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Do You Know ? :Tamil Super-Star-Rajinikanth Joined 'Twitter'

May 8, 2014, 3:38 am
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The ‘Tamil-Super-Star’-Rajinikanth/Super-Star-Rajini has just completed his latest  movie- ‘Kochadaiyaan’,


which is yet to be released on 23rd May 2014, postponed from the originally planned date 9th May 2014,
both in Tamil and Telugu (as VikramaSimha).
Rajini has started working on his next Tamil movie-‘Lingaa’, named after his second grand-son (Son of Aishwarya and Dhanush)

Rajinikanth so far, has been reserved in his personal matters.

For example, on his birthdays he would not appear in public and go to some remote and private place informing his fans in advance and requesting them not to try to meet or contact him to wish him.

By his intuition or advised by his close family members/relatives and friends, Rajini recently felt that ‘Twitter’ is a social media platform,  which abuzz with all the news and the trends that happen across the globe.

So, Rajini has decided to join ‘Twitter’ to connect with his fans and hear what they would have to say and to share his thoughts, excluding on ‘Politics’ with them.

 ‘Super-Star-Rajini’ has joined ‘Twitter on 5th May 2014.
The Social Corridor ‘Fluence’, a celebrity digital network, will manage ‘Super-Star’-Rajini’s Digital Interests, to further create and leverage the actor's social presence.


Rajinikanth’s first tweet was:

“Salutation to the Lord. Vaṇakkam aṉaivarukkum !!(Respect full Wishes to all) A big thank you to all my fans. Excited on this digital journey.”
Rajni’s further tweets so far are mostly -

"Thank you for being a part of the fan family. Here is an exclusive Kochadaiiyaan poster for you, with a link attached.”

Perhaps, the further tweets are auto-tweets with the same message and link attached, which would have been deleted, by now.

Obviously, the above tweet with 'Kochadaiyaan' poster is only a 'marketing' effort for the movie-'Kochadaiyaan' to be released shortly.

Super-Star’s fans and others can follow the Rajni’s ‘Twitter’ account by simply dialling, or giving a missed call at 080 6700 6666 to access Rajni’s tweets.

Rajanikanth had amassed a record number of followers within a few minutes of his joining
 ‘Twitter, @superstarrajini’ .

On the first day of Rajini’s joining ‘Twitter’, the number of his follower became more than 2.1 Lakhs, which is the fastest among all the Indian Celebrities and among the ‘Top 10-Global Celebrities'

Rajini got 38,000 followers on the first day and has become the only Indian to have over 30000 followers, after ‘Bharat Ratna’-Sachin Tendulkar

Rajini’s  ‘Twitter’- handle- @superstarrajini has been mentioned 1,200 times and his name has been mentioned over 20,000 times since he joined Twitter.

Rajini’s Twitter-Debut Record of the number of followers within the shortest time  has tumbled all prior ‘Twitter’ records set by leading Indian celebrities including the following Bollywood Actors, Actresses and Sportsmen:
  • Amitabh Bachchan,
  • Shah Rukh Khan,
  • Salman Khan,
  • Aamir Khan
  • Deepika Padukone
  • Priyanka Chopra- Femina Miss India-2000 and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty-2000-Turned Actress and Singer
  • Sachin Tendulkar.

Based on the astonishing response to Rajini’s Twitter account by his fans, it is expected that Rajni would cross 10 Lakhs of followers within a week.

Every person who follows ‘Rajini’ on ‘Twitter’ in the first week will receive a ‘Welcome Graph’ and a personalized ‘Welcome Picture’ from him to make the ‘Super-Star-Rajinikanth’s entry into ‘Twitter’ more exciting.

Rajini’s entry into ‘Twitter’ has been reflected in ‘Facebook’-account of 'fans of super star rajinikanth"  and the top headline in ‘facebook’ has been -‘Rajnikanth joins Twitter’

‘Twitter’ has verified the account of ‘Super-Star-Rajini’. The users of ‘Twitter’ on the second day of Rajini’s joinig ‘Twitter’ had got a display of a banner ad asking them to ‘welcome Super Star Rajni’ into ‘Twitter’, as a promotional measure to increase Rajini’s ‘Twitter’ -Followers.


The following data are to have a Comparison ‘Twitter Followers’ of Rajini and Other Indian and Global Celebrities:

  • The Big ‘B’ of Bollywood- Amitabh Bachchan has 86 lakh followers in four years. 
  • Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, who joined Twitter in 2010, has over 70 lakh followers
  • In the year 2011, Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen reached a 10 Lakhs of followers on Twitter within just 25 hours, according to Guinness World Records.
  • American Acttor "Iron Mana' and "The Avengers"- star Robert Downey Jr broke this record by getting 10 Lakhs and 20 Thousand followers in less than 24 hours.
We will have to wait and see how active the ‘Super-Star’-Rajini would be the social media-‘Twitter’.
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The Highlights of Tamilnadu State- XII -Higher Secondary Examinations 2014 Results

May 9, 2014, 9:53 am
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The Highlights of the Class XII Examinations 2014 Results

  • The Total Number of Students Appeared for the Examinations: 8,80,352
  • Date on which the Results were Published: 09th May 2014
  • Overall Percentage of Students Passed in the Exams: 90.6%
  • Percentage of Girls who Passed in the Exams: 93.4 %
  • Percentage of Boys who Passed in the Exams: 87.4 %
  • Ranks of Various Districts in the State of Tamilnadu in the Percentage of Students Passed in the Exams:

Rank/District/Percentage of Students Passed in the District
1/Namakkal /96.59%
2/Viruthu Nagar/96.12%
3/Perambalur/96.12%
4/Thoothukud0/95.72%
5/Kanyakumari /95.14%
6/Coimbatore /94.89%
7/Thirunelveli /94.37%
8/Trichy/94.36%
9/Thiruppur /94%
10/Sivagangai/93.4%
11/Dharmapuri/93.24%
12/Ramanathapuram /93.06%
13/Karur/92.97%
14/Theni/92.74%
15/Madurai/92.34%
16/Chennai /91.9%
17/Salem/91.53%
18/Dindigul/90.91%
19/Thanjavur /89.78%
20/Pudukottai/89.7%
21/Krishnagiri/89.37%
22/Thiruvallur/88.23%
23/Kanchipuram/87.96%
24/Nagapattinam /87.95%
25/Ooty/86.15%
26/Vilupuram/85.18%
27/Vellore/85.17%
28/Cuddalore /84.18%
29/Thiruvarur/83.7%
30/Ariyalur /79.55%
31/Thiruvannamalai /74.4%
32/Puduchery /89.61%
33/Thiruvannamalai/74.4%

The Following is a List of Top Rank holders in the State of Tamilnadu in the Class XII Exams-2014 with Tamil as the First Language:

The First Rank in the State:
Name of the Student:S. Sushanthi, 
Marks Obtained:1193 out of 1200 with Tamil as the First Language.
School: Srivid Mandhir Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Krishnagiri district

The Second Rank in the State:
Name of the Student: AL. Alamelu 
Marks Obtained: 1192 out of 1200, with Tamil as the First Language.
School: Sri Vijayvi Girls Higher Secondary School,  Dharmapuri

The Third Rank in the State:
Shared by 2 Students-


Student: D. Thulasirajan, 
Marks Obtained:1191 out of 1200 with Tamil as the First Language

School:Green Park Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Namakkal

Student: S. Nitya
Marks Obtained: 1191 out of 1200 with Tamil as the First Language
 

School: Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Madipakkam, Chennai

The First Rank among the students with other than Tamil as the First Language:

Shared by 2 Students-

1.Name of the Student: N. Vishnupriya 
Marks Obtained : 1193 out of 1200
School: Bharathi Vidya Bhavan Matriculation Higher Secondary School,Erode

2.Name of the Student: P. Anandhi 
Marks Obtained :1193 out of 1200
School: SV Hindu Girls Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirappalli

Students who have Secured the First Rank in Tamil and English:

  • Tamil/Sushanti/Krishnagiri/198
  • English/Pavithra/Hosur/198

Number of Students Scoring 200 / 200 Marks (100%) in Subject wise:

  • Mathematics: 3882
  • Biology: 652
  • Physics: 2710
  • Chemistry:1693
  • Commerce: 2587
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List of Various Types of Prisons/Jails in India

May 10, 2014, 9:54 am
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In India the administration and the management of the  prisons/jails  in the States are done  by the governments of the states and as per:
  • The 7th Schedule of the Constitution of India-item number 4-under the lists of the states in India,
  • The ‘Prisons Act 1894’,
  •  ‘Prisoners Act 1900’,
  • The Transfer of Prisoners Act of 1950 of the Union Government of India and
  • The ‘Prison Manuals’ of  the respective states.
The Central Government of India will provide assistance to the states in Administration and Management of Prisons for the following:
  • To improve security in prisons,
  • For the repair and renovation of old prisons,
  • For the medical facilities,
  • For  development of borstal schools/minors’ jails,
  • Facilities to women prisoners
  • For vocational training,
  • For modernization of prison industries,
  • For training to prison personnel and
  • For the creation of high security enclosures.
According to ‘The Supreme Court of India’ –Judgements on various aspects of prison administration, 3 broad principles  regarding imprisonment and custody are as given below:
  • A person in prison does not become a ‘Non-Person”
  • A person in prison is entitled to all human rights within the limitations of imprisonment.
  • There is no justification for aggravating the suffering already inherent in the process of incarceration.
The following is a list of types of prisons in India, the number of prisons of each type and the capacity of the prisons:

No./Type of Prison/Description/ Number of Prisons/Capacity of Prisons
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1.    Central Jails/ larger capacity with rehabilitation facilities /123/1,37,249
2.    District Jails/Main prisons in states and union territories not having central jails/333/1,24,768
3.    Sub Jails/Small prisons in Sub-Divisonal levels/809/50,908

4.    Women Jails/For Women only/19/4,271
5.    Open Jails/For specific good convicts-prisoners engaged in Agricultural Activities/44 /3,766
6.    Borstal Schools/Minors’ Jail-Rehabiliation centres-Vocational Training-Education/21/2,218

7.    Special Jails /High security-special arrangements-for  convicts of terrorism, insurgency and violent crimes/ 30 /9,279

8.    Other Jails /Not under the above 7 types/3 / 323
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Total /Types of Jails: 8/Number of Jails:1382/Total Capacity  of Prisoners:3,32,782
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India-16th Lok Sabha -General Elections- 2014-Results-Highlights

May 21, 2014, 7:50 am
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In India , the ‘General  Elections’ were held for the 16th Lok Sabha, in nine phases,  from 7th  April 2014 to 12th May 2014.
The votes polled in the 2014 General Elections were counted and the results were declared on 16th May 2014.

The following are some of the highlights of the results of the General Elections-2014 for the 16th Lok Sabha:

A total number of 814.5 millions of people were eligible to vote in this election and this is the largest ever election in the entire world

A total number of 8 251 candidates contested for 543 Lok Sabha seats

The National Democratic Alliance/NDA led by the Bharatiya Janata Party/BJP had a sweeping victory with  a total number of 336 seats, with the BJP  282 seats

The United Progressive Alliance/UPA led by the Indian National Congress/INC could secures only 59 seats with the Indian National Congress 44 seats

This is the first time after Rajiv Gandhi’s sweeping victory in the year 1984, with 59 seats for the United Progressive Alliance/UPA and Indian National Congress with 44 seats

This is the second worst defeat for the ruling party in any election in India

With the results of the General Elections-2014, the 2-terms rule of the United Progressive Alliance has come to an end

And the 2 terms Prime Minister of India, Dr.Manmohan Singh has bid farewell to the staff and the people of India

Narendra Modi has resigned as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the post held by him for more than 12.5 years

And Narrendra Modi will take over as the Prime Minister of India on 26th May 2014

Narendra Modi will be the first Indian born after India's Independence/Republic, on 17th September 1950, to become the Prime Minister of India.

