The New Indian Express Chennai - November 20, 2024

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November 20, 2024

Loan app case: ED arrests 2 Chinese men in TN

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday stated that they have arrested two Chinese nationals - Xiao Ya Mao and Wu Yuanlun - on November 13 from Tiruchy, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in a case booked against digital loan apps operated by Chinese nationals that indulge in disbursing short-term, high-interest instant loans through various mobile applications. The Sessions Court in Chennai remanded them to judicial custody till November 29, the central agency said.

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Day before poll, Tawde in cash row

A day before polling in Maharashtra, a purported video of BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde at a five-star hotel went viral on Tuesday amid allegations by the Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) that he was distributing 5 crore in cash among his party leaders and workers at Nalasopara (Virar) to buy votes.

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PC post gives Biren ammo to rap Cong

A social media post by Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday gave embattled Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh some ammunition to blame the grand old party for the ongoing crisis in the state.

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India: Set new finance goal on climate justice

With COP29 negotiations reaching a critical stage, India on Tuesday demanded clear answers from developed countries on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance.

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India, China look to resume direct flights, dialogue

visa relaxation, resumption of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra on the cards

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HC BARS CONFERMENT OF 'MS AWARD' ON SINGER KRISHNA

HOLDING that the institution of the Sangita Kalanidhi MS Subbulakshmi Award is against the singer's wish and mandate as reflected by her will, the Madras High Court has restrained conferment of the award on popular Carnatic musician T M Krishna.

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Three days and counting: Air India flight leaves flyers stranded in Phuket

OVER 100 Delhi-bound Air India passengers faced a harrowing three-day ordeal in Phuket after the flight, originally scheduled to depart on November 16, was cancelled due to operational and technical setbacks.

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Rahman, Banu separate after 29 years of marriage

ACADEMY Award-winning music composer A R Rahman and his wife Saira Banu announced their separation to the media on Tuesday. They have been married for 29 years.

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Day before poll, Tawde in cash row

A day before polling in Maharashtra, a purported video of BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde at a five-star hotel Went viral on Tuesday amid allegations by the Bahuj an Vikas Aghadi (BVA) that he Was distributing ₹5 crore in cash among his party leaders and Workers at Nalasopara (Virar) to buy votes.

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Minister hands over tourism award to 38 stakeholders

Tourism department handed over Tamil Nadu Tourism awards to various stakeholders in 17 categories including best inbound tour operator, best domestic tour operator and best airline partner.

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Villagers want bridge to keep monsoon blues at bay

WITH no bridge on the Palar river connecting the main land, the villagers of Kuttaiyur are a worried lot.

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Biometric system to curb univ staff skipping work

Higher edu dept circular asks varsities to implement e-0ffice systems

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MINUTES BEFORE CREMATION, 'DEAD' WOMAN WAKES UP

A 60-year-old woman who was presumed dead woke up at the cremation ground on Monday just moments before her last rites were to be performed.

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Health seey seeks drug controllers help to ban websites selling addictive drugs

HEALTH Secretary Supriya Sahu wrote to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) requesting his intervention to ban Websites that sell habit-forming (addictive) drugs, particularly tapentadol, in violation of existing laws. In her letter, Sahu pointed out the state police and the drugs control department have reported a worrisome trend of offenders procuring the drugs through online platforms.

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Ekanapuram panchayat vice prez dies by suicide

A 32-year-old who was the vice-president of the Ekanapuram village panchayat allegedly died by suicide at her house on Monday night.

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Carpenter kills self, kin allege distress over eviction drive at Thiruverkadu

AMID the ongoing protest at Thiruverkadu against the eviction of encroachments in Koladi lake in Thiruverkadu, being carried out by the Water Resources Department (WRD), a 48-year-old man died by suicide at his house.

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Bangladeshi illegally living in India for 15 years caught while leaving country

A Bangladeshi living in India for the past 15 years with forged documents was arrested by immigration authorities at the Chennai international airport on Monday, official sources said.

