The New Indian Express Chennai - December 04, 2024

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December 04, 2024

B'desh raps India HC over Tripura violence

BANGLADESH on Tuesday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma in Dhaka to register its protest over a mob breaching the premises of its Assistant High Commission in Tripura's Agartala the previous day.

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CM announces rain relief package

₹2,000 cash for families in three districts, ₹5L for kin of those who lost their lives

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Improvement in India-China ties, says EAM

THE conclusion of disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, achieved through a step-by-step process, will allow both countries to pursue other aspects of bilateral engagements in a calibrated manner, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday.

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BJP looks to slice home cake to please Shinde

SENIOR BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday called on aggrieved caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at the latter's official residence to resolve the deadlock over portfolio allocation ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti government in a couple of days.

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Do not allow review of movies for first 3 days, says plea; HC seeks reply

MADRAS High Court ordered notice on Tuesday to the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the Secretary of Tamil Nadu Information Technology and Digital Services and other authorities, along with YouTube, Google LLC, seeking a response on a petition to bar digital media platforms from reviewing new movies online within the first three days of release.

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DMK's defamation suit against Palaniswami: HC to frame issues on Dec 17

MADRAS High Court will frame the issues on December 17 in the defamation suit filed by DMK against AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, seeking one crore and one thousand rupees in damages from the latter for his social media statements linking the party with Jaffer Sadiq, an alleged kingpin in drug smuggling.

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UGC not giving fund for salaries of guest lecturers

TN Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhiaan on Tuesday accused the University Grants Commission (UGC) of not releasing funds to meet the salary expenses of guest lecturers.

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On court order, govt tells prison dept to put end to orderly system

COMPLYING with a recent high court order, the state government on Monday directed the prison authorities to abolish the orderly system in the residences of senior officials.

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Caste-based census needed for framing equitable policies: Stalin

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday reiterated the need for a caste-based census, arguing that it was essential for devising equitable policies.

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Court rejects workers' plea, clears decks for Manjolai estate closure

Asks state to provide house pattas, houses, financial aid for self-employment of workers

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Four more held in digital arrest scam

THE Chennai City Police have arrested four more people in the digital arrest case wherein a central government employee lost ₹88 lakh to fraudsters.

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Two NCB cops detained for peddling meth in city

TWO grade-I police constables who were attached to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) were detained by the Chennai City Police on Tuesday on charges of peddling methamphetamine in the city.

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51-yr-old who impersonated his brother for 15 yrs held

ON the lookout since June, the city police finally arrested 51-year-old Palani, who had been impersonating his brother for more than 15 years, on Monday.

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7 West Bengal kids rescued from Choolai goldsmithery

SEVEN child labourers from West Bengal were rescued last Friday from the goldsmithery of 'SH Jewellery' in Choolai.

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CM reiterates ₹2K-cr rain relief demand in phone call with Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called up Chief Minister MK Stalin and enquired about the damage caused by Cyclone Fengal in various parts of the state.

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Minister denies charge over release of dam water, says govt action saved lives

STOUTLY denying the charges of opposition parties that the state released a huge volume of water from Sathanur dam without issuing any warnings, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan on Tuesday said that had the government failed to release 1.80 lakh cusecs of water from the dam at an appropriate time, it would have resulted in a catastrophe.

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Min faces mud attack over 'shoddy' relief work in Villupuram

AFTER heavy rainfall and discharge of water from Thenpennaiyar River subsided considerably in Villupuram on Tuesday, legislators and officials, who visited the villages to take stock of the situation, faced the wrath of the people over perceived negligence and lack of adequate relief measures.

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Oppn parties are obstructing relief work: Min

HR&CE Minister PK Sekarbabu criticised the opposition for trying to disrupt the government's flood relief efforts.

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3-month-old bridge washed away

A high-level bridge connecting Akarampallipattu and Thondamanur villages across the Thenpennai River near Thandarampattu in Tiruvannamalai district was washed away on Monday.

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Officials failed to issue warnings, allege residents

CUDDALORE district faced severe flooding owing to the release of water from the Sathanur Dam, causing excessive flow into the South Pennai River.

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Pondy-Cuddalore NH cut off, water floods med college

THE Puducherry-Cuddalore highway remains submerged following heavy rains that caused water from Thenpennai river and irrigation channels to overflow, cutting off traffic on the Reddichavady to Mullodai stretch. Traffic has been diverted to NH-45A as floodwaters inundated roads and villages in Bahour and Embalam.

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NMC probes allegations of ragging at govt med college

Dean says seniors asked juniors to write huge volume of record notes

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Thousands of rain-hit Irulars await help for past 3 days in V'puram

HIT by the unprecedented rain and flood, over a thousand Irular tribals residing at various settlements across Villupuram district have been suffering for the past three days without food, water, and electricity.

