The New Indian Express Chennai - July 02, 2024

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July 02, 2024

New guideline value kicks in, 10% jump in Chennai

THE revised guideline value for properties came into effect across Tamil Nadu on Monday after the revision exercise was carried out as per due process, a release from the state's registration department said on Monday.

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Do not enrol RTE students in city pvt schools: SEP panel

THE panel constituted to draft the State Education Policy has proposed several reforms to enhance early childhood care, streamline preschool education, restrict funding to private schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, and banning or regulating of private coaching centres all with the aim to prevent commercialisation of education.

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MODI MAKES TWO INTERVENTIONS; BJP SEEKS APOLOGY

BJP leaders on Monday launched a barrage of criticism both inside and outside Parliament against Leader of Opposition (LOP) Rahul Gandhi for alleging they were not Hindus as they promote division and violence.

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Patkar gets 5-month jail in 23-yr-old defamation case

A Delhi court on Monday sentenced social activist Medha Patkar to five months in jail in a 23-year-old defamation case brought against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.

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Govt may not fill post of dy speaker

AS uncertainty over the appointment of the deputy speaker post of the Lok Sabha continues, sources said the government is unlikely to move in this direction soon.

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'Space Bays' to come up in 4 TN districts

AS Kulasekarapattinam is likely to be ready in next two years to launch small satellites, Tamil Nadu is working on a blueprint to create 'Space Bays' in Madurai, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar districts on the lines of Space Coast of Florida of the United States, according to the draft Tamil Nadu Space Industrial Policy 2024.

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Rahul's fiery debut speech

Attacks BJP saying its leaders aren't Hindus; criticises Agniveer scheme, NEET examination

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Trekking in Swiss - Hockey team's Oly prep

IN a week's time, the Indian men's hockey team will throw away their sports gear for some jackets, headlamps and hiking boots.

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105 get best doctor award from minister

HEALTH Minister Ma Subramanian presented the 'Best Doctor' award on the occasion of International Doctors Day on Monday.

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17% coral bleach in Gulf of Mannar, but recovery on

A comprehensive rapid assessment conducted at the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park has revealed that 17% of coral reefs have bleached due to the unprecedented marine heatwave that triggered a global coral bleaching event.

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SEP wants new regulatory body for deemed varsities

'Private universities must adhere to Tamil Nadu's reservation policy

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Hooch: HC initiaties suo motu case, says SC/STs forced to brew liquor

THE Madras High Court has initiated a suo motu case regarding the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, which has claimed the lives of over 60 people, with several others under treatment in different hospitals.

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3 cases booked under new criminal laws

EVEN as the new criminal laws came into force on Monday, the Thousand Lights police registered the first criminal case at 1:10 am in a mobile snatching incident.

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NCB seizes 4.2 kg of meth; 3 Lankans among 9 held

THE Chennai zone of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday said they busted two gangs trafficking methamphetamine to Sri Lanka from Chennai and Tamil Nadu and arrested nine persons, including three Sri Lankans.

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AAI top official under lens in 267 kg gold smuggling case

Houses of joint GM and premises of two other officials searched

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5 detained for attacking two men near Broadway

THE Flower Bazaar police have detained five men for allegedly attacking two others due to previous enmity.

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Officials summoned over Palani temple squatters

NOTING that the authorities had not taken steps to remove encroachments from the girivalam path around the Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the district collector and Palani tahsildar to appear before the court on July 2.

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CM flags off 5 hi-tech luxury tourist buses

CM MK Stalin flagged off five new hi-tech luxury tourist buses at a cost of 3 crore from the secretariat on Monday.

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Union minister wants FIR against her for linking TN & B'luru blast binned

UNION Minister for State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour & Employment Shobha Karandlage has moved the Madras HC seeking orders to quash an FIR registered against her by the Madurai police in connection with her comments on the Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast.

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Fishers stage protest after SL Navy arrests 25 & seizes boats

THE Sri Lankan Navy arrested 25 Indian fishermen and confiscated the four country boats they were sailing in for alleged violations of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) on Monday.

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NEET FIGHT TAKES 'ANTI-NAT'L TURN IN KOVAI

ANTI-NEET slogans painted on the parapet of the Kotagiri-Mettupalayam Road linking Coimbatore and Nilgiris created a flutter on Monday.

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Now, no building completion cert needed for small houses, shops

Exemption given to residential buildings not exceeding either 8 dwelling units or 750 sq m of built-up area and for commercial buildings not above 300 sq m area and 14 m in height

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New tax regime: Transport dept earnings up by ₹1.6K cr

WITH the increase in motor vehicle tax and other charges taking effect from November 9 last year, the transport department's earnings rose by 1,591 crore from January 1 to June 30 this year compared to the same period the previous year.