The following is a list of number of seats contested and number of seats won by the 23 individual parties under the National Democratic Alliance/NDA:

Name of the Party/Number of seats contested/Number of seats won/Remarks

1.    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)/427/282
2.    Shiv Sena  (SHS) /20/18

3.    Telugu Desam Party (TDP)/30/ 16

4.    Lok Janshakti Party  LJP/7/6

5.    Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) /10/4

6.    Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP)/3/3

7.    Apna Dal (AD)/2/2

8.    Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)/8/1

9.    Swabhimani Paksha /SWP/2/1

10.    All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) /1/1

11.    Naga People's Front (NPF) /1/1

12.    National People's Party(NPP) / 1/1

13.    Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK)/14/0

14.    Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)/7/0

15.    Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC)/2/0

16.    Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK)/1/0

17.    Kongu Nadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KNMDK)/1/0

18.    Republican Party of India (Athvale)(RPI-A)/1/0

19.    Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP)/1/0

20.    Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) –RSP(B)/1/0

21.    Kerala Congress (Nationalist)-KC-N/1/0

22.    Mizo National Front (MNF)/1/0
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TOTAL: National Democratic Alliance: 542/336
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The following is a list of number of seats contested and the number of seats won by the  12 individual parties of the United Progressive Alliance/UPA led by  the Indian National Congress/INC:


1.    Indian National Congress (INC)/ 462 /44
  
2.    Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)/28/4

3.    Nationalist Congress Party  (NCP) /23/ /6

4.    Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)/4//2

5.    Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) /2/2

6.    Kerala Congress (KC) /1/1

7.    Rashtriya Lok Dal (RKD) /8/0

8.    Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) /3/0

9.    Mahan Dal (MD)/3/0

10.    Socialist Janata (SJ) /1/0

11.    Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)/1/0

12.    Bodoland People's Front (BPF)/1/0
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TOTAL: United Progressive Alliance/537/59
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The following  is a list of number of seats  won by OTHER -Parties NOT under any of the above 2 alliances: 

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam  (AIADMK):  39/37
AIADMK of Tamilnadu, led by Selvie.J.Jayalalitha  had been under the NDA alliance in the earlier Lok Sabha of 2009-In 2014 Elections AIADMK opted out of the NDA alliance and contested in all the 39 constituencies in Tamilnadu and won in 37 seats, excluding the following 2 won by BJP and PMK:  Ponn.Radhakrishnan  of BJP from Kanniyakumari  and Anbumani Ramadoss  of PMK from Dharmapuri

All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) : 42/34

All India Trinamooll Congress/AITC of West Bengal led by Ms. Mamata Bannerjee was under the UPA alliance in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections- Contested without alliance in the 2014 elections

Biju Janata Dal: 21/20
Biju Janata Dal –Odisha party led by Naveen Patnaik, son of the former Chief Minister of Odisha- Biju Patnaik-Not under any alliance


Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS): 17/11 

TRS of Andhrapradesh-founded by K.Chandrasekara Rao –who was in Chandra Babu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party(TDP)

YSR Congress Party: /25/9 

YSR (Yuvarajana Shramika Rythu/Youth, Labour and Farmer)Congress of Andhrapradesh-founded by Siva Kumar and taken over by Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy, the son of the former Chief Minister of AP, Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) –contested without any alliance

Communist Party of India (Marxist)-CPM (M): 97/9

CPM(M) came separate from the Communist Party of India (CPI)

Samajwadi Party (SP): 210/5

SP is a State Party of Uttar Pradesh (UP) founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav – emerged out from Janata Dal- and SP is a democratic socialist party  mainly representing the interests of a caste grouping called Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

Aam Aadmi Party: 42/4

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched in the year 2012, from Anna Hazare’s  ‘India Against Corruption’-Movement-contested in Delhi Assembly Elections-2013 and won 28 seats out of the total number of 70 seats- AAP formed the State Government of Delhi with the conditional support from the Indian National cogress(INC) –resigned after 49 days, being unable to pass a strong bill to investigate charges against political leaders-contested in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections for 42 seats and won 4 seats

Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party: 6/3

All India United Democratic Front/Assam United Democratic Front: 14 /3/ Party in Assam

Indian National Lok Dal (INLD): 10/2/ INLD is a party in Haryana led by Om Prakash Chautala

Janata Dal (Secular) –JD(S): 25/2

/JD(S) is a party in the state of Karnataka, split from Janata Dal Party, and JD(S) is led by the former Prime Minister of Indi, H.D.Deve Gowda

Janata Dal (United)-JD-U: 40/2

JD-U was started by Socialist Leader George Fernandez with the merger of Sharad Yadav faction of the Janata Dal, the Lok Shakti Party and the Samata Party in October  2003. JD- U is mainly in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand.

The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish  Kumar had resigned as CM of Bihar taking moral responsibility for the poor performance of JD- U in Bihar.

Communist Party of India (CPI): 67 /1

Revolutionary Socialist Party: 1/1

Sikkim Democratic Front: 1/1

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen: 1/1

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)/39/0

Independent: /3

The following 3 are the Independent Candidates who won in the 2014 General Elections:

Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira)- An ex-militant of ULFA- from Kokrajhar- Assam
Malayalam Comedy Actor Innocent-from Chalakkudy- Kerala-Defeating Congress Candidate P.C.Chacko
Advocate Joice George-from  Idukki- Kerala-Defeating Congress Candidate Dean Kuriakose.

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TOTAL: OTHER Parties NOT under any of the above2 Alliances   /148
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Tamilnadu State X Standard-SSLC-Examinations-2014 - Results- Highlights

May 24, 2014, 5:09 am
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The Tamilnadu Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) Examinations / 10th Standard were held from 26th March 2014 to 9th April 2014.  
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This is the third batch of SSLC examinations under the‘Samacheer Kalvi’ –Syllabus.

The results of the TN SSLC Exams-2014 were published on 23rd May 2014.

The results for ‘Private Candidates’ are not published online.

For 'Re-Totaling of Papers:

Students can apply for re-totaling of their papers online from 26th May 2014 to 31st May 2014 and the fees for the re-totaling will be from Rs 205/- to Rs 305/-, depending on the subjects.

Suplementary Examinations For Students Who have Failed:

Supplementary Examinations for the students who have failed in the 2014 Examinations will be held in the last week of June 2014.

Students will have to register for the ‘supplementary examinations’ through their schools and the private candidates will have to register through the examination centres from 26th May 2014 to 31st May 2014 and the Registration Fees for the Supplementary Examinations is Rs 50/- and the Examination Fees is Rs 125/-

The following are some of the highlights of the Tamilnadu State SSLC Examinations 2014-Results:-

Total Number of Students Appeared for the SSLC Exams-2014: 10,20,749 

Percentage of Students who have passed the exams: 90.7%

Percentage of Boys who have passed:93.6%

Percentage of Girls who have passed 89%

First, Second and Third Rank Holders From the Students with Tamil as the First Language:

The ‘First Rank’ has been shared by 19 Students who have scored 499 marks out of 500

Out of the 19 ‘first rank holders’ 18 students are girls

And out of the 19 first rank holders 10 are from the educational district of Dharmapuri

The following 19 Students are the  ‘First Rank Holders’:

S.No/Name of the Student /School / Educational District

1.    Akshaya, Sri Vijay Vidyalaya, Dharmapuri

2.    Krithika/ Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri 

3.    Maivizhi/ Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri
  
4.    Sandya/ Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri

5.    Revathi Aparna/Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri    

6.    Deepti/Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri    

7.    Sri Vandana/Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/ Dharmapuri    

8.    Kavya/ Sri Vijay Vidyalaya/Dharmapuri 
 
9.    Deepti/Senthil Matriculation School/Dharmapuri    

10.    Kayalvizhi/Senthil Matriculation School/Dharmapuri 
 
11.    Varshini/Darapuram/Tiruppur

12.    Bahira Banu/Government School/Pathamadai- Cheranmadevi

13.    Suprita/Tenkasi

14.    Srirathnamani/ Virudunagar

15.    Mahesh (The Only Boy Student- Who Shared the First Rank / Pattukottai

16.    Krithika/ Kallakurichi

17.    Sandhya/Tuticorin

18.    Sanjana/ Mellur- Madurai

19.    Sheron/Satthur  

The ‘Second Rank’ has been shared by 125 Students who have scored 498 marks out of 500

Out of the 125 ‘second rank holders’ 121 are girls

The ‘Third Rank’ has been shared by 321 Students who have scored 497 marks out of 500

'Centums' in Various Subjects:

Number of Students who scored ‘Centums’ in Mathematics:  18,682

Number of Students who scored ‘Centums’ in Science: 69,560

Number of Students who scored ‘Centums’ in Social Science: 26554

In the First Language - Tamil 255 Students have scored 100 out of 100 and

In English 677 Students have scored 100 out of 100

'First Rank Holders'  From the Students with Languages other than Tamil as the First Language:

The Following 3 Students have shared the ‘First Rank’ by scoring 500 marks of 500 (100%) from the students with other than Tamil as the First Language:

Name of the Student / School / District / First Language

Hema Varsini G/Velammal Matriculation School/Chennai/French

Durga Devi/TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School/Madurai/Sanskrit

Vijayamurthy/S.V. from GRG Matriculation Higher Secondary School/ Coimbatore/French
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List of Ministers in Narendra Modi’s NDA-Cabinet- Sworn in on 26 May 2014

May 26, 2014, 12:33 pm
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Narendra Modi was sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of India on 26th May 2014 at 06 00 pm at the 'open forecourt' of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Newdelhi.
Narender Damodhardas Modi

The swearing in ceremony of Narendra Modi was attended by about 4000 persons including the following Indian and Foreign Dignitaries:

Mrs Sonia Gandhi, the President of the ‘United Progressive Alliance’/The ‘Indian National Congress
UPA Chairman Sonia Gandhi

Mr Rahul Gandhi, The Vice President of the Indian National Congress
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
Mrs Pratibha Patil, the former President of India
Pratibha Patil
Mr. Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India
Hamid Ansari
Dr. Manmohan Singh,the outgoing Prime Minister of India who had held the post for 10 years- 2 consecutive terms
Dr Manmohan Singh
Former UnionMinister Mr.P.Chidambaram
P Chidambaram
Former Union Minister Sharad Pawar,
Sharad Pawar
Former Union Minister Praful Patel
Praful Patel
Dr APJ Abudl Kalam, the former President of India
APJ Abdul Kalam
Ms Meira Kumar, the former Speaker of Lok Sabha
Meira Kumar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder and the Spiritual Guru of the ‘Art of Living’
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Mr Mukesh Ambani& Mrs Nita Ambani
Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani
Mr Uddhv Thackeray, the Chief of the ‘Shiv Sena’ party
Uddham Thackeray
Ms Hemamalini, Bollywood Actress/Member of Parliament of Mathura Constituency
Hemamalini
Mr Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu&Kashmir
Omar Abdullah
Navin Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius
Navin Ramgoolam PM of Mauritius
Mr Nawaz Shariff, the President of Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif President of Pakistan
Mr.Jitan Ram Manjhi, Chief Minister of Bihar
Jitan Ram Manjhi CM of Bihar
Mr.Sushil Koirala, the Prime Minister of Nepal
Sushil Koirala PM of Nepal
Mr.Tshering Tobgay, the Prime Minister of Bhutan
Tshering Tobgay PM of Bhutan
Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka
Mahinda Rajapaksa President of Srilanka
Ms.Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, The Speaker of Bangladesh
Ms Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Speaker of Bangladesh
Mr. Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai President of Afghanistan
Leaders from SAARC Nations

The swearing in ceremony of Narendra Modi and a team of ministers started exactly at 06 00 pm with the "National Anthem".

The ceremony ended exactly at 07 30 pm as scheduled, with the 'National Anthem'.



Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India administered and governed the ‘oath of office’ and the ‘oath of Secrecy’ to Narendra Damodhardas Modi/Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India. Narendra Modi took the oaths in Hindi and in the name of God
Narendra Modi Taking Oath of Office and Oath of Secrecy

After Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India, Ministers in his Cabinet ( 23 Cabinet Ministers, 10 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 12 Ministers of State - a total of 45 Ministers, were sworn in.

