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#WhereIsGokul: 10 years on, search for man allegedly kidnapped by Senthil Balaji goes on

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In the year 2011, Deivanai, mother of Gokul from Karur, alleged that her son was abducted, drugged and was made to sign papers to transfer crores of assets and money belonging to him. This news came out and was reported by many news channels back then. V. Senthil Balaji, currently a Minister in the Stalin-led DMK government was accused of hiding him with his money and muscle power.

It has been more than 10 years, and still there is no update or information on Gokul, who was allegedly abducted by Minister Senthil Balaji.

Speaking to News J in 2019, Deivanai accused Senthil Balaji and his men of abducting her son and grabbing property worth ₹25 crores. When Gokul resisted, they had threatened to harm his family if he doesn’t handover the properties. Deivanai further added that Senthil Balaji and his gang forcefully obtained signatures on property documents after drugging him.

It was in this circumstances that Gokul went missing. After years of searching for him, Deivanai filed a haebus corpus petition at the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in 2019. She outrightly mentions that she suspects Senthil Balaji behind her son’s disappearance.

Now, Chief Minister and then Opposition leader MK Stalin too had spoken about this case multiple times since 2011. “The Minister accused of kidnapping has no qualification to talk about my qualification.”, read the headline of Murasoli published on 2nd April 2013.

(Murasoli – 2.4.2013)

He even quoted the issue when he came to Karur for his election campaign on  17th April 2016.

It is being reported that Stalin had given assurity to Devanai that her son would be found as soon as DMK comes back to power, on the very same day. However, 10 years on, the mother’s search for her son still goes on.

(With inputs from Kathir News)

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Meppaddiyan: Malayalam movie that shows services of RSS becomes runaway hit despite opposition from Islamists and Communists

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The Meppaddiyan movie in Malayalam has become a grand success, in spite of facing staunch opposition from Islamists, Communists and the left-liberal coterie.

The movie is directed by debutant Vishnu Mohan, under Unni Mukundan’s banner, who is also the hero of the film.

The movie has scenes that shows services rendered by Sevabharathi, an NGO affiliated to the RSS.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is a socio-cultural organization whose members dedicate themselves to the cause of national unity and plunge themselves on the frontline whenever a disaster strikes. They also carry out several services in health, education and other areas for uplifting the poor and downtrodden. Most importantly, it is one organisation that serves all, without caste and religious discrimination, and also acts a identity and protector of Hindus.

However, Islamic and Christian fundamentalists along with Communists have been portraying the RSS as a extremist organisation to people belonging to other religions. A few scenes from this Malayalam film Meppaddiyan, sheds light on the selfless services performed by the Sevabharati of the RSS organisation, This has caused furor amidst other religious fundamentalists and Communists. Unni Mukundan and Mepaddiyan started facing opposition and baseless accusations from these Islamists and Christian fundamentalists.

The reason why this is happening is because, the Malayalam film industry, that was once under the control of Hindu actors and producers, are now under the control of Christian and Muslim actors and producers. So they have made it a routine to place baseless complaints on such Hindu actors and producers and somehow exclude them from the film industry.

(With inputs from Mediyaan)

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Centre clears 20 strategic research projects in the areas of specialty fibers and geotextiles

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The Central government on Monday (17 January) have cleared 20 strategic research projects in the areas of specialty fibers and geotextiles strategic research projects worth Rs 30 crore.

This project will fall under the Government’s flagship programme ‘National Technical Textiles Mission’, the Ministry of Textiles said in a release on Monday.

Among the 20 research projects, 16 projects of specialty fibers were cleared including five projects in healthcare, four projects in industrial and protective, three projects in energy storage, three projects in textile waste recycling, and one agriculture, and four projects in Geotextiles (Infrastructure) were cleared, the ministry said.

Union Minister of Textiles, Piyush Goyal cleared the project in a session chaired by him and during the session, leading Indian Institutes, Centres of Excellence, and government organisations including IITs, DRDO, and BTRA participated in the session as per information released by the ministry.

While addressing the session, Goyal said, “Industry and Academia connect is essential for the growth of research and development in the application areas of Technical Textiles in India. Building convergence with Academicians, Scientists and Researchers is the need of the hour.”

Goyal also stressed that the focus should be on the internationally high value-added products and building a structure of brainstorming around problem statements. 

In March 2021, 11 research projects worth Rs 78.60 crore were cleared by the Ministry of Textiles.

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CM Stalin gives ₹10 lakhs to family of Dalit man who died after release from police custody, had asked ex-CM EPS to resign during Sathankulam incident

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2 days ago, in yet another incident of police brutality, a physically-challenged man, Parabhakaran (45), belonging to the Dalit community in Salem district who was implicated in a theft case, died hours after release from police custody.

Prabhakaran, who was in jail from 11th January, was admitted in the Salem Government Hospital after his health deteriorated at the supervision of jail wardens. He reportedly got bail in the alleged theft case a few days back and was sent back home from the hospital. However, Prabhakaran died on the same night at 11:30 PM. Following this, three Police officials were suspended from duty.