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EPS appears in master court in defamation case

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday appeared before the additional master court on the high court premises testifying evidence in a defamation suit he had filed against whistle-blower NGO 'Arappor Iyakkam'.

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Woman gets life term for murder of former union min's son-in-law

THE Madurai district court on Tuesday sentenced G Sri Kalpana to life imprisonment for killing DP Kamaraj, a lawyer and son-in-law of former union minister Dalit Ezhilmalai, at Chennai in 2014.

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PMK Hays centre for granting nod for Melur project

PMK has condemned the union government for granting permission to Hindustan Zinc Limited to establish a tungsten mine in Melur block, Madurai.

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PMK flays centre for granting nod for Melur project

PMK has condemned the union government for granting permission to Hindustan Zinc Limited to establish a tungsten mine in Melur block, Madurai.

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English goes missing on LIC site, CM slams firm for 'propagating Hindi'

Website was not shuffling language page due to technical glitch, issue resolved, says firm

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DMK govt is taking credit for central projects: BJP state V-P

BJP state vice president KP Ramalingam told reporters on Tuesday that the DMK government is cheating the people of Tamil Nadu by taking credit for over 98% of projects completed in the state which had actually been funded by the central government.

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Chennai Book Fair from Jan 16 to 18

SCHOOL Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Tuesday that the Chennai International Book Fair will be held from January 16 to 18 next year.

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Treasurer says parties want ₹100 cr, 20 seats for alliance with AIADMK

TO ally with the AIADMK, political parties are demanding 20 seats and ₹50 crore to even ₹100 crore, making it seem like a business deal, said AIADMK Treasurer Dindigul Srinivasan on Tuesday.

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Door-less Valparai PDS stocks goods during day, turns empty at night

RESIDENTS of the picturesque Kadalapparai in Valparai municipality have raised concerns over the dilapidated condition of the ration shop in their area.

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Police raid 14 places linked to rowdy 'Seizing' Raja in land grabbing case

THE Tambaram City Police along with the district revenue department officials conducted raids at 14 places connected to history-sheeter A Raja alias 'Seizing' Raja (51), who was shot and killed in a police encounter in September.

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2 TN cab drivers held for kidnap, rape of 17-yr-old

TWO cab drivers were arrested on Sunday by the St Thomas Mount All Women Police on charges of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl who had left her aunt's house in Nandambakkam after a tiff with her.

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Conmen held for cheating bizman of ₹7cr

The Endorsement Document Fraud (EDF) wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Chennai arrested nine people for allegedly swindling ₹7.32 crore from a Tiruchy-based businessman under the pretext of getting funding of ₹2,000 crore from the Russian Government for his project.

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Digital arrest: Man from Assam held for swindling ₹92L

A 38-year-old man from Assam was arrested by the cyber crime wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Chennai on charges of swindling ₹92 lakh from a central government employee in a digital arrest scam.

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HC bins GO regularising contract jobs

Telangana HC says employees who have already been regularised will not be terminated

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Devaswom's actions in pooram suspicious: CDB

THE Cochin Devaswom Board (CDB) has told the Kerala High Court that certain actions of the Thiruvambadi Devaswom during the Thrissur pooram had given rise to suspicions that they were aimed at aiding certain parties to influence the Lok Sabha elections.

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EV road map: TN officials to hold talks with World Bank

TAMIL Nadu government is eyeing generation of jobs through transition to electric vehicles and it is learnt that it has roped in World Bank to chart out a roadmap.

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G20 STRUGGLES TO STAY RELEVANT AMID TURMOIL

AS the leaders of the world's major economies confabulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the annual G20 summit, unresolved geopolitical tensions continue to blight global landscape.

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25% increase in delegates as IFFI begins today

MORE than 6,500 delegates have registered themselves for this year's International Film Festival of India (IFFI) marking an increase of 25 per cent over the last year, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) managing director Prithul Kumar said on Tuesday, a day ahead of the inauguration of the festival in Goa.