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2 MORE BODIES FOUND, T'MALAI LANDSLIDE TOLL TOUCHES SEVEN

DEATH toll in the landslide that took place on Sunday touched seven with the personnel engaged in rescue efforts retrieving two more bodies on Tuesday, official sources confirmed.

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848 kg ganja worth ₹4.25 cr seized, 3 held

THE Narcotics Control Bureau (Chennai zone) on Tuesday said it had busted a major ganja trafficking racket earlier this week and seized 848 kg of ganja worth ₹4.25 crore, smuggled in through the Andhra-Odisha border, near a toll plaza on the outskirts of Chennai.

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SL navy arrests 18 Pondy, TN fishers for 'poaching'

A total of 18 fishermen from Puducherry and Tamil Nadu who ventured into the sea from Karaikal in a mechanised boat on Sunday night were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy early on Tuesday for alleged poaching.

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Bandh in K'taka town after Class 5 girl raped by HM

YADRAMI town in Kalaburagi district observed a total bandh on Tuesday seeking stern action against the headmaster of a private school, who allegedly raped a Class 5 student on Monday.

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TURMOIL WITHIN NTK RANKS, DMK LURING RENEGADES

THE recent churning within the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), wherein several functionaries, calling out its chief coordinator Seeman's \"autocratic\" attitude, have called it quits, now has the ruling DMK and its ally, the Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi, rallying behind them in a bid to induct them into their fold.

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PDS rice smuggling: CM assures CID probe

Naidu also alleges asset grabbing’ in Kakinada Port SEZ transactions by YSRCP govt

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THE DANGEROUS DOUBLE EDGE OF THE EVM DEBATE

Is the narrative about hacked electronic voting machines about genuine grievance or stoking discord? The Congress's dogged pursuit of the issue may end up being counter-productive

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THE AI IMPERATIVE: WHY REGULATION CAN'T WAIT

Famous English mathematician, Alan Turing, once said, \"A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing it was human.\"

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Treasury, Oppn spar over remarks on Indira Gandhi

THE debate on the Banking Law (Amendment) Bill witnessed ruckus in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday over BJP MP Sambit Patra's remarks about former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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Not Adani, now Sambhal violence rocks House

AS both Houses of Parliament resumed on Tuesday after a week of disruptions, the issue of the US indictment of the Adani Group took a back seat while the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal dominated the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha.

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A DECADE OF SERVICE AND EMPOWERMENT FOR THE DIVYANGJAN

DEAR sisters and brothers, Today, the 3rd of December, is a very important day.

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Packaged water classified as 'high risk food', to go through strict safety checks

INDIA has categorised packaged drinking water and mineral water as 'high-risk food'.

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Cong delegation meets EC, seeks Maha raw data

FLAGGING concerns over the alleged inconsistencies in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, a Congress delegation met Election Commission officials on Tuesday and sought raw data from the poll panel to ascertain facts.

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DAC okays 5 proposals worth over ₹21K cr to scale up defence readiness

THE Centre on Tuesday approved five military acquisition proposals worth ₹21,772 crore in a move to bolster defence preparedness.

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'Tareekh-pe-tareekh days over'

PM Modi hails Chandigarh for being the first city to ensure implementation of 3 criminal laws

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Nitish may review prohibition law as women flag poor implementation

BIHAR CM Nitish Kumar, who had imposed prohibition in the state on the demand of women, may consider reviewing the prohibition law in view of reports of a large number of them considering that the liquor ban is doing more harm than benefiting them.

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Hotels and eateries shut doors on Bangla nationals

HOTELS and restaurants in Tripura have shut their doors on Bangladeshi nationals in protest against the atrocities against Hindus in the neighboring country.

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Patil's Delhi dinner today. Farewell as Gujarat BJP chief?

AMID speculation about his potential resignation as the state party head, Gujarat BJP state president and Union Minister C R Patil has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and all state MLAs and MPs to a grand banquet in Delhi.

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LeT terrorist involved in killings of doc, 6 migrant workers gunned down

A top Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist, who was involved in the October 20 attack on construction work site in Gagangir area of central Kashmir in which six workers and a doctor lost their lives, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Dachigam forest area in outskirts of Srinagar on Tuesday.

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7 held after 'breach' of Bangla mission premises

SEVEN people have been arrested while action was taken against four police officers following Monday's \"breach of premises\" at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Tripura capital Agartala.

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'Sewadar' Sukhbir, on wheelchair & with plaque around neck, at Golden Temple

A day after the Sikh clergy issued a 'tankhah' (religious punishment) against Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader performed the duties of a 'sewadar' outside the Golden Temple on Tuesday.

