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August 30, 2024

BEd test paper changed at 11th hour after leak; registrar ousted

THE Tamil Nadu Teachers' Education University (TNTEU) changed the question paper for the fourth-semester Bachelor in Education (BEd) exam at the last minute on Thursday after the question paper got leaked.

1 min

FIR against CPM MLA Mukesh in rape case

AMID growing chorus for the resignation of CPM MLA M Mukesh, Kerala police on Thursday booked the actor-politician following the complaint of an actress from Kochi.

1 min

Revanth gets it from SC for deal quip on Kavitha

THE Supreme Court on Thursday slammed Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his inappropriate comments over the granting of bail to BRS leader K Kavitha and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in cases linked to the Delhi excise policy scam.

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PURPORTED AUDIO OF RG KAR CALLS TO FAMILY ADD TO IRE

THREE purported audio recordings of phone calls allegedly made by RG Kar Medical College on August 9 to the parents of the rape-murder victim surfaced on Thursday, indicating the institution's muddled approach and insensitivity while breaking the horrific news to the relatives.

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CM Stalin lands in US, to ink first deal with PayPal

DIGITAL payment solutions provider PayPal will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu on the first day of Chief Minister MK Stalin's visit to the United States in San Francisco at 3pm Pacific Daylight Time (Friday 3.30 am IST).

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PM to flag off Chennai to Nagercoil VB tomorrow

THE Chennai Egmore - Nagercoil Vande Bharat Express that will cover 724 km in under nine hours will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

1 min

I-T dept rapped for not filing counter-affidavits in timely manner

THE Madras High Court has flagged the issue of non-filing of counter-affidavits on time in cases relating to income tax, leading to delay in rendering justice.

1 min

HC gives nod for F4 race, asks TN to get FIA licence before 12am Aug 31

Asks govt to ensure those going to govt hospitals and central rly station are not affected

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Panel to hold inquiry into pregnant woman's death

THE family welfare department on Thursday formed a three member committee to conduct a departmental inquiry into the death of a 34-year-old woman who died after taking abortion pills, allegedly without doctor's advice, to terminate the pregnancy of her fifth child in Tiruchy recently.

1 min

PTA to create students app, all schools can use it

THE Tamil Nadu State Parent Teacher Association (PTA), under the Directorate of School Education, is set to launch a mobile application for parents and teachers covering all the schools across the state.

1 min

50k stray dogs in city to undergo birth control procedure annually

Corpn council meeting also resolves to launch new ABC centres at Ariyalur & Perungudi

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TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS FOR F4 RACE

TO facilitate India's first onstreet night Formula 4 racing event 'Chennai Formula Racing Circuit' near Island Grounds, the city traffic police have announced road diversions between 12 noon and 10 pm from August 30 to September 1.

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Naan Mudhalvan: Pvt colleges may also offer courses

THE state government will launch Finishing School Program (FSP) for unemployed youth to give them skill training, Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC) Managing Director J Innocent Divya said on Thursday.

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Court bins 13-yr-old DVAC case over shoddy probe

MORE than 13 years after DVAC booked a corruption case against two stores officers of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board alleging that they allowed a private contractor to load excess scrap from the Ambattur office, a trial court acquitted both officials.

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Give time limit for finishing Madurai AIIMS: HC to centre

No fund allocated for construction in 2024-25 Union Budget: Petitioner

1 min

Why did you seek white paper when you were in oppn: PMK to CM

PATTALI Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss on Thursday criticised Chief Minister MK Stalin for refusing to release a white paper on investments that have come to Tamil Nadu in the past three years.

1 min

Officials pull the plug on cracker units over safety, workers face job heat

WORKERS of firecracker units in Sivakasi and nearby areas are caught between a rock and a hard place.

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Udhaya will become deputy CM soon: Min

UDHAYANIDHI Stalin will be given the deputy chief minister post soon, said Commercial Taxes and Registration Minister P Moorthy on Thursday.

1 min

Two Indian fishers sentenced to jail in SL for violating IMBL, seven released

A Sri Lankan court sentenced two fishermen, including a boat driver and a second-time IMBL violator, to jail on Thursday.

1 min

Encroachment: T'gana CM's brother gets demolition notice

A day after Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy declared that he would himself demolish the any structure belonging to his family members if it was found to be within the full tank level (FTL) and buffer zone of any water body, Revenue officials on Thursday issued notices to A Tirupathi Reddy, the chief minister's brother, as his house and office were reportedly found to be within the FTL of Durgam Cheruvu.

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Youth levels sexual abuse charges against Ranjith

ADDING to the woes of the Malayalam film industry, rattled after several women came out with allegations of sexual exploitation and harassment by some of its key figures, a young man has come out with charges of \"unnatural sexual harassment\" against director Ranjith.

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THE ECONOMIC STRESS LEADING TO THE 36TH OF JULY

The economic reality that brought Bangladeshi students to the streets also made it a mass movement later on. The interim government must heed the spark that lit the fire

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FORENSIC MISSTEP IS MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE

THE public outcry following the rape and murder of a trainee medico at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has raised the issue of a delayed forensic examination.

3 mins

Govt dragging feet on SC/ST sub-categorisation?

THE Centre seems to be dragging its feet on the recent Supreme Court order allowing the state governments to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST).

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Now, Nitish joins Oppn chorus on caste census at parliamentary panel meeting

THE demand for a national caste census is gaining steam, with JD(U), a key ally of the NDA government, joining the chorus along with the Opposition INDIA bloc parties on Thursday.

1 min

Eminent lawyer AG Noorani passes away at 93

NOTED scholar and legal luminary Abdul Ghafoor Majeed Noorani passed away at the age of 93 in Mumbai on Thursday.

