The New Indian Express Chennai - July 15, 2024

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July 15, 2024

Armstrong murder case suspect shot dead by cops

ONE of the 11 suspects in Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong's murder case, K Thiruvengadam (33) of Kundrathur, was shot dead by police in 'selfdefence' near Puzhal on Sunday after he allegedly tried to attack the police team and attempted to flee from its custody.

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Lured with job offer in Malaysia, Lucknow youth held captive, tortured in Myanmar

THERE have been numerous reports about Indians being lured with fake job offers abroad and forced to work for a cybercrime racket based in Myanmar and Cambodia, but survivor accounts detailing the scale of horror have been few.

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Trump survives assassination bid

Major security lapse as ex-US president shot in the ear at campaign rally; gunman killed

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WELCOME TO THE ERA OF ALCARAZ

THIRTEEN minutes into the men's Wimbledon final, the contest promised to live up to the occasion.

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Student-tutor ratio in aided schools: Assn asks TN govt not to transfer 8K teachers

TEACHERS in governmentaided schools have urged the state to drop any move to transfer around 8,000 teachers, who were identified as teachers in excess of the stipulated student-teacher ratio.

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Muslim cops can grow trim, tidy beards, says HC, bins penal order

Matter remanded back to commissioner As far as the charge memo is concerned, the petitioner sought medical leave given the infection after returning from a long leave, which the police authorities ought to have granted with consent.The court expressed shock and remanded the matter back to the commissioner.

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Affluent Indians turn unwitting 'coke' mules

Investigations reveal international drug syndicates target rich, elderly men who are facing a temporary financial setback

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Steps on to collect power dues from local bodies

TANGEDCO has directed its chief engineers and superintending engineers to expedite the collection of pending dues amounting to ₹1,364.55 crore from local bodies.

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Pipeline work over, but main road in Royapuram still in a shambles

DESPITE the completion of underground pipeline works on Royapuram main road over a month ago, the road has not been relaid, leading to heavy traffic congestion, especially during peak hours.

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Port expansion in focus as govt begins claim settlement in Pulicat sanctuary

THE state government has initiated the claim settlement process for final notification of Pulicat bird sanctuary.

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EB line for small structures, officers face ‘mixed-building' conundrum

A recent government order, which allowed EB connections to be given to buildings without insisting on completion certificate from local bodies, has created confusion as the order is not clear on the procedure to be followed for mixed buildings with both residential and commercial units.

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By-poll wins give INDIA confidence: CM

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Sunday said the DMK's victory in Vikravandi by-poll is a testimony to the good governance given by the DMK government during the past three years.

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Mob beats 2 'thieves' with slippers on khap panchayat's orders

TWO men who were accused of wrongly claiming that they committed a theft at the behest of two other men, were allegedly partially tonsured and beaten using slippers by a mob during a khap panchayat on Saturday.

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Work for next 500 days to form govt in TN, Annamalai tells cadre

TAMIL Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday stressed the need for unity among NDA partners to bring about political change in the state.

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Oppn slams 'encounter' killing, asks if it was done to protect real culprits

Why was accused not handcuffed, asks EPS; Annamalai says it's an attempt to save DMK men

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Caste clash: 360 teachers don't want to be shifted

THE school education department has decided to en masse transfer 360 teachers across the district, including nearly 200 teachers and headmasters of seven government higher secondary schools in the district, where the students were involved in clashes, including caste-based ones.

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‘Other states emulate TN's welfare schemes'

TAMIL Nadu has been implementing numerous welfare and developmental works and these schemes have attracted the attention of other states, an official release said on Sunday.

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Cong will get justice for 24L affected by NEET: Rahul

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a letter to Chief Minister M K Stalin, has reaffirmed his commitment to fight NEET.

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Puri Temple Treasure Chamber Opened After 4 Decades

FOUR decades after it was opened for the last time, the Bhitara Bhandar or inner chamber of Shree Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar was finally reopened by the 11-member expert committee on Sunday.

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Women electrocuted as power line falls on fence

TWO women were electrocuted to death near Vanur on Saturday after they allegedly came into contact with a metal fence on which a severed power line had fallen the night before.

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Will give TN only 8K cusecs, says K'taka CM, blames rain

CM Siddu says 1 tmcft will be released only if there is excess rainfall

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Red Alert In Three Kerala Dists; Holiday For Schools

HEAVY rains continue to batter Malabar, leading to significant waterlogging in low-lying areas across Kasaragod, Kannur, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts.

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THE AFFIRMATION OF MOTHERS AS GURUS

DID you know until the elections that the presiding deity of Tripura is the Devi in her supreme energy as Lalita Tripurasundari? I didn't.

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TASK CUT OUT FOR PRACHANDA-MUKT NEPAL COALITION GOVERNMENT

WHEN two polar opposites of Nepal's politics came together last week, they ended the spectacle of the tail wagging the dog and threw up a new coalition government that on paper appears sturdy.

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TIME TO SETTLE AP-T'GANA BIFURCATION ISSUES

THE recent meeting between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart A Revanth Reddy was fruitful in the sense that it raised hopes of finding an amicable solution to unresolved issues between the two states hanging fire for the last decade.

