrested for spreading rumours,” mentioned the JD(U) leader, relating to circumstances being lodged towards a variety of BJP leaders by means of the DMK executive within the southern state.

    “So, that is the nature of the BJP. Hearsay-mongering, and coercion of events adverse to it, interested in electoral features. However it’s creating a mistake. Folks of the rustic at the moment are mindful sufficient to peer via their designs,” mentioned the JD(U) president, whose birthday party snapped ties with the saffron birthday party not up to a 12 months in the past.

    ALSO READ | Bihar officers happy with migrants’ protection in Tamil Nadu

    Requested concerning the controversy brought about by means of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in a foreign country, Lalan, whose birthday party is now aligned with the Congress, mentioned “we imagine the issues within the nation are highest mentioned at the house soil, which gives an excessively massive degree. We don’t assume one’s personal nation will have to be criticised on overseas soil,” mentioned the JD(U) nationwide president, alternatively, hastened so as to add “we additionally hang that Rahul Gandhi is definitely inside of his rights to precise his anxieties concerning the threats to democracy in India. And the threats are, certainly, actual. It is a truth borne out by means of the Ideal Court docket’s fresh judgement at the appointment of Election Commissioners.”

    He additionally sought to make mild of speculations that Chirag Paswan, a recognized detractor of Leader Minister Nitish Kumar, and Upendra Kushwaha, who just lately rebelled towards the JD(U) ultimate chief and give up the birthday party, have been most probably to sign up for the BJP-led NDA.

    “Simply recall the 2015 meeting polls when those other folks have been very a lot with the BJP. They carried out dismally,” Lalan mentioned relating to the high-decibel elections which noticed the NDA being trounced by means of the ‘Mahagathbandhan'(Grand Alliance) that had come into being with Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and the Congress becoming a member of arms.

    He additionally mentioned that the BJP’s ‘jod tod’ (makes an attempt to separate different events) was once at paintings in Nagaland the place the lone JD(U) MLA ended up providing toughen to the newly shaped executive of which the saffron birthday party was once a component.

    “Since we hang that we will be able to don’t have any dating with the BJP, we held the Nagaland unit to blame of gross indiscipline and determined to dissolve it. The BJP had previous damaged away our MLAs in Arunachal, too. In Bihar, they sought after to do to us what that they had succeeded in doing in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. However we were given wind in their plans in time”, alleged Lalan, relating to final 12 months’s upheaval.

    “The BJP has no scruples. Its sole fear is energy. Simply take a look at Meghalaya the place that they had been accusing the federal government of being probably the most corrupt. Now the similar dispensation has returned to energy and the BJP’s most sensible leaders flew down to wait the oath-taking rite,” mentioned the JD(U) leader.

    “The BJP has had no fulfillment to exhibit regardless of having been in energy on the Centre for such a lot of years. In every single place it helps to keep speaking concerning the Ujjwala Yojana, which has been a failure as pricey fuel cylinders make it unattainable for beneficiaries to head in for a fill up. Some other scheme they rave about is the Ayushman Bharat. They will have to unencumber knowledge of what number of people have benefited from the promise of Rs 5 lakh medical health insurance duvet,” demanded the JD(U) president.

    The BJP may be looking to shy clear of the call for for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to appear into allegations towards the Adani staff which is being accused of the most important company fraud in historical past, the JD(U) leader mentioned.

    “However, it helps to keep harassing its fighters via vindictive use of businesses like CBI, ED and Source of revenue Tax division,” he alleged.

    PATNA: Bihar Leader Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Thursday charged the BJP with spreading “rumours” of assaults on migrant employees in Tamil Nadu with a watch on “electoral features.”

    JD(U) nationwide president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan additionally mentioned that regardless that his birthday party didn’t favour criticising the rustic on overseas soil, it felt that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was once neatly inside of his rights to precise his anxieties about “threats to democracy in India” all the way through his Cambridge excursion.

    “It has became out that not anything had took place in Tamil Nadu. And simply take a look at the individuals who had been booked and arrested for spreading rumours,” mentioned the JD(U) leader, relating to circumstances being lodged towards a variety of BJP leaders by means of the DMK executive within the southern state.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “So, that is the nature of the BJP. Hearsay-mongering, and coercion of events adverse to it, interested in electoral features. However it’s creating a mistake. Folks of the rustic at the moment are mindful sufficient to peer via their designs,” mentioned the JD(U) president, whose birthday party snapped ties with the saffron birthday party not up to a 12 months in the past.

