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Congress’ wait to join the Tamil Nadu Cabinet continues

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Congress’ wait to join the Tamil Nadu Cabinet continues

Union Textile Minister Giriraj Singh | Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S The Tamil Nadu textile and apparel industry should leverage the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for technical textiles and manmade fibre sector for which the Union government has allocated ₹11,000 crore, said Union Textile Minister Giriraj Singh in Tiruppur on Sunday.Speaking at a meeting organised by the Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA), he said the Centre has relaxed the norms for the PLI scheme to encourage investments in technical textiles and MMF sectors.“As for the new schemes planned by the Ministry, some have gone to the Cabinet, and others will follow—they are designed to be pro-industry. We have factored in everything—machinery, employment, and other aspects. I hope that the State and the Centre will work together,” he said.The Minister also urged the industry to look at investing in States where there is labour availability.When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office in 2014, silk production stood at 26,000 tonnes annually. It is 43,000 tonnes now and by 2030 it will be 60,000 tonnes. India should export more silk-based garments that are blended with other fibres, he added.A. Sakthivel, chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council, said that the Textile Ministry is introducing new initiatives every two months and all the seven PM MITRA parks were now operational.According to K.M. Subramanian, president of the TEA, the government should look at early implementation of the Textile Expansion and Employment Scheme (TEEM) and extend benefits under the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies for three more years. Later, the Minister interacted with textile machinery manufacturers and had a meeting with officials of the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore. Responding to the demand to extend benefits under the TEEM scheme for the spinning and cotton ginning machines, he asked the industry for details so that the Ministry can study it.The industry in Tamil Nadu should look at tripling exports, he said and called for investments to make indigenous machinery for knitting, weaving, and processing sectors.The Minister also inaugurated a GM Testing Laboratory for cotton and cotton-derived materials at SITRA. The laboratory will meet the growing need for traceability, quality assurance, and compliance in the global cotton trade. It will help exporters meet requirements of organic standards such as GOTS and OCS, which mandate qualitative GM cotton screening.The laboratory has obtained its NABL accreditation in the recent assessment. Published - June 28, 2026 09:51 pm IST

A.P. Intermediate education chief raps principals of 50 underperforming government junior colleges

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A.P. Intermediate education chief raps principals of 50 underperforming government junior colleges

Last week, the newly elected Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, went walkabout at Fort St. George. Which is a good thing. He must be the first Chief Minister in living memory who went and saw some of the monuments in the precinct. The itinerary was predictable – the Church of St. Mary’s and the Fort Museum. But what was left out was what he really needed to go and see. And had he done so, he may have begun pondering over what can be done to save this historic enclave from its steady decline.The first problem that faces the Fort is its poor general upkeep. Tonnes of rubbish lurk behind the massive walls – the byproducts of the administrative setup at the place. You don’t need to go looking for it. All around, you will see heaps of plastic, paper, and other discarded items. Go closer to the walls, and you will see a lot more. Go to the rear of the Fort and you will see the moat in all its ghastly (lack of) upkeep. Weeds, stagnant water, and refuse on both sides. This is not to be confused with the front side of the fort, where the moat is regularly tended to, but is bone dry. Last House, photographed in 2023 | Photo Credit: Sriram V. Ownership tussleThe next is the conflict of multiple ownership. The Fort has five owners, as far as I know. There is the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and there are the Legislative Assembly, the Tamil Nadu government, the Army, and the Navy. Each has its private turf and guards it fiercely – not by way of protecting the buildings within, but more in terms of recognised bounds. Thus, the Navy had, what is known for some mysterious reason, as Clive’s Library. Years ago, a tree began growing out of it, and nobody noticed it until it took on a stranglehold of the building itself. It is quite certain that the tree, unlike the beanstalk in the fairytale, did not grow overnight and yet, no steps were taken to remove it. Finally, the tree crushed the building for good.If that is the Navy’s record, the Army fares marginally better. It has taken good care of some buildings, such as the Embarkation HQ. However, the King’s Barracks, said to be the largest in the country, is in a state of near collapse. This is because the Army and the ASI are at loggerheads over control of the building. The ASI wants the Army to hand it over, and the latter is reluctant, given the former’s track record of suddenly denotifying structures under its control, handing them over to the State government for demolition, and putting up new buildings in their place. As a result, King’s Barracks is a shabby, roofless shell. Despite being a site of significance, the Fort suffers from poor general upkeep | Photo Credit: Sriram V. The Army is not wrong in the doubts it entertains. The ASI has, of course, done a stellar job in restoring Clive’s House (now the ASI HQ) and the church. But the rest of the Fort is littered with episodes where more could have been done. Even in the 1980s, an entire section of historic buildings was denotified to allow the government to build Namakkal Kavignar Maligai. That structure itself would have never been permitted in a precinct of this kind, if we had had a Heritage Act in place. Then came the wilful neglect of Wellesley’s House and Last House on Snob’s Alley, both of which were allowed to collapse. Their ‘protected status’ was subsequently withdrawn.Which leaves us with the historic gates. Of these, the Sea Gate and the more ornamental entry and departure points are well taken care of. St. Thomas’ Gate, under Army supervision, is good, but the remaining, namely Wallajah, St. George’s, and North, are in very poor repair. The spaces under the arches serve as rubbish tips and the gates themselves are in a state of severe wear and tear. A garbage pile in front of the North Gate, which is in a state of severe wear and tear | Photo Credit: Sriram V. The buildings under government ownership, namely the Secretariat and Assembly, seem in good condition because of use and regular maintenance. But o

