Chennai (PTI): Senior DMK Leader Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said that girls in Tamil Nadu were asked to study whereas their counterparts in North were asked to stay at home, be in kitchen and bear children.

Participating in a function presided by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin here, Maran said, The government functioning under the leadership of M.K. Stalin is a 'Dravidian Model' government which functions with the idea of "Everything for everyone" (ellarukum ellam).

In particular, boys and girls in Tamil Nadu are expected to bear the laptop distributed by the government and either face an interview or join post graduation with confidence, the DMK MP said.

"In Tamil Nadu we tell women to study. But what is told in the North India? they say girls should not go to work, should be at home, be in the kitchen. bear children. this is your job. They say like this," Maran said at an event here.

"...This is Tamil Nadu. This is Dravida Nadu. It is the land of (late DMK patriarch) M Karunanidhi, (former Chief Minister) Anna and (Chief Minister) M K Stalin. In this soil, your (women's) progress is the progress of Tamil Nadu. Why global companies come to Chennai ? Because, everyone here is educated not only in Tamil but also in English," he said.

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Imphal (PTI): The mortal remains of two children, who were killed in a bomb attack in Manipur's Bishnupur district in April, were handed over to family members on Saturday, officials said.

The bodies of the five-year-old boy and his six-month-old sister were kept in the morgue for 25 days, as the family members had refused to accept the mortal remains, demanding that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.

On April 25, Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh had appealed to the family members of the children to accept the bodies. Singh had also said that all efforts were underway to find the culprits.

The two children were killed in a bomb attack at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district on April 7. Their bodies were kept in the morgue at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal.

The incident had triggered widespread violent protests in the five valley districts of Manipur, and the case was subsequently handed over to the NIA.

Hundreds of people lined up along the way to Tronglaobi to offer floral tributes, as the mortal remains were taken for the last rites in an open vehicle earlier in the day.