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Primary school teachers to stage 'dharna'

Tiruchirapalli, Apr 5 (UNI) Over 40,000 members of the Tamil Nadu Elementary School Teachers Federation will stage a state-wide 'dharna' in 400 places in the state on April 10 to draw the state government's attention to their long-pending demands.

Federation state secretary S Anbazhagan told newspersons here today that the 'dharna' would demand that the government ensure 1:30 teacher-student ratio, give up contributory pension scheme and reintroduce the old pension scheme.

He also said the 'dharna' was also protest against the appointment of senior IAS officer Vijayakumar as the Director-Incharge of Elementary Education and demanded that such posts should be filled up only by those having an experience in educational field.

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Obama welcomed by all living past, present US presidents at White House lunch

London, Jan 8 (ANI): US President-elect Barack Obama met with all living past and present presidents of the country for lunch at the White House.The meeting, which has been dubbed as an "extraordinary gathering" by Obama, saw George H W Bush, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and the President-elect himself standing together in the Oval Office of the White House for a photo opportunity.The US presidents showed their unity and offered their welcome to Obama, who.....
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