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Vijay: Vijay’s first day as CM and a Tamil Nadu song row: What happened? | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Thalapathy Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony triggered a controversy after the state song ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ was relegated to third place after the National Song and National Anthem during the event.This raised eyebrows as government events in Tamil Nadu begin with the rendition of the state song and conclude with the…
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Niti report says school access up, continuity weak | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: India’s school education system has solved much of the “getting children into school” challenge, but is struggling with a tougher problem – keeping them there long enough to complete secondary and higher secondary education.The stress points are now visible higher up the schooling ladder – gross enrolment ratio (GER) drops from 90.9% at…
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Congress yet to name chief minister, Kerala suspense on | India News | ACTPnews
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KPCC president Sunny Joseph on Sunday said AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will soon announce the next chief minister of Kerala from among the three contenders who have already been “interviewed” by the party’s top leadership.Speaking to the media after returning from New Delhi, where…
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Boeing Honcho front-runner for NSIL chief post, could be first outsider | India News | ACTPnews
BENGALURU: India’s space PSU NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) may soon be headed by a private sector honcho with the selection process for the chairman and managing director (CMD) post having entered the final leg. Sources confirmed to TOI that the next CMD of the Space PSU is expected to be from the private sector with…
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Need of hour is to use petro products with restraint, says PM Modi | India News | ACTPnews
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the need of the hour, in the wake of the West Asia crisis, is to use petro products with restraint. Speaking at an event here where he virtually laid the foundation stone and inaugurated development projects worth around ₹9,400 crore in Telangana, he said the…
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Reduce energy consumption, delay gold purchase, urges PM Narendra Modi | India News | ACTPnews
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to citizens to collectively adopt some resolutions to help the country cut down on its energy consumption to save foreign exchange, which will India face global economic disruptions, supply-chain challenges, and rising prices caused by international conflicts. The PM suggested several austerity measures, which he said, would be…
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Gelatin sticks found along PM Modi’s route near Vaderahalli hours before his convoy passed | India News | ACTPnews
BENGALURU: A major security alert was triggered hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Art of Living on Sunday. According to the police, two gelatin sticks were found about 25 feet away from the main road near Vaderahalli Gate.A police constable deployed on special duty found the gelatin sticks, following which the anti-sabotage…
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‘Play Tamil song before Vande Mataram’: Row over national song at TVK chief Vijay’s swearing in escalates | India News | ACTPnews
M Veerapandiyan and Vijay NEW DELHI: CPI state secretary M Veerapandiyan on Sunday said that the ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ (state song of Tamil Nadu) must be accorded the foremost place in the protocol of government ceremonies.In a letter issued after the swearing-in ceremony of Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay, Veerapandiyan objected to the order in…
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Government Highway Projects: Highway PPP projects opened to PE, pension and venture funds | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Government has now allowed venture capital, private equity, infrastructure and pension funds to bid for highway projects under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, marking a paradigm shift since the sector was opened to private players in the early 2000s. So far, only highway developers and construction companies were eligible to bid for such projects.The…
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Railways staring at higher electricity costs after Supreme Court rules it qualifies as ‘consumer’ | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways is staring at higher electricity costs after the Supreme Court last week ruled that the national transporter qualifies as a “consumer” under the Electricity Act. As a result, it will remain liable to pay cross-subsidy surcharge (CSS) and additional surcharge while buying electricity through open access for its own consumption, impacting…
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