Double win for Haryana family: Mother and son elected mayors in UK

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Double win for Haryana family: Mother and son elected mayors in UK

4 min readLudhianaUpdated: May 25, 2026 09:26 AM IST Teachers in Punjab have been out of schools for months now, and are burdened under several non-academic duties, both by the Centre and state governments. (File Photo)Two Censuses being conducted during the same period — one by the Centre and the other by the state government — brings plenty on Punjab teachers plate at a time when intense heat has gripped the entire region, making door-to-door surveys challenging. The national population census being conducted by the government of India along with the Punjab government’s own “Drug and Socio-Economic Census” has multiplied their problems. Several teachers have alleged that they have been put on “double duty”, meaning their names have appeared in the duty list of both the Censuses.“We are already doing Census 2027 duty for the Government of India, and now the Punjab government is imposing its drug Census also on us. Teachers are being treated like donkeys in such hot weather. We have refused to do both duties and have told the officials that we won’t join the drug census,” a teacher from Ludhiana district said. Teachers in Punjab have been out of schools for months now, and are burdened under several non-academic duties, both by the Centre and state governments. From population Census and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters list under the Election Commission to local body polls being conducted by the Punjab State Election Commission, and now the Drug and Socio-Economic Census, teachers have alleged that they are being “extremely harassed” and not allowed to teach, which is their primary job. Interestingly, for the Punjab government’s Drug and Socio-Economic Census, a first-ever in the state being conducted to “find extent of drug addiction in the state”, earlier the teachers were told to “volunteer” as enumerators and told that they will be paid Rs 250 per household. However, after receiving the lukewarm response and facing the shortage of enumerators, the duties have now been mandatory in some districts. As per the order issued by Ludhiana SDM (east) on Friday, as many as 1,281 teachers from Ludhiana alone were put on duty for drug Census and directed to report for training on Saturday. The order said that if teachers won’t report, action will follow. However, a massive protest erupted on Saturday near SCD College, Ludhiana, where teachers were told to report for training. A majority of the teachers alleged that they were put on “double duty” and they refused to join the drug Census one. “We feel that the national Census 2027 is our duty and we are happily doing it. It is not that tough to ask 30 basic questions. But now the Punjab government is imposing its drug Census on us. It has 120 questions that have to be asked to each family. We are already out of schools due to Census 2027 and SIR, and now this drug Census is being imposed on us. We have refused to join double or triple duties. They can take whatever action they want to take action against us,” another teacher from Ludhiana said.Story continues below this ad “On one hand, the Punjab government says that teachers won’t be burdened with non-academic work and here, we are being given not one but double and triple duties. What was the urgency of the Punjab government to conduct the drug Census in the period when the national Census is already ongoing? And anyway, majority questions in drug Census are related to the AAP government’s own schemes which they want to publicise. Teachers are bearing the brunt of all this,” a teacher from Sangrur district said. A teacher from Ludhiana said that authorities have assured them that “no teacher will be forced to join double duty.” “We have been told by the authorities that those who are already doing Census 2027 duty won’t be forced to join the drug Census. But things will be clear on Monday. If they will still force us, we will again sit in a protest,” Sanjiv Kumar, a teacher said. Divya Goyal is a Principal Correspondent