    ALSO READ | Bihar officers happy with migrants’ protection in Tamil Nadu

    Requested concerning the controversy brought about by means of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in a foreign country, Lalan, whose birthday party is now aligned with the Congress, mentioned “we imagine the issues within the nation are highest mentioned at the house soil, which gives an excessively massive degree. We don’t assume one’s personal nation will have to be criticised on overseas soil,” mentioned the JD(U) nationwide president, alternatively, hastened so as to add “we additionally hang that Rahul Gandhi is definitely inside of his rights to precise his anxieties concerning the threats to democracy in India. And the threats are, certainly, actual. It is a truth borne out by means of the Ideal Court docket’s fresh judgement at the appointment of Election Commissioners.”

    He additionally sought to make mild of speculations that Chirag Paswan, a recognized detractor of Leader Minister Nitish Kumar, and Upendra Kushwaha, who just lately rebelled towards the JD(U) ultimate chief and give up the birthday party, have been most probably to sign up for the BJP-led NDA.

    “Simply recall the 2015 meeting polls when those other folks have been very a lot with the BJP. They carried out dismally,” Lalan mentioned relating to the high-decibel elections which noticed the NDA being trounced by means of the ‘Mahagathbandhan'(Grand Alliance) that had come into being with Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Lalu Prasad and the Congress becoming a member of arms.

    He additionally mentioned that the BJP’s ‘jod tod’ (makes an attempt to separate different events) was once at paintings in Nagaland the place the lone JD(U) MLA ended up providing toughen to the newly shaped executive of which the saffron birthday party was once a component.

    “Since we hang that we will be able to don’t have any dating with the BJP, we held the Nagaland unit to blame of gross indiscipline and determined to dissolve it. The BJP had previous damaged away our MLAs in Arunachal, too. In Bihar, they sought after to do to us what that they had succeeded in doing in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. However we were given wind in their plans in time”, alleged Lalan, relating to final 12 months’s upheaval.

    “The BJP has no scruples. Its sole fear is energy. Simply take a look at Meghalaya the place that they had been accusing the federal government of being probably the most corrupt. Now the similar dispensation has returned to energy and the BJP’s most sensible leaders flew down to wait the oath-taking rite,” mentioned the JD(U) leader.

    “The BJP has had no fulfillment to exhibit regardless of having been in energy on the Centre for such a lot of years. In every single place it helps to keep speaking concerning the Ujjwala Yojana, which has been a failure as pricey fuel cylinders make it unattainable for beneficiaries to head in for a fill up. Some other scheme they rave about is the Ayushman Bharat. They will have to unencumber knowledge of what number of people have benefited from the promise of Rs 5 lakh medical health insurance duvet,” demanded the JD(U) president.

    The BJP may be looking to shy clear of the call for for a Joint Parliamentary Committee to appear into allegations towards the Adani staff which is being accused of the most important company fraud in historical past, the JD(U) leader mentioned.

    “However, it helps to keep harassing its fighters via vindictive use of businesses like CBI, ED and Source of revenue Tax division,” he alleged.

  • ‘Tamil Nadu 360’ | CM at the watch

    The ‘Tamil Nadu 360’ virtual dashboard has helped CM Stalin observe the efficiency of presidency departments to seek out answers each on the micro and macro stage

    Chennai,ISSUE DATE: Feb 20, 2023 | UPDATED: Feb 10, 2023 18:07 IST

    CM Stalin and his officials at a dashboard evaluation assembly

    At his first professional assembly after taking rate as Tamil Nadu leader minister in Might 2021, M.Ok. Stalin sought data and a plan for an digital dashboard machine giving real-time data on executive tasks and programmes. Simply six months later, on December 24, Tamil Nadu’s oldest first-time leader minister unveiled a machine to trace, analyse and build up administrative potency within the state.