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SC flags delay in delimitation exercise in 3 states

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to inform it on the next hearing date why the long-pending delimitation exercises in the states of Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have yet to be conducted.

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Trade talks with India to resume: UK

GZO sidelines: Modi says strategic ties with UK a priority, Starmer sets new year date for talks

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FBI officials meet Indian agencies to discuss Anmol Bishnoiis extradition

OFFICIALS of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have met officers of the Indian law enforcement agencies to discuss the case of Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

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Bibek Debroy has left a legacy with humanity at its core, says PK Mishra

BIBEK Debroy, the former chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council who passed away early this month, was a scholar with exceptional analytical skills in policy-making and an inordinate ability to explain complex concepts in a lucid manner, recollected PK Mishra, the principal secretary to the PM.

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All-party meeting on N ov 24 ahead of Parliament session

THE Centre has called an all-party meeting on November 24, a day before the winter session of Parliament commences, to seek cooperation of opposition parties for the smooth functioning of the session that will last till December 20.

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NC hopes early restoration of statehood after Omar's 'very positive' Delhi meets

THE ruling National Conference has described J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior leaders on restoration of statehood as positive.

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It's 'infiltration' vs 'mahila samman' as 38 seats up for grabs in 2nd phase

VOTING in the second phase in Jharkhand's 38 constituencies in a dozen districts on Wednesday will test the campaign pitches of the BJP-led alliance over the Bangla infiltration and the JMM's Mahila Samman scheme under which ₹1,000 are given each month to women in the 18-50 years age group.

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Ex-chairman of C'garh PSC in CBI custody

A special court in Raipur sent the former chairman of Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission Taman Singh Sonwani to a seven-day remand on Tuesday following his arrest by the CBI probing the irregularities in recruitment process.

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The Sabarmati Report, declared tax free in MP as CM leaves for Gujarat

THE BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday became the first state in the country to declare the recently released 6The Sabarmati Report, tax free.

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Peeved Didi halts bulldozer action in tourism hub

OVERRULING the district administration's decision, the West Bengal government on Tuesday chose not to demolish 140 illegal hotels, resorts, and homestays in Mandormani, a significant tourist destination located along West Bengal's coastline.

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Fate of heavyweights at stake as Maha battle for 288 seats today

STAKES are high for many regional heavyweights in Maharashtra as the state goes to the polls on Wednesday in what promises to be a make-or-break election for satraps like Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray and deputy CM Ajit Pawar.

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70% dip in J&K, N E & Naxal violence in 10 yrs, says Shah

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the BJ P-led government at the Centre has brought down violence in Jammu and Kashmir, Northeast and Naxalite-hit areas by 7O % in the last 10 years.

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Kyiv fires six long-range missiles into Russia

The development marks a worrying new escalation; Russian news agencies claim five ATACMS were shot down

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G20 meet leaves out language on fossil fuel phase-out

THE GZO Leaders, Summit in Rio de Janeiro concluded with a declaration that reaffirmed commitments to multilateralism, sustainable development, and climate finance reform.

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Russian President Putin lowers threshold for using nuclear weapons

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.

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Meta to appeal $25.4 mn fine, restrictions

META, parent company of WhatsApp, has announced plans to appeal a recent order by Competition Commission of India (CCI) that restricts data sharing between WhatsApp and other Meta applications for advertising purposes.

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Birla Opus Paints unveils 4th plant in Karnataka

ADITYA BIRLA GROUP has unveiled the 4th factory of Birla Opus Paints at Chamarajnagar, Karnataka, taking its overall installed capacity to 866 million litres per annum.

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TAFE can use Massey Ferguson brand for now

In a boost to Chennai-based tractor manufacturer -- Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited (TAFE), a division bench of the Madras High Court has ordered status quo on the use of Massey Ferguson brand by the company.

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Govt to ease licence rules for Starlink

Starlink has requested certain exemptions, citing technical limitations, to operate in India

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NTPC Green IPO retail portion Subscribed fully

RETAIL investors led the charge in the NTPC Green Energy Limited's (NGEL) initial public offering (IPO) subscription, with retail portion booking 1.33 times on the first day.