The portfolios allocated to the ministers are as given below. 

Narendra Modi will be the Prime Minister  and he will look after the following portfolios:
  • Personnel, 
  • Public-Grievances, 
  • Pensions,
  • The Department of Atomic Energy and 
  • The Department of Space.
Also, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to any of the ministers.

List of 23 Cabinet Ministers:

S.No./Name of The Minister/Portfolio

1.    Mr.Rajnath Singh/Home Affairs
Rajnath Singh

2.    Ms Sushma Shivraj/Externer Affairs & Overseas Indian  Affairs (The First Woman Minister to hold the portfolio)
Sushma Shivraj
3.    Mr.Arun Jaitly/Finance, Corporate Affairs and Defence
Arun Jaitley
4.    Mr.M Venkaiah Naidu/Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs
Venkaiah Naidu
5.    Mr. Nitin Jayram Gadkari/Road Transport and Highways,  Shipping
Nitin Gadkari
6.    Mr. D.V.Sadananda Gowda/Railways
7.    Ms Uma Bharti/: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
8.    Dr Mrs Najma Akbarin Heptulla/ Minority Affairs
9.    Mr.Gopinath Munde/Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Drinking Water&Sanitation
10.    Ramvilas Paswan/Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
11.    Kalraj Mishra/ Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

12.    Mrs Menaka Gandhi /Women and Child Development
13.    Mr.Ananth Kumar/Chemicals and Fertilizers
14.    Mr.Ravi Shankar Prasad/Communications and Information Technology & Law and Justice
15.    Mr.Ashok Gajapathi Raju (TDP)/Civil Aviation
16.    Ananth Geete (Shiv Sena)/: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
17.    Ms Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD)/Food Processing Industries
18.    Mr.Narendra Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh/Mines & Steel,  Labour& Employment
19.    Mr.Jual Oram of Odisha/Tribal Affairs
20.    Mr.Radha Mohan Singh/Agriculture
21.    Mr.Thawar Chand Gehlot/Social Justice and Empowerment
22.    Ms. Smriti Irani (38 years old-the youngest in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet)/Human Resource Development
23.    Dr Harshvardhan/Health and Family Welfare

List of 10 Ministers of State with Independent Charge:

S.No./Name of the Minister/Portfolio

1. Gen.(Rtd) .V.K.Singh-The  Former Army Chief Gen. (Retd.)/
Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) &
MoS for-External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs


2. Mr.Inderjit Singh Rao/
Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) &
MoS for Defence

3. Mr.Santhosh Kumar Gangwar/Textiles (Independent Charge) &
MoS for  Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

4. Mr.Shripad Naik/Culture (Independent Charge) & Tourism (Independent Charge)

5. Mr Dharmendra Pradhan/
Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)


6. Mr.Sarbananda Sonowal/
Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)


7. Mr.Prakash Javadekar/
 Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) &
MoS for Parliamentary Affairs


8. Mr.Piyush Goel/Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge) & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)


9. Mr.Jitendra Singh/
Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge) &
MoS for Prime Minister Office Personnel, Public Grievances &; Pensions Department and Atomic Energy and Department of Space


10.Ms. Nirmala Seetharaman/
Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge) &
MoS for Finance and  Corporate Affairs

List of 12 Ministers of State:

S.No./Name of the Minister/Portfolio

1.    Mr.G.M. Sidheswara/Civil Aviation
2.    Mr. Manoj Sinha/Railways
3.    Mr.Nihal Chand/Chemicals and Fertilizers
4.    Mr.Upendra Kushwaha//Rural Development, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water and Sanitation
5.    Mr.Pon Radhakrishnan (The Lone BJP MP from Tamilnadu)/Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
6.    Mr.Kiran Rijiju,  MP from Arunachal West/Home Affairs
7.    Mr.Krishan Pal Kujar/Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
8.    Dr.Sanjiv Kumar Baliyan/Agriculture & Food Processing Industries
9.    Mr.Mansukhbhai  D Vasava/Tribal Affairs
Mansukhbhai D Vasava
10.    Rao Saheb Dhadha RaoDanve/Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Raosaheb Dhadharao Danve
11.    Mr.Vishnu Deo Sai/Mines, Steel & Labour and Employment
Vishnu Deo Sai
12.    Mr. Sudarshan Bhagat/Social Justice and Empowerment
Sudarshan Bhagat
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Educational Qualifications of Ministers in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet

May 29, 2014, 8:55 pm
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In India, the requirements/qualifications required to become a Member of Council/M.C., Member of Legislative Assembly/M.L.A., Member of Parliament/M.P. are as below:
  • The Person must be a Citizen of India and
  • And his/her age must not be less than 25 years.
The requirements for becoming any of the M.C., M.L.A. or M.P. do not include any specific or minimum Educational Qualification/s.

The Ministers in the State Governments will be appointed from among the elected M.L.A.’s and the Ministers in the Union Government will be appointed from among the elected or appointed  M.P.’s.

So, the requirements for becoming a Minister in any State Government in India and a Minister in the Union Government of India are the same as those for becoming M.L.A’s and M.P.’s.

And consequently, no specific or minimum educational qualifications are stipulated for becoming a Minister in State or Union Government of India.

The following is a list of ‘Educational Qualifications’ of the Ministers in Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, which has recently been sworn in along with Mr.Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India:
Name of the Minister/Educational Qualifications

Prime Minister Narendra Modi/Master of Arts (Political Science), Gujarat University
Rajnath Singh/MSc (Physics)
Arun Jaitley/ BCom, LLB
Sushma Swaraj  BA, LLB
D V Sadanana Gowda/LLB
Nitin Gadkari/LLB

M Venkaiah Naidu/LLB
Smriti Irani/B.Com. (Incomplete)/Higher Secondary
Maneka Gandhi/The Indian School Certificate/ISC,equivalent to 12th Standard/Higher Secondary

Uma Bharti/6th standard
Najma Heptullah/ MSc, and PhD (Cardiac Anatomy)
Harsimrat Kaur Badal/Diploma in Textile Designs
Ram Vilas Paswan/MA, LLB
Gen. VK Singh – Graduate (NDA), MSc (Defence Studies)-Madras University-1983,Master in Strategic Studies- Army War College, Eastern University of Pennsylvania- 2001, Ph.D - Barkatullah University, Bhopal- 2014

Ananth Kumar/LLB
Anant Geete/Matriculation
Nirmala Sitharaman/ MA and MPhil(International Studies), Ph.D.
Harsh Vardhan/ MBBS, MS
Jual Oram/Diploma in Electrical Engineering
Kalraj Mishra/ MA
Gopinath Munde/ BCom and BGL (Bachelor of General Law)- New Law College,Yogeshwari University, Pune
Narendra Singh Tomar/BA

Radha Mohan Singh/BA -MS College, Bihar University
Inderjit Singh Rao/LL.B. -Delhi University -1974
Jitendra Singh / MBBS-University of Madras & University of Jammu
Kiren Rijiju / B.A.-1994, L.L.B.- Delhi University- 1998
Krishan Pal Gurjar/ B.A.-Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Faridabad-1978, LLB-Meerut University,
Manoj Sinha/ Bachelor Of Technology/B.Tech.-Kashi Hindu College, Varanasi-1979
Nihalchand /Graduate- Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Raisinghnagar 1995
Piyush Goyal/BCom, LLB, FCA
Prakash Javadekar / B.Com(Honours)
P. Radhakrishnan/ B.A.-V.H.N.S.N College, irudhunagar, Madurai-1974, B.L.-Madras law college in Chennai -1979
Santosh Kumar Gangwar/B.SC.-Agra University, LL.B- Rohilkhand University
Shripad Yesso Naik/B.A.-Bombay University
Sudarshan Bhagat/Graduate-Kartik Turav College, Gumla Ranchi University, Ranchi-1990

Sarbananda Sonowal/LL.B.-GU Law College, Guwahati University

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan- - Ph.D.(Veterinary Anatomy)

Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati/ 10th Standard-Hyderabad Public School, Osmania University -1968
Ravi Shankar Prasad/ MA, LLB
Thawar Chand Gehlot/ B.A.
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List of States and Union Territories of India As On 02 June 2014

May 31, 2014, 10:59 pm
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India is a Federal Union of States, with 29 States and 7 Union Territories as on 02nd June 2014.

The Following is the List of the 29 States and the 7 Union Territories of India As On 02nd  June 2014:
List of States of India:

S.No./ Name of The State/The Capital City of the State/Date of Formation of the State

1/Andhrapradesh/Hyderabad (Joint Capital of Andhrapradesh and Telangana States) /01st November 1956

2/Arunachal Pradesh/Itanagar/20th February 1987

3 /Assam/Guwahati/15th August 1947

4/Bihar/Patna/01st April 1936
 
5/Chhattisgarh/Raipur/01st November 2000
 
6 /Goa/Panjim/30th May 1987

7/Gujarat/Gandhinagar/01st May 1960

8/Haryana/Chandigarh (Joint Capital of Haryana and Punjab States and an Union Territory)/01st November 1966
   
9/Himachal Pradesh/Shimla/25th January 1971

10/Jammu& Kashmir/Srinagar in summer and Jammu in Winter/26th October 1947

11/Jharkhand/Ranchi/15th November 2000

12/Karnataka/Bangalore/01st November 1956

13 /Kerala/Thiruvananthapuram/Trivandrum/01st November 1956

14/Madhya Pradesh/Bhopal/01st November 1956

15/Maharashtra/Mumbai/01st May 1960

16/Manipur/Imphal/21st January 1972

17/Meghalaya/Shillong/21st January 1972

18/Mizoram/Aizawl/20th February 1987
   
19 /Nagaland /Kohima/01st December 1963
  
20/Odisha(Earlier-Orissa)/Bhubaneswar/01 April 1936
 
21/Punjab/Chandigarh (Joint Capital of Haryana and Punjab States and an Union Territory)/01st November 1966
  
22/Rajasthan/Jaipur/01st November 1956

23/Sikkim/ Gangtok/16th May 1975

24/Tamil Nadu( Earlier-Madras)/Chennai(Earlier-Madras)/26th January 1950

25 /Tripura/Agartala/21st January 1972

26/Uttar Pradesh/Lucknow/26th January 1950

27/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/09th November 2000

28/West Bengal/Kolkata (Earlier-Calcutta)/01st November 1956

29/ Telangana/ Hyderabad (Joint Capital of Andhrapradesh and Telangana)/02nd June 2014- The Andhrapradesh State has been bifucated and a new state named "Telangana" has been formed.

Bifurcation of the State of Andhrapradesh and Formation of a New State-Telangana:

 The State of Andhrapradesh has been under the 'President's Rule' from 01st March 2014, as the Chief Minister of Andhrapradesh Mr.Kiran Kumar Reddy of the Indian National Congress/INC, resigned when the Union Government of India decided to bifurcate the state and form a new state-'Telangana'.

Assembly Elections- 2014 were held for  the States of Andhrapradesh and Telangana,  along with the Lok Sabha Elections 2014.

The Telugu Rashtria Samithi of Mr.K.Chandra Shekar Rao won majority of the seats in Telangana and Mr.K.Chandra Shekar Rao will take over as the Chief Minister of the newly formed State of Telangana on 02nd June 2014.

The Telugu Desam Party/TDP-BJP alliance won majority of the seats in Seemandara. Mr.Chandrababu Naidu of TDP will take over as the new Chief Minister of re-organized Andhrapradesh State on 08th June 2014. 
On 02nd June 2014 the State of Andhrapradesh is being bifurcated into 2 States of:
  • Telangana.( Newly Formed 29th State of India- North Andhrapradesh including Hyderabad States of Medak and Warangal Divisions) and
  • Andhrapradesh (Royalaseema and Coastal Andhrapradesh- Called Seemandara /South and East of Andhrapradesh,the Residual parts of Andhrapradesh, excluding Telangana)
 The City of Hyderabad, will be the common /joint capital city of both the States of Andhrapradesh and Telangana for 10 years.

And the Andhrapradesh High Court will be the common High Court for both the States of Andhrapradesh and Telangana.