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  • Mini Tamil Nadu in Kashi connects to outdated roots

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    VARANASI:  For the 250-odd households dwelling in Hanuman, Kedar and Harishchandra Ghats of Varanasi referred to as mini Tamil Nadu the just-concluded Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) rekindled the traditional connection between Kashi and Kachi.

    The bond between this cultural town in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is centuries-old, because the a number of mutts and temples some even having Dravidian architectural designs had been attracting 1000’s of Tamil pilgrims now not handiest from India however in another country – basically to accomplish the after-life rituals that the deceased households habits for his or her expensive ones.

    “The binds between Kashi and Tamil Nadu are centuries-old as it’s the domicile of Lord Shiva. We’re overjoyed that this first-of-its-kind initiative was once taken to restore and additional toughen our connection,” Okay Venkat Ramana Ghanapati, a Vedic pandit and the primary individual of Tamil starting place, who has been made Trustee at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Believe via the Uttar Pradesh executive, advised this Day by day.

    Okay Venkat Ramana Ghanapati

    The announcement was once made all through KTS.

    “The Kashi Tamil Sangamam now not handiest dropped at limelight the flourishing Tamil tradition and traditions, which is such a lot a part of this temple-town but additionally helped in highlighting the numerous contributions of our ancestors and saints within the spaces of arts, tradition and schooling,” added Ghanapati, who’s a fifth-generation priest and lives in a 100-year-old space close to Harishchandra Ghat.

    Ghanapati, whose great-grandfather was once the one that had come to Varanasi, and selected to relax right here, stated it was once certainly a “proud feeling” when he met and interacted with the two,500 delegates, together with monks, farmers and scholars from all throughout Tamil Nadu for the month-long KTS,  which ended on December 16.

    As one enters his space nestled within the labyrinth of lanes and bylanes, it’s simple to identify boys and younger males, clad in white dhoti, with their foreheads smeared with horizontal tilak, talking in Tamil. Even some signages are in Tamil and resorts and cafes comparable to ‘New Madras Café, ‘New Madras Excursion Travels’ and ‘Lodge Tamil Nadu’ will also be noticed.

    “I think honoured and proud that I’m the primary Tamilian to be made the trustee of the Kashi Vishwanath temple,” stated Ghanapati, who feeds over 100 to 150 folks visiting him with scrumptious staple south Indian meals day-to-day.

    Only a few metres from Ghanapati’s position is the home the place famend Tamil creator, poet and freedom fighter past due C Subramania Bharati lived. A small portion of the home, which was once renovated right into a museum, was once nearly inaugurated via Tamil Nadu Leader Minister M Okay Stalin on December 11.

    VARANASI:  For the 250-odd households dwelling in Hanuman, Kedar and Harishchandra Ghats of Varanasi referred to as mini Tamil Nadu the just-concluded Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) rekindled the traditional connection between Kashi and Kachi.

    The bond between this cultural town in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is centuries-old, because the a number of mutts and temples some even having Dravidian architectural designs had been attracting 1000’s of Tamil pilgrims now not handiest from India however in another country – basically to accomplish the after-life rituals that the deceased households habits for his or her expensive ones.

    “The binds between Kashi and Tamil Nadu are centuries-old as it’s the domicile of Lord Shiva. We’re overjoyed that this first-of-its-kind initiative was once taken to restore and additional toughen our connection,” Okay Venkat Ramana Ghanapati, a Vedic pandit and the primary individual of Tamil starting place, who has been made Trustee at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Believe via the Uttar Pradesh executive, advised this Day by day.

    Okay Venkat Ramana GhanapatiThe announcement was once made all through KTS.

    “The Kashi Tamil Sangamam now not handiest dropped at limelight the flourishing Tamil tradition and traditions, which is such a lot a part of this temple-town but additionally helped in highlighting the numerous contributions of our ancestors and saints within the spaces of arts, tradition and schooling,” added Ghanapati, who’s a fifth-generation priest and lives in a 100-year-old space close to Harishchandra Ghat.

    Ghanapati, whose great-grandfather was once the one that had come to Varanasi, and selected to relax right here, stated it was once certainly a “proud feeling” when he met and interacted with the two,500 delegates, together with monks, farmers and scholars from all throughout Tamil Nadu for the month-long KTS,  which ended on December 16.