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Suits, saree dealers under GST dept lens

As the wedding season approaches, Central GST authorities have intensified their crackdown on lehenga, suits and saree dealers in Delhi's iconic Chandni Chowk market.

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Sebi paper moots hike in SME public issue application size to ₹2L

MARKETS watchdog Sebi has, in a consultation paper, suggested a steep rise in minimum application size to ₹2 lakh for SME IPOs, which of late has left many eyebrows raised due to sheer oversubscription of some of such issues.

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Work-life balance is most important: Rishad Premji

WORK-life balance is something one has to define for themselves and it is incredibly important, said Rishad Premji, Executive Chairman, Wipro Limited.

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Indian Hotel Co charts an aggressive growth plan

THE Indian Hotels Company, the Tata group firm that owns and operates the Taj brand of luxury hotels along with seven other brands, is on a revival path and has set a target for more than doubling its revenue to ₹15,000 crore and to double the number of its properties to 700 by the turn of 2030 when it will also double the numbers of key on offer to 70,000.

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Coach Flemming confident of good show

THE FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifiers (Window 2) event will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai from November 22 to 25, 2024.

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India made to work hard to reach final

TILL the 47th minute of the semifinal between India and Japan at the women's Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Rajgir, India had tried everything to get past the Japanese goalkeeper, Yu Kudo.

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Verma dropped; Ghosh, Deol return for Oz ODIs

WITH an eye on the ODI World Cup in 2025, India announced the squad for the three-match series against Australia.

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CT 2025: ICC in talks with teams

IT,S been more than a week since the Indian cricket board (BCCI) mailed the International Cricket Council (ICC) conveying its inability to travel to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy.

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Nitish Reddy for Test debut in Oz

Youngster adopts Kohli's fitness & Hardik's diet in his quest to become an all-format player

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Federer hails Nadal's 'historic run' ahead of imminent retirement

TENNIS great Roger Federer hailed his former rival Rafael Nadal on Tuesday ahead of the Spaniard's imminent retirement from tennis at the Davis Cup. \"Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you've had. Including 14 French Opens -- historic!\" Federer wrote on social media platform X. \"You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.\"

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AGE HOW NATURE TRACKS TIME

Different animal species grow older, or younger, differently, but ageing is determined by the ecosystems they occupy and the natural role they are designated

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From Indirais 6pro-Hindu, turn to Modi's 6new phase,

Rae's ultimate non-decision According to the author, Rao inherited \"a very difficult situation\" when he took over as PM after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination.

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PORTIONS OF INEQUALITY

What and how much is served on one's plate has a greater connotation - it talks loud about food as a tool of dominance

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Sharpening sportsmanship

When former India all-rounder and coach Robin Singh set up his cricket academy in the United Arab Emirates, Stephen Vincent, a noted coach with a vast experience from Chennai, was among the coaching staff at the academy. He went on to become the chief coach under Robin. And now, Vincent is the head coach of the Dunes Cricket Academy, which has three centres with turf wickets and Astro wickets, with the main one being at the Karama Sports Bay Centre.

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The magic of millets

Millets are small-seeded plants grown around drought-resistant farmlands.

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'Cross presentsanew evolution ofthe thriller game'

Cross star Aldis Hodge speaks about his titular role in the Prime Video series, its views on morality and justice, working with creator Ben Watkins, his vision for the future of the character,

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A BLEAK LIFE

THE first thing that would catch the eye of the subcontinental audience about the Kazakh film Madina is the nice, amiable way it brings India and Pakistan together:

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Javier Bardem to headline CAPE FEAR

WE had earlier reported that Martin Scorsese's 1991 film, Cape Fear, is being adapted into a series by Apple TV+. Now, it has been revealed that Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem will be taking on the lead role in the series.

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NOW YOU SEE ME 3 WRAPS FILMING

IONSGATE has announced that their upcoming film Now You See Me 3 has officially wrapped shooting.

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