 The Reorganized Andhrapradesh State will be given "Special Status" for 10 years.

As on 02nd June 2014, the total number of States of India is 29 with the addition of the State of "TELANGANA".

List of Union Territories of India:

S.No./Name of the Union Territory/Date of Formation of the Union Territory

1/Andaman &  Nicobar Islands/    Port Blair /01st November 1956
 
2/Chandigarh/Chandigarh-Joint Capital of Haryana and Punjab States and an Union Territory) /01st November 1966

3/Dadra&Nagar Haveli/Silvassa /11th Augut 1961

4/Daman& Diu/Daman /30th May 1987

5/Lakshadweep/    Kavaratti /10th November 1956
 
6/National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) /Delhi/1857/1911

7/Puducherry/Pondicherry /01st Julyl 1963  

Related Reading:

Formation of New States in India 
 (Posted on  04th January 2010)
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List of Dignified and Popular-"Alumnis" of St.Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli/"Josephites"

June 3, 2014, 9:16 pm
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St.Joseph’s College, Celebrating its 170 years in 2014, has produced a number of geniuses.

The following celebrities have been included in the ‘Role of Honour’ of the college:

Name of the Alumni(Old Student/’Josephite)/Position Held by the Josephite

  • Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam/ Atomic Scientist & President of India
  • Mr.N Gopalaswamy/Chief Election Commisioner of India
  • Justice A R.Lakshmanan /Judge, Supreme Court of India


  • Dr. (Fr.) S.Ignacimuthu, S.J. / Vice Chancellor,University of Madras

  • Mr.N.Vittal/Chairman, Telecom, New Delhi

  • Mr.Raja Chelliah /Director,Central Intelligence Bureau(CBI)
  • Mr.A.X.Alexander , I.P.S./Director General of Police/ DGP, Tamilnadu 
  • Justice Kalibullah Khan/Judge, High Court, Chennai
Justice P.Shanmugam/Judge, High Court, Kerala

Dr.L.Kannan/     Vice-Chancellor/VC, Thiruvulluvar University, Vellore

Dr.C.Thangamuthu /Vice Chancellor/ VC, Bharathidasan University, Trichy

Dr.K.Marimuthu / Vice Chancellor,Bharathiyar University,Coimbatore
 Prof.V.S.Ramamurthy /Chairman,Board of Governors to IIT, New Delhi

Mr.C.N.Ramadoss/Secretary, Ministry of Health, Union Government of India

Mr.S.S.Vaidyanathan /    Director, Gas Authority of India, Delhi

Mr.P.N.Vittal Dass IRS /    Additional Director General,Revenue Intelligence, Chennai


Dr.T Ramasami/    Secretary,Department of Science & Technolgy, Government of India

Dr.Paul Rodrigues /Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research/ IGCAR.

Mr.M.R.R.Nair/     Director, Steel Authority of India/SAIL

Mr.J.Radhakrishnan /Vice-President, Bank of America

Mr.G.P.Muniappan /Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India/RBI

Dr.Ramamoorthy /Neuro Surgeon, Chennai

Dr.Kalyanaraman /Neuro Surgeon, Chennai

Justice Kanagaraj /Judge, High Court, Chennai

Justice Ashok Kumar /Judge, High Court, Chennai
 Dr.S.Rengarajan /Director, Indian Space Research Organization/ ISRO, Bangalore
The Following are some of the Notable Alumni of St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli:

Name of the Josephite/Position Held

  • Mr.Kumaresan Duraisay(Mr. Nepoleon) /Tamil Cinema Actor & Minister of State (MoS) for Social Justice and Empowerment in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's UPA-II Cabinet.

  • Mr. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar/ Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1983
  •  Sir Chandrashekhar Venkat Raman/Nobel Laureate, 1929, Physics.

  • Mr.Sandilyan, Tamil writer
  • Mr.S.Rangarajan @ ‘Sujatha’-Tamil Writer (Class-mate of Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam)
  • Mr.Vasanth/Tamil Cinema Director

  •  Mr.A.E.Manohar (Ceylon Manohar)/Tamil Actor & Pop-Singer



  • Mr.S.P.Asokan/ Appelate Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Cuddalore

Er. D. Varadharajan/Chief General Manager/CGM of Tamil Nadu Circle of BSNL

 Dr. V. Murugesan/ Head Of Department of Chemistry of the College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai

Mr. D.Irudayasamy/Deputy General Manager/DGM of BSNL

Mr.Parthasarathy Rajan/ Accounts & Management, Senior Officer with Securities & Exchange Commission, USA

Justice. S. Ashok Kumar, Judge, Madras High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court

Srirangam Kannan, Morsing Vidwan, Carnatic Musician

Mr.S.Anthuvan Asokan/S.A. Asokan/ Tamil Actor (Villain)

Mr.Prabhu Solomon/ Cinema Director
 Mr. A. J. John/Chief minister of Travancore-Cochin

Mr. G.B. Subramanian/General Manager Southern Region, Airports Authority of India

Related Reading:

St.Joseph's College-Pride of South India-170 years of Service For "Truth and Goodness"
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A Biography of a Famous Indian - Political Leader- 'Bharat Ratna'- “Chakravarthi Raja Gopalachari”/ Rajaji

July 8, 2014, 4:13 am
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Name:  Chakravarthi  Rajagopalachari / C.Rajagopalachari
Known As:  C.R./ Rajaji / "Moodharignar" in Tamil Meaning  "Elderly Wise Man" Rajaji / Mango of Salem

Occupations:  Lawyer, Indian Independence Activist, Politician, Writer and Statesman

Date of Birth: 10th December 1878

Place of Birth:

Thorappalli Village, Salem District of Madras Presidency-
Thorappalli Village is now in Krishnagiri District of Tamilnadu State, at 6 kms from Hosur Town.
Father:  Mr. Chakravarti  Venkatarya  Iyengar- Munsiff of Thorapalli Village

Mother:  Ms.Singaramma

Education:  Central College, Bangalore / Presidency College, Madras

Date of Death: 25th December 1972 at Chennai

Rajaji In Politics: 
After education Rajaji had practiced as a lawyer and was a successful advocate and earned a lot of money and fame.

Then, Rajaji was interested in public service and entered into the Indian Political field.

Rajaji had been a devoted member and a strong leader of the Indian National Congress / INC and he was close to Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhai Patel.

Rajaji had been along with the top leadership of the INC in many important and crucial  matters and suggested solutions to the problems faced by the high command of the INC..

Rajaji had been in the Government of the INC in various high profile capacities, including Governor, Union Cabinet Minister and Premier of Madras Province and Chief Minister of the State of Madras.

However, Rajaji was having  differences of opinions with the leaders of the Indian National Congress / INC, including Mahatma Gandhi.

Rajaji was against Mahatma Gandhi's / INC's 'Quit India' Movement and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's army activities in the Indian Freedom Struggle.

Basically, Rajaji differed from them in the concept / approach of  'getting'  freedom / independence from the 'British Rule' and the modes of freedom struggle.

However, Rajaj had  been in the INC and he was given respect and importance by the party and he had been given key posts in the Government of INC.

In the year 1959, Rajaji resigned from INC and formed his own political party by name  ‘The Swatantara Party’ and his party contested against the INC in the General Elections of 1962, 1967 and 1972.

Rajaji was instrumental in forming an “United Anti-Congress Front” in the Madras State under the leadership of ‘Perarignar’ C.N.Annadurai,the founder leader of the political party ‘Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’ / DMK.

The Madras/Tamil Nadu State's Local Party-DMK came to power in the State of Madras in the 1967 elections with a large majority and displaced the INC from the Ruling Chair of the State of Madras / Tamilnadu.

The DMK could become the ruling party of the State of Madras due to many factors, such as the people's wish to have an alternative to the Congress Rule, inspired by the thought provoking speeches of 'Perarignar- C.N.Annadurai, and the support of the popular Tamil Silver Screen Hero- M.G.Ramachadran / MGR and by the support of Rajaji and his supporters.

After 1967 the Indian National Congress / INC could not become the ruling party in the State of Madras / Tamilnadu.

Only, the local  Dravidian Political Parties, especially, the DMK of C.N.Annadurai & M.Karunanidhi and the All India Anna Dravina Munnetra Kazhagam /AIAMDK of MGR & Ms. J.Jayalalithahave been dominating in the state's politics and the 'Vote Banks'..
Position Held By Rajaji in Indian Government:

Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari/Rajaji  had held the following Posts in the Government of India
(Right From the President of Municipality To The Governor General of India:
  • President of the Salem Municipality
  • The First Premier of Madras Presidency From 14th July 1939 To 09th October 1939
  • Governor of West Bengal  From 15th August 1947 To 1948
  • Last Governor General  of India, From 21st June 1948 To 26th January 1950, succeeding the late British Governor General of India-Lord Mountbatten, during his visit to his home country Britain. (Rajaji is the first, last and the only Indian who had been the 'Governor General of India', as the post itself was removed after India became  'Republic'. )
  • Indian Union Minister of Home Affairs From 26th December 1950 To 25th October 1951
Award/Honour  to Rajaji:


Rajaji has been respected by all the politicians of India and he  has been considered as one of the 'rarest of rare politicians' / leaders  in the true sense even in those days, despite his gross differences of opinions with the INC leaders and  many other Indian political leaders.

The name of Rajaji has been given to many roads in different parts of India and many parks and public places have been named after 'Rajaji'.

The highest civilian award of the Union Government of India  the “Bharat Ratna” was conferred on Rajaji along with Dr.S.Radhakrishnan and Sir C.V.Raman in the year 1954,  when the award was first instituted and awarded.
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On 26th January 1955, the Republic Day of India, Rajaji received the ‘Bharat Ratna’ Award from the first President of India Babu Rajendra Prasad.
Rajaji has been Praised and /or Criticized  for many of his bold and drastic steps taken and changes made by him in the State of Madras as detailed below:
In March 1938,  Rajaji  introduced the “Agricultural Debt Relief Act” to ease the burden of debt on the province's peasant population.

Rajaji  issued the “Temple Entry Authorization and Indemnity Act 1939”, under which restrictions were removed on Dalits and Shanars entering Hindu temples.
 Subsequently, in the year 1939,   the Madurai Meenakshi Temple  was opened to the people of all castes including Dalits and Shanars.
Rajaji introduce “Liquor Prohibition” and banned the sale and use of ‘Alcohol’ in the province of Madras,causing a heavy loss to the Government.

Rajaji introduced ‘Sales Tax’ to compensate the loss incurred by the Government due to ‘prohibition of alcohol’.in the State of Madras.

As a result of Rajaji’s closure of liquor shops in the State of Madras, the revenue  to the government declined and hundreds of government primary schools were closed down.


Rajaji felt that  because of the full day long school education system, the students who were from families having own skilled business / trade.could not learn the skills of the  trade of their parents.
  
So in the year 1953, he introduce a new Primary Education System known as the "Modified System of Elementarry Education", with reduced syllabi and with only 3 hours of classes per day to enable the students to learn their family trade / business /vocation at home,  in the remaining time of the day.
However, the revised primary education scheme of Rajaji was criticized as ”Kula Kalvi”/ ”Caste-based Education” or “Hereditary  Education” by the opposition parties, especially by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of C.N.Annaduarai.
Rajaji introduced  ‘Compulsory Hindi’ in Indian Educational Institutions and ‘Anti Hindi’ violent protests were kindled and consecutively many protestors were arrested and 2 protestors, ‘Thalamauthu Nadar ‘and ‘Nadarasan ‘were killed in the violence.
When Rajaji had been the Chief Minister of the undivided ‘Madras State’ demands for a separate state for Telugu speaking people of the Madras state were intensified.

Rajaji as the Chief Minister of Madras along with Jawaharlal Nehru had been firm in not allowing linguistic segregation of the states of India .

