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“Sriperumbudur Sivan Temple was illegally demolished”: Temple priest shows docs for the land

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Earlier this week, the news of the DMK government demolishing a Shiva temple in Sriperumbudur, because it was built on government land was shared across news platforms.

Officials and police officers led by the Kanchipuram District Revenue officer, Paneer Selvam, went to a village called Killai in the Sriperumbudur Taluk of the Kanchipuram district and ordered the demolition of the Sivan Temple and the canteen that was allegedly situated on a government land.

Many questioned the double standards of the government asking if government can encroach on temple land what is wrong if it is vice-versa? Many were angered because the destruction happened overnight without proper procedure or information to stakeholders.

Now, the local residents, devotees of the temple and the priests of the temple have started a protest against the unfair and hasty demolition of the Shiva temple. In a video that was shared on Twitter, one of the priests is seen saying that a bond for the land that the temple was built on was issued to them by the district Tahsildar. “The District Revenue Office did not even take a minute to see these papers,” he says showing the bond.

The priest also says that the officer did not look at the papers because he would not be able to demolish it then and therefore calls the demolition a planned conspiracy. The temple that was has been there for 17 years now was demolished within 12 hours time.

The priest also says, “Even the Mughals who attacked temples only took the property of the temples. But, this government has demolished this temple to its roots, leaving us helpless. We want an apology from the government and this temple will come back even if it is demolished 108 times.”

This alleged illegal demolition comes at a time where news about a Church that is encroaching canal land in Kilkattalai is also being shared. The Church, that was marked by IAS Officer Amudha, 4 years back, is still not demolished, and continues to bother the residents of Kilkattalai because of water clogging.

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4 Tamil Nadu Temples protected by Central Government encroached

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The Central Government is maintaining 412 temples in Tamil Nadu. It is also preventing the encroachment of land belonging to these temples. Temples such as Dhenupureeswarar Temple in Madambakkam, Kancheepuram, Erumbeeswarar Temple in Trichy, are temples that are under the care of the Central Government that is also maintaining these temples.

A notice that 4 temples under their care are being encroached has come from the Central Government. In regard to this matter, an MP has raised concern about encroachment. Giving a written reply to these questions, the Ministry of Health has revealed that 1097 temples around the country are under the Central Government’s care.

Out of the 1097 temples, 412 of them are from Tamil Nadu. 4 temples under their care; Dhenupureeswarar Temple in Madambakkam, Kancheepuram, Apathsahoyeswarar Temple in Tenneri, Erumbeeswarar Swamy Temple in Trichy, and the Iravatheeswarar temple in Thanjavur district are reportedly being encroached. The Central Government has assured that notices have been sent to the encroachers and that actions are being taken to ensure that encroachment doesn’t happen.

(With inputs from Kathir News)

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Phil Saviano who led the crusade against sex abuse coverup by Catholic Church dies

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Phil Saviano who exposed decades of predatory sexual assaults by pedophile Catholic priests in their parish has passed away due to complications caused by gallbladder cancer.

Saviano who was himself a victim of sexual abuse played a very important role as a whistleblower and figured prominently in the 2015 Oscar-winning film Spotlight, about the Boston Globe investigation that exposed a number of priests who molested children and got away with it because the powerful and influential church leaders covered it up.

As more information on Catholic Church coverup of the rampant sexual abuse carried out by priests started to emerge, it was evident that Cardinal Law was fully aware of child molesters but instead covered up their crimes to protect the Church and he did not report them to authorities.

Instead, Law just transferred them from parish to parish without alerting parents or police that led to more children being molested.

When Cardinal Law died in the comfort of the Vatican in 2017, Saviano said, “How is he going to explain this when he comes face to face with his maker?”

Eventually, Cardinal Bernard Law’s role in the coverup was exposed on how he protected pedophile Catholic priests and that led to the resignation of a very powerful individual who went to great lengths to keep this matter in the dark.

The Church was so protective of its priests and its reputation, it chose to pay settlements in hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of victims but it is yet to take concrete measures against many priests.

The Boston Globe investigation of the 2002 series earned the newspaper Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003 and the movie Spotlight won Oscars for best picture and best original screenplay. 