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PM, CM condole death of Lankan Tamil leader R Sampanthan

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi, CM MK Stalin and other leaders condoled the demise of Sri Lankan Tamil leader R Sampanthan(91), who died on Monday morning.

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3 arrested in ex-AIADMK councillor murder case

THREE men were arrested for allegedly murdering D Pushpanathan (45), an AIADMK district representative and former ward councillor in Cuddalore.

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121 moved to rain shelters in Nilgiris

AS many as 121 residents were relocated to temporary shelters as part of safety measures in Pandalur and Gudalur taluks in the Nilgiris district on Monday as the fallout of the flooding in the wake of incessant rain over the last few days.

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T'gana HC rejects ex-CM KCR's plea against probe panel in power case

Rao's contention that commission was \"biased\" & \"predetermined\" was overruled by bench

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Balaji filing petitions only to stall trial proceedings, says ED

CHENNAI: THE Enforcement Directorate on Monday informed a sessions court here that with an ulterior motive to stall the trial proceedings in a money laundering case, former minister V Senthil Balaji was constantly filing petitions and thereby causing a delay in commencement of trial.

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Two brothers hacked to death in Sivaganga

TWO brothers were hacked to death in Kalaiyarkoil on Sunday night in Sivaganga district, allegedly due to previous enmity.

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ODISHA GOVT NEEDS TO PICK UP PACE IN WORK

IN office for close to three weeks, the Mohan Charan Majhi government in Odisha appears to be in no particular hurry.

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HEED VOICES AGAINST A CENTRALISED EXAM SYSTEM

THE National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) controversy gripping the nation underscores deep-rooted corruption, inefficiency and apathy.

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THE PROMISE OF NEW CRIMINAL LAWS UNDER TEST

WITH the three new criminal laws to revamp the justice delivery system coming into force, the police across the country have already started invoking them.

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LOOKING FOR A BUDGET WE DESERVE

Planning organisations, especially those administering welfare schemes, need to be more connected to the poor. It is hoped this Budget would improve justice delivery to the marginalised

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Mahua says BJP paid a huge price for expelling her from Parliament

TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government for expelling her in the last Lok Sabha session, saying they paid a very heavy price for throttling her voice which led to loss of 63 BJP MPs.

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New laws will give justice, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah, who spearheaded the three new criminal laws, which have come into force now, said on Monday that the Acts emphasise justice rather than punishment and appealed to the Opposition not to indulge in politics over them, maintaining that they have been brought after wider consultation.

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NEET-UG retest result out, ranks changed, says NTA

THE National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday released the result for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test UG (NEET-UG) 2024 reexamination.

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J'khand HC spots 'error' in printed edition

THE Jharkhand High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of an error in the Universal LexisNexis edition of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) bare act.

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Model poll code hit infra projects as only 4km roads built in May: Ministry

THE implementation of Moddel Code of Conduct (MCC) has impacted the infrastructure development in the country.

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Kharge leads Oppn charge against BJP

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expunges Cong chief's remarks on saffron takeover of edu system

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Docs up in arms as laws dealing with negligence suggest jail term, fine

ON National Doctor's Day, many doctors were united in protesting a specific section in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which replaced longstanding British-era laws.

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July likely to get above normal rainfall

THE India Meteorological Department has forecast abovenormal rainfall in July in most parts of the country except northeast, and eastern states like some parts of western Bihar, east UP and Jharkhand.

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Women CID officer held for aiding bootlegger in 'dry' Gujarat's Kutch

A woman CID officer was caught aiding a liquor smuggler in Gujarat's Kutch district.

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Guv to Centre: Remove police chief of Kolkata

WEST Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has written to the Centre seeking removal of Kolkata police commissioner and deputy commissioner (central division) for \"unconstitutional move\" of probing alleged sexual harassment charges against him.

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NHRC seeks report on ‘JCB' whipping Bengal couple in full public view

THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of a couple being brutally beaten up in a village in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district by a group of people, led by a Trinamool Congress local leader, and issued notices to the state chief secretary and director general of police, calling for a detailed report within a week.

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Cong seeks restoration of statehood ahead of J&K polls, to take call on tie-up

WITH the likelihood of Assembly elections in J&K in August-September, the Congress has demanded that statehood be restored before the Assembly polls.

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Yogi gets free hand, picks Manoj Singh as top bureaucrat

The appointment of Manoj Kumar Singh, 1988-batch IAS officer, as state's chief secretary, after a two-and-a-half-year stint of \"Delhi-recommended\" Durga Shankar Mishra, seems to suggest that CM Yogi Adityanath got \"free hand\" in the selection of the state's top bureaucrat.

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26-yr-old Bihar woman bobbitises man over denial of marriage, held

A 26-year-old woman allegedly chopped off the genitals of a man in Bihar's Saran district on Monday, reportedly due to repeated denials of marriage.