    As one enters his space nestled within the labyrinth of lanes and bylanes, it’s simple to identify boys and younger males, clad in white dhoti, with their foreheads smeared with horizontal tilak, talking in Tamil. Even some signages are in Tamil and resorts and cafes comparable to ‘New Madras Café, ‘New Madras Excursion Travels’ and ‘Lodge Tamil Nadu’ will also be noticed.

    “I think honoured and proud that I’m the primary Tamilian to be made the trustee of the Kashi Vishwanath temple,” stated Ghanapati, who feeds over 100 to 150 folks visiting him with scrumptious staple south Indian meals day-to-day.

    Only a few metres from Ghanapati’s position is the home the place famend Tamil creator, poet and freedom fighter past due C Subramania Bharati lived. A small portion of the home, which was once renovated right into a museum, was once nearly inaugurated via Tamil Nadu Leader Minister M Okay Stalin on December 11.

  • Jallikattu can’t be tradition simply because some other people name it so, SC advised

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    NEW DELHI: The Perfect Court docket was once advised on Tuesday that bull-taming game jallikattu and bullock cart races can’t be a tradition simply because a gaggle of electorate calls it so and this has been followed via the legislature. 

    “Mere process or an statement can’t be mentioned to be tradition simply for the reason that legislature has followed it,” senior suggest Siddharth Luthra advised a five-judge bench headed via Justice KM Joseph.

    Luthra mentioned that after the Charter recognises prevention of cruelty to animals, it approach the Charter recognises the proper of animals and the amendments handed via Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra will have to be learn in consonance with Phase III of the Charter, which offers with elementary rights.

    “There’s (the) doctrine or concept of necessity. That exception can’t be handled on a par or as a game for the aim of human playing. When the law and legislative access talks about prevention of cruelty and amending act perpetuates cruelty, the 2 can’t cross in combination,” Luthra added.

    For the petitioners, senior suggest Shyam Divan added that the modification acts had been opposite to the separation of energy, and mentioned problems relating to jallikattu had attained finality within the A Nagaraj judgment.

    NEW DELHI: The Perfect Court docket was once advised on Tuesday that bull-taming game jallikattu and bullock cart races can’t be a tradition simply because a gaggle of electorate calls it so and this has been followed via the legislature. 

    “Mere process or an statement can’t be mentioned to be tradition simply for the reason that legislature has followed it,” senior suggest Siddharth Luthra advised a five-judge bench headed via Justice KM Joseph.

    Luthra mentioned that after the Charter recognises prevention of cruelty to animals, it approach the Charter recognises the proper of animals and the amendments handed via Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra will have to be learn in consonance with Phase III of the Charter, which offers with elementary rights.

    “There’s (the) doctrine or concept of necessity. That exception can’t be handled on a par or as a game for the aim of human playing. When the law and legislative access talks about prevention of cruelty and amending act perpetuates cruelty, the 2 can’t cross in combination,” Luthra added.

    For the petitioners, senior suggest Shyam Divan added that the modification acts had been opposite to the separation of energy, and mentioned problems relating to jallikattu had attained finality within the A Nagaraj judgment.

  • Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Century in entrance of my mom and brother is particular, says Tamil Nadu’s Sai Sudharsan

    Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Left-handed batter Sai Sudharsan scored 121 runs off 109 balls whilst taking part in for Tamil Nadu of their fit in opposition to Chhattisgarh in Alur.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 16, 2022 16:27 IST

    VHT 2022: Century in entrance of my mom and brother is particular, says Sai Sudharsan. Courtesy: PTI

    By way of India Nowadays Internet Table: 21-year-old Sai Sudharsan was once elated after he scored his maiden Record 100 in entrance of his family members throughout the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022. On Tuesday, November 15, the left-hander scored 121 runs off 109 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes for Tamil Nadu in opposition to Chhattisgarh on the KSCA Cricket Flooring in Alur.

    At the again of his knock, Tamil Nadu scored 340 for the lack of six wickets after being installed to bat first. Sudharsan’s knock didn’t cross in useless as Tamil Nadu beat Chhattisgarh through 14 runs.

    “I’m more than happy as a result of I’ve been having a look ahead to scoring a century for a very long time. To do it with my mom and brother in attendance simply makes it extra particular,” Sudharsan was once quoted as announcing on ESPNcricinfo.