Mike Rezendes, a member of the Globe team that investigated the scandal said, “Phil was an essential source during the Spotlight team’s reporting on the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic church, providing other critical sources, research materials and the names of several accused priests.

“He also shared his own heartbreaking story of abuse, imbuing us with the iron determination we needed to break this horrific story. During our reporting, and over the last 20 years, I got to know Phil well and have never met anyone as brave, as compassionate or as savvy.”

Saviano was an 11-year-old in the early 1960s when his priest, David Holley, forced him to perform sex acts. Later, Holley died in a New Mexico prison in 2008, while serving a 275-year sentence for molesting eight boys.

“When we were kids, the priests never did anything wrong. You didn’t question them, same as the police,” Jim Saviano said. “There were many barriers put in [Phil’s] way intentionally and otherwise by institutions and generational thinking. That didn’t stop him. That’s a certain kind of bravery that was unique.”

Saviano called himself a “recovering Catholic” and established the New England chapter of the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests, or Snap, an organization working to bring allegations to light.

He became an outspoken critic of the Vatican and helped the investigation immensely as he personally contacted many victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse. He was very angry towards the Vatican’s reluctance to deal decisively and objectively even after Pope Benedict XVI hinted that US bishops had mishandled the Church’s response during his visit to the US, Saviano questioned the pontiff’s decision to hold masses in New York and Washington.

In 2019, at the Vatican for an abuse prevention summit called convened by Pope Francis, Saviano called for the release the names of abusive priests around the world along with their case files.

“Do it to launch a new era of transparency. Do it to break the code of silence. Do it out of respect for the victims of these men, and do it to help prevent these creeps from abusing any more children,” he said.

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Jai Bhim controversy: After Rajakannu’s wife, his younger son Ravi exposes Suriya and Chandru

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Suriya’s Jai Bhim has been sinking deep into controversies as some new issue surrounding the movie comes up every single day. The latest addition to the list of controversies comes as a complaint from Rajakannu’s second son, Ravi. Just like Rajakannu’s wife Parvathy (Sengenni) who revealed that she was not helped by Suriya or any of the other crew members, Ravi too exposes the actor and the false image constructed by Jai Bhim.

In an interview to a Youtube Channel, Ravi, from Virudhachalam, rants about how he was also very much involved in the case 30 years back, but he wasn’t told that a movie was going to be made of his father’s life story. “I was 15 years old, and they took me along with my father. Police officials Anthony Samy and Veerasamy broke these fingers of mine,” Ravi says showing two of his fingers.

He goes onto say that Advocate Chandru never helped him personally and mentions a few names, Govindhan, Kathiravel, Rajendran, Raj Mohan, etc. who helped him out back then. He then laments about his motherless children and says that he even struggles to get a Community certificate for his daughter till date.

Ravi’s mother-in-law is seen saying, “We are all here like orphans without a proper roof on top of our head. If Suriya helps us in anyway, then alright. If not we will go to court and fight for justice.” Ravi also adds that he will directly approach the CM MK Stalin and ask him for justice.

All three sons of Rajakannu are in a helpless state, with no place to stay and not much financial help. The people behind the story are still in a pathetic state, even though Jai Bhim shows Chandru (actor Suriya) handing over a new house to Sengenni (Parvathi) after her legal victory.

Earlier, Parvathy said that while the actor has made crores of money through the movie, she hasn’t received any help from them till date. She added that her two sons are mentally challenged and has been struggling to make ends meet living with her daughter and son-in-law.  After this video of Parvathy speaking openly was released, Suriya released a Press release saying that a fund has been deposited to her account.

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Kerala: 5000 teachers in Kasargod and Malappuram refuse Covid vaccine citing religious beliefs

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In the secular Communist-ruled state of Kerala, some 5,000 teachers have refused to take COVID vaccines citing religious beliefs. This incident has taken place in the North Kerala districts of Kasargod and Malappuram which is a Muslim-dominated area and vaccine hesitancy is common with Muslims.

As per reports, 5,000 school teachers and non-teaching staff have not even taken a single dose of Coronavirus vaccines citing religious beliefs and poor health, and even after standing instructions that unvaccinated teachers will not be allowed to take classes, the teachers and non-teaching staff have refused, Kerala state education minister V Sivankutty said.