However, an Indian Independence Activist and a Social Worker of Madras Potti Sriramulu died on 15th December 1952, in the prolonged and continuous fasting/hunger strike in support of the demand for a separate state for Telugu speaking people of the Madras state
 Subsequently, on 01st October 1953, on the eve of the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi,  (02nd October ) the fore-runner of ‘Satyagraha’/Fasting-Hunger Strike for demand for independent India,‘Andhra State’  was  created with the  Telugu-speaking districts of Madras, Kurnool as the capital of the Andhra State.

Rajaji  did not allow the demands  for having the Madras City in the new Andhra State.

Also,  Rajaji was firm in not allowing the new 'Andhra State' to have Madras as the temporary capital of the new Andhra State / Common capital  of both the new Andhra State and the remaining Madras state)

The Following are some of the Works in the Field of Literature of Rajaji:
  • Rajaji formed ‘Tamil Scientific Terms Society’  a society for coining new Tamil words in the various branches of Science, namely, Botony, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy and  Mathematics in  the year 1916
  • Rajaji published his daily diary notes from 21st December 1921 to 20th March 1922 the period of his imprisonment by the British Government in the form of a book named  “Siraiyil Thavam”/’ Mediatation in Jail’ in English in the year 1922.
  • Rajaji wrote an abridged form of the Tamil Version (Translation from the Original Sanskrit)  of the epic ‘Mahabharata’ in the year  1951 and of the epic‘Ramayana’ in the year 1957.
  • Rajaji wrote a Tamil version of the Sanskirt epic “Ramayana” as a serial in the Tamil Weekly Magazine ‘Kalki’ from 23rd May 1954 to 06th November 1955.
  • The episodes of Rajaji’s Tamil 'Ramayana' were published as a book named  ”Chakravarthi Thirumagan’, which  won the ‘Sahitya Academy Award’  in Tamil Language to Rajaji in the year 1958
  • Rajaji translated Kambar’s Ramayanam in Tamil into English in the year 1961.
  • Rajaji translated the Divine TamilPoetry written by Thiruvalluvar“Thirukkural”- into English
  • Rajaji has written  books on the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads in English
  • Rajaji has written on Socrates, and Marcus Aurelius in Tamil
  • Rajaji is one of the founders of the ‘Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’   an organization dedicated to the promotion of 'Education and Indian culture.  In the year  1959 the ‘Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’  published Rajaji’s book: "Hinduism: Doctrine and Way of Life".
Devotional SongsBy Rajaji:

  • Rajaji composed the popular  Hindu-Religious Carnatic Song  devoted to Lord Venkateshwara  “Kurai Ondrum Illai- Marai  Moorthy Kanna”, which is sung in all the Carnatic Concerts and Religious Functions held in the State of Tamilnadu. The above devotional song has been sung by many singers, including the popular Carnatic Singer ' Bharat Ratna' Ms. M.S. Subbulakshmi has sung the song.
  • Rajaji composed a ‘Benediction Hymn’ sung by Ms.M.S.Subbulakshmi at the United Nations General Assembly, in the year 1967.
Quotes By Rajaji:

“If India's government is to be an institution integrated with her people's lives,if it is to be a true democracy and  not a superimposed western institution staged in Indian dress,religion must have an important and recognized place in it  with impartiality and reverence for all the creeds and denominations prevailing in India.”-
-C.Rajagopalachari

“What is wanted to save parliamentary democracy is an opposition that will operate not privately and behind the closed doors of the party meeting, but openly and periodically through the electorate.”-
-C.Rajagopalachari
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Indians -Watch LIVE Telecast of FIFA 2014 -Brasil -World Cup Foot Ball Matches

July 10, 2014, 1:58 am
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(Update on 14th July 2014: GERMANY Became The Champion of the "FIFA - World Cup 2014" -Brazil with the Score: In Full Time: 0-0 and in Extra Time : 1-0 and ARGENTINA became the Runner-Up)
 
(Update on 13th July 2014: Netherlands took the THIRD Place by defeating Brazil with the score in the Full Match: 3-0 and Brazil has been placed at the FOURTH Place)


FIFA World Cup Foot Ball Tournaments: 

Federation of International Football Associations/FIFAWorld Cup Matches are being conducted from the year 1930.

And the FIFA Tournaments had been held once in every 4 years, except in 1942 and 1946 because of the Second World War.

The 20th FIFA World Cup Foot Ball Tournament-2014, hosted by Brazil has been conducted from 12th June 2014.(till 13th July2014)

A total number of 32 International Foot Ball Teams are participating in the FIFA 2014 World Cup.

India in FIFA World Cup Foot Ball: 

India is one of the 209 Member Countries of the Federation of International Football Associations / FIFA. from all the continents of the world

India has not yet become eligible for participation the World Cup Foot Ball right from 1930, when the I FIFA World Cup Tournaments were started with 13 International Foot Ball Teams.

Unfortunately, India is not in the 32 participant countries, in the 20th FIFA World Cup.

Let us hope that the Sports Ministry of the present Indian Government of Narendra Modi will watch the sad situation of India in Foot Ball and take necessary steps to make India to participate in the future World Cup Foot Ball Matches.

However, thanks to the Federation of International Football Associations / FIFA and the All India Football Federatio/AIFF, it is a solace to the wounded hearts of the Indian Football Fans, the U-17 FIFA (Under 17 years for Juniors) World Cup Tournament will be hosted by India in the year 2017.

Watch LIVE Telecast of the FIFA 2014 World Cup Foot Ball Matches:

However, Indians interested in Sports and especially 'Foot Ball Fans' in India, will be interested to know about the Final Results of the ongoing World Cup Foot Ball Tournament.

The FIFA 2014 Foot Ball World Cup Matches are telecast in Sony Six TV Sports Channel  and many football fans are watching the interesting matches.

As the Indian Time is ahead by 08 Hours and 30 Minutes from the Brazil time, as and when the Foot Ball Matches are held at Brazil by 05 00 pm, the time at India is 01 30 am of the next day ( After Midnight of the Day of the Match at Brazil)

Semi Final Matches:

The First Semi Final Match Between:

Brazil and Germany 

Held at Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, on 09th July 2014, Wednesday at 01 30 am (Indian Time)  was LIVE telecast by the Sony Six TV Sports Channel from 12 30 am

In the First Semi Final, Germany won the match and became eligible for the Finals with a Record  Score in the Full Time: 7-1 and a Record of 5 Goals in the First half, the first time in the history of FIFA World Cup Matches.

The Second Semi Final Match Between:

Netherlands and Argentina 

Held at  Arena de Sao Paulo, on 10th July 2014, Thursday  at 01 30 am (Indian Time) was telecast LIVE on the Sony Six TV Sports Channel from 12 30 am

In the Second Semi Final,  Argentina won the match and became eligible for the Finals with the following score:
In the Full Time & Extra Time: 0-0 and
In the Penalty Free Kicks: 4-2

Indians To Watch LIVE the Pending 2 Matches To be Played in FIFA 2014 World Cup Foot Ball:

The Match between the Losers of the Semi-Finals for the 3rd place and the Finals Match for the World Cup between  Germany and Argentina are yet to be played.

(Update on 13th July 2014: Netherlands took the THIRD Place by defeating Brazil with the score in the Full Match: 3-0 and Brazil has been placed at the FOURTH Place)

Match For the THIRD Place:


On  13th July 2014, Sunday  at 01 30 am (Indian Time)

Brazil and Netherlands

To be held at  Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha will be telecast LIVE on the  Sony Six TV Sports Channel from 12 30 am on 13th July 2014 Sunday

The Finals Match for the FIFA 2014 World Cup Tournament: 

The Finals Match between

GERMANY and ARGENTINA

Will be Held at Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

(On 13th July 2014 Sunday Evening at 04 00 pm- Brazil Time)  On 14th July 2014 Monday at 12 30 am (Indian Time) and

the SONY SIX TV Sports Channel will telecast on "FIFA 2014 -Brasil"-and the LIVE telecast of the Finals Match,  from 10 30 pm on 13th July 2014 Sunday.  (The Finals Match will begin at 12 30 pm)

Argentina and Germany are meeting in the FIFA World Cup Finals for the 3rd time.

In 1986 Mexico Argentina won and in in 1990 Italy Germany won.

And Guess who will win  in 2014 Brazil  GERMANY  or ARGENTINA??

It is very difficult to guess correctly.  So, be prepared to sacrifice your 'early to bed' at the end of your nice week end and sit back at ease and watch the Finals in LIVE  in your TV, from 10 30 pm on 13th July 2014, Sunday or check for the results on Monday morning.

I hope that you will not fall asleep while watching the match, which will be really interesting, if you are interested in 'Foot Ball"

(Update on 14th July 2014: GERMANY Became The Champion of the "FIFA - World Cup 2014" -Brazil with the Score: 
In Full Time: 0-0 and in 
Extra Time : 1-0 and 
ARGENTINA became the Runner-Up)
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The Following is a List of Winner, Runner, the Third Place and the Fourth Place of the FIFA World Cup Foot Ball Tournaments Held From the year 1930 Till 2014:


Year /Host /Winner/Finals Score/Runner-up /Third place /Fourth place /Number of teams

1930/ Uruguay /Uruguay /4–2/Argentina /United States /Yugoslavia /13

1934/ Italy /Italy /2–1/Czechoslovakia /Germany /Austria /16

1938/France /Italy /4–2 /Hungary /Brazil /Sweden /16/15

1950/ Brazil /Uruguay/Brazil /Sweden /Spain /16/13

1954/ Switzerland /West Germany /3–2 /Hungary /Austria /Uruguay /16

1958/ Sweden /Brazil /5–2 /Sweden /France /West Germany /16

1962/ Chile/Brazil /3–1 /Czechoslovakia /Chile/Yugoslavia /16

1966/ England /England /4–2/West Germany /Portugal /Soviet Union /16

1970/ Mexico /Brazil /Italy /West Germany /Uruguay /16

1974/ West Germany /West Germany /2–1 /Netherlands /Poland /Brazil /16

1978/Argentina /Argentina /3–1/Netherlands/Brazil /Italy /16

1982/ Spain /Italy /3–1 /West Germany     /Poland /France /24

1986/ Mexico /Argentina /3–2 /West Germany /France /Belgium /24

1990/ Italy /West Germany /1–0 /Argentina /Italy /England /24

1994/ United States /Brazil /0–0(3–2p)/Italy /Sweden /Bulgaria /24

1998/ France /France /3–0 /Brazil /Croatia /2–1 /Netherlands /32

2002/ South Korea&  Japan /Brazil /2–0  /Germany /Turkey /South Korea /32

2006/ Germany /Italy /1–1/France /Germany /Portugal /32

2010/ South Africa /Spain /1–0/Netherlands /Germany /Uruguay /32

2014/ Brazil /Germany & Argentina in Finals/ Brazil and Netherlands for 3rd and 4th Places/32
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Narendra Modi's New Scheme For Eradicating 'Financial Untouchability' in India

August 28, 2014, 11:12 am
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Narendra Modi’s NDA Government has launched a new scheme of opening bank accounts to the people of India, aiming at eradicating ‘financial touchability’ prevailing in the country even after 68 years of independence of India.

While the ‘Father of the Nation'-Mahatma Gandhi struggled  to remove 'Social Untouchability' in India, Narendra Modi wishes to get rid of  'Financial Untouchability' in India.

The scheme strongly believes that every person in India should be connected to the financial system by opening bank account to every Indian, who is not having any bank account till now, as the first step towards joining them in the economic mainstream.


The Scheme  will cover 7.5 crores if Indians, by 26th January 2015, the next Republic Day of India, and the account holders would be provided‘zero-balance’ bank account with ‘RuPay Debit Card’, Life Insurance cover of Rs 30,000/- and an accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh. Later the account holders will be provided an overdraft facility of up to Rs 5,000/-.


On 28th August 2014, the inaugural day of the scheme, a record 1.5 crore bank accounts were opened across the country, the largest such exercise on a single day possibly anywhere in the world.
The scheme of Narendra Modi is named as “Pradhan Mantri’s Jan Dhan Yojana”./"PMJDY"



The 'PMJDY' may not/cannot eradicate poverty in India/Financial Untouchability in India,by the next Republic Day of India.

