The New Indian Express Bengaluru - December 17, 2024

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December 17, 2024

Will not allow Lankan territory to be used against India, says Dissanayake

SRI Lanka will not allow its territory to be used against India's national security interests, Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

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7,135 minors sought antenatal care in 3 years'

IN all, 7,135 girls aged below 18 registered for antenatal care or pregnancy-related care in the past three years as per the state's Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) portal, indicating the prevalence of child marriage in society.

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SPEAKING HANDS FALL SILENT

WHEN he was born on March 9, 1951, Zakir Hussain was considered an unlucky child.

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K'taka RTC staff to strike work from Dec 31

THE Karnataka State Road Transport Employees' Joint Action Committee has called for an indefinite strike from December 31, demanding that the state government fulfil their demands.

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Record gold imports widen trade deficit

IN what could put pressure on the economy, India's trade deficit—the difference between imports and exports—widened to a record $37.8 billion in November, showing a 4.8% drop in exports and a record increase in imports driven by massive gold demand.

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Sitharaman, Kharge exchange barbs in RS

Cong head rebuts charges of constitutional changes for 'one family'

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In Karnataka, dairy farmers not paid incentives for nine months

THE state government has not paid incentives to dairy farmers for more than nine months.

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Illegal buildings: Girinath dismisses two appeals

PROPERTY owners accused of repeated violations such as construction of illegal buildings despite receiving demolition notices, will face stern action.

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Metro fare fixation panel's final report in 2 weeks

2nd set of coaches for Yellow Line by January

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GOVT TO TAKE STOCK OF LOST WATER BODIES

'Of the 756 lakes in B'luru, only 216 remain'

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Crown of iconic Queen Victoria statue damaged at Cubbon Park

THE crown of the iconic Queen Victoria's statue at Queen's Circle in the city has been damaged.

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Metro fare fixation panel's final report in 2 weeks

THE Fare Fixation Committee appointed to recommend the appropriate fare revision for Bengaluru Metro held a final meeting with BMRCL officials on Monday.

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Strenghten law governing will execution: HC

A SUITABLE provision in law to facilitate an option to record the statement by the testatorwill executor and the attesting witnesses in a court, testifying about the execution of a will, with necessary measures or safeguards to ensure confidentiality, will go a long way in assisting the courts in discharging its function in adjudicating the dispute surrounding the execution of the will, said the Karnataka High Court.

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HC can decide dispute over caste of elected candidate

THE Karnataka High Court ruled that the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Reservation of Appointments, etc.) Act, 1990 does not take away its jurisdiction to decide an election dispute questioning the caste of a returned candidate (a candidate who has been declared elected) to the legislative assembly.

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Nepalese couple flushes newborn down toilet, held

The Harohalli police in Ramanagara district, investigating the case of a premature baby found flushed in a toilet at Dayanand Sagar Hospital, arrested a Nepalese couple in connection with the incident.

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Actor Darshan appears before magistrate court

Completes formalities, returns to hospital

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Belagavi session just a 10-day trip for legislators'

GURAMITKAL JDS MLA Sharanagouda Kandakur mocked Belagavi's winter Assembly session held here each year, by terming it a 10-day annual trip for legislators.

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Panchamasali movement faces hurdles from within community, BJP

EVEN as Panchamasali Lingayat seer Jaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji has intensified the protest demanding the 2A tag for the community, differences of opinion among community leaders and BJP's non-committal stand have turned setbacks for the movement.

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Relish delicacies from across K'taka at Kannada Sahitya Sammelana

AMID the demand for non-vegetarian food at the 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in Mandya, the Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP), the organiser, is gearing up to provide vegetarian food to those attending the event from across Karnataka.

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Assembly passes bill to prevent children from falling into borewells

THE Karnataka Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) (Amendment) Bill passed in the Legislative Assembly on Monday proposes stringent measures to prevent children falling into uncapped newly drilled borewells.

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Border Area Development Authority to establish office in Suvarna Soudha

MEMBERS of the Karnataka Border Area Development Authority (KBADA) met in the border area for the first time on the occasion of 'Karnataka Suvarna Sambhrama' and the ongoing winter legislative session in Belagavi. The meeting passed a resolution to start a regional office of the authority at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, said its Chairman Somanna Bevinmarad.

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BJP DEMANDS CBI PROBE INTO MANIPPADY 'BRIBE'

We welcome Siddu's stand on central agency probe, says Vijayendra

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TG guv gives permission to proceed against KTR

As expected, Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has accorded permission to law enforcement agencies to prosecute former minister KT Rama Rao for allegedly abusing power in conducting the Formula E race.

