The New Indian Express Chennai - October 21, 2024

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October 21, 2024

Mysterious blast outside CRPF school in Delhi, multi-agency investigation on

A mysterious blast occurred near a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini area on Sunday morning, sparking a security alert in the national capital. The blast, which appeared to be triggered by a crude bomb, partially damaged the school's wall and some cars parked nearby. Nobody was injured.

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Brinkmanship as Uddhav's Sena, Cong bicker on 15

Both refuse to yield; grand old party looks to contest from more if push comes to shove

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WOOL BLANKETS WASHED 'ONCE A MONTH': RAILWAYS

HOW often does the Indian Railways wash the blankets provided to passengers paying for AC coach travel? In an RTI response to TNIE, the Ministry of Railways said the linen provided to passengers is washed after each use but the wool blankets are to be washed \"at least once a month, preferably twice in a month, subject to available capacity and logistics arrangements\".

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Man misses interest payment, Nellai loanshark beats his mother to death

A 61-year-old woman died after allegedly being brutally beaten by a moneylender and his relative on Saturday, as her son was unable to pay the exorbitant monthly interest on a loan of ₹1 lakh.

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Doc, 6 migrant workers shot dead in J&K's Ganderbal dist

IN a major terror attack, militants on Sunday evening shot dead a local doctor, identified as Dr Shahnawaz, and six migrant labourers working in a key infrastructure project at Gagangir area of Sonmarg in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.

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Mother, kin murder man over property dispute; held

A 60-year-woman, her daughter and son-in-law were among five arrested in Gudimangalam in Tiruppur district on Saturday night for murdering the woman's son over a property dispute last week and attempting to stage it as a suicide.

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90 and counting as 25 more Indian flights get hoax bomb threats

HOAX bomb threats continued to disrupt the aviation sector for the seventh consecutive day on Sunday, grounding planes and unnerving passengers.

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Delay in postmortem of girl killed by leopard

THE body of a four-year-old girl who was killed by a leopard at Oosimalai estate in Valparai on Saturday was handed over to her parents after postmortem at Valparai government hospital on Sunday. The girl was buried at a burial ground in the town.

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Heavy rain likely in 13 districts today

HEAVY rain is likely over isolated places in 13 districts across the state on Monday, according to the Regional Meteorological Centre.

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Madras univ yet to get surplus grant from centre

Varsity says it is eligible to get ₹100 crore fund after it received category-1 status, and had applied for it in March

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Govt selects 54 teachers for all-paid France trip

IN a first, the school education department will take 54 teachers, who excelled under the Kanavu Asiriyar scheme, along with a few education officials to France for a week. Of these, 32 are primary school teachers, and 22 are from high and higher secondary schools.

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Loop Road or fish market? Shoppers in a pickle

Vendors engage in heated arguments with GCC officials, say they were assigned stalls right at the end of complex

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Better road to link MRTS stns at Velachery, Perungudi

THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has decided to improve the road linking Velachery and Perungudi MRTS stations following approval from the Southern Railways for maintenance work.

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2K stage stir in Ambur over remark against Prophet Muhammad

OVER 2,000 people participated in a protest organised by the Ambur All Islamic Federation and Jamiat Ulama in Ambur, Tirupattur district, on Sunday condemning the derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad allegedly made by Maharashtra's Hindu leader Ramgiri Maharaj and controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand of Uttar Pradesh recently.

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Fiji woos film producers, hospitals, SMEs with tax benefits, incentives

JAGANNATH SAMI, the grandson of a girmitiya (indentured labourer) from Visakhapatnam, has returned to India as the High Commissioner of Fiji. In this role, he aims to strengthen ties between the two nations and attract investments to boost Fiji's economy and develop key sectors.

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Traffic diversions in place for Police Commemoration Day parade today

IN view of Police Commemoration Day, which is scheduled to be commemorated at the Director General of Police office in Mylapore on Monday, the police have announced several traffic diversions from 8 am to 9 am.

