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Sitharaman quotes Thiruvalluvar's verse on '5 jewels of a good country'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday quoted Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar while presenting the Union Budget 2020 mentioning the 'five jewels' required by a good country.
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PM Modi, Naidu pay tributes to Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar on his birth anniv
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar on his birth anniversary.
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Makkal Sevai Maiyam celebrates Thiruvalluvar Day in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jan 16 (ANI): The Makkal Sevai Maiyam (MSM) on Thursday celebrated Thiruvalluvar Day in Tamil Nadu to mark the birth anniversary of the celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher.
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Attempts made to paint me in BJP's colours akin Thiruvalluvar's statue: Ra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Veteran actor Rajinikanth on Friday said that there has been an attempt to "paint" him in the colours of BJP like it was done to the bust of Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar.
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Tamil Nadu: Hindu Makkal Katchi chief drapes Thiruvalluvar's statue with s
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): Amid the controversy surrounding Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar, members of Hindu Makkal Katchi (HMK) on Wednesday draped a saffron shawl on his statue here.
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TN: DMK literary wing protests against desecration of Thiruvalluvar statue
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 6 (ANI): The members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) literary wing staged a protest on Wednesday against the desecration of a statue of Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar in Thanjavur on November 4.
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Tamil Nadu: Thiruvalluvar statue vandalised, investigation ordered
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): The statue of Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar at Pillayarpatti was vandalized by unidentified miscreants on Monday.
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Tamil resonates across United States: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Chennai and asserted that he has learned about the diversity of the 'ancient' Tamil language which is resonated across the United States.
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PM quotes 3000-year old Tamil poet at UNGA address
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked three-millenia old Tamil poet and philosopher Kaniyan Poongundranar to highlight the essence of Indian unity in diversity and emphasise the feeling of kinship among all people in the world.
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Congress leader Azhagiri opposes saffronising Bharathiyar's turban
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), June 5 (ANI): The state unit Congress chief K S Azhagiri has criticised the depiction of national Tamil poet Bharathiyar in a saffron turban on the textbook covers in the state.
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Bharathiyar in saffron turban on school textbooks in TN sparks row
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jun 4 (ANI): The depiction of national Tamil poet, Subramania Bharathi, known as Bharathiyar, with a saffron turban on Class 12 textbooks in Tamil Nadu has sparked a huge controversy on Tuesday.
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