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Winter will be shorter, not severe this year in south-interior K'taka

THIS WINTER will be short and less chilly in most parts o f south-interior Karnataka because of the formation of multiple systems from October to December.

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Tulsi Gowda, 'Encyclopedia of forest', passes away at 86

LEGENDARY tree planter and Padma Shri awardee Tulsi Gowda passed away at her residence in Honnali village of Ankola taluk in Uttara Kannada district on Monday evening. She was 86.

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KRISHNA CAN'T BE RECOGNISED AS MS AWARDEE, RULES APEX COURT

Order passed on an appeal filed by grandson of MS Subbulakshmi against Madras HC order

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Researchers find new species of wasp at BRT

ASHOKA Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) researchers Ranjith A P and Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan recently discovered new species of parasitoid wasp at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Yalandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district.

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Tribal man dragged for half km by car in Wayanad

IN a shocking incident, a 40-year-old tribal man was dragged along the road by a car driven by tourists for nearly half-a-kilometre.

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North TN to get heavy rain for 2 days

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) on Monday announced that a low-pressure area has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal and began its movement towards the Tamil Nadu coast.

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PROPOSING A 2-FACTOR FORMULA FOR SHARING

THE 16th Finance Commission so far visited 16 states; visits to 12 more will be completed in the next few months.

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UPHEAVAL IN LEVANT RAISES UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE WORLD

The governance of Syria can well fall into the hands of fundamentalist groups. Global powers must work towards dousing such a fire rather than reigniting it

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TMC makes U-turn on EVMs, differs with Cong on functioning

IN a departure from its earlier stand, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday asserted that there is nothing \"substantial\" in the allegations of manipulation of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

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Priyanka asks govt to take steps for safety of minorities in Bangladesh

CONGRESS MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday claimed in the Lok Sabha that a photograph of Pakistan surrendering before the Indian Army in Dhaka, had been removed from the Army headquarters.

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21 fake univs in country, 8 in Delhi; Centre says will protect students

THE University Grants Commission (UGC) has declared 21 \"self-styled\" universities, eight in Delhi alone, as fake, the Central government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.

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PMML Society seeks Nehru letters from Rahul

Historian says records on first PM, including his letters to Lady Mountbatten, withdrawn on orders of Sonia Gandhi

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₹1,000 crore credit guarantee scheme for farmers launched

THE Centre on Monday unveiled a credit guarantee scheme (CGS) to help small farmers who engage in distress selling.

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Persons with political and religious prejudices mustn't be made judges

In the wake of uproar over Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav's recent comments on Uniform Civil Code and that India will be run by the majority at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) function, retired Supreme Court judge Justice A K Pattnaik tells Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty that a judge shouldn't express views on political matters at a public forum.

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Gehlot ex-aide pardoned in phone tap case

DELHI'S Patiala House Court has granted a conditional pardon to Lokesh Sharma, the former Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Rajasthan's ex-Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, in connection with the illegal phone tapping case.

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Shah meets families hit by Maoist violence in Bastar, pledges support

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed his condolences to the families of jawans killed in Maoist attacks and the civilians affected by violence in the strife-torn region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.

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Students stir over paper leak, Bihar exam put off

THE Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) on Monday cancelled the 70th combined preliminary examination conducted by the commission at Bapu Bhawan examination centre in the state capital on December 13.

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Maha Yuti tables ₹35K cr supplementary budget

Maha discontent brews as several cabinet aspirants feel left out

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5 held, booked under Pocso for gang-raping teen

TRIPURA police arrested five people for alleged gang-rape of a minor girl.

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SP smells BJP plot in Sambhal violence, ruckus in UP House

THE winter session of the UP legislature took off on a fiery note on Monday with the belligerent opposition raising Sambhal violence in which five people lost their lives during the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24.

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Alarming groundwater contamination across Gujarat districts, Lok Sabha told

The Government of India, in a concerning update to the Rajya Sabha, has flagged an alarming situation regarding groundwater pollution in Gujarat.

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7 picked for questioning in killings of 2 migrant workers in Manipur

Larger conspiracy

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Lathicharge on students seeking exam cancellation

THE Jharkhand police resorted to lathi-charge on Monday to disperse students, who were protesting near Jharkhand Staff Service Commission (JSSC) against alleged irregularities in the JSSC-CGL recruitment examination held in September.

