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Nehru Trophy Boat Race likely to be held on August 12

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Here are the big stories from Tamil Nadu today

Welcome to the Tamil Nadu Today newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories to follow today.

The Hindu

Opposition dubs new Parliament inauguration ‘self-glorification and coronation’

The Congress led Opposition parties in lambasting May 28 inauguration of the new Parliament building, likening it to a “coronation”, and a “self-glorifying” event conducted with utter disdain for the scientific temper.

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One wonders whether country is going backwards: Pawar on Parliament inauguration ceremony

Sharad Pawar questioned the PM and BJP's snub to President Droupadi Murmu and to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is also chairman of the Rajya Sabha Chairman, by not inviting them to attend the ceremony.

The Hindu

"I am happy I didn't go there": NCP chief Sharad Pawar on new Parliament inauguration

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that he was not happy to see the inauguration of the new Parliament building. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Let us embrace this symbol from past to affirm values of our present: Tharoor on Sengol

Amid the raging Sengol row, Shashi Tharoor said the positions taken by the government and the Opposition on the issue are reconcilable, as he called for embracing this symbol from the past to affirm the values of our present.

The Hindu

Dharmapuram, Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenams arrive in Delhi for new Parliament building inauguration

Adheenams of Dharmapuram and Thiruvavaduthurai arrived in New Delhi on Saturday ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building on May 28. Read further on Dynamite News:

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PM Modi pays tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on death anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, May 27, 2023 paid tributes to the former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his 59th death anniversary.

The Hindu

Souvenirs recorded math’s handover of sceptre to Mountbatten, says Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam spokesperson

Special souvenirs published after Independence and the first Republic Day by the Tiruvaduthurai Adheenam had recorded an account of the mutt having handed over a sengol (sceptre) to Lord Mountbatten and later to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, according to an Adheenam spokesperson.

The Hindu

Sengol row | Congress kept a sacred symbol as ‘walking stick’, says Amit Shah

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on May 26 claimed there was no documented evidence of Lord Mountbatten, C. Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the Sengol as a symbol of transfer of power by the British to India.

The Hindu

Narendra Modi: India’s authoritarian leader with his own app

India’s 14th prime minister, Narendra Modi, is emerging as one of the country’s pivotal post-independence leaders – along with its founding PM Jawaharlal Nehru, who set the template for a secular, democratic nation in 1947, and his daughter Indira Gandhi, who ruled for 15 turbulent years.

The Week

Congress claims no evidence of 'Sengol' being symbol of transfer of power by British to India

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on May 26 claimed there is no documented evidence of Lord Mountbatten, C Rajagopalachari and Jawaharlal Nehru describing the ‘Sengol’ as a symbol of transfer of power by the British to India.

The Hindu

New Parliament building inauguration | Parties talking today about President’s eminence spoke ill of her before she got elected: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the media at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai, on Thursday that the Opposition parties, now speaking of President Droupadi Murmu as an eminent leader from a tribal community, had ran a bitter campaign against her before she got elected as the President.

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New Parliament building opening | How a letter to PMO set off a search for the Sengol

A letter to the Prime Minister’s Office by danseuse Padma Subrahmanyam set off a research into the Sengol, the golden sceptre, that would be installated in the new Parliament building

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The ‘Sengol’, a historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection

On May 28, 2023, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicates the new Parliament building to the nation, a slice of history will would be revisited.

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Inspired by the Cholas, handed over to Nehru: historic ‘Sengol’ to be installed in new Parliament building

A sengol or sceptre is going to be installed in the new parliament building. What has it got to do with India’s independence, Chola dynasty and Tamil traditions? Read to find out.

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BJP disrespecting history, says Pinarayi

Removing episodes involving Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Abul Kalam Azad, besides the Mughal reign from history textbooks is unpardonable, says Pinarayi

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The Guardian - AU

Narendra Modi in Australia: a polarising leader meets a divided Indian diaspora

More than 20,000 supporters are expected at a public rally for the Indian PM in Sydney this week. But critics will be just as strident

The Hindu

The LAC crisis and the danger of losing without fighting

India is under pressure on the Line of Actual Control and needs to find a way to transfer that pressure back to China

The Hindu

The end of Vigyan Prasar is the death of another Nehruvian idea

As Vigyan Prasar has veered away from its original mandate of promoting scientific temper, it matters little even if it survives in any other form

Al Jazeera

Mughals, RSS, evolution: Outrage as India edits school textbooks

Government removes significant historical and scientific facts from textbooks as it pursues a Hindu supremacist agenda.

The Guardian - UK

A fresh era for India or a ham-fisted ego trip? Welcome to Modi’s new seat of power

The prime minister says his £120m parliament building will establish a new order – critics say the design doesn’t match that ambition

The Times of India

Winged messengers of Odisha police keep glorious past alive: Carrier pigeon service not redundant till now

BHUBANESWAR: The first Prime Minister, late Jawaharlal Nehru, was in Odisha’s Sambalpur district on April 13, 1948, about eight months after India achieved Independence.

Newslaundry

‘Not a virtue but necessity’: What it’s like attending a Rahul Gandhi press conference

In a luxury hotel atop a hillock overlooking Srinagar’s Dal Lake, the enthusiasm was evident, and the hall packed ahead of schedule. It was the 13th and final press conference of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, before the march came to an end after travelling over 135 days from Kanyakumari in…

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