However, in the best traditions of practicing secularism and Islamic appeasement, the Communist-ruled state under Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to give these teachers more time to get themselves vaccinated before any action is taken against them and it is presumed as a big “if”.

But what is even more alarming is that the Kerala government which became a model in its fight against the Coronavirus does not have the data of teachers who have not been inoculated

According to officials, most of these unvaccinated teachers have not even attended offline classes as the administration is trying to get rid of vaccine hesitancy amongst teachers who are predominantly Muslims. The atheist communists are now asking for help from religious leaders to convince these teachers about the advantage of getting vaccinated.

Recently, the Maharastra Maha Aghadi government asked Muslim Bollywood superstar Salman Khan to help educate Muslims to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

Meanwhile, Kerala continues to contribute the highest number of new active coronavirus cases in India and as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kerala has 1,500 new cases while the total number of new cases in India stood at 1,832.

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DMK govt demolishes Sivan Temple located on lake side, doesn’t take action on Church built encroaching canal

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The Commune
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Earlier this week, the news of the DMK government demolishing a Shiva temple in Sriperumbudur, because it was built on government land was shared across news platforms.

Officials and police officers led by the Kanchipuram District Revenue officer, Paneer Selvam, went to a village called Killai in the Sriperumbudur Taluk of the Kanchipuram district and ordered the demolition of the Sivan Temple and the canteen that was allegedly situated on a government land.

Many questioned the double standards of the government asking if government can encroach on temple land what is wrong if it is vice-versa?

However a few weeks ago, a video of a young girl, addressing the Chief Minister about the water-logging in Kilkattalai, was being shared all over social media. The girl said in Tamil, “You’re currently looking at the Kilkattalai surplus water canal. The canal which is so wide here, is very narrow near the church there,” pointing at  a distance. She then added, “The Church has encroached almost 30ft of the canal’s space. Back in 2017 itself, IAS Officer Amudha marked this Church. It has been 4 years and yet the Church has not been brought down. Due to this reason, the Canal gets filled up and the Sunnambu Kollathur area gets flooded. Please save us atleast now, by bringing down the church.”

The point to be noted here is that the temple in Sriperumbudur was brought down over night on realised that it has encroached government land. However, this Church, that has been marked 4 years back by IAS officer Amudha, has still not been demolished by the government. Check out the tweet here:

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TN CM M.K. Stalin appoints M.R. Rangaswami as state’s ‘Investment Ambassador’

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, has appointed M.R. Rangaswami, a well-known Indian American venture capitalist as the state’s ‘Investment Ambassador’ on Friday, Nov 26th. Rangaswami is an active member of the Indian American community in the US.

Rangaswami is the founder of Indiaspora, a nonprofit organisation, whose mission is to unite the Indian diaspora and to transform their success into meaningful impact in India and on the global level. In addition, he is also an entrepreneur, investor, corporate eco-strategy expert, community builder and philanthropist.

On presenting him this position, CM Stalin appreciated him for his achievements in the USA. Rangaswami, an alumnus of Don Bosco Matriculation School, Egmore and Loyola College in Chennai, recently led a massive $2 million COVID relief effort for Tamil Nadu.

Dr. VGP, an Indian American community leader and president of the World Federation of Tamil Youth, USA in Chicago, congratulated CM Stalin on the appointment and said Tamil Nadu will soon become India’s number one industrialized state under Rangaswami’s captaincy.

The event was attended by Rangaswami’s wife and his two children, who have been supportive of his past endeavors and his current leadership position to tackle more India-centric issues.

(With inputs from Indica News)

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CM Stalin’s son and DMK MLA Udhayanidhi parties in Hyderabad while TN sinks in water

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Triplicane-Chepauk constituency MLA and DMK Youth Wing Secretary, Udhayanidhi Stalin recently celebrated his 44th Birthday on 27th November. All DMK members and politician wished the actor and politician a very happy birthday on their respective twitter pages. Udhayanidhi even tweeted a reply thanking all the politicians who took the effort to wish him, including his father and Chief Minister MK Stalin.

