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| | Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday, claiming the central government provided more funds to the state than the UPA government but "some people keep crying" over it. He also questioned DMK leaders for signing off their letters in English, not in Tamil. | | | THE BIG STORY Modi flags off Tamil Nadu infra push, slams Stalin govt Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led Tamil Nadu government amid a pitched battle over the Centre’s three-language policy and said that all ministers in the southern state signed letters to him in English despite “saying they were proud of the Tamil language”, as he inaugurated the new Pamban Bridge to link Rameswaram island with mainland India. The central government is working to ensure that the Tamil language and Tamil heritage reach every corner of the world, he said, and urged the state government to begin medical courses in the language. Read more. | THE BIG QUESTION As temperature nears 40 degrees, is a heatwave on the cards? The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued a “yellow alert” for a heatwave in Delhi from April 7 to 9, with the maximum temperature expected to reach between 40 and 42 degrees Celsius on April 7 and 8, and around 41 degrees Celsius thereafter. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | FROM THE FIELD Secretary of SIS Milind Deshmukh held in Gokhale Institute funds diversion case The secretary of Servants of India Society (SIS) Milind Deshmukh was arrested on Sunday, a day after Deshmukh himself was held, in connection with an alleged case of funds diversion, cheating, and misappropriation at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), a senior police officer said. Read more. | | | Photo of the Day  Visitors brave a hot afternoon at Qutub Minar, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Credit: Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO) | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | | 
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