BJP MLA Rathindra Bose to be party's candidate for Speaker's post

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BJP MLA Rathindra Bose to be party's candidate for Speaker's post

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan takes oath during the swearing-in ceremony in the Kerala Assembly on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran The newly-elected legislators were formally sworn in as Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) at the first session of the 16th Kerala Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday (May 21, 2026). Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran supervised the proceedings over a three-and-a-half-hour-long ceremony.Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar had sworn in Mr. Sudhakaran on Wednesday. The remaining 139 members took the oath on Thursday. Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greets Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran at the Kerala Assembly after his swearing-in on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran Fisheries Minister V.E. Abdul Gafoor, representing the Kalamassery constituency, was the first to take the oath as the names were called in alphabetical order. Xavier Chittilapilly (Wadakkancherry) was the last. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan was 105th to take the oath. He took the oath in the name of god. Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who was 133rd, solemnly affirmed his commitment.Most of the members took the oath in Malayalam. Faisal Babu (Kozhikode South), Mani C. Kappan (Pala), Mathew Kuzhalnadan (Muvattupuzha), Ramesh Chennithala (Haripad), Sandeep Varier (Thrikkaripur), Shibu Baby John (Chavara) and Sunny Joseph (Peravoor) took the oath in English. A.K.M. Ashraf (Manjeshwar) took the oath in Kannada and F. Raja (Devikulam), in Tamil. Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan greets BJP MLA and party’s State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the Assembly | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran T.K. Govindan, who had quit the CPI(M) and won as a UDF-supported Independent, took everyone by surprise when he moved towards Mr. Vijayan to shake hands with him before taking the oath.The ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has a massive majority in the House with 102 out of the 140 seats. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) has 35 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three.The House convened for the ceremony at 9 a.m. with the rendition of the national anthem.Speaker electionThe Speaker will be elected on Friday (May 22, 2026). The Congress has picked leader Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan for the Speaker’s post and Shanimol Usman for the Deputy Speaker’s post.The BJP, which won three seats in Kerala Assembly, will field its candidate, B.B. Gopakumar, in the election for the Speaker’s post, said State party president Rajeev Chandrasekhar.Five years ago in 2021, the oath-taking ceremony of the 15th Kerala Assembly was held amidst strict COVID-19 protocols. Back then, seats were rearranged in the House to ensure that physical distance was maintained. Published - May 21, 2026 01:00 pm IST

Who is Pravesh Wahi? BJP candidate elected MCD mayor

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Who is Pravesh Wahi? BJP candidate elected MCD mayor

Garvit BhiraniGarvit Bhirani is a journalist based in Gurugram. He is a Deputy Chief Content Producer at LiveMint, where he covers national and international news stories, focusing on accuracy and compelling storytelling for readers. With a total of six years of experience in journalism, he has previously worked with Vaco Binary Semantics for Google, taking on the role of news curation lead, and reported from the field on health, education, and agriculture stories for 101reporters and News9. He has also served as a content editor for entertainment and news media organisations. Garvit...

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