VK News Today https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Numerology Remedies for Saturn: Born on 8, 17, or 26? Do these simple Shani Upay to overcome financial delays and unlock long-term career success India to recover ‘Green Boots’ climber’s body from Everest after 30 years: Report NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu MPs on Saturday “unanimously” decided to oppose Centre’s Delimitation Bill after chief minister C Joseph Vijay chaired a meeting to discuss its likely impact on the state.Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said around 21 out of 57 Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs attended the meeting and agreed to resist any alteration in Tamil Nadu’s representation in Parliament.”The chief minister of Tamil Nadu had called for a meeting for all the MPs from Tamil Nadu from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. About 21 of us attended the meeting, and there was absolute unanimity that Tamil Nadu’s rights must be preserved. Our representation in Parliament can’t be diminished. Any kind of alteration and delimitation, either on the basis of population or on a proportionate increase, will be resisted,” Chidambaram said.”We want Parliament to be frozen at 543, and the distribution among the states to be preserved as it is, which means Tamil Nadu will have 39 members in a House of 543. We are clear in our unanimous opinion that a larger Parliament will be an ineffective Parliament, and Tamil Nadu will not be well served by a larger Parliament. So we want Parliament to be preserved at 543 with the same representation of 39 Lok Sabha MPs for Tamil Nadu,” he added.The meeting was boycotted by the DMK and AIADMK, which dismissed the deliberations as a “farce” and a “drama”.The meeting was held at Kalaivanar Arangam, a government-owned auditorium near the Secretariat.Senior DMK leader A Raja told reporters in Perambalur that it was “a farce, a laughable exercise”, arguing that the TVK government was deliberating on an issue about which it had no clarity.Meanwhile, AIADMK called the meeting a “hurriedly staged drama”, pointing out that no new delimitation Bill had been introduced in Parliament and there had been no official announcement on the exercise.While the Congress and other opposition parties have supported the Women’s Reservation Bill, they have opposed linking its implementation to the delimitation exercise. The opposition has demanded that women’s reservation be delinked from delimitation.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, was passed by both Houses of Parliament. However, its implementation has not moved forward after the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill fell in the Lok Sabha on April 17, failing to secure the constitutionally required two-thirds majority of members present and voting.The Bill linked the implementation of 33 percent women’s reservation in legislatures to delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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Neither had authorised anyone to independently prepare the questions or conduct the competition.”The person who included the historically incorrect question holds a prejudiced view,” the minister’s office said, adding that the Education Director had been instructed to identify those responsible and take strict action.As per PTI, teachers associated with the Social Science Club had prepared the questionnaire.The controversy has since drawn criticism from the CPI(M) and Left-affiliated student and youth organisations, which accused the Congress-led UDF government of allowing what they described as a “Sangh Parivar agenda” to enter the education system.Pinarayi Vijayan accuses government of ‘colluding’ with RSSCPI(M) veteran and former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused the UDF government of “colluding” with the RSS and alleged that efforts were being made to conceal Savarkar’s history and glorify him.Addressing a press conference in Kannur, Vijayan alleged that the Centre and the RSS were attempting to “rewrite history”. He also linked the controversy to the Centre’s efforts to implement its new education policy in Kerala.Former general education minister V Sivankutty also criticised the question, alleging that it was part of an attempt to “saffronise” Kerala’s general education sector and distort the history of India’s freedom struggle.Sivankutty demanded a comprehensive inquiry, strict action against those responsible and the withdrawal of the disputed question and answer. He also sought an apology from the General Education Department.Left groups, IUML leaders criticise questionSFI state secretary P S Sanjeev alleged that the quiz sought to portray Savarkar as a freedom fighter. In a social media post, he criticised the UDF government and alleged that the general education portfolio was being used to create space for the Sangh Parivar.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesDYFI state secretary K Sanoj also criticised the government, saying there was no justification for a school quiz to contain a question that allegedly glorified Savarkar.Senior Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader and former minister M K Muneer said portraying Savarkar as a patriot was part of the RSS-BJP agenda.Muneer, however, said that if the question had indeed been included in the quiz, the matter should be seriously examined and those responsible identified, adding that it should not be treated lightly.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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Officials also sought faster action on takedown requests from authorised agencies, greater compliance with data-localisation requirements and closer coordination with the government.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines The government has intensified scrutiny of Meta over deepfakes, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and other harmful content.Read full storyGreenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked US oil firm pushes ahead with Arctic drillingA Texas-based oil company, Greenland Energy, has started moving drilling equipment ashore in Greenland’s remote Jameson Land despite not yet receiving approval from local authorities, according to The Guardian. 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