Now, after many have demanded that action be taken against Police Brutality, Chief Minister MK Stalin has announced that Prabhakaran’s family will receive a compensation of ₹10 lakhs. However, he has not said anything about taking action against the Police officers who are allegedly behind Prabhakaran’s death.

It is to be noted that when MK Stalin was the opposition leader, he asked the then CM Edappadi Palaniswami, why he had not taken any responsibility for the death on Father-son duo Jeyaraj and Bennix in Police custody. He had said that the CM had given the authority to the Police officers and therefore he must take responsibility for their death. However, now that Stalin has occupied the CM chair, he has not taken any responsibility for the physically-challenged Prabhakran’s death due to Police brutality. This has been questioned by AIADMK Spokesperson Kovai Sathyan.

It is also to be noted that many cases of death due to Police Brutality, and death in Police Custody, have been reported ever since the DMK took power in May, 2021. Before this, Manikandan, a 21-yr-old from Ramanathapuram, had lost his life in a petty case, due to Police brutality. No action has been taken against the Police officers, even in previous cases.

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India issues NOTAM to test HSTDV in January as govt fast-tracks India’s hypersonic missile program

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India has issued a Notice to Airmen or Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) warning for the launch of an experimental Indigenously-developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) flight take off over the Bay of Bengal for the period from January 22 to 25.

As per reports, the maximum designated length is 600 km and this is expected to be the longer duration test of the hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle.

With China making a stride on hypersonic missile technology, the Indian government has also fast-tracked its development and a 1500 km range production-ready hypersonic missile will be ready within the next four years. in terms of India’s preparedness on the Eastern front.

Indigenously-developed HSTDV will be tested from Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Abdul Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal. 

The test is aimed towards the development of an entire range of very high cruise missiles and other weapon systems and already in 2021 India successfully test-fired the Agni-P missile two times. 

Also, a successful flight test of the HSTDV was also conducted in the month of September last year and the ballistic missile developed by DRDO has a range between 1,000 and 2,000 kilometres, weighing half of Agni-III and has new kinds of propulsion and new guidance.

India already has the 4000-kilometre range Agni-IV and 5000-kilometre range Agni-V that went through user trial on October 27, 2021, and is now validated for induction under India’s credible minimum deterrence policy.

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DMK govt keeps churches open for Christmas but closes temples for Thai Poosam

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Thai Poosam is a very important festival for Hindus, especially for the people of Tamil Nadu. It marks the occasion of Lord Muruga destroying evil in the form of the asura Soorapadman. Grand festivities take place all over the state, and even neighbouring states. Temples also have festive celebrations for the respective deities in the temple.

This year however, all festivities have been curbed because temples have been closed for Thai Poosam. The DMK government, that has been imposing lockdown restrictions from the 6th January, to curb the spread of the third wave, imposed closure of temples even on Pongal and Thai Poosam days. Hindus consider it extremely important to go to the temple for worship on these days. But, because of the restrictions, they have been deprived of this practice.

While the government may explain that it is important to close temples and other places of worship to avoid crowding, it is to be noted that Churches were kept open for Christmas and English New Year. It is also to be noted that the first case of the Omicron variant was found in Tamil Nadu on 15th December itself. So these places of worship could have been closed for Christmas and New Year itself, helping in avoiding the third wave altogether. However, not only Churches but all places of worship were over crowded on these days. In fact, the government also went against the Agama rules of temples and kept them open past midnight on New Year’s day. This also attracted a lot of crowd.

It is also noteworthy mention that government liquor outlets TASMAC which sees huge crowd daily has been kept open except on Sundays (due to full lockdown).

Critics of the DMK point out that the decision to keep temples closed for Hindu festivals, but keep other places of worship open for their respective festivals, exposes their hatred for anything Hindu.

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DMK and TN media peddle fake news about alleged ‘rejection’ of TN’s tableau for R-Day parade, here’s the truth

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In an attempt to incite regional chauvinism and linguistic passion, the DMK and along with alleged ‘journalists’ from media houses friendly to the party have peddled fake news that the Modi Government at the Centre has ‘rejected’ Tamil Nadu’s tableau for the Republic Day Parade for not having ‘prominent freedom fighters’.

It all started when an alleged ‘journalist from Puthiya Thalaimurai (a mainstream Tamil news channel), tweeted that the Centre had rejected Tamil Nadu’s tableau proposal allegedly for not having ‘prominent freedom fighters’. Tamil Nadu had reportedly proposed having Veera Mangai Velu Nachiyar, V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and Subramania Bharathiyar in the tableau.

This was amplified by several leaders of the ruling DMK including Chief Minister MK Stalin and his half-sister Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi.

Their alliance partners Congress and the VCK too joined the chorus.

It is been reported that the tableaus of West Bengal and Kerala have also not been able to find their place in this year’s Republic Day parade.