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Jains seek right to worship at Bhojshala in MP

WHILE Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) readies to submit before the Madhya Pradesh High Court the detailed report on the 97-days long survey of the disputed Bhojshala Templecum-Kamal Maula Mosque, now the Jain community has petitioned the HC, claiming that the complex was once a Jain Gurukul-Temple.

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Rivers in spate as Assam flood situation worsens

35 deaths reported, lakhs of people from 1,275 villages in 19 dists hit

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French election round one goes to far-right party

Macron's camp hopes that tactical voting on July 7 will prevent RN from absolute majority

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Russia captures 2 more Ukraine villages

MOSCOW RUSSIA on Monday claimed to have captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine.

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Islamic Jihad sends rocket barrage across Gaza, Israeli forces hit back

ISRAELI forces struck southern Gaza's main city on Monday after a rocket barrage claimed by militant group Islamic Jihad, and as shelling and fighting raged on across the besieged Palestinian territory.

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RBI pact with Asean nations for UPI services

IN a first step to take the highly successful UPI to the wider world outside, the Reserve Bank Monday entered into an agreement with the Asean countries to create a platform to facilitate instantaneous cross-border retail payments by joinin the Project Nexus.

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GST collection in June rises 7.7% to ₹1.74 lakh crore

As the goods and services tax (GST) completes seven years in June 2024, the gross monthly collection reached 1.74 lakh crore, marking a 7.7% increase compared to the previous year, according to an official who didn't want to be named.

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Car sales slow down; TaMo sees 8% fall in Jun

Sales growth falls even as original equipment manufacturers flooded the market with attractive discounts, offers

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Whistleblower blows lid off fraud on court by Parsi bizman

FEW today would have heard of Framroz Edulji Dinshaw, a prominent Parsi financer who had lent a royal sum of ₹2 crore to the Tatas way back in the 1920s, at a time when Bombay was being built on the seven marshy islands that are homing the present megapolis.

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Crypto industry seeks conducive tax environment

THE first half of this year was a significant one for the crypto industry - Bitcoin touched its peak of over $73,000 in March, Bitcoin Halving, US SEC granted approval for spot Bitcoin ETFs.

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Govt to create dedicated auction window for long-term coal linkages

THE coal ministry plans to create a dedicated auction window for long-term coal linkages, specifically for the non-regulated sector.

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Air India to set up flying institute at Amravati

TATA GROUP-run Air India said on Monday it is setting up South Asia's largest Flying Training Organisation (FTO) at Amravati in Maharashtra as part of an initiative by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC).

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19-kg cylinder price cut ₹30, ATF up 1.2%

OIL marketing companies raised aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 1.2% on Monday while reducing prices for commercial 19 kg LPG cylinders.

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Firstcry, Unicommerce, 2 others get nod for IPOs

BRAINBEES SOLUTIONS, parent company of e-commerce platform Firstcry which hawks babies' and kids products, Snapdeal-owned Unicommerce eSolutions and two other companies have received the regulatory approvals for IPOS.

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Survival was victory, until it wasn't

DUNKIRK is a harbour located in North France, on the shores of the English Channel, that separates the United Kingdom from mainland Europe.

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Defending champ Alcaraz sees off qualifier in opener

CARLOS Alcaraz made a stumbling start to his Wimbledon title defence on Monday before coming through in straight sets against Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal.

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BUMRAH MAGIC IN BISHOP'S WORDS

The pacer was one of the key architects of India's title triumph. Gomesh S talks to former WI pacer to understand what makes him special...

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Gukesh to challenge Liren for world title in Singapore

INDIA'S efforts to secure a home World Championships match for D Gukesh came to nought with Singapore pipping Delhi and Chennai to claim hosting rights for the premier chess contest which will pit the youngest challenger in the history against defending champion Ding Liren from China.

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France edge Belgium to reach last eight

JAN Vertonghen's late own goal took France into the quarterfinals of Euro 2024 on Monday as they edged Belgium 1-0 in a tense tie in Duesseldorf.

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Ecuador seal Copa quarterfinal berth

ECUADOR ground out a nervejangling 0-0 draw with Mexico to book their place in the quarterfinals of the Copa America on Sunday as Venezuela sealed top spot in Group B with a 3-0 win over Jamaica.

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PRIDE AND PROGRESS

With a blend of traditional beats and modern rhythms, colourful displays and hard-hitting slogans, the 16th Tamil Nadu Rainbow Coalition Self-Respect Parade on Sunday was a grand success

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STORIES OF STREETS IN SNAPSHOTS

PHOTOGRAPHY transcends language barriers, enabling storytelling democratically and inclusively.

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Hacking for a purpose

THE United Nations' community-driven UNLEASH initiative redefines \"hacks\" as \"local innovation sprints for young people to address their region's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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