    Sudharsan was once additionally fascinated about a 233-run stand for the outlet wicket with Narayan Jagadeesan, who scored a 113-ball 107 with 10 fours and two sixes.

    Sudharsan mentioned that he tries to be informed from his father, who had represented India within the 100m match on the 1993 SAF Video games in Dhaka.

    “I care for a notice of my day-to-day goals and likewise what I need to enhance upon. I will be able to additionally analyse this century, as a result of whilst I did submit a ranking, there have been spaces that I will have advanced upon,” he said.

    “Except for this, I additionally write different observations about myself. I do a little other types of sprints, and likewise run longer distances for 15-16 mins on a daily basis. My folks information me thru this. My father has represented India and is aware of what it takes from a health perspective,” Sudharsan added.

    Sudharsan didn’t have nice outings within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after he scored handiest 170 runs from six suits. Alternatively, having scored 243 runs in 3 innings, he discovered his mojo within the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

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  • 3 Sri Lankan households fleeing financial disaster detained in Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi

    As many as 10 other folks fleeing Sri Lanka owing to the commercial disaster reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi illegally, and later they have been detained.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 5, 2022 21:57 IST

    10 other folks fleeing the commercial disaster within the island country reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi

    Through Akshaya Nath: Amid the commercial disaster in Sri Lanka, there was a serious scarcity of meals and crucial commodities within the island country and this has resulted in a number of other folks illegally coming to India as refugees.

    On Saturday, 10 other folks fleeing the commercial disaster within the island country reached Tamil Nadu’s Dhanushkodi illegally. Then again, they have been later detained via the marine police.

    3 households from other portions of Sri Lanka got here to Dhanushkodi. One of the vital households even has a three-month-old child with them.

    The folks reached Dhanushkodi at round 1 am. On getting details about them, the Rameswaram Marine Police rescued the Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and taken them to Rameswaram Marine Police Station for investigation. After the investigation, they are going to be passed over to the Mandapam refugee camp.

    Since March 22, as many as 198 Sri Lankans have come as refugees to India by the use of Dhanushkodi.

    Sri Lanka is going through the worst financial disaster since independence in 1948, which has resulted in an acute scarcity of crucial pieces like meals, drugs, cooking fuel and gasoline around the nation.

    The road protests have been caused around the nation over the deficient dealing with of the commercial disaster and the loss of responsibility to it.

    (With enter from PTI)

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  • Queen’s gambit: Chess Olympiad acquires some dance strikes in Tamil Nadu

    HAVING showcased the state’s Dravidian heritage within the spectacular inaugural rite for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad on Thursday, the Tamil Nadu govt has executed one higher. Leader Minister M Ok Stalin has uploaded a ‘Chess Dance’ video on-line the place the black queen triumphs over the white in a message this is as a lot political as concerning the sport.

    The three.48-minute dance video, titled Test Mate, is the brainchild of Pudukottai District Collector Kavitha Ramu, who’s a educated dancer herself.

    Chatting with The Sunday Specific, Ramu, who designed and choreographed the dance, mentioned for her, the mission used to be about color, gender and tool, but even so being a tribute to the sport that has made Chennai its house within the nation.

    With the DMK govt rolling out the pink carpet for the development, Ramu mentioned: “I meant it to be a Chess Dance, with classical, people and martial arts components, to make it colourful and vibrant.”

    Whilst she held the auditions in Pudukottai, the dance used to be shot in Chennai. “As I couldn’t sign up for the dancers in Chennai owing to paintings commitments, the director, Vijey Raj, despatched me video clips and images from the shoot.” Praising his meticulous dedication to the mission, she says she sought after to be sure that the dance caught strictly to chess strikes.

    A few of the crucial components used to be getting the song proper, and it used to be composed by way of Narendra Kumar Lakshmipathy.

    Pudukottai District Collector Kavitha Ramu

    Ramu mentioned given the concept that, the mission used to be conceived across the triumph of the black queen in spite of the white having the first-mover benefit.

