Rajahmundry to be called with its original name Rajamahendravaram

Rajahmundry shall henceforth be called with its ancient name "Rajamahendravaram", which was named after the Chalukya king, Sri Raja Raja Narendra who reigned around 1022 AD.

Since British found it difficult to pronounce, they changed the name of "Rajamahendravaram" to Rajahmundry. In 2015, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has said the town of Rajahmundry in East Godavari district will get back its historical name of Rajamahendravaram.

Chandrababu Naidu strongly believes that the original name of Rajahmundry could rejuvenate to shape up the city as modern hub for tourists and also provide consistent jobs locally.

Tags: Rajahmundry, Rajamahendravaram, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Raja Raja Narendra

Taj Mahal and Statue of Liberty welcome Eiffel Tower on joining Twitter

It's a remarkable New Year greeting by the @Taj Mahal and @Statue of Liberty, warmly greeted the @Eiffel Tower, the 126-year-old monument joined the micro-blogging site Twitter for the first time on 21st Dec 2016.

The 126-year-old monument already has 19.4K followers on the popular micro-blogging site, within a week of its creation.

"Paris since 1889 , now I also shines on Twitter! Parisian since 1889 , I am now sparkling on Twitter" First Tweet of #LaTourEiffel

Parisienne depuis 1889, maintenant je brille aussi sur Twitter ! Parisian since 1889, now I am sparkling on Twitter! pic.twitter.com/in8yIpTUms

— La tour Eiffel (@LaTourEiffel) December 21, 2015

Later #TajMahal tweeted "Welcome @LaTourEiffel"

Thanks a lot @TajMahal ! https://t.co/kuZWN6nJDQ

— La tour Eiffel (@LaTourEiffel) December 21, 2015

Followed by #StatueOfLibertyNM tweeted "Welcome to Twitter sister!"

@LaTourEiffel Bienvenue à Twitter ma sœur!

— Statue of Liberty NM (@StatueEllisNPS) December 21, 2015

RGV's Killing Veerappan - Theatrical Trailer

RGV's Killing Veerappan movie New Theatrical Trailer. Killing Veerappan is an upcoming film directed by Ram Gopal Varma with Shivaraj Kumar, Sandeep Bharadwaj and Parul Yadav in lead roles. Produced by BV Manjunath, music composed by Sai Kartheek, Ravi Shanker. Background Music and Sound Design by Seshu KMR.

The movie is Releasing on 1st Jan 2016.

Killing Veerappan is based on real story of Veerappan a Sandalwood smuggler who was active for years in forest lands covering the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The trailer is looking very impressive and produced thrilling experience with creative background score and details of Killing Veerappan.

The STORY behind Asia’s biggest MANHUNT.

It took 10 YEARS to kill OSAMA BIN LADEN.

It took 20 YEARS to kill VEERAPPAN.

He killed 900 Elephants.

He killed 184 people.

He killed 97 policemen.

He was the most DANGEROUS MAN in the CRIME HISTORY of Asia.

The 52 seconds National Anthem

 

A family was evicted allegedly for not standing up while playing National Anthem of India at cinema hall in Maharashtra.

The incident came to light when moviegoers filmed the altercation and updated on Social Media.

Coming to the point, is National Anthem really required to play in cinema theaters which are specially treated for fun and "entertainment" - "entertainment" - "entertainment" (Just Asking).

National Anthem is playing in all Government schools (children are paying attention and standing up daily) and many occasions, but is it really playing in all Government/Govt Recognized Offices daily?

When the National Anthem is playing on Television, how many of us really paying attention to that and standing up.

If the National Anthem is playing on Television at Railway stations and bus stations, will these angry moviegoers get freeze and stand-up for 52 sec though their bus/train is departing?

The occasions on which the full versions or the short version will be played have been indicated at the appropriate places in these instructions - Source here

General

1. Whenever the Anthem is sung or played, the audience shall stand to attention. However, when in the course of a newsreel or documentary the Anthem is played as a part of the film, it is not expected of the audience to stand as standing is bound to interrupt the exhibition of the film and would create disorder and confusion rather than add to the dignity of the Anthem.
2. As in the case of the flying of the National Flag, it has been left to the good sense of the people not to indulge in indiscriminate singing or playing of the Anthem.

   Also check here for the Prevention Insults National Honour Act 1971

Playing of the Anthem

1. The full version of the Anthem shall be played on the following occasions:
   • Civil and Military investitures;
   • When National Salute (which means the Command "Rashtriya Salute Salami Shastr" to the accompaniment of the National Anthem is given on ceremonial occasions to the President or to the Governor/Lieutenant Governor within their respective States/Union Territories;
   • During parades irrespective of whether any of the dignitaries referred to in (ii) above is present or not;
   • On arrival of the President at formal State functions and other functions organized by the Government and mass functions and on his departure from such functions;
   • Immediately before and after the President addresses the Nation over All India Radio;
   • On arrival of the Governor/Lieutenant Governor at formal State functions within his State/Union Territory and on his departure from such functions
   • When the National Flag is brought on parade;
   • When the Regimental Colours are presented;
   • For hoisting of colours in the Navy.
2. The short version of the Anthem shall be played when drinking toasts in Messes.
3. The Anthem shall be played on any other occasion for which special orders have been issued by the Government of India.
4. Normally the Anthem shall not be played for the Prime Minister, though there may be special occasions when it may be played.
5. When the National Anthem is played by a band, the Anthem will be preceded by a roll of drums to assist the audience to know that the National Anthem is going to be played, unless there is some other specific indication that the National Anthem is about to be played, as for example, when fanfares are sounded before the National Anthem is played, or when toasts are drunk to the accompaniment of the National Anthem or when the National Anthem constitutes the National Salute given by a Guard of Honour. The duration of the roll, in terms of marching drill, will be 7 paces in slow march. The roll will start slowly, ascend to as loud a volume as possible and then gradually decreases to original softness, but remaining audible until the seventh beat. One beat rest will then be observed before commencing the National Anthem.

