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’18 lakh vulnerable pensioners left in the lurch’: Naveen slams Odisha govt for three-month delay in pension

Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.

Stalin reaffirms Tamil Nadu’s opposition to NEP: “Dravidian state, not a saffron one”

Reiterating Tamil Nadu’s firm opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) introduced by the BJP-led Union Government, Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday declared that Tamil Nadu is a Dravidian state, not a saffron one, and will never implement the NEP, which he said aims to saffronise and dismantle the country's education system.