    The black queen within the dance is portrayed by way of Priyadarshini Rajendran, a Bharatanatyam dancer from Pudukottai, who works within the IT trade in Bengaluru, and performs chess. Guffawing that she all the time prefers black, Rajendran says: “A few of us really feel black has a greater likelihood, perhaps a counter-intuition.”

    What makes the finesse of the overall video much more particular is the truth that the workforce did best two days of rehearsals, adopted by way of a shoot that lasted 24 hours, from 6 am sooner or later, to the following morning.

    The inventive director, Raj, who has labored as co-director in some Tamil motion pictures, says they to begin with conceived the dance as a song video. “However the plan modified to a visible tale concerning the sport, with extra explicit characters and black as a metaphor. It used to be an immense problem to inform all of the tale in a couple of mins. Most of the artistes had by no means been prior to a digital camera.”

    The dance video is the brainchild of Pudukottai Collector Kavitha Ramu

    Consistent with Raju, the inventive liberty Ramu gave helped a super extent in projecting a “compelling narrative”.

    Rajendran says they had been totally ready by the point they went in for the shoot. “We had been all briefed at the complete tale, from starting to finish. Because the black queen, I had the utmost actions. As a Bharatanatyam dancer, I assumed I’d use the ones steps, however it used to be now not meant that approach. It used to be choreographed in order that the point of interest used to be at the dynamics of collective frame motion.”

    So whilst she moved one sq. at a time, just like the queen on a chess board, she used to be surrounded by way of faces painted as in step with the Tamil conventional artwork shape through which people get dressed up as horses.

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    Suram Sahana, who has up to now collaborated with Ramu in a large number of dance displays, performed the white queen.

    The white king used to be Srinivas, a classical dancer. Manikantan, a freestyle dancer, used to be the black king. Poikkaal kudhirai artistes Muthukuran, Deepan, Baskar and Cheran, Manigandan, Karthigeyan, Manojkumar, Prathapan, Karthick, Lakshmanan, Divakar, Priyadarshan, Nishanthi, Oorvasi, Rithika Jayalakshmi, Narmatha, Krupavathi, Durga and Soundarya, had been additionally a part of the video.

  • forty fourth Chess Olympiad inaugurated, PM Modi calls TN ‘chess powerhouse of India’ 

    High Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the forty fourth Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Thursday, adopted through an impressive cultural show highlighting Tamil tradition throughout the ages. The arena’s greatest workforce chess festival, with gamers from 187 international locations, starts on Friday at a resort in Mamallapuram, south of Chennai.

    In his inaugural speech, Modi stated preparations for the mega match have been made in a little while and promised that those that reached Chennai to participate within the event can be handled as esteemed visitors. “We can assist you to carry your easiest sport to the board,” he stated.

    “That is the primary time the Chess Olympiad is being held in India, and is coming to Asia for the primary time in 3 many years. And this time, it has the absolute best selection of international locations, selection of groups, and selection of feminine chess gamers taking part,” Modi stated, including that it’ll be a memorable match.

    The host of the forty fourth Chess Olympiad, India, is represented through 3 groups in each and every segment (Open and Girls). That’s 30 gamers altogether, and lots of the younger stars are the way forward for chess.

    ?Right here they’re all in combination within the workforce uniforms on the particular match of their honour. %.twitter.com/0fPxbusI9v

    — Global Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 27, 2022

    In step with Modi, the importance of the Olympiad additionally stems from the truth that it’s being held all through the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s independence. He additionally recalled the importance of chess in Tamil historical past.

    “In Tamil Nadu, there are lots of temples with sculptures portraying other sports activities… You’ll even discover a temple – Chathuranga Vallabhanathar temple in Tiruvarur – the place it’s believed that even God has performed chess with the princess. So, it’s herbal that Tamil Nadu has a powerful historic reference to chess. Because of this Tamil Nadu is named because the chess powerhouse of India. It has produced many Grandmasters,” Modi stated.

    Modi additionally invoked the importance of a wholesome way of life. He stated the post-pandemic time has made folks conscious about the significance of health and wellness, “each bodily and psychological,” he stated.

    Additionally saying the significance of making an investment in sports activities infrastructure, the High Minister stated “there hasn’t ever been a greater time for sports activities in India than the prevailing time.”

