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Dalits enter TN village temple for first time in 70 years

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Tiruvannamalai: For the first time in about 70 years, Dalits offered prayers in their village temple near here on Monday following ‘peace’ talks facilitated by the district authorities with dominant castes.
Amid tight police security, in the presence of top district and police officials, villagers belonging to the Scheduled Castes entered the temple premises with garlands, flowers and others offerings to the presiding deity. Amid palpable excitement, they hailed the deity with chants and offered prayers.
The village is Thenmudiyanur under Thandrampattu taluk in northern Tiruvannamalai district and the place of worship is Muthumariyamman temple, a goddess Shakti shrine.
While authorities did not specifically mention that it is for the first time that Dalits are visiting the village temple, people belonging to the Scheduled Castes said that they are entering the shrine for the first time. Local people are of the view that the temple is 80-year old. The government said it is 70-year old.
C Murugan, a Dalit resident told reporters: “For about 80 years, Dalits could not enter the village temple. The district authorities including police officials together have got us a new liberation to offer worship. We thank the authorities and the government. We are overwhelmed by boundless joy. I am 41 years old and I am standing on the temple footsteps for the first time. Such was the caste barrier in the village and the authorities have reformed the people”. A girl, also a Dalit said she was thrown out of the temple years ago and only now she could enter the shrine.
District Collector B Murugesh said the temple is 70-year old and belongs to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. Coinciding with the annual harvest festival of ‘Pongal,’ each community gets a day to offer ‘Pongal’ (A sweet dish made with rice and jaggery) in the temple premises and they make worship. It goes on for about 15 days. This year, the Adi Dravidar (SCs) people had sought permission to offer pongal. However, other sections of people opposed it, he told reporters.
“All are equal under the Indian Constitution. There must not be discrimination in any respect.” This was conveyed to those who opposed Dalit entry and peace talks were initiated by district authorities which includes police and revenue officials. Eventually, the issue was amicably settled and Dalits offered worship, he said.
Ahead of the temple entry, a team of officials, led by Deputy Inspector General of Police (Vellore range), M S Muthusamy and Police Superintendent (Tiruvannamalai district) K Karthikeyan held peace talks with villagers. They underscored that under the law all are equal and there must not be any kind of discrimination.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Telangana: 6 MS Creative School students become World Teen MPs

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Hyderabad: Six city students who have been elected for representation in the UNESCO-backed prestigious World Teen Parliament met state home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali at his residence here on Monday.
The students – Mohammed Abdul Muqeet, Afifa Mehek, Faqiha Tasneem, Yasmeen Shaikh, Syeda Anwar Banu and Daniya Nazree – belong to MS Creative School. They were accompanied by the senior director of MS Education Academy Dr. Mohammed Moazzam Hussain.
Dr Hussain said that the students were selected after tough competition among the 100 members selected globally. They will be given the opportunity to participate in and discuss online workshops with internationally renowned experts and eminent legislators, including parliamentarians from India, the UK and other countries.
Minister Mahmood Ali was impressed by their ideas and achievements.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Telangana: 6 students selected for World Teen Parliament

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Hyderabad: Six city students who have been elected for representation in the UNESCO-backed prestigious World Teen Parliament met state home minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali at his residence here on Monday.
The students – Mohammed Abdul Muqeet, Afifa Mehek, Faqiha Tasneem, Yasmeen Shaikh, Syeda Anwar Banu and Daniya Nazree – belong to MS Creative School. They were accompanied by the senior director of MS Education Academy Dr. Mohammed Moazzam Hussain.
Dr Hussain said that the students were selected after tough competition among the 100 members selected globally. They will be given the opportunity to participate in and discuss online workshops with internationally renowned experts and eminent legislators, including parliamentarians from India, the UK and other countries.
Minister Mahmood Ali was impressed by their ideas and achievements.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Telangana: TOSS notifies SSC, IPE exam fees

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Hyderabad: The Director of Telangana Open School Society (TOSS) announced on Monday that the TOSS, SSC and Intermediate Public Examination (IPE) will be held in April/May 2023.
Candidates can pay the examination fee from February 1 to 10 without a fine, from February 11 to 16 with a fine of Rs 25 per paper, and from February 17 to 22 with a late fee of Rs 50 per subject.
According to the notification, the payments need to be made through the official website, or Meeseva/Telangana state online centres in the state.
The challan and demand draft payments will not be accepted. If any of the examination fee remittance dates is declared a holiday, the immediate next working day is to be reckoned as the remittance date, the notification clarified.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
AP: Iron railing saves TSRTC bus from falling into gorge in Srisailam

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Hyderabad: A Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) bus carrying 30 passengers started from Mahabubnagar to Srisailam had a close cut-off near the Srisailam ghat section on Sunday. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle ‎while driving across the sharp curve and rammed into the parapet railing.
Even though the protective wall was destroyed in the accident, the bus managed to stop due to the iron barricades around it without falling into the valley. Passengers on the bus sighed with relief as escaped unhurt in the incident.
Traffic on the ghat section was congested briefly till the local police helped clear the vehicle and restored normalcy.
A Twitter user posted a video of the incident tweeting about the incident took place “Narrow escape for 30 passengers in a #BusAccident, a #TSRTC bus lost control and rammed into the parapet wall, though the parapet wall collapsed, luckily the iron railing helped stop the bus from falling into a deep gorge on the #Srisailam ghat road.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Narendra Dabholkar murder: CBI tells Bombay HC its probe is complete