However, you may appreciate the good and small beginning of some noble idea and the scheme will be providing not only banking facilities to the poor Indian, but also, Personal Insurance and Accidental Insurance benefits.

The scheme may add medical benefits/cash free medical treatment also to the poor Indians.

It is notable and appreciable that the scheme is not named after any of the past or living leaders, as is usually done by the Union Government of India and many of the State Governments in India.

Hats off! Narendra Modi!!
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List of States in India With "Prohibition of Liquor/Alcohol" In Force

September 11, 2014, 2:13 am
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In connection with Prohibition of Liquor/Alcohol in India you may refer to Article 47 of the Constitution of India, reading as :  "The State shall endeavor to bring about Prohibition of the use (of Alcohol) except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health."
However, Prohibition of Liquor/Alcohol is in force in Full Or in Part, only in the following States and Union Territories of India as on date:
  • Gujarath/Non-Residents of Gujarat can apply for limited Liquor Permits
  • Karnataka/ Arrack is banned since 1st  July 2007
  • Maharashtra(For drinking in Maharashtra,  a person should carry a liquor license obtained from Govertment Civil Hospital. The drinking age is 30 years in Wardha district.)
  •  Manipur ( Enforced in Parts of the State -Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishnupur districts of Manipur, from 1st April 1991)
  • Meghalaya
  • Nagaland
  • Punjab and Haryana/ The Punjab Excise Act, which also extends to Haryana, prohibits establishments from employing "women in any part of such premises in which such liquor or intoxicating drug is consumed by the public".
  • Union Territory of Lakshasweep. (However, Consumption of Liquor/Alcohol is Allowed in the Island of Bangaram of the Lakshadweeps) 
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands (It is illegal to sell or supply any liquor to Andamanese, Nicobarese or any other Scheduled Tribes.)
  • Kerala ( Planning to Implement Prohibition of Liquor in a Phased Manner since April 2015) Arrack is banned in Kerala since 1996.  Drinking age in Kerala was raised from 18 to 21 in July 2011.  From  1st  April 2015, liquor will only be sold at 5-star hotels. However, toddy will continue to be sold as before.
In all the other States and Union Terrritories in India, Prohibition of Liquor is not in force and the following is a list of Minimum Age For Drinking in various States of India:

State/ Union Territory/Drinking Age
  • Andhra Pradesh /21    
  • Arunachal Pradesh/21   
  • Assam /21    
  • Bihar/21
  • Chandigarh /25
  • Chhattisgarh /21    
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli     /25   
  • Daman and Diu     /25   
  • Delhi /25   
  • Goa /18    
  • Haryana /25    
  • Himachal Pradesh /18   
  • Jammu and Kashmir /21
  • Jharkhand /21    
  • Karnataka /18
  • Kerala/21
  • Madhya Pradesh /21    
  • Mizoram /21   
  • Orissa /21    
  • Puducherry/18    
  • Punjab /25   
  • Rajasthan/21    
  • Sikkim/18    
  • Tamil Nadu /21
  • Telengana /21    
  • Tripura/    21    
  • Uttar Pradesh /18
  • Uttarakhand /21    
  • West Bengal /21
In the States of India without prohibition of Liquor/Alcohol there are some ‘Dry Days’ including some of the National Holidays such as:
  • Independence Day/15th August
  • Republic Day/26th January
  • Gandhi Jayanthi/02nd October  and
On and around the Election Days

In all the States in India

And

Some of the Religious Festival Days in various States such as:
  • Holi
  • Diwali
  • Good Friday
  • Dusserrah
  • Muharram
  • Milad un Nabi
  • Ramzan
  • Mahavir Jayanthi
  • Sri Rama Navami
  • Guru Nanak Jayanthi
  • Buddha Poornima
  • Krishn Janmashtami
  • Maha Siva Rathiri
  • Vallalar Jothi Day
  • Thiruvalluvar Day
However, service of liquor in licensed bars, 5 Star hotels, clubs and restaurants is permissible even on dry days except on three national holidays.

As mentioned above, the State Government  of Kerala  has planned to implement the prohibition of liquor/alcohol in a phased manner.

However, the Supreme Court of India is hearing a 'stay petition' on the implementation of prohibition in the state of Kerala.

See again the Article 47 of the Constitution of India reading:

 "The State shall endeavor to bring about Prohibition of the use (of Alcohol) except for medicinal purposes of intoxicating drinks and of drugs which are injurious to health."

Will the' Father of the Nation' -Mahatama Gandhiji's Dreams, especially on "Complete Prohibition of Liquor/Alcohol" in India come true?
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IRCTC will send SMS for Confirmation of Wait-Listed Tickets to the Mobiles of Passengers

March 3, 2014, 9:25 am
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While booking for train tickets in India, the wait-listed passengers have to find out the status of their ‘waiting list’-tickets by:
  • visiting the website of the ‘irctc’ via internet,for bookings done online,
  • visiting the ‘indianrailinfo’ website for pnr status via internet,
  • by contacting ‘irctc’ via the telephone number:’139 and /or by sending SMS with the 10 digits pnr number to the irctc-at ‘139
  • and looking into the chart prepared by the railways displayed in the railway stations and pasted on the coaches
Hereinafter, the passengers need not do any of the above to know the status of their waitlisted train tickets.

The Indian Railways will send the status message/SMS to their mobile phones, as and when the waitlisted tickets get confirmed.
The software for the above ‘SMS’-based service has been developed by the "Centre Fof Railway  Information System"  /CRIS, the technological arm of the Indian Railways.
The process of the ‘SMS’ alert for confirmation of waitlisted tickets had been in a trial stage and test confirmation messages for confirmed waitlisted tickets had been sent by the Indian Railways since last ten days.

In the above such 'Test'-SMS confirmation process, along with the coach and berth numbers of the confirmed 'WL' tickets,  wrong messages  had been sent to some of the passengers that “CHART PREPARED” when actually the chart had not been prepared.  However, again the same confirmation SMS had been repeated as and when the chart was actually prepared.

The preparation of chart is a vital factor for the passengers to decide on cancellation of some of the tickets booked by them. Let us hope that the IRCTC would take care to rectify the above error of 'chart prepared' message, as and when the chart is not prepared.

According to the Indian Railways, the actual ‘SMS’ alert of confirmation of 'Wait Listed Tickets' has commenced w.e.f.03rd March 2014.

The Indian Railways passengers would feel relived from tension and be happy with the Indian Railways' SMS confirmation of Wait Listed Tickets.
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Biography of a Famous Tamil Lyricist-"Makkal Kavignar"-Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram

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Name: Kalyanasundaram
Makkal Kavignar Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram
PopularlyKnown As: Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram/Makkal Kavignar/ Pattukkottaiyar

Date of Birth: 13th April 1930

Place of Birth:  Sengapaduthankadu Village, Pattukkottai, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India

Father: Mr. Arunachalam Pillai- Agriculturist and A Tamil Folk Poet

Mother: Mrs. Visalakshi Ammal.

Date of Death: 08th October 1959 (At the Age of 29)
Today, the 08th October 2014 is the 56th Death Annivarsay of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram.

Education: No Formal Education/Not Attended School

Occupation: Tamil Poet/Tamil Cinema Lyricist.

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, who was basically an agriculturist/ a farmer, had been doing various jobs and small business/trade activities before he finally became a lyricist.

The young boy Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, with a passion to learn Tamil,  went to Pondicherry and learnt Tamil Language from Bharathidasan.

So, Paavendhar Bharathidasan is the only teacher of Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram who became ‘Makkal Kavignar’ without formal school education.

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram had also worked for some time in the Tamil Magazine-“Kuyil” run by Bharathi Dasan.
Paavendhar Bharathidasan


The young man Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram  wanted to become an actor and  joined “Sakthi Nataka Sabha” through the  actor Mr.T.S.Durairaj.

After the ‘Sakthi Nataka Sabha’ was dissolved in the year 1953, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram had joined ‘Sivaji Nataka Mandram’ in Chennai.

Pattukkottaiyar had been acting in the dramas and also  wrote songs for the dramas.

During that period, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram became a close friend of the famous Tamil Cinema Villain  actor O.A.K. Thevar, who also had been acting in dramas.

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram, being 6 feet tall, acted as ‘Raja Guru’ in the Tamil Drama-“Kaviyin Kanavu” in the year 1951.

Pattukkottaiyar had  struggled very hard to enter the cinema field as a lyricist.

Moulded by the hardships faced by him in personal life, Pattukkottaiyar gained a wide experience and a deep  knowledge of the  realities of life, which were reflected in his songs and poems.

Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram became a close friend of the Communist Leader Comrade Jeevanandham.

Pattukkottaiyar’s poem was published in the Communist Party News Paper “Jana Sakthi” in the year 1954 with the help of Comrade Jeevanandham.

Also, Pattukkottaiyar got the chance of writing the lyrics for the stage plaly of T.K.Balachandran “Kannin Manigal” with the help of Comrade Jeevanandham.

Pattukkottaiyar  also acted in the drama "Kannin Manigal" as a police man.
Comrade P Jeevanandham
After the year 1954, Pattukkottaiyar became a full time lyricist in the Tamil Cinema field.

Pattukkottaiyar wrote his first song for the Tamil film ‘Paditha Penn’ in the year 1954 and the film was released only in the year 1956.

And the second film ‘Maheswari’ for which he wrote lyrics was released in the year 1955.

After the release of the hit film ‘Paasa Valai’ in the year 1956, Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram became a popular Tamil Cinema Lyricist.
Paasavalai 1956
In the year 1957 and 1958 Pattukkottaiyara had written many hit songs for both the popular Tamil heroes of that time, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan.

MGR had been supporting "Perarignar" C.N.Annaduarai and his party 'Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam'/DMK and in his Tamil movies MGR had been spreading the policies of  "Anna" by his acting and songs.

Also by MGR's popularity, ‘Perarignar’ Annadurai's party  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/DMK could come to power in the State of Tamilnadu.

And also,  MGR himself became the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu because of his popularity earned through his movies, especially by the image created in the minds of the people by the songs in his films.

 Many of the songs written by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram for MGR had been instrumental in the growth  of  MGR's popularity.

After the sudden and the untimely unfortunate demise of the 'Makkal Kavignar' , 'Kaviyarasar' Kannadasan continued the task of upholding the popular image of MGR by the songs written exclusively for the purpose in the subsequent MGR movies.

The following is a list of Tamil MGR Movies For which Pattukkottaiyar wrote hit songs:
  • Chakravarthi Thirumagal,
  • Mahadhevi,
  • Nadodi Mannan,
  • Arasilangkumari,
  • Thirudadhe,
  • Vikramaadhithan and
  • Kalai Arasi.
The following is a list of Tamil Sivaji Ganesan Songs for which Pattukkottaiyar wrote hit songs:
  • Rangoon Radha,
  • Ambikapathi,
  • Pudhaiyal,
  • Makkalai Petra Magarasi,
  • Uthama Puthiran,
  • Padhi Bhakti,
  • Aval Yar ?,
  • Bhaaga Pirivinai,
  • Thanga Padhumai,
  • Irumbu Thirai and
  • Punar Jenmam.
Pattukkottai Kalyana Sundaram had written Songs for Tamil Cinemas and also his songs had been used in Tamil Cinemas even after his demise because of the quality of the songs of Pattukkottaiyar.

Pattukkottiyar wrote songs on various aspects of life, including philosophy, romance, love and his songs are on  revolutionarly thoughts, reality of life, socialism, hard work and unity etc.