While politicians generally celebrate birthdays with pomp and grandeur, it has been brought to notice that this MLA has partied away in Hyderabad on his birthday. This is problematic because, the people of Chennai are literally drowning as streets are flooded and water has entered the houses of many. On the other hand, an MLA Udhayanidhi, who has to give solutions for these problems is seen partying in Hyderabad, safely and securely, escaping the wrath of the rains in Tamil Nadu.

Rains have been hitting the state for almost a month now, and the predictions for rains continue to pour in for at least two more weeks. However, even as the citizens of  the state are suffering because of the flooding of the streets, not much of relief has been provided to them.

The issue has been brought to the notice of netizens on Twitter by BJP’s Youth Wing President, Vinoj P Selvam. In his tweet, Selvam had written, “Perks of being the Prince of the Dynasty. Celebrating the birthday in style at night clubs in #Hyderabad while people of #chennai batter fury of rains and struggle to survive. Pity the voters of chepauk-triplicane n the @arivalayam cyber coolies who will stand up for this act too,” and also shared a video of the same.  Check out the tweet here:

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Centre alerts states to be vigil and proactive on Omicron virus

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Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan  has written a letter to Chief Secretaries of all states and union teritories with reference to the letter of The Union Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare  dated 25th November regarding the mutation of SARS-CoV-2 variant (B.1.1.529; named Omicron), reported from South Africa on 24th November 2021. WHO has designated this variant as a new Variant of Concern (VOC). As a proactive step, Government has already placed countries where this VOC has been found in the category of ‘At-Risk’ countries for additional follow up measures of international travellers coming into India from these countries.

In view of the possible threat that this VoC can pose to the nation, it is imperative that the intensive containment, active surveillance, increased coverage of vaccination and Covid Appropriate Behaviour must be enforced in the field in a very proactive manner to effectively manage this It is essential that the disease surveillance network in the country is geared up for rigorous follow up of all international travellers from all countries especially countries designated as “At Risk”. There is already a reporting mechanism for obtaining past travel details of passengers coming through international flights this should be reviewed at your level and the protocol provided by this Ministry should be strictly ensured including testing on disembarkation of international travelers coming from “At Risk” Countries and sending all positive samples for genome sequencing to INSACOG Labs in a prompt manner.

Ample testing infrastructure need to be operationalized to tackle any surge due to this mutated virus. It has been observed that the overall testing as well as the proportion of RT-PCR tests have declined in some States.  States must strengthen the testing infrastructure and strictly implement the testing guideline Continued monitoring of “Hotspots” (areas where recent cluster of positive cases have emerged).  States should keep a close check on the emerging trend of cases and the positivity in an area and quickly delineate hotspots for effective containment of Covid 19 Having adequate availability of health facilities across the state is essential to ensure that there are no delays in providing care. Trained human resources, infrastructure, logistics and procurement should be planned & strengthened considering the geographical spread of the pandemic and there shall be no compromise in providing prompt quality treatment to the patients.

We have seen in the last surges in the country that discourse on COVID is often influenced by misinformation leading to anxiety in the masses. To address this, all States should proactively & regularly address the concerns of community through press briefings & State bulletins providing evidence based information. States may also ensure that community is well informed regarding the measures undertaken and advised to follow measures like Covid Appropriate Behaviour & getting vaccinated.

It is critical for the State/UTs to adhere to the overarching Test-Track-Treat Vaccinate and Covid Appropriate Behaviour’ principle to ensure stringent implementation of containment measures as per MOHFW guidelines.

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Vadapalani Murugan Temple to bear marriage expenses of physically challenged

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The Vadapalani Murugan Temple in Chennai has let out an announcement stating that the temple will bear the marriage costs if either the bride or groom is physically challenged.

The announcement in Tamil reads, “As per the orders of the Hon’ble TN Chief Minister and according to the notification given by the HR&CE minister in the Assembly, if any one of the two in a couple are physically disabled, then the temple will not charge for the marriage of the couple. In addition, if the marriage takes place in the wedding hall owned by the temple, then only a maintenance fee will be charged by the hall.”

This announcement has been placed as a board in the temple and was shared by film producer Jayam S.K. Gopi on twitter, appreciating the efforts of the HR&CE Minister Sekar Babu.

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