That being the case, it has been peddled that the Modi Government has rejected the tableaus of states ruled by non-BJP parties and has ‘disrespected’ icons like Velu Nachiyar, Bharathiyar, VOC, and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

However, the fact is that each year only limited number of tableaus from states are selected. An expert committee appointed by the Ministry of Defence, comprising of people from the field of arts, culture, sculpture, music, architecture, choreography, etc., finalize the list of tableaus. Around 6-7 rounds of shortlisting and discussions are held. The floaters are selected on the basis of concept, design and theme for the particular year. For this year, a total of 56 proposals were received of which 21 were selected.

It is noteworthy to mention that tableaus of Maharasthra (ruled by Shiv Sena – Congress – NCP), along with Congress-ruled states of Punjab and Rajasthan, thus busting the rhetoric of the Modi government rejecting tableaus of Opposition-ruled states.

The tableaux proposals of Kerala selected were selected in 2018 and 2021. Tableaus of West Bengal were selected in 2016, 2017, 2019 & 2021. Tamil Nadu’s tableaus were selected in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021, far more than many other states. The tableau of Tamil Nadu for the year 2020 deserves a mention as it had Lord Ayyanaar as the centre piece. 

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It is also worth mentioning that Bharathiyar, Velu Nachiyar and VO Chidambaram Pillai are freedom fighters known across India and there is no chance of any expert committee not knowing them.

The alleged ‘journalist’ of Puthiya Thalaimurai even went on to claim that Central Government officials had allegedly confused Rani Velu Nachiyar mounted on a horse with Rani Laxmi Bai, the famous queen of Jhansi.

However, these claims have been categorically denied by the Defence Ministry.

Many on social media condemned the DMK and its sympathizers masquerading as journalists in media houses for peddling fake news to incite regional chauvinism.

BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai too clarified about the non-inclusion of Tamil Nadu tableau for this year in a video.

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IAC Vikrant completes third sea trials, most likely to be commissioned by August 2022

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The Indian Navy has announced that India’s first indigenously-build aircraft carrier, IAC Vikrant has returned after completing its third sea trials a week after venturing into the sea.

During the trials, the ship performed maneuvers, and a thorough system check of all the equipment in large numbers was tried and tested with training on various systems fitted onboard.

In a tweet sent out by the PRO Defence Kochi said, “the data from the sea trials will be analysed with mandatory inspection and balance work on the ship. Meanwhile, the indigenous aircraft carrier which will be called INS Vikrant after it enters service with the Indian Navy is likely to be commissioned later this year in August,”.

The third sea trial started on Sunday, January 9, witnessed the presence of several scientists of the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, a DRDO facility based at Visakhapatnam.

The 40 thousand-ton aircraft carrier which is by far the most ambitious navel project India has ever undertaken completed a five-day maiden voyage in August 2021 and later underwent second sea trials in October.

The successful construction of IAC Vikrant now puts India into a selective group of countries having capabilities to build state-of-art aircraft carriers along with complex weapons platforms.

The warship has over 2,300 compartments and has been designed for a crew of around 1,700 people including specialised cabins for women.

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Sri Lanka: School started for Hindu students in Araly

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The ‘Rudra Sena’ is an organisation that works towards the benefit of Hindus in Sri Lanka. The organisation has currently opened a Moral school in Araly area, on the day of Thai Pongal (14th Jan), in order to teach Hindu students. Formal classes of the school has been initiated today and almost 60 Hindu students are attending. During the opening ceremony of the school, the students were also provided the required materials for learning.

This village, which is home to a lot of Hindu children, formerly had a school. Then, for some reasons, the school was closed. But, it has now been reopened for the benefit of the students. At present, Rudra Sena has appointed three teachers to conduct classes, and the organisation has currently taken responsibility for their monthly salaries. The organisation’s executive say that imparting religious knowledge from a very young age, not only ensures that they become good citizens, but also helps them escape proselytizing traps.

(With inputs from Mission Kaali)

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Notorious Christian pastor asks people to flout COVID norms and go to Church; spreads message against vaccination

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A video of controversial and hate-speech indulging Christian pastor Mohan C Lazarus is being shared across Twitter, where he asks Christians to flout COVID norms and visit the Church. In the video, the speaker asks, “How many of you went to the Church? Many are telling me that if we visit the Church we will catch the Corona Virus. We don’t catch the virus when we go shopping, or when we go for a feast. Will the virus attack us if we go to the Church alone?”

He then moves onto urging people to come to the Church and says, “Don’t let Corona stop you from going to the church, even if you get infected and die you will be going to heaven so go to the church.” The ‘preacher’ does not stop here, but goes on to criticise world corporate companies and even the WHO, for asking people to take vaccines and booster doses. “Vaccines, booster doses and masks are all conspiracy of WHO and corporate companies, all this are done to intimidate and enslave you and keep you in fear its the work of Antichrist, proof for all this is in the Bible,” he says in the video.

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