The following is a list of some of the hit/popular Tamil Cinema Songs written by Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram:
  • "Thoongaathe Thambi Thoongaathe", in MGR's 'Naadodi Mannan'
    Thoongaathe Thambe Thoongaathe Song Still in MGR's Naadodi Mannan
  • "Chinna Payale Chinna Payale Sethi Keladaa"- in MGR's 'Arasilankumari',
    Chinna Payale Chinna Payale Sethi Kelada Song Still in MGR's Arasilankumar
  • Thirudaathe Paappa Thirudaadhe in MGR's 'Thirudaadhe'
    Thirudaathe Paappa Thirudaathe Song Still in MGR's Thirudaathe
  • Ethanai Kaalamdhan Emaatruvaar Indha Naattile in MGR's 'Malaikkallan',
    Ethanai Kaalamdhan Emaatruvaar Indha Naatile Song Still in MGR's Malaikkallan
  • Endrum Thunbamillai Ini Sogamillai in Sivaji Ganesan's 'Punar Jenmam',
  • Thulladha Manamum Thullum in Gemini Ganesan's 'Kalyaana Parisu',
  • Seyyum Thozhile Dheivam in L.Vijayalakshmi Starring 'Aalukkoru Veedu',
    Seyyum Thozhile Deivam Song Still in Aalukkoru Veedu
  • Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga in Sivaji Ganesan's 'Pudhayal' for  J.P.Chandra Babu,
    Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga Song Still in Pudhayal
  • Thayathu Thayathu in MGR's 'Mahadevi',
Thayathu Thayathu Song Still in MGR's Mahadevi

  • Veedu Nokki Odi Vandha Ennaiye Naadi Nirkkudhe Aneka Nanamaiye in Sivaji Ganesan's 'Pathi Bakthi',
  • Aadai Katti Vandha Nilavo in T.R.Mahalingam's- 'Amudhavalli'
  • Vaadikkai Marandhadhum Eno,
  • Kaiyile Vaanginen Paiyile Podule Kasu Pona Idam Theriyala,
Honours and Awards Given to “Makkal Kavignar”-Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram:
  • "Bharathi Dasan Award" (Posthumously Given) in the year 1981 by “MGR”-the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.
MGR The Chief Minister of Tamilnadu in 1981

  • Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram’s literary works were declared nationalized by the State Government of Tamilnadu/by Selvi J Jayalalitha, the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.
    Selvi J Jayalalithaa CM of TN in 1993
    A Memorail Structure in the name-“Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Manimandapam” was erected in Pattukkottai and was inaugurated by Dr.M.Karunanidhi, the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu in the year 2000.
    Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram Manimandapam


    To sum up the life story of Makkal Kavignar, we can say, as he himself had once told to the pressmen, Kalyanasundaram, who was born in a farmer's family, had walked on foot, did hard work in various jobs and business activities, traveled by bus and train and after becoming a popular cinema lyricist, started traveling in taxis.

    Had the popular kavignar lived still for more years, he would have traveled in  his own cars and flights, in course of time.

    Unfortunately, the popular lyricist Makkal Kavignar Pattukkottai Kalyanasundaram passed away all of a sudden just  like a meteor in the sky  when he was raising to the top of fame.
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      Do You Know You Can Book Train Tickets From Your Android Smart Phone Using "IRCTC CONNECT"?

      October 14, 2014, 6:28 am
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      Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation/IRCTC has launced a new and free ‘Android App’ called “IRCTC CONNECT”,
       to enable the Android Mobile Phone Users to book train tickets using their smart phones with ‘Android 4.1 and higher.
      New Users may register for ‘irctc connect’ from their android mobile/smartphone from ‘Google Play Store India’ and start using the application for booking train tickets, cancellation of booked tickets,checking pnr status, and trains’ schedules.
      The existing ‘irctc’ users can use their login id and use ‘irctc connect’ after downloading the free aps in their smart phones. After verification of ‘irctc’ login details the ‘irctc connect’ app will allow the user to procedd further in the above activities.
      The new app ‘irctc connect’ is user-friendly and the user can search for lists of trains, and book tickets by selecting the required train, class etc. giving the details of the journey such as from station to station, number and name of the train, name’s of the  passengers, date of journey etc. and book for tickets and or/ cancel the booked tickets, as done in online booking using internet in computers and mobile phones.
      However, ‘irctc connect’ cannot be used from 08 00 am to 12 noon, the timing of the first day of 60 days in advance booking, from 08 00 am and during the tatkal booking timings, from 10 00 am to 12 noon.
      It is notable that the ‘irctc connect’ application for ‘Blackberry Smartphones’ are functioning from August 2014 and the application for the ‘Windows Phones’ have been functioning from the year 2013.
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      Highlights of Indian Union Railway Budget for the year 2015-16

      February 27, 2015, 3:50 am
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      The following are the key areas of ‘thrust’ of the Indian Union Railways Budget 2015-16:

      • Indian Railways to become the prime mover of economy again
      • Resources mobilization for higher investments
      • Decongestion of heavy haul routes and speeding up of trains- emphasis on gauge conversions, doubling, tripling and electification
      • Projects Delivery
      • Passengers’ amenities
      • Safety
      • Transparency and System Improvement
      • Indian Railways to continue to be the preferred mode of transportation for the people and
      • Sustainabilty
      The following are the Goals for Indian Railways to transform over next five years :
      • To deliver a sustained and measurable improvement in customer experience.
      • To make Rail a safer means of travel.
      • To expand Bhartiya Rail 's capacity substantially and modernise infrastructure.
      • To increase daily passenger carrying capacity from 21million to 30 million: increase track length by 20% from 1,14,000 km to 1,38,000 km: grow our annual freight carrying capacity from 1 billion to 1.5 billion tonnes.
      • To make Bhartiya Rail financially self -sustainable. Generate large surpluses from operations not only to service the debt needed to fund our capacity expansion, but also to invest on an on-going basis to replace our depreciating assets.
      The Following are some of the Highlights of the Indian Union Railways Budget for the year 2015-16:

      • There is NO INCREASE or NO DECREASE in Passenger Railway Fares
      • There are no Details of New Trains and Increased Frequencies of Trains in the budget and the same will be announced later after review in the Parliament
      • Rs 8.5 Lakshs Crores will be invested in Railways in the next 5 years
      • Advance Reservation of tickets can be made 120 days/4 months in advance
      • Unreseserved Tickets can be purchased within 5 minutes, by ‘Operation 5 Minutes’ Scheme
      • A New Department for Cleanliness will be formed and professional agencies will be engaged and the railways staff will be trained in integrated cleaning
      • Bio-Toilets and Airplane-Type Vaccum Toilets will be fitted in trains
      • More toilets will be provided in Railway stations
      • Disposable Bed linen will be designed by NIFT and bed linen can be booked online
      • Surveillance cameras will be fixed in selected coaches and ladies compartments for women's safety without compromising on privacy
      • Wi-Fi will be provided in more Railway Stations- in all B Category Stations
      • Mobile Phone Charging Facilities will be provided in all compartments of all the trains, including the General Compartments
      • Wheel Chairs for Senior Citizens can be booked online
      • Satelite Railway Terminals will be set up in major cities
      • Centrally managed Rail Display Network will be introduced in more than 2000 Railway stations in the next 2 years
      • All India 24/7 Helpline: 138 from March 2015 and Toll Free No For Security: 182
      • 3438 Railway crossings will be replaced by construction of 917 Road Under Bridges and Over Bridges at a cost of Rs 6581 crores
      • 4 Railway Research Centers will be started in 4 Universities
      • Capacity in identified trains will be augmented to run with 26 coaches
      • More General class coaches will be added in identified trains
      • National Institute of Design/NID will design user friendly ladders for climbing upper berths in Sleeper 
      • Quota of lower berths for senior citizens will be increased
      • Travelling Ticket Examiners/TTE’s will be instructed to help senior citizens, pregnant women and differently-abled persons in obtaining lower berths
      • The Middle bay of coaches will be reserved for women and senior citizens
      • The newly manufactured coaches will be Braille enabled
      • The coaches will be built with wider entrances for the ease of differently-abled passengers
      • Speed of 9 railway corridors to be increased from existing 110 kmph to 160 kmph and from 130 kmph to 200 kmph
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      Highlights of the Indian Union Budget For the Year 2015-16

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      The Indian Union Finance Minister Honble. Arun Jaitley presented the Budget for the year 2015 -16 in the Parliament on 28th February 2015.
      The Following are the Brief Outline and a Key Highlight of the 2015 Budget:-
      The following ‘Broad Themes’ have been adopted while finalising the Tax Proposals in the Budger 2015:
      • Measures to curb black money;
      • Job creation through revival of growth and investment and promotion of domestic manufacturing and ‘Make in India’;
      • Minimum government and maximum governance to improve the ease of doing business;
      • Benefits to middle class taxpayers; 
      • Improving the quality of life and public health through Swachch Bharat initiatives; and
      • Stand alone proposals to maximise benefits to the economy.
      From “Jan Dhan” to “Jan Suraksha”:
      • Based on the success of "Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana", a universal Social Security System for all the Indians, especially the Poor and the Under-Previleged will be created, as a large proportion of Indians are without Insurance of any kind, whether Health, Accidental or Life.
      • “Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana” will be launched soon to cover accidental death risk of Rs 2 Lakhs for a premium of Rs 12/- per annum.
      • “Atal Pension Yojana” which will provide a defined pension, depending on the contribution, and its period will be launched. To encourage people to join this scheme, the Government will contribute 50% of the beneficiaries’ premium limited to `1,000 each year, for five years, in the new accounts opened before 31st December, 2015.
      • “Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana” will be launched  which will cover both natural and accidental death risk of `2 lakhs.  The premium will be `330 per year, or less than one rupee per day, for the age group 18-50.  
      • The unclaimed deposits of about Rs 3,000 Crores in the PPF and approximately  Rs6,000 Crores in the EPF corpus will be utilized for the creation of a “Senior Citizen Welfare Fund” which will be used to subsidize the premiums of vulnerable groups such as old age pensioners, BPL card-holders, Small and Marginal Farmers. 
      • Out of about 10.5 Crores of population of senior citizens in the country, more than 1 Crore are above the age of 80 years, out of whom about 70% live in Rural areas and a large number of them are in the ‘Below Povery Line’ Category/BPL. A new scheme for providing Physical Aids and Assisted Living Devices for Senior Citizens living below the Poverty Line.
      • To implement ‘Direct Transfer of Benefits”/DBT, Jan Dhan,Aadhar and Mobile (JAM-Trinity) will be used to transfer benefits of various schemes to the beneficiaries without leakage and in a cashless manner.
      • 100% Tax Deductions For Contributions to ‘Swachh Bharat Kosh’, other than by way of CSR contributions and for the contributions for the ‘Clean Ganga Fund’ will be allowed as the initiatives for the 2 ‘Clean India’ Schemes.
      • As the year 2022 will be the “Amrut Mahotsav”- the 75th year of India’s independence, the vision of ‘Team India’, led by the States and guided by the Central Government should include:
      • A roof for each family in India-  ‘Housing for all’ by the year 2022 – with 2 crore houses in urban areas and 4 crore houses in rural areas to be built by ‘Team India  
      • Each house in the country should have basic facilities of 24-hour power supply, clean drinking water, a toilet, and be connected to a road.  
      • At least one member from each family should have access to the means for livelihood and, employment or economic opportunity, to improve his or her lot.  
      • Complete Electrification, including by off-grid solar power generationof the remaining 20,000 villages in the  country by the year 2020
      • Connecting each of the 1,78,000 unconnected habitations by all weather roads,which will  require completing 1 Lakh kms of roads currently under construction plus sanctioning and building another 1 Lakh kms of roads. 
      “Yoga” being a well known gift of India to the world, “Yoga” will be included within the ambit of charitable purpose under Section 2(15) of the Income Tax Act.

      A National Data Base of the “Non Profit Organisations” will be developed. The ceiling on receipts from activities in the natural trade, commerce or business by genuine charitable institutions will be raised from the existing Rs 25 Lakhs to 20%.

