The decision was taken in view of the consensus amongst almost Tamil scholars that the first of Thai is the first day of the Tamil year.
Four Tamil movies will release in the harvest festival, Pongal.
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Megastar Rajinikanth turns 70 on December 12.
The film was to release in July 2020 but is now scheduled for a Pongal release in January 2021.
More than 700 bull-tamers participated in the events, which were witnessed by thousands of spectators.
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The Centre's notification lifting ban on bull taming sport Jallikattu during the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu was on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court.
The petitioner demanded that Jallikattu must be conducted under the supervision of the district collector.
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As winter fades and the sun's warmth begins, once again, to make its presence felt, India celebrates one of its oldest and most important festivals.
Modi praised Tamil Nadu as a special place and lauded the Tamil language as eternal and its culture as global.
Sasikala's letter to the prime minister on the issue comes days after Chief Minister O Panneerselvam urged the Centre to promulgate an ordinance for the conduct of the sport.
Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble supported Virat Kohli's view of having five centres for Test matches in order to bring the spectators back to the stadium.
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Darbar is scheduled to release on Pongal (which falls in January) 2020.
'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'
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N Kalyanasundaram started saving up last year so that he could feed the hungry during the second COVID lockdown.
DMK working president M K Stalin led a protest in Chennai and sought promulgation of an ordinance to allow holding the sport.
DMK blamed the Centre and state government for 'not taking appropriate, timely steps' to ensure conduct of the event and announced a state-wide stir.
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Implementing the poll promises of TN parties will cost state exchequer Rs 30,000 cr a year, say experts.
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DMK working president and Opposition Leader MK Stalin, who pressed the Centre to immediately promulgate an ordinance to hold the sport and that AIADMK should also press Centre for it, said that "Tamils will not forgive" the two if such an urgent step was not taken.
Jayalalitha is rapidly expanding her brand into products that people come in contact almost daily.
Villages in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district are geared up to host Jallikattu, the controversial bull taming game, with many strict restrictions put in place following a Supreme Court order. A Ganesh Nadar takes a stock of the preparations.
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The final day of Jallikattu lived up to all the hype surrounding the tremendously popular sport. A Ganesh Nadar shares his ringside view with us
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Jallikattu is organised as a part of the harvest festival of Pongal, which will be celebrated on Monday.