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1L people form human chain against IREL

AROUND 1 lakh people, including children, from the coastal villages of Kanniyakumari district, formed a human chain on Sunday against IREL's atomic mineral mining project.

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3 bank staff replace gold in vault with fakes, booked

FOUR persons, including three employees of a private sector bank, were booked for replacing 533 sovereign gold jewels with fakes, on Saturday.

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‘MOST GRAFT ACCUSED IN LAST 5 YRS ARE FROM RURAL DEPT’

THE highest number of officials booked by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) over the last five years is from the rural development department, according to data available on the agency's website.

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VCK is not against internal quota, it opposes creamy layer: Vanni Arasu

VCK deputy general secretary Vanni Arasu on Sunday took strong exception to the remark of Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan that VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan has no locus standi to speak about social justice since he has opposed the internal reservation for Arunthathiyars.

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DMK alliance will not last long, says Edappadi

STATING that a rift has started developing between the DMK and its allies, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the allies have begun opposing the party fearing that if they continued to support its mistakes they would lose popularity among their cadre.

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First meet of reconstituted SMCs in govt schools on Oct 25

AFTER a month's delay, the School Education Department has instructed all government schools across the state to hold School Management Committee (SMC) meetings on October 25. This will be the first meeting since the SMCs were reconstituted in August.

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Kavaraipettai: GRP finds rail switch points tampered with

Signalling gears meddled with, bolts & nuts loosened; sabotage suspected

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Create an inclusive and equitable world, says Guv Ravi to students

WE have to create an inclusive, equitable and sustainable world which is the “received wisdom” of India, Governor RN Ravi told students of SASTRA on Saturday.

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Sonia to seek votes for Priyanka in Wayanad poll

SONIA Gandhi will campaign of her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is making her electoral debut in the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election. Priyanka will be joined by her brother Rahul Gandhi and Sonia on October 23, when the Congress candidate will file her nomination papers. The trio will be part of a roadshow in Kalpetta earlier the same day.

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ED seizes 800 pages of docus in MUDA site scam

Lokayuktha police interrogate ex-deputy commissioner and Raichur MP Kumar Naik

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ADM Naveen Babu never sought bribe: Gangadharan

Contradicting the claims made by former Kannur district panchayat president P P Divya in her anticipatory bail plea, A Gangadharan, a retired school teacher, clarified that Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu never sought bribe from him.

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31K candidates vie for 563 posts in Telangana's first Group-I exam

AMID ongoing court cases, the Group-I mains examination will be conducted from Monday till October 27 for 563 posts in various government departments. A total of 31,383 candidates have qualified for the mains. This is the first time the much-awaited Group-I exams are being held in Telangana.

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TRUDEAU'S PATHETIC POSTURING WITHOUT PROOF IS SHOWING

BY framing the Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder last year as an infringement on national sovereignty by Indian state actors without proper contextualisation and making bilateral diplomatic ties hostage to its resolution, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau appears to have sunk further in the quicksand of perception.

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NAWAZ'S LAST SHY AT PEACE WITH INDIA

The growing Chinese presence in Pakistan is poised to take on an even larger footprint. This in itself must spur India into taking a fresh look at ties with its western neighbour

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BEING NICER TO WOMEN AS A SOCIETY

WITH Sharad Navratri concluded, a number of thoughts about the condition of women in Hindu culture invariably spring to mind. I will confine myself to looking at the cultural situation of the majority of Indian women, which is to say, women in Hindu culture of which I am personally a part. However, I will consciously stay away from discussing the noticeably difficult and far-from-enviable position of women in non-Hindu cultures in India, lest I be suspected of minority-baiting in these perilous times. Whereas, as a devout Hindu myself, I can claim to speak with belonging, ownership and reform-minded good intentions.

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URBAN FLOODING CALLS FOR SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS

A recent 'landslide' and 'waterfall' at a deep excavation site in Bengaluru, where an ambitious skyscraper is due to come up, has become the subject matter of much social media mockery and a political slugfest.