      Tourism
      India’s 25  Cultural World Heritage Sites require restoration of facilities, including:
      • landscape restoration, 
      • signage and interpretation centres, 
      • parking facilities, 
      • access for the differently abled persons, 
      • visitors’ amenities, including securities and toilets, illumination and plans for benefiting communities around them. 
      Resources will be provided  to start work along the above lines for the following Heritage Sites:
      • Churches & Convents of Old Goa
      • Hampi, Karnataka
      • Elephanta Caves, Mumbai
      • Kumbalgarh and other Hill Forts of Rajasthan
      • Rani ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat
      • Leh Palace, Ladakh, J&K
      • Varanasi Temple town, UP
      • Jalianwala bagh, Amritsar, Punjab
      • Qutub Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad, Telengana
      Highlights of Indian Union Budget- TAXES- for the year 2015-16:-

      DIRECT TAXES:
      • Abolition of Wealth Tax
      • Rate of Corporate Tax will be reduced to 25% over next four years.
      • For Individuals, HUFs,AOPs, BOIs, Artificial Juridicial persons, Firms, Co-operative Societies and Local Authorities having Income exceeding Rs 1 Crore a surcharge @12% will be levied.
      • For domestic companies having income exceeding Rs 1 Crore and upto Rs 10 Crores a surcharge of 7% and for income exceeding 10 Crores a surcharge of 12 @ will be levied.
      • For Foreign Companies having income exceeding Rs 1 Crore and upto Rs 10 Crores a surcharge of 2% and for incomes exceeding Rs 10 Crores a surcharge of 5% will be continued to be levied.
      • Surcharge @ 12% will be levied on Additional Income Tax payable by Companies on distribution of Dividends and Buy Back of Shares or by Mutual Funds and Securitsation Trusts on distribution of income
      • Education Cess on Income Tax @ 2%-for fulfilment of the commitment of the Government to provide and finance universalised quality based education and 1% of additional surcharge- ‘Secondary and Higher Education Cess’ on Income Tax will be continued to be levied.
      • There is NO CHANGE in the Personal Income Tax-Exemption Limits or the Rates of Income Tax
        The following are the details of Personal Income Tax Exemption Limits and the Rates of Personal Income Tax for the year 2015-16:

        For Individual Residents Below 60 years of Age: 

        Exemption Limit: Rs 2.5 Lakhs/Upto Rs 2.5 Lakhs: NIL/From Rs 2 50 001/- To Rs 5 Lakhs: 10%/From Rs 5 00 001/- To Rs 10 Lakhs: 20%/From Rs 10 00 001/- and Above: 30%

        For Individual Senior Citizens Above 60 years of Age:
        Exemption Limit: Rs 3 Lakhs/Upto Rs 3 Lakhs: NIL/From Rs 3 00 001/- To Rs 5 Lakhs: 10%/From Rs 5 00 001/- To Rs 10 Lakhs: 20%/From Rs 10 00 00/- And Aobe: 30%

        For Individual Super Senior Citizens Above 80 years of Age:
        Exemption Limit: Rs 5 Lakhs/Upto Rs 5 Lakhs: NIL/From Rs 5 00 001/- To Rs 10 Lakhs: 20%/From Rs 10 00 001/- and Above: 30%

        For Other Individuals:
        Exemption Limit: Rs 2 Lakhs/Upto Rs 2 Lakhs: NIL/From Rs 2 00 001/- To Rs 5 Lakhs: 10%/From Rs 5 00 001/- To Rs 10 Lakhs: 20%/From Rs 10 00 001/- and Above: 30%

        The following are some of the Additional Benefits/Relaxations made available to Individuals Tax Payers:
        • Transport Allowance Exemption Increased from Rs 800/- pm to Rs 1600/- pm
        • Health Insurance Premium Deduction Limit Increased- -from Rs 20 000/- to Rs 30 000/- for Senior Citizens and -from Rs 15 000/- to Rs 25 000/- for others and Super Senior Citizens above 80 years of age, who are not covered by Health Insurance will be allowed a Deduction of Rs 30 000/- towards Medical Expenses and 
        • For Senior Citizens, the Deduction limit  with respect to specified decease of serious nature enhanced from Rs 60 000/- to Rs 80 000/-
        • For Differently Abled Persons an Additional deduction of Rs 25 000/ will be  allowed  
        • Deduction on account of Contribution to a Pension Fund and the New Pension Scheme Increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 Lakhs
        • Additional deduction of Rs 50000 for contribution to the new pension scheme u/s 80CCD 
        • Payments to the beneficiaries including interest payment on deposit in Sukanya Samriddhi scheme to be fully exempt.
        INDIRECT TAXES:
        • SERVICE TAX has been Increased in some Services already in the “Service Tax net” and Decreaed some of the Services and many new Services have been covered in the Service Tax net.
        • To facilitate a smooth transition to levy of tax on services by both the Centre and the States the present rate of Service Tax pluls Educational Cesses  from 12.36 per cent to a Consolidated Rate of 14%.
        • Excise and Customs Duties have been Increased in some selected Services and Commodities and Decreased in certain other selected Services and Commodities.
        Due to the impact of the Increase/Addition and Decrease of the above Indirect Taxes the price of the related Services and Commodities/End Products are most likely to get Increased or Decreased accordingly.

        The Following Services will become COSTLIER as they have been brought under the Sales Tax net in the Budget 2015:
        • Food at Restaurants
        • Stay in Hotels
        • Air Travel
        • Cable TV
        • DTH Services
        • Beauty Parlour Charges
        • Courier Service
        • Credit/Debit Cards Related Services
        • Dry Cleaning of Clothes
        • Stock Broking
        • Assets Management
        • Insurance
        The following Commodities/End Products will become COSTLIER as the Excise/Customs Duties have been Increased in the 2015 Budget:
        • Completley built Imported Commercial Vehicles- As the effective basic Customs Duty Increased from 10% to 20%
        • Plastic bags and Sacks- As the Tariff rate of Excise Duty Increased from 12% to 18%
        • Cement- As the Excise Duty Increased from Rs 900 per Tonne to Rs 1000 per Tonne
        • Aerated, Flavoured Drinks and Packaged Drinking Water- As the Excise Duty Increased from 12% to 18%
        • Air Travel by Business and Executive Class- As Service Tax will be payable on 60% of the cost of Higher Classed
        • Visits to Amusement and Theme Parks and Music Concerts- As they will come under Service Tax net
        • Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products
        The following are some of the goods and services that will be CHEAPER due to the Decrease of Excise/Customs Duties in the 2015 Budget:
        • Leather Footwear Priced Above Rs 1000/- per pair- As the Excise Duty Reduced From 12% to 6 %
        • Packaged fruits and vegetables- As pre-cooling, ripening, retail packing and labelling of these items have been exempted from Service Tax.
        • Locally made Mobile Phones, LED/LCE Panels, LED Lights and Lamps-As Excise Duty on the above have been cut
        • Tablet Computers
        • Microwave ovens - As a key component, ‘magnetron’ has been exempted from basic customs duty which was  5 per cent earlier
        • Refrigerators- As import duties on various components have been reduced
        • Solar Water Heater- As Excise duty of 12%  on the item without CENAVAT Credit and 12.5% with CENAVAT Credit  has been made NIL
        • Agarbattis- As the Excise Duty  is fully exempted on the captively consumed intermediate compound during the manufacture of agarbattis
        • Pace-Makers- As specific materials used in the manufacture of pace-makers will be exempted from duties 
        • Ambulance and ambulance services – As Excise duty on chassis of such vehicles has been cut to 12.5 per cent from 24 per cent, and all ambulance services provided to patients are being exempted from service tax
        • Visits to Museums,Zoos, National Parks, Wild Life Sanctuaries and Tiger Reserves- As they are exempt form Service Tax
        The Indian Union Finance Minister Honble Arun Jaitley in the beginning of his Budget Speech said: “Kuch to phool khilaye humne, aur kuch phool khilane hai/Mushkil yeh hai bag me ab tak, kaante kai purane hai”- Meaning: “We have blossomed some flowers and have to grow many more. But we are facing difficulty with some legacies” 

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        “Aadhaar Card” is NOT MANDATORY/COMPULSORY in India- Supreme Court of India

        March 16, 2015, 9:45 am
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        The Supreme Court of India has reiterated on 16th March 2015, that :

        • “Aadhaar” is NOT MANDATROY/COMPULSORY and it is only VOLUNTARY/OPTIONAL 
        • No person should be denied any benefit or “suffer” for not having the Aadhaar Cards issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India/UIDAI
        • The  Supreme Court India has issued a stern warning to the Government, on learning that many Government Authorities still insist on “Aadhaar” for providing Government Subsidies and basic services to ordinary citizens and stressed that the authorities and officials who insist on ‘Aadhaar” card will be taken to task.
        Earlier, on 20th October 2013, the Supreme Court of India restrained the Government of India from issuing ‘Aadhaar’ cards to immigrants living in India without proper identification and made it clear that no citizen should be denied benefits for non possession of the ‘Aadhar Card’.

        Again on 24th March 2014, the Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India to withdraw all notifications making ‘Aadhaar Cards’ mandatory for availing benefits under social securtiy schemes.
        It is notable that, the LPG companies have started insisting on ‘Aadhaar Card” and “Aadhaar Card- Linked Bank Account” for availing the Government of India’s subsidy, under the Government of India’s  “Direcet Benefit Transfer” /DBT-Scheme.

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        Aadhaar is OPTIONAL  in India
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        How the Defending Champion-India Entered the Semi Finals of the "ICC - Cricket-World Cup 2015"

        March 19, 2015, 9:40 am
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        (This Article was Updated on the following dates :

        24th March 2015:  The First Semi Finals between South Africa and New Zealand

        26th March 2015: The Second Semi Finals between India and Australia and

        29th March 2015: The FINALS between Australia and New Zealand

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        The following are the details of the 6 ‘Group Stage Matches’ Played and Won by India to become qualified for the Quarter Finals:
        S.No./Date/Played Against/Result

        1./15th February 2015/Pakistan/India Won by 76 Runs

        2./22nd February 2015/South Africa/ India Won by 130 Runs

        3./28th February 2015/ United Arab Emirates/India Won by 9 Wickets

        4./06th March 2015/ West Indies/ India Won by 4 Wickets

        5./10th March 2015/ Ireland/ India Won by 8 Wickets

        6./14th March 2015/ Zimbabwe/ India Won by 6 Wickets

        India has entered the Semi Finals of the World Cup 2015, by winning Bangladesh on 19th March 2015.

        India will have to play the Semi Finals on 26th March 2015, against the winner of the Third Quarter Finals to be played on 20th March 2015 between:

        • Australia and
           
        • Pakistan

        South Africa has already entered the Semi Finals, by winning Srilanka in the First Quarter Finals played on 18th March 2015.
        South Africa will have to play the Semi Finals on 24th March 2015, against thw winner of
        the  Fourth Quarter Finals to be played between:

        • New Zealand and 

        • West Indies


        on 21st March 2015.

        The winners of the 2 Semi Finals will play in the Finals of the World Cup 2015 on 29th March 2015.

        Will the defending Champion of 2011 -  India play in the Finals of the "ICC Cricket World Cup 2015'  and retain the title?!

        Update on 20th March 2015

        In the Third Quarter Finals held on 20th March 2015, Australia entered the Semi Finals, by defeating Pakistan by 6 Wickets.

        So, India will play its Semi Finals on 26th March, Thursday, against Australia.
        (The Second Semi Finals)

        Update on 21st March 2015

        In the Fourth Quarter Finals held on 21st March, New Zealand entered the Semi Finals, by defeating West Indies by 143 Runs.

        The First Semi Finals will be played between South Africa and New Zealand  on 24th March 2015, Tuesday.

        Update on 24th March 2015


        In the First Semi Finals held on 24th March 2015, New Zealand entered the FINALS, by defeating South Africa by 4 Wickets.

        New Zealand will play the FINALS against the Winner of the Second Semi Finals to be played on 26th March 2015 between India and Australia.

        Update on 26th March 2015
        In the Second Semi Finals held on 26th March, the defending Champion INDIA was defeated by AUSTRALIA, by 95 Runs.

        Australia and New Zealand will play the FINALS of the 'ICC Cricket World Cup 2015'.

        Update on 29th March 2015
        In the FINALS of the "ICC Cricket- World Cup- 2015", held on 29th March 2015, AUSTRALIA defeated New Zealand by 7 Wickets and became the World Cup Champion for the 5th time.

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