Vellore City

Melmaruvathur Bangaru Adigalar’s birthday on 1st March

Melmaruvathur Bangaru adigalar’s 74th birthday will be celebrated from 1st March to 3rd March at ‘Adhi Parasakthi Sithar Peedam’.

Awards to promote plastic-free environment by Tamil Nadu Government

The Tamil Nadu government in a bid to encourage plastic-free environment has proposed to give awards to three villages, self-help groups and schools that excel in collecting plastic waste. The winners shall get 5 lakh, 3 lakh and 2 lakh.

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Kedarnath shrine set to reopen for devotees on May 4

On May 4,the doors of Kedarnath will be opened for devotees .With just a couple of months left and rehabilitation work in the area still pending, the task of making the yatra safe and smooth for pilgrims will be a challenging one for the state government. Madhu Bhatt, vice-president of Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), told TOI that the decision on the opening date of the shrine was taken at a meeting in Ukhimath on Shivratri on Thursday.

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EFFO approves a proposal to provide a monthly pension of minimum Rs. 1,000

Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) approved a proposal to provide a monthly pension of minimum Rs. 1,000, a decision that will immediately benefit about its 28 lakh pensioners.

No change in the current interest rates: Reserve Bank of India

Governor Raghuram Rajan, Reserve Bank of India has mentioned that current interest rates are “appropriately set”, hinting that rates are likely to remain unchanged in the forthcoming monetary policy in April 2014.