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BJP retains 71 MLAs in first Maha list of 99

THE BJP on Sunday announced its first list of 99 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls on November 20, retaining 71 MLAs.

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Prasar Bharati plans live telecast of TV channels on mobile phones, trial on

PUBLIC broadcaster Prasar Bharati has moved a step ahead to facilitate telecast of live TV channels on smartphones without an internet connection as the trials to check feasibility of the direct-to-mobile (D2M) technology took off.

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Plea in SC seeks urgent relief from demolitions after Bahraich violence

THREE people allegedly involved in the October 13 Bahraich violence in UP have approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent relief against the demolition notices issued to them for Sunday.

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Statistics ministry asks CPWD to undertake upkeep of ISI campuses

THE Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI) has approached the Central Public Work Department (CPWD) to take up upkeep work of premises of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) — an institution of national importance — in states, including its historic campus spreading over 32 acres in Kolkata.

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J'khand: INDIA rift out, RJD threatens to go solo

RIFT in the INDIA bloc widened over seat sharing, with the RJD threatening on Sunday to go it alone in the Jharkhand Assembly polls if not given a reasonable number of seats.

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RSS starts outreach for BJP to propel Maha Yuti victory

WITH the Maha Yuti and Opposition MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) set for a keen contest in the elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has launched an extensive outreach programme to shape public opinion in favour of the BJP-led ruling alliance in the state, sources said.

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Amid seat deadlock, Cong defers CEC meet

AS the stalemate over seat-sharing of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies for the Maharashtra polls continues, the Congress postponed its crucial Central Election Committee (CEC) for Monday.

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Petition seeks to make snakebite treatment available at PHCS

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to make available poly-venom (anti-venom) and snakebite treatments at PHCS, CHCs and district hospitals along with all the government hospitals in the country.

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1,700 participate in int'l Kashmir marathon

WITH the improvement in ground situation and decline in militancy, the first-ever international marathon was held in picturesque Kashmir on Sunday in which over 1700 runners, including 12 foreign nationals, participated.

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No bias in govt works, says Modi

PM launches 23 development projects, including airport upgrades, worth 6,700 crore

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Kanchi seer hails PM, says he is key factor in progress

KANCHI Kamakoti Peetham pontiff Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal on Sunday hailed the strong leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is the \"key factor behind the nation's progress\".

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Junior Doctors Firm On Health Secy's Exit, Threaten To Resume Cease-Work

A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the junior doctors and called a meeting on Monday to resolve the impasse over RG Kar hospital rape-murder, agitation junior doctors on Sunday said they would launch a cease-work along with senior doctors from Tuesday if their demands are not met in the meeting.

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Laundering case: IAS officer to be questioned

IAS officer Sanjeev Hans is likely to be taken on remand for further questioning in connection with a money laundering case lodged against him.

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Good news in Kuno: MP CM shares pictures of a pregnant cheetah

GOOD news is in the offing from the Kuno National Park (KNP) of Madhya Pradesh. Veera, one of the South African cheetahs at the Park is pregnant and is expected to deliver cubs soon.

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After Omar cabinet call for statehood, all eyes on Assembly's first session

AFTER the passage of a resolution on statehood restoration in the first cabinet meeting of the Omar Abdullah-led government in J&K, it remains to be seen if the ruling National Conference would move a similar resolution in the first session of the Assembly.

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Dollar-starved Maldives notifies new forex rules

DOLLAR-STARVED Maldives has floated a new foreign currency regulation, limiting types of transactions allowed in foreign currency and imposing mandatory foreign currency exchange controls on tourism establishments and banks.

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Drones From Kyiv Shot Down, Russia Sends Missiles

RUSSIAN air defences shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Sunday over Russia's western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack.

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Bibi blames Hezbollah for house attack

ISRAEL's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to assassinate him, with the Middle East already on edge after Israel had vowed retaliation for an Iranian missile barrage.