    Relating to the spectacular performances of Indian athletes on the Olympics in addition to different sports activities occasions, he stated “our proficient children from small cities and villages are bringing glory. It’s heartening to peer girls are main India’s sports activities revolution.”

    Tamil Nadu Leader Minister M Ok Stalin stated he had a distinct hobby in website hosting the development within the state. “After the scheduled match was once moved from Russia, I directed my officials to clutch the chance if that involves India. In March, I made the primary announcement on this regard… Normally, no less than 18 months are required to arrange for such a global event. However we shaped about 18 committees and controlled to organise it in simply 4 months,” he stated.

    Mentioning that chess is the trendy model of the standard board sport, Saturanga Vilayattu, Stalin stated the Olympiad is being held close to the coastal the city of Sadurangapattinam, the house of the sport. He additionally recalled the contributions of Manuel Aaron, the primary Indian chess grasp, and Viswanathan Anand, a five-time global chess champion, from Chennai.

    Stalin stated of the 73 Indian Grandmasters, 26 have been from Tamil Nadu. “That implies 36 % of Indian Grandmasters are from Tamil Nadu. This can be a sport of intelligence and arithmetic. And Chennai can also be rightly known as because the chess capital of India,” he stated. Stalin added that the state’s archaeological excavation website online, Keeladi, additionally had proof of Chaturanga video games, very similar to chess, akin to elephants and horses, and all the ones crucial chess items made from terracotta.

    He stated the Olympiad’s veshti-adorning mascot Thambi is the logo of brotherhood. “It’s to suggest that we’re all one fraternity. Former leader minister C N Annadurai used to name everybody Thambi. The mascot was once named after the ones reminiscences,” he stated. Modi and Stalin have been each noticed dressed in shirts and Veshti.

    The inauguration rite additionally featured artwork and cultural performances, akin to a distinct dance-song “Vanakkam Chennai, Vanakkam Chess”. Gamers from other international locations gained a musical welcome once they arrived on the venue. Sooner than the inauguration, a musical programme showcased historic Tamil historical past in a nutshell. It was once directed through Vignesh Sivan and narrated through veteran actor Kamal Haasan. The venue and dais have been decked out in quite a lot of chess items.

    Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi, Minister of State for Data and Broadcasting L Murugan, Union Minister of Early life Affairs and Sports activities Anurag Thakur and Tamil Nadu Minister for Early life Welfare and Recreation Construction S V Meyyanathan have been a few of the visitors who attended the inaugural match.

  • BJP office-bearer sticks Modi’s {photograph} on billboards for chess tournament

    By way of PTI

    CHENNAI: A BJP office-bearer on Wednesday affixed vivid portraits of High Minister Narendra Modi on billboards publish right here as a part of the Tamil Nadu executive’s exposure marketing campaign for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad, set to start on July 28.

    Amar Prasad Reddy, president of the sports activities and talent construction cellular of Tamil Nadu BJP, launched a video clip of him solving images of Modi on hoardings, along side two others.

    He posted the clip on his Twitter maintain. Within the video, the Saffron celebration functionary blamed the DMK-regime for going forward with the marketing campaign for the chess tournament with out together with Modi’s {photograph} and termed it a ‘massive mistake.

    Reddy mentioned that the Olympiad isn’t a state-level tournament however are global match.

    Let me remind CM @stalin that our PM Sh. @narendramodi Avl is the only real consultant of this Country
    Right here we commence!!!

    Chess Olympiad 2022.@annamalai_k @blsanthosh @JPNadda %.twitter.com/eKiMW8GmQ9

    — Amar Prasad Reddy (@amarprasadreddy) July 27, 2022

    “This isn’t a DMK celebration serve as. It is a executive (backed) tournament. High Minister’s {photograph} will have to be featured,” he mentioned within the video clip.

    He additionally recommended office-bearers, celebration employees and the ones within the BJP’s sports activities and talent construction cellular to emulate him and connect portraits of Modi on hoardings for the Chess Olympiad throughout Tamil Nadu.

    Requested if he has taken permission from government to mend the portraits of Modi on hoardings, he retorted: “Will have to High Minister’s {photograph} be part of the marketing campaign or no longer? High Minister Modi Ji’s portraits will have to unquestionably be a part of the exposure marketing campaign.”