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Was evacuated by Russian military, claims Assad

OUSTED Syrian leader Bashar Assad said he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

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Japan bank staff steals $6.6 mn from safe deposit boxes

JAPAN's biggest bank apologised on Monday for the alleged theft by an employee of more than 1 billion yen ($6.6 million) from customers' safe deposit boxes.

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B'desh election in 2025-end or early '26: Yunus

Claims restoring democratic institutions is necessary for calling general elections

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Gaza hostage deal closer than ever: def minister

DEFENCE Minister Israel Katz reportedly told Knesset lawmakers on Monday that Israel is \"closer than ever\" to closing a deal with Hamas to free the hostages held in Gaza, bolstering Arab media reports of heavy optimism on the chances for an agreement in the coming weeks, The Times of Israel reported.

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LG eyes $15 billion listing valuation for Indian arm

Post-public offer, promoter's shareholding will come down by 15%

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Bitcoin profits even before VDA rules to be treated as capital gains

IN a first of its kind legal dispute over taxation of bitcoins, the Jodhpur Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that gains for sale of bitcoins even before the introduction of virtual digital asset (VDA) regime in 2020 should be treated as capital gains for the purpose of taxation.

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New Relic aims to further scale up India operations; investing heavily in the country

US-based New Relic, which is in intelligent observability platform space, is investing heavily in India.

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Vlogger shares dismal business class experience on Air India international flight

'Meal fell on business class seat as it was broken'

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Vedanta's dividend to make promoters richer by ₹1.9k cr

METAL and mining giant Vedanta Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹8.5 per share.

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LTIMindtree cyber defence centre in B'luru

LTIMindtree, the country's sixth largest IT services company, on Monday announced the launch of the 100-seater AI-driven Cyber Defense Resiliency Center (CDRC) in Bengaluru.

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European agency endorses approval of Biocon Biologics' biosimilar Ustekinumab

BIOCON BIOLOGICS, a biosimilars company and subsidiary of Biocon, has announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion recommending approval of YESINTEK, an Ustekinumab biosimilar intended for the treatment of adults and children with plaque psoriasis and adults with psoriatic arthritis or Crohn's disease.

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Niggle trouble for Siraj as pacer continues to struggle

IT was the 37th over of the Australian innings on Sunday. Mohammed Siraj, having bowled the first two balls, called on the physio.

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From Madurai to Mumbai Indians via KL: Kamalini story

ON Sunday, at the Bayuemas Oval in Kuala Lumpur, G Kamalini was having the time of her life behind the stumps.

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Leganes stun Liga leaders Barcelona

LA LIGA leaders Barcelona stumbled 1-0 at home against Leganes on Sunday as they suffered another blow in the Spanish title race.

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TALE OF RAIN AND PAIN FOR INDIA'S TOP-ORDER

On a day that witnessed multiple delays due to weather, visitors lose four big wickets and now have an uphill task to save the match

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We're basically two dead people playing chess, mistakes happen: Gukesh

THE king had arrived home and that led to a frenzy as everybody, who were eagerly awaiting his arrival, wanted a piece of him.

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Women's Euro: UEFA more than doubles prize money

PRIZE money for the 2025 Women's European Championship will more than double compared to the previous edition, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros, UEFA said Monday.

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TIMELY REHAB KEY TO REGAIN FULL MOBILITY

\"Patients always think that medicines are the cure. They are, but rehabilitation plays a critical role,\" said Dr Madhukar Bharadwaj, director & HOD of neurology, Aakash Healthcare, Delhi.

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BLING IT ON!

HE festive season has kicked off, and a whirlwind of house parties, workplace celebrations, and chic cocktail evenings dripping with sparkle is likely to spill well into the New Year.

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Practice the pause

IMAGINE this. You decide you need to rest. And for once, you switch off all your alarms to sleep in instead of waking up at five in the morning to do your exercises and everything else in the usual rush.

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'HORROR OF THIS STORY IS THAT IT CONNECTS WITH TODAY'S WORLD'

DIRECTOR Magnus Von Horn's The Girl With The Needle has had a successful festival run.

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Kanna Muche Kaade Goode eyes January release

A COMPELLING title can play a part in drawing audiences into theatres.

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'Lions Roar' from Max unveiled amidst great fanfare

Kichcha Sudeep, speaking at the Max audio launch, apologised for the delay in the film's release, adding, 'As they say, better late than never'

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'UPENDRA VALUES INPUT, ENCOURAGES FREE THINKING AND MAKES YOU FEEL VALUED❜

..SayS Reeshma Nanaiah as she discusses her role and the transformative experience of working with the U/ director, who challenges and inspires, ahead of its release this week

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