Bonjour, new guests from small-town India
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
The statue of former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran was garlanded in Madurai on Sunday on the occasion of his birth anniversary. - The Hindu
AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran was paid rich tributes and remembered on his 104th birth anniversary on Sunday by leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Bharat Ratna MGR lives in the hearts of several people. Be it the world of films or politics, he was widely respected," Modi tweeted.
"During his CM tenures, he initiated numerous efforts towards poverty alleviation and also emphasised on women empowerment. Tributes to MGR on his Jayanti," the prime minister said.
Leading the birth anniversary celebrations in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said the late leader slogged for the welfare of the people and devised many schemes for the benefit of poor and ordinary people.
Deputy Chief Minister O Panneersevlam, showering encomiums on MGR, said the former Chief Minister lived in the hearts of the people.
Panneerselvam and Palaniswami, coordinator and co-coordinator of AIADMK respectively visited the party headquarters here and garlanded the statue of MGR and hoisted the party flag. The two top party leaders distributed sweets to the cadres and gave away welfare assistance to beneficiaries.
AIADMK functionaries organised functions in several parts of the state, paid floral tributes to the late leader and held mass feeding programmes.
In Puducherry, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy, Congress MLAs and AIADMK office-bearers, A Anbalagan and Om Sakthi Segar were among those who paid homage to the late leader.
In Delhi, AIADMK Rajya Sabha member A Vijayakumar garlanded the statue of MGR in the Parliament premises, a party release said.
Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan, who latched on to the late leader's welfare legacy in his ongoing poll propaganda denied that he had 'all of a sudden' clung on to MGR's legacy. Haasan garlanded a statue of MGR and paid rich tributes to him.
Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary TTV Dhinakaran was among the others who paid floral tributes to a statue of the leader here.
In Tamil Nadu, Assembly elections are due during April-May this year.
M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu between 1977-87. He joined the DMK in the early 1950s inspired by its founder C N Annadurai and propagated the party ideology in his films.
A superstar and colossus of the Tamil film world (from 1950's to mid-1970's), MGR founded the AIADMK in 1972 following differences with then party top leader and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Born on January 17, 1917, MGR died on December 24, 1987.
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
Citroen’s first vehicle sports a novel design and European interiors. It is also meant to be as comfortable as ...
The pandemic is only the tip of the iceberg that the country’s cash-poor airlines — both regional and national ...
The government is yet to specify the framework of its recently announced old vehicle scrappage policy
This Women’s Day, we discuss the features of a few financial products that aim to help you save, get insured ...
Sensex, Nifty 50 make a strong bounce-back, but test resistances
Avenue Supermarts (₹3,286.1): Makes fresh all-time highIn October last year, the stock of Avenue Supermarts ...
The exchange-traded fund ticks all boxes as an efficient tool to track gold prices
A cop, a poet, a wedding planner, an outraged wife: On International Women’s Day, a look at diverse stories ...
India’s privacy law must balance the rights of children with online safety
Muriel has put our names down on a list to get the Covid-19 vaccination because — hurrah! — the age limit has ...
They are the health warriors who battled the Covid-19 pandemic on the ground, and are now the face of the ...
Comfort, convenience, value, safety — and not necessarily the colour pink — but do brands deliver?
Why and how marketers have used camels, and left us thirsting for more
Start-up SALT wants to break feminine stereotypes around money, and is asking women to reassert agency
It’s that time of year again when brands suddenly start paying obeisance to women power. From sentimental to ...
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...
Please Email the Editor