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Spillover in India likely as once-banned outfit makes a comeback in Bangladesh

AMID the ongoing political turmoil and instability, Bangladesh is facing another challenge the rapidly increasing influence of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT), which is a fundamentalist political organisation that aspires to re-establish the Islamic Caliphate and implement Sharia globally.

1 min

Arighaat to strengthen N-triad: Singh

CR Praveen Nair new head of Naval Academy at Ezhimala

1 min

NIA conducts raids across 7 states in Pak spy ring case

22 mobile phones, sensitive papers seized during 16-location raids

1 min

Sunni Waqf Board, villagers near Patna come to blows over ownership of land

THE Bihar Sunni Waqf Board and residents of Govindpur village in Patna district are heading for a showdown after the former claimed ownership of the entire village and issued notices asking villagers to vacate the land within 30 days.

1 min

6 GRP officials suspended for thrashing Dalit woman, grandkid in MP's Katni

GRP police station's woman incharge, in-charge head constable and four cops have been suspended after a 2023 video went viral.

1 min

Infiltration foiled, 3 terrorists killed in J&K

THREE militants were killed in two gunfights near Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar and Machil sectors of north Kashmir's Kupwara district while another gunfight erupted between militants and security forces in J&K's border district of Rajouri on Thursday.

1 min

'Most women docs feel unsafe on night shift in govt hosps'

IMA study flags lack of duty rooms, bathrooms, security

1 min

Mamata softens, says 'malicious disinformation' against her govt

CM says never threatened’ protesting junior docs at RG Kar

2 mins

Heavy rain continues to batter Saurashtra, Kutch; over 30 dead

HEAVY rains continued to batter Gujarat on Thursday, with most districts in Saurashtra and Kutch severely flooded over the past four days.

1 min

Third Russian barrage of missiles, drones in 4 days

Authorities in Kyiv said debris of drones fell in 3 districts of the city

2 mins

US NSA Sullivan meets prez Xi as allies face heat

TOP White House aide Jake Sullivan held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, after a senior military official warned the United States to stop \"collusion\" with Taiwan in a rare one-on-one meeting.

1 min

Two journos convicted in sedition case in HK

HONG Kong pro-democracy news outlet Stand News and its two former chief editors were found guilty of sedition on Thursday, the first conviction of its kind since the city came under Chinese rule in 1997.

1 min

Former B'desh speaker, trade minister held in murder case

FORMER Bangladesh speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi have been arrested over the killing of a goldsmith during the recent quota reform protests that led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasinaled government, media reports said on Thursday.

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Israel kills prominent militant in W Bank

THE Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local commander, as it pressed ahead Thursday with what appeared to be the deadliest operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza.

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Telegram CEO faces criminal charges

FRENCH authorities handed preliminary charges to Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday for allowing alleged criminal activity on his messaging app and barred him from leaving France pending further investigation.

1 min

DGCA places SpiceJet under 'enhanced surveillance' amid financial trouble

IN another setback for cashstarved SpiceJet, civil aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday placed the budget carrier under 'enhanced surveillance' with immediate effect.

1 min

RIL aspires to be among world's 30 most valuable cos

BILLIONAIRE Mukesh Ambani on Thursday said his oilto-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) will be among the world’s top 30 most valuable companies in the near future.

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Gangwal sells 5.24% in IndiGo for ₹9,549 crore

RAKESH GANGWAL, the billionaire co-founder of India's largest airline IndiGo, sold 5.24% stake in InterGlobe Aviation on Thursday for ₹9,549 crore.

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Shah Rukh Khan makes to Hurun rich list 2024

WITH as many as 334 dollar billionaires, the country has emerged as the new wealth creator in Asia, adding a new billionaire every fifth day in 2023, as per the Hurun rich list 2024, which saw actor Shah Rukh Khan making to the rich list with a wealth of 7,300 crore and Mukesh Ambani losing the long held crown as the richest Indian to Gautam Adani.

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SEBI official says discount broking is not future, requires transparent fee structure

HINTING discount broking is not the way forward and that investors have to pay for their services as there can be no free lunches in business, a senior Sebi official has called for adopting an explicit and transparent fee structure.

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Jio creating one of most advanced 5G networks: Ambani

RELIANCE JIO has transformed India from 5G-dark to 5G-bright, creating one of the world's most advanced 5G networks, said Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries.

1 min

Moody's raises India's growth forecast to 7.2% from 6.8% for 2024

MOODY'S Ratings has revised India's growth forecast for 2024, increasing it from the previously projected 6.8% to 7.2%.

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SEBI chief calls for better compliance to 'foster trust'

IN the first public address after the Hindenburg allegations of conflicts of interest in relation to the Adani group probe, SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch has called for a \"better compliance\" from market infrastructure participants and industry players to \"foster trust\".

1 min

Chennai gets ready to host night street race

THE Indian Racing Festival (IRF) is set to make history with its inaugural night race at the Chennai Formula Racing Circuit from August 30 to September 1, 2024.

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Archer Sheetal finishes 2nd in ranking round

INDIA'S armless archer Sheetal Devi finished second in the women's individual compound open ranking round with a stunning performance to directly make a round of 16 entry in the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.

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Focussed more on practice now than results: Nithyashree

ON the draft day, ahead of the fifth season of Ultimate Table Tennis, Nithyashree Mani was not in the plans of any of the franchises.

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Messy miss for cadet judokas

MORE than a month ago, they earned their place in the national team by finishing on the podium at the open selection trials.

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JAN THE MAN: SINNER SAILS INTO RD3

World no 1 and Australian open champion registers easy win against Michelsen on Thursday

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