Mass Singing of the Anthem

1. The full version of the Anthem shall be played accompanied by mass singing on the following occasions:
   • On the unfurling of the National Flag, on cultural occasions or ceremonial functions other than parades. (This could be arranged by having a choir or adequate size, suitably stationed, which would be trained to coordinate its singing with the band etc. There should be an adequate public audition system so that the gathering in various enclosures can sing in unison with the choir);
   • On arrival of the President at any Government or Public function (but excluding formal State functions and mess functions) and also immediately before his departure from such functions.
2. On all occasions when the National Anthem is sung, the full version shall be recited accompanied by mass singing.
3. The Anthem may be sung on occasions which, although not strictly ceremonial, are nevertheless invested with significance because of the presence of Ministers etc. The singing of the Anthem on such occasions (with or without the accompaniment of an instruments) accompanied by mass singing is desirable.
4. It is not possible to give an exhaustive list of occasions on which the singing (as distinct from playing) of the Anthem can be permitted. But there is no objection to the singing of the Anthem accompanied by mass singing so long as it is done with due respect as a salutation to the motherland and proper decorum is maintained.
5. In all schools, the day's work may begin with community singing of the anthem. School authorities should make adequate provision in their programmes for popularising the singing of the Anthem and promoting respect for the National Flag among students.

India 2014 - portfolios of the union council of ministers

Prime Minister
	Shri Narendra Modi	Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers
1	Shri Raj Nath Singh	Home Affairs
2	Smt. Sushma Swaraj	External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs
3	Shri Arun Jaitley	Finance Corporate Affairs Information & Broadcasting
4	Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Parliamentary Affairs
5	Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari	Road Transport and Highways Shipping
6	Shri Manohar Parrikar	Defence
7	Shri Suresh Prabhu	Railways
8	Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda	Law & Justice
9	Sushri Uma Bharati	Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
10	Dr. Najma A. Heptulla	Minority Affairs
11	Shri Ramvilas Paswan	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12	Shri Kalraj Mishra	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13	Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi	Women and Child Development
14	Shri Ananthkumar	Chemicals and Fertilizers
15	Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad	Communications and Information Technology
16	Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda	Health and Family Welfare
17	Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati	Civil Aviation
18	Shri Anant Geete	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
19	Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal	Food Processing Industries
20	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar	Mines Steel
21	Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh	Rural Development Panchayati Raj Drinking Water and Sanitation
22	Shri Jual Oram	Tribal Affairs
23	Shri Radha Mohan Singh	Agriculture
24	Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot	Social Justice and Empowerment
25	Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani	Human Resource Development
26	Dr. Harsh Vardhan	Science and Technology Earth Sciences
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
1	General V. K. Singh	Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) External Affairs Overseas Indian Affairs
2	Shri Inderjit Singh Rao	Planning (Independent Charge) Defence
3	Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Textiles (Independent Charge)
4	Shri Bandaru Dattatreya	Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)
5	Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Parliamentary Affairs
6	Shri Shripad Yesso Naik	AAYUSH (Independent Charge) Health & Family Welfare
7	Shri Dharmendra Pradhan	Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
8	Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
9	Shri Prakash Javadekar	Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
10	Shri Piyush Goyal	Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
11	Dr. Jitendra Singh	Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
12	Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
13	Dr. Mahesh Sharma	Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge) Civil Aviation
Ministers of State
1	Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	Minority Affairs Parliamentary Affairs
2	Shri Ram Kripal Yadav	Drinking Water and Sanitation
3	Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary	Home Affairs
4	Shri Sanwar Lal Jat	Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
5	Shri Mohanbhai Kalyanjibhai Kundariya	Agriculture
6	Shri Giriraj Singh	Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
7	Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir	Chemicals & Fertilizers
8	Shri G. M. Siddeshwara	Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
9	Shri Manoj Sinha	Railways
10	Shri Nihalchand	Panchayati Raj
11	Shri Upendra Kushwaha	Human Resources Development
12	Shri Radhakrishnan P	Road Transport & Highways Shipping
13	Shri Kiren Rijiju	Home Affairs
14	Shri Krishan Pal	Social Justice & Empowerment
15	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan	Agriculture
16	Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava	Tribal Affairs
17	Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve	Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
18	Shri Vishnu Deo Sai	Mines Steel
19	Shri Sudarshan Bhagat	Rural Development
20	Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria	Human Resource Development
21	Shri Y. S. Chowdary	Science and Technology Earth Science
22	Shri Jayant Sinha	Finance
23	Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Information & Broadcasting
24	Shri Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Baral	Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
25	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti	Food Processing Industries
26	Shri Vijay Sampla	Social Justice & Empowerment