Puthiya Thalaimurai
| Categories | General interest |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | P. Sathyanarayanan |
| First issue | October 2009 |
| Company | Puthiya Thalaimurai |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Website | Puthiya Thalaimurai |
Puthiya Thalaimurai is a Tamil magazine published from Chennai, India by New Generation Media. The group also has an English website, The Federal, a digital platform disseminating news, analysis and commentary. It seeks to look at India from the perspective of the states.[citation needed]
History and profile
Puthiya Thalaimurai was first published in October 2018.[citation needed] The magazine is published on a weekly basis.[1] It mostly publishes articles about education and Tamil Nadu politics. [citation needed][2][3][4]
The magazine awards the best performers in the teaching profession in Tamil Nadu with annual Asiriyar Awards since 2015. The awards are given to teachers who have shown excellence in the categories such as scientific awareness, rural service, girls' education, tribal development, innovation, motivation, language skill development and creativity.[5]
The English news website Federal has launched, state focused website talking about the issues related to the federal structure of the government. They have launched Telangana[6] and Karnataka[7] editions as of April, 2024.
Controversies
Bomb attack on Puthiya Thalaimurai office
On 8 March 2015, several protesters attacked a video journalist and broke his equipment outside the Puthiya Thalaimurai office. The protests reportedly started after promos of a show about Mangalsutra was aired on 11 March 2015. The protesters claimed it hurt their religious sentiments. 10 members of the Hindu Munnani outfit were arrested in connection with the incident.[8] Tamilisai Soundararajan the then BJP state president visited the protesters in jail and pledged them her support.[9]
On 12 March 2015, at about 3:00 a.m., four men came on motorcycles and threw two crude bombs stuffed in tiffin boxes into the Puthiya Thalaimurai office. The event was captured on CCTV cameras. No one was said to be injured in the attack.[10] Later the ex-youth president of the right-wing outfit Hindu Makkal Katchi and the current president of Hindu Ilaignar Sena, Pandian surrendered at the court of Madurai. Pandian has been named in a few cases together with an attack on a sub-inspector in Madurai.[11]
References
- ^ "Our Clients". Fourth Dimension. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ Feedback Puthiya Thalaimurai Live TV.
- ^ Tamil Goose
- ^ Broadband India Magazine September 2009.
- ^ "Puthiya Thalaimurai Magazine to felicitate best teachers with Asiriyar Awards". MediaNews4U. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "News website The Federal launches Telangana edition - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. E4M Media. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Federal, The (5 February 2024). "Breaking news | The Federal launches Karnataka edition, in Kannada". thefederal.com.
- ^ "Tamil news channel attack: NHRC seeks report from police". The Hindu. PTI. 19 March 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Kavitha Muralitharan (12 March 2015). "Hindu Youth Sena takes responsibility for Chennai TV channel attack". India Today. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ PTI. "Puthiya Thalaimurai channel attacked; none injured". @businessline. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Srikrishna, L. (12 March 2015). "Hindu Illaignar Sena president surrenders". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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