Day: January 14, 2020

Goh Samrakshana Sala, a unit of Sri Chandrasekarendra Swamigal Trust at West Mambalam, is gearing up for its 43rd year of  Maatu Pongal celebrations 16 January.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Silicon Valley not to bolster China’s ‘Orwellian’ state, two days before the world’s two largest economies sign a partial trade deal. Speaking to a tech-heavy crowd in San Francisco, Pompeo trumpeted the ‘phase one’ deal to tame a two-year trade war but told businesses that they needed to do more.

The 173rd Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival began 11 January and the annual rendering of pancharatna kritis by Carnatic muscians will be held tomorrow (15 January) at Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur. Earlier, the festival was inaugurated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

Residents of Chennai woke up today with smoggy skies as people across the city celebrated Bhogi by lightning a bonfire marking the beginning of the four-day Pongal festival.

The Tamilnadu Chief Minister’s Medals to police and other uniformed services were announced by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today.

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Days after the State Congress accused the DMK of not allocating ”fair number of seats” to it in the civic polls in Tamilnadu, the latter on Monday boycotted a crucial meeting called by the Congress in New Delhi to evolve a strategy against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), leading to speculation that the alliance between the two parties might break anytime.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, leaders of various political parties and people from various walks of lives extended their Pongal greetings to the people of Tamilnadu.

The Kerala government has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act and has sought to declare it as ultra vires the Constitution.