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Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that it has completed its probe into the 2013 killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, and submitted the report to the competent authority for its decision.
The submission came following a query by a division bench comprising Justices A.S. Gadkari and P.D. Naik, which asked whether the investigation into the murder of Dabholkar — who was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013 – was complete.
To this, the CBI counsel, Additional Solicitor-General Anil Singh, said that the investigating officer of the agency has already submitted to the concerned authorities that the probe is over and no further investigation is required.
On Singh’s request, the bench allowed three weeks’ time to the CBI to confirm whether its probe is over to enable the high court to decide whether it should continue monitoring the same.
Singh said that the CBI has carried out the investigation, and no further probe is needed, adding that the IO has also filed his report which is pending before the competent authority. So far, 15 out of 32 witnesses have been examined in the trial, which commenced in September 2021, Singh informed the court.
The court’s order came on a petition filed by Dabholkar’s daughter, who had sought a high court-monitored probe, contending that the CBI investigation was not satisfactory and it had left loopholes in its probe.
The founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), Dabholkar was gunned down while on a morning walk in Pune, allegedly by members of a right-wing group, Sanatan Sanstha.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
DMK slams TN BJP chief Annamalai on edited video of T.R. Baalu

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Monday came out strongly against the BJP state President, K. Annamalai for sharing an “edited video” of party leader and former Union Minister T.R. Baalu’s speech.
DMK IT Wing Secretary and Baalu’s son, T.R.B. Raaja slammed Annamalai for the video.
Annamalai, sharing the video clip on Twitter, said: “DMK men take pride in demolishing 100-year-old Hindu temples. The very reason we want the HR&CE dissolved and want temples freed from the clutches of the government.”
As per the subtitles in the video shared by Annamalai, Baalu has allegedly said: “100 years old temple, I am the person who demolished it. In my home town, in my constituency Saraswathi temple and Lakshmi temple and whats the other god? Parvathy temple. These three temples are located in my constituency are located at the GST road. These three temples were demolished by me. I know that I wouldn’t get votes for it. But I also know how to get votes from the people.”
Raaja said that the BJP state chief was “resorting to cheap division-mongering in the name of religion and it was the only agenda of that party”.
“While cheap division-mongering in the name of religion is the only agenda of silly wannabe mushrooms. While we strive to engage in civil dialogue for the overall well-being of the state, it is sad to see the party which rules a nation give space to immature half baked attention seekers to use a chair occupied by some respectable individuals who fought the political fight based on ideology and programme implementation rather than wanting to feed of the impact of cheap# Fakenews& edited videos.”
Baalu had allegedly made the remarks while criticizing the BJP government for halting the Sethusamudram Ship Canal project.
The project, which proposes to connect the Gulf of Mannar with the Palk Straits, is considered a key to bringing economic prosperity to the state and the country.

The Sethusamudram Ship Canal project which commenced in 2005 was halted after the Sangh Parivar organisations had protested claiming that this would harm the ‘Ram Setu’ bridge, believed to have been built by Lord Rama to reach Sri Lanka.
Annamalai had posted a series of tweets voicing opposition to the Sethusamudram project.
He had said, “We at the BJP will not let this project proceed under alignment 4a (Destruction of Ram Setu will not be allowed for execution for this project)
“@CMOTamilNadu also ignored the advice of Tsunami expert Prof Tad S Murthy, who said the destruction of Ram Setu could cause a Tsunami in this region.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Russia’s Lavrov to participate in G20 foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi

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Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on March 1-2, his deputy said on Monday.
India officially assumed the G20 presidency on December 1.
“Our foreign minister will take part in the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on March 1-2,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told reporters.
As part of the group’s activities, India intends to hold more than 200 meetings in 55 different locations across the country to showcase its cultural heritage, culminating in the annual G20 summit scheduled for September 9-10 in the capital, New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has previously said his country’s G20 presidency will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented.
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the world’s major developed and developing economies.
It comprises Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, the US, and the European Union (EU).
Collectively, the G20 accounts for 85 per cent of the global GDP, 75 per cent of international trade, and two-thirds of the world population, making it the premier forum for international economic cooperation.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023
Saudi: Haj pilgrims can avail option to cancel companions

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Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah has announced that main Haj pilgrims have the option to cancel one of their companions once they have received their receipt for the package they chose, local media reported.
The ministry said the pilgrims cannot replace that companion with a new one, with the issuance of an updated receipt to the Haj applicant after confirmation of the cancellation process.
In addition, the ministry reminded that people visiting Umrah have a 90-day visa period and must respect the expiry date of their visa.
The Haj 2023 is expected to start on June 26 and will take place without COVID-19 restrictions, which will allow for the number of pilgrims before the pandemic.
For the last two years, Saudi Arabia had reduced the number of Muslims allowed to perform Haj to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Haj – one of the five pillars of Islam, which all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform at least once.
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January 30, 2023
Godman Asaram convicted in Gujarat rape case

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Gandhinagar: A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Monday found “godman” Asaram Bapu guilty in a 2013 rape case, and will announce the quantum of punishment on Tuesday.
The Additional District Sessions Court, however, acquitted six other accused in the rape case – Asaram’s wife Lakshmiben, daughter Bharati, Nirmala Lalvani, Meera Kalvani, Dhruvben Lalvani, and Javantiben Chaudhary.
Special Public Prosecutor R.C. Kodekar told media that the victim had registered a case with Surat police, which was transferred to Ahmedabad police in 2013. The Chandkheda police station had registered a case under various section of the IPC, including rape by one or more in group, common intent, unnatural offence, criminal force on women, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation against 8 persons, including Asaram Bapu, and his son Narayan Sai.
While Asaram is presently in Jodhpur jail following conviction in another rape case, a separate trial against Narayan Sai is going on in the Surat court.
Two sisters had filed complaint against Asaram and his son, alleging that between 1997 to 2006, they were raped at the Motera Ashram run by Asaram and his son. The younger sister had lodged a complaint against Narayan Sai and the older against Asaram.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 30, 2023