Beggars Rehabilitation Scheme: Stalin to take up father’s long-fought cause?
Karunanidhi first spoke about the issues of beggars in his film Parasakthi in 1952, wherein he stressed on their empowerment.
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CHENNAI: Five decades ago, the late DMK president M Karunanidhi during his second tenure as Chief Minister, launched the Beggars Rehabilitation Scheme on his 48th birthday and vowed to eliminate beggary in Tamil Nadu in five to seven years time, while also ordering the construction of six homes at important towns to rehabilitate leprosy-affected beggars in the first phase.
However, over a period, the scheme lost its momentum and now the number of beggars in the State have increased. With Chief Minister MK Stalin now reviewing the functioning of all departments on a day to day basis ahead of the budget session and initiating more impetus to developmental schemes as well as social reform initiatives, several activis
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Of lives, limbs and the bull run
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Jallikattu has fierce supporters in the State. As new norms attempt to enforce rules for the safety of both man and beast, the deaths have come down.
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Grabbing the bull by its horns: Tamers trying to get hold of an animal during a jallikattu held at Palamedu in Madurai this year. The popular bull-taming sport is conducted during Pongal.
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Jallikattu has fierce supporters in the State. As new norms attempt to enforce rules for the safety of both man and beast, the deaths have come down.