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"Periyar cannot be set as a role model for youngsters": BJP's Soundararaja
Updated : 8 months ago IST
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday criticised the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu over the unveiling of late social reformer 'Periyar' E.V. Ramasamy's portrait on the University of Oxford campus in the United Kingdom. She said that Periyar cannot be set as a role model for the youngs
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"A great tribute": DMK's Saravanan on Periyar Portrait unveiling at Oxford
Updated : 8 months ago IST
DMK Spokesperson Saravanan has called the unveiling of social reformer E V Ramasamy Periyar's portrait at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin "a great tribute" to a person whose struggles and ideals helped Tamil Nadu to make great progress i
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"Periyar's rationalist light now shines across the world": Tamil Nadu CM S
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK. Stalin unveiled a portrait of social reformer E.V. Ramasamy Periyar, widely hailed as the "Prophet of Rationalism," at the University of Oxford. The ceremony marked the centenary of the Self-Respect Movement, founded by Periyar in 1925, and was followed by a
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PM Modi announces events for Mahatma Jyotiba Phule's 200th birth anniversa
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking to the nation on Independence Day, announced that the 200th birth anniversary of social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule will be commemorated with events aimed at transforming lives.
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Social reformer Navneet Kaur champions India's gender equity legacy at UN
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Dr Navneet Kaur, Vice Chairperson of the All India Sustainable Development Council (AISDC), delivered a powerful address at the United Nations High-Level Hearing commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, standing alongside UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous in deman
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PM Modi to inaugurate centenary celebrations of Acharya Shri 108 Vidyanand
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Centenary Celebrations of Acharya Shri 108 Vidyanand Ji Maharaj on June 28, 2025, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The programme marks the formal commencement of a year-long national tribute, being organised by the Ministry of Culture, Government
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"Ambedkar was a great Indian, we are humbled and proud to be on premises o
Updated : 12 months ago IST
An all-party Indian delegation, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, paid tribute to BR Ambedkar at the Ambedkar Museum in London on Sunday, describing him as a "great Indian and a social reformer." Prasad noted that the Indian government had purchased the house whe
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"Widely admired for his efforts to serve society, empower downtrodden": PM
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to the legendary actor and former Andhra Chief Minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, fondly known as NTR, on his 102nd birth anniversary.
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Historic First: CUNY In USA Establishes 'Achyuta Samanta India Initiative'
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 22: In a ground-breaking development that marks a proud moment for India, especially for Odisha, a premier research institute at the City University of New York (CUNY) has been named after renowned educationist and social reformer Dr. Achyuta Samanta (Found
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"If Basavanna's principles are followed, all our problems can be resolved"
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Forces that promote violence in the name of religion have emerged, and if the 12th-century social reformer Basavanna's principles are followed, solutions to all their problems can be found, opined former Chief Minister and MP Basavaraj Bommai.
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Governor Radhakrishnan pays tribute to state reformers, Pahalgam victims o
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan paid tribute to the great social reformers of Maharashtra on the occasion of the 65th Maharashtra Foundation Day in Mumbai on Thursday.
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"Congress working as biggest PR of Pakistan": BJP's Tejasvi Surya after pa
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"Unfortunately, today in India, Congress is working as the biggest PR of Pakistan. This is very unfortunate. Congress has maybe forgotten the way a responsible opposition must behave," the BJP leader told ANI after he paid tribute to 12th century social reformer Basavanna on his Jayanti.
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