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THE EMERGENCY AND ITS MORAL EQUIVALENCE

One side of India's political divide is reaffirming its faith in the Constitution, while the other is pointing to the Emergency. But one must remember that each bend in history is different

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Soon, zoom past barrier-free toll plazas on highways

WITH the introduction of barrier-free toll collection based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), highway users will be allowed to cruise through toll gates at high speed up to 100 kmph without inconvenience, according to officials of the road transport and highways ministry.

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Nadda to continue as BJP chief until end of this year

Party set to roll out detailed electoral process before filling the post

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One-Third Of India Sees Deficit Rainfall Over A Month After Monsoon Arrival

ONE-and-a-half months after the arrival of the Southwest monsoon, around 40% of districts covering the country's one-third area have received deficient rainfall, as per the latest data of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

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Don't Promote Unhealthy Food Items, Nutrition Advocacy Body Urges Celebs

A national think-tank on nutrition, comprising independent medical experts, pediatricians and nutritionists, has written an open letter to 16 celebrities, including Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Ranveer Singh and MS Dhoni, urging them to stop promoting unhealthy food products high in sugar, salt and fat contents.

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MHA's cyber crime unit warns against fraudulent e-notices from govt

THE cybercrime unit I4C under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked people that in case they receive a suspicious e-notice from a government office on the email, they should check the Internet to authenticate the official named in it and also call up the mentioned department to verify if they are genuine.

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Cong picks Gogoi as deputy leader in LS, K Suresh chief whip

AHEAD of the Budget session of Parliament, the Congress on Sunday appointed Gaurav Gogoi as the deputy leader in Lok Sabha, senior Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh as the chief whip, and Virudhunagar MP Manickam Tagore and Kishanganj MP Mohammad Jawed as whips in the lower House.

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In a first, newly wed women in C'garh plant fruit-bearing trees

IT was a day-long plantation drive, with a notable achievement in the parallel objective to invest in health and spread awareness on safeguarding the environment in Gariyaband district, 90 km from Raipur.

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BJP blames false narrative on quota, Constitution for UP loss

HUDDLED to chart a way forward after the debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vowed to move ahead with more strength, vigour, and unity, following the principle of continuity and living up to it in its true sense.

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IAS officer's mother in dock for waving pistol at farmers in Pune village

THE Pune police on Sunday lodged a complaint against Manorama Khedkar, the mother of controversial IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, for allegedly threatening the villagers by brandishing a pistol.

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Shah inaugurates PM College of Excellence in MP's 55 districts

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday virtually inaugurated Prime Minister's College of Excellence for all 55 districts in Madhya Pradesh and hailed Narendra Modi's farsightedness in bringing in the New Education Policy amid the aim of making India a developed country by 2047.

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CRPF jawan killed, 3 injured in militant attack in Manipur

SUSPECTED militants in Manipur carried out an attack on security personnel killing a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan and injuring three other personnel.

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Maha 'traitor' MLAs face action by MVA partners

AFTER losing one seat in the state council elections, a jolted Opposition in Maharashtra has decided to publish the names of the 13 MLAs who cross-voted, portraying them as 'gaddar' (traitors).

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China, Russia conduct jt Pacific military patrol

CHINA and Russia conducted a joint naval patrol in the northern and western Pacific, Beijing's defence ministry said on Sunday, adding that the exercise was not \"targeted\" at any other nation.

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Hamas pulls out of truce talks after leader targeted

A Hamas official said on Sunday the Palestinian group was withdrawing from Gaza truce talks, following a deadly Israeli strike that targeted militant commander Mohammed Deif more than nine months into the war.

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N Korean leader's sister slams anti-Kim leaflets

SEOUL THE powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed South Korean \"scum\" on Sunday for launching anti-regime propaganda leaflets across the border via balloon, warning they would pay \"a very high price\".

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Syrian media says soldier killed, 3 injured in strike

A Syrian soldier was killed early on Sunday and three others wounded in Israeli strikes on several positions in and around Damascus, Syrian state media said.

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Why Hunger For Knowledge Matters

Charlie Munger was no second fiddle.

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Stagnant Asian Paints now attracts bulls

SINCE making its market debut more than three decades ago, Asian Paints has been a consistent wealth creator for investors.

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ARE YOU LOSING MONEY IN DIRECT EQUITY INVESTING?

THERE are many reasons for losing money in direct equity investing, and any expert can give you ten reasons and some of the reasons will be common.

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Budget 2024: Addressing Taxation Challenges Of Individuals

From expanding Section 80C deductions to enhancing the extant tax-free long term capital gain ceiling on sale of shares, experts expect more benefits this time

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Xiaomi India profit drops 77% to ₹239 cr in FY23; revenue dips to ₹26,697 cr

CHINESE smart device manufacturer Xiaomi's profit in India plunged by 77% to ₹238.63 crore in FY23 compared to ₹1,057.7 crore in the previous fiscal.

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Uruguay win Copa third-place playoff

LUIS Suarez rescued Uruguay with an injury-time equaliser before the South Americans defeated Canada 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out to win the Copa America's third place playoff match on Saturday.

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