    When requested once more, Reddy advised PTI that he has no longer taken permission from government to stay Modi’s images on billboards. He mentioned he began solving High Minister’s portraits on hoardings on Wednesday.

    The forty fourth Chess Olympiad, to be held at within sight Mamallapuram, begins on July 28 and ends on August 10. The state executive has allotted Rs 92.13 crore for accomplishing the development.

    CHENNAI: A BJP office-bearer on Wednesday affixed vivid portraits of High Minister Narendra Modi on billboards publish right here as a part of the Tamil Nadu executive’s exposure marketing campaign for the forty fourth Chess Olympiad, set to start on July 28.

    Amar Prasad Reddy, president of the sports activities and talent construction cellular of Tamil Nadu BJP, launched a video clip of him solving images of Modi on hoardings, along side two others.

    He posted the clip on his Twitter maintain. Within the video, the Saffron celebration functionary blamed the DMK-regime for going forward with the marketing campaign for the chess tournament with out together with Modi’s {photograph} and termed it a ‘massive mistake.

    Reddy mentioned that the Olympiad isn’t a state-level tournament however are global match.

    Let me remind CM @stalin that our PM Sh. @narendramodi Avl is the only real consultant of this Country
    Right here we commence!!!
    Chess Olympiad 2022.@annamalai_k @blsanthosh @JPNadda %.twitter.com/eKiMW8GmQ9
    — Amar Prasad Reddy (@amarprasadreddy) July 27, 2022
    “This isn’t a DMK celebration serve as. It is a executive (backed) tournament. High Minister’s {photograph} will have to be featured,” he mentioned within the video clip.

    He additionally recommended office-bearers, celebration employees and the ones within the BJP’s sports activities and talent construction cellular to emulate him and connect portraits of Modi on hoardings for the Chess Olympiad throughout Tamil Nadu.

    Requested if he has taken permission from government to mend the portraits of Modi on hoardings, he retorted: “Will have to High Minister’s {photograph} be part of the marketing campaign or no longer? High Minister Modi Ji’s portraits will have to unquestionably be a part of the exposure marketing campaign.”

    When requested once more, Reddy advised PTI that he has no longer taken permission from government to stay Modi’s images on billboards. He mentioned he began solving High Minister’s portraits on hoardings on Wednesday.

    The forty fourth Chess Olympiad, to be held at within sight Mamallapuram, begins on July 28 and ends on August 10. The state executive has allotted Rs 92.13 crore for accomplishing the development.

  • No inputs from Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Bengal on college curriculum: Centre 

    Through Categorical Information Provider

    NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and West Bengal are but to ship comments on revising the Nationwide Curriculum Framework (NCF), the Centre stated.

    The NCF would be the bedrock of the brand new NCERT syllabus, and the textbook authority has sought enter from the states to incorporate adjustments. 

    The Ministry of Schooling in a written answer within the Lok Sabha stated all states had despatched inputs, barring 3 southern governments and West Bengal. 

    That is the 5th revision of NCF, incorporating tips from numerous professional teams nationally and smaller panels on the state stage.

    The method is arguable as some BJP-ruled states had been charged with selling saffronisation. The Karnataka govt sticks out because it used to be claimed that passages on Bhagat Singh had been got rid of from the Kannada books. 

    The Centre claimed that the Karnataka govt has clarified the bankruptcy at the modern freedom fighter has now not been dropped.

    NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and West Bengal are but to ship comments on revising the Nationwide Curriculum Framework (NCF), the Centre stated.

    The NCF would be the bedrock of the brand new NCERT syllabus, and the textbook authority has sought enter from the states to incorporate adjustments. 

    The Ministry of Schooling in a written answer within the Lok Sabha stated all states had despatched inputs, barring 3 southern governments and West Bengal. 

    That is the 5th revision of NCF, incorporating tips from numerous professional teams nationally and smaller panels on the state stage.

    The method is arguable as some BJP-ruled states had been charged with selling saffronisation. The Karnataka govt sticks out because it used to be claimed that passages on Bhagat Singh had been got rid of from the Kannada books. 

    The Centre claimed that the Karnataka govt has clarified the bankruptcy at the modern freedom fighter has now not been dropped.