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Pak cabinet approves bill on judicial reforms

THE Pakistan Cabinet on Sunday approved the proposed draft of the controversial 26th Constitutional Amendment during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after seeking consensus from the coalition partners.

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87 killed in Israeli strikes on north Gaza

4O others injured in attack on Hamas target in Beit Lahiya; three Lebanese soldiers killed in an airstrike on Sunday

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Why Real Estate Is Not A Retirement Plan

BUYING a home is the first preference of Millennials and Gen X in India. Millennials are people born between 1980 and 1996.

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Starbucks feels inflation heat; revenue grows at 2% in Q2

TATA Starbucks, a joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Consumer Products Limited, is facing the pinch of sluggish consumer spending in urban areas as revenue growth remained underwhelming in the current financial year.

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Reliance Infrastructure's ₹6k cr fund raising plan gets shareholders' nod

RELIANCE Infrastructure on Sunday in a stock exchange filing said it plans to raise ₹6,000 crore through preferential issue of shares and qualified institutional placement (QIP) route.

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You Are Losing Money Without Knowing It!

SEE how you have been losing money, some knowingly and some unknowingly! Some of it could be hereditary and some of it is your own behaviour.

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Why non-bank lenders continue to come under regulatory axe?

Several NBFCs and lending apps are accused of resorting to usurious loan pricing and heavy-handed recovery methods that include social media shaming

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Chinese brand Vivo secures top spot in India's smartphone market

CHINESE mobile maker Vivo has captured the top spot in India's smartphone market, achieving a 19% market share by shipping 9.1 million units in the third quarter of this year. According to Canalys research, Vivo experienced a 26% year-on-year growth; it held a 17% market share with shipments of 7.2 million devices during the same period last year.

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Liverpool pass Chelsea test

LIVERPOOL passed a major test of their Premier League title credentials to move back to the top of the table by beating Chelsea 2-1 at Anfield on Sunday.

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India go for broke but Kiwis hold ground

AFTER two balls on Sunday, the impossible dream was on. Jasprit Bumrah got one to straighten after pitching on offstump.

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Dubai show up to cheer for the new winners

ON Sunday, all roads in the United Arab Emirates led to the Dubai International Stadium.

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Dhull slams ton for Delhi, but TN still on top

YASH Dhull, with his brilliant century (103 batting; 189b, 11x4, 3x6), single-handedly engineered Delhi's fightback against Tamil Nadu as the hosts ended the third day's play with 264/8 in 97 overs at the Arun Jaitley stadium on Sunday. Delhi trail by 410 runs.

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New Zealand Turns World Champions

WELL, all the odds are, they are in my favor; Something's bound to begin; It's gotta happen, happen sometime; May-be this time, I'll win... sung Liza Minnelli in the debut motion picture named Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse. Her character, Sally Bowles, a Manic Pixie American Dream Girl living in 1931's Berlin, through this song has an air of "desperate hope" around it.

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RED-LETTER DAY FOR NEW ZEALAND

India face 2nd home loss of 2024 as Black Caps register first Test win in country since 1988

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A 'Bustle'ing quiz

WHAT happens when the MBA students of M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women come together, methodically brainstorm, and meet and interact with corporates across the city? Twenty days into the course, the first years are sent out into the field for this purpose. The result is 'Bustle', the college's annual corporate quizzing competition.

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Tales from a Shiva temple

GETTING a darshan of lord Shiva at Arulmigu Manneeswarar Temple is considered significant, and the prayers are believed to be heard and fulfilled, too. This powerful temple is situated in Annur, 32 km away from Coimbatore.

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First look of RJ Balaji's Sorgavaasal is here

We had earlier reported that RJ Balaji will be starring in debut director Sidharth Vishwanath's Sorgavaasal. The first look of the film was released by Pa Ranjith on Saturday.

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BROTHERS IN ARMS

BHUVAN Arora is a busy man. After his break-through role as Firoz in the Prime Video series Farzi, the actor has been shooting a slew of projects across the country.

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