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4 workers killed, 4 hurt in blast at Gujarat factory

FOUR workers were killed and four injured after a storage tank exploded at an industrial unit in Ankleshwar GIDC area of Bharuch district in Gujarat on Tuesday.

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South Korea prez stuns world with martial law

Army takes control; Parliament passes resolution seeking its lifting

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In tit-for-tat, China bans mineral export

BEIJING said on Tuesday it would restrict exports to the United States of some key components in making semiconductors, after Washington announced curbs targeting China's ability to make advanced chips.

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MPC meet: CRR cut to boost liquidity, status quo in policy rates likely

THE Reserve Bank's rate-setting panel MPC meet begins here on Wednesday amid a rash of negative macro data surprises.

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IndiGo challenges M&M's use of '6E' trademark in HC

COUNTRY'S largest airline IndiGo, has approached the Delhi High Court against Mahindra Electric Automobile Limited, alleging trademark infringement over the use of \"6E\" in Mahindra's upcoming electric car, the Mahindra \"BE 6e\".

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LS passes Banking Bill; allows up to 4 nominees for account

Banks have to transfer unclaimed dividends, shares, interest, redemption of bonds to investor education & protection fund

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SAR Group targets high single-digit mkt share in electric 2-wheelers by 2030

Rakesh Malhotra, founder of the diversified SAR Group, said on Tuesday that the company is aiming for a high single-digit market share in the electric two-wheeler (e2W) segment by 2030.

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Sebi orders Trafiksol to refund IPO proceeds to investors

THE Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has directed Trafiksol ITS Technologies to refund the money collected from investors during its initial public offer (IPO).

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Swiggy eyes profitability by Q3 of FY26

FOOD delivery platform Swiggy aims to turn operationally profitable by October-December 2025.

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Govt has kept banks stable in last 10 yrs: FM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Indian banking system is critical to the growth of the nation and the government in the last 10 years has been extremely cautious so that banks remain stable.

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5.5 million customers port numbers to BSNL after private telcos hiked tariff

NEARLY 5.5 million mobile users (till October 2024) ported their numbers to the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) after the tariff hikes announced by private telecom service providers in June 2024.

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GUKESH LETS OPPORTUNITY SLIP

Inaccurate readings, slight blunders from both sides hallmark of Game 7 as it ends in another draw

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Paddlers Abhinandh and Ananya bag 3 titles each

PB ABHINANDH and Ananya of Achievers club claimed three titles each in the Fasten-ex-NLC State table tennis championship organized by the Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association at the ICF Indoor stadium.

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NZ penalised WTC points, drop to fifth

NEW ZEALAND'S aspirations of qualifying for the World Test Championship Final suffered a setback after they were docked three penalty points due to slow over-rate against England, the ICC stated on Tuesday.

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Probable top-eight sweat it out ahead of day-night challenge

WITH thousands of fans getting a close-in view, India captain Rohit Sharma had two extensive net sessions ahead of the pink-ball Test in Adelaide on Tuesday.

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After ODI loss, Ireland seek turnaround in T20Is

WHEN Ireland women landed in Bangladesh for three ODIs and as many T20Is last month, they knew it was going to be a massive challenge.

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Senior Women's One Day Trophy begins today

ONE of the final domestic competitions of the calendar year for women, the Senior Women's One Day Trophy, is scheduled to start across seven venues from Wednesday.

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AN AXIS OF CONCERN

Water is life; it sustains life and is a prerequisite to the existence of a living world.

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From fringes to centre

Aadhi Kalaikol captures the lives of marginalised communities through their history, literature, arts, and music and familiarises their struggles and movements

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Uniting talents, celebrating diversity

E all know how a good song, dance, or performance can lift our spirits and bring us closer together. Art has this magical ability to make us feel connected, no matter our background or abilities. And this is what the Marghazhi Matram 2024 festival is all about—celebrating the diversity and creativity of differently-abled artistes in a way that is inspiring, inclusive, and heartwarming.

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The art of Telugu cuisine

ELUGU cuisine is an umbrella term for the food of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, and hence, includes the cuisines of modern-day Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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Gooseberry tales

The discovery of anew gooseberry species has added another gem to India’s rich biodiversity. CE talks to the team behind the expedition that uncovered it

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Trial by fire

The crux of Brazilian icon Walter Salles' new film I'm Still Here lies in the vivid, expressive face of its lead actress Fernanda Torres.

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'You don't need too many scenes to show emotional depth'

Director Sidharth Vishwanath opens up about his latest film Sorgavaasal, its themes and the violence in it, casting RJ Balaji, learnings from Pa Ranjith, and more

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Anya Taylor-Joy to headline Lucky

AST seen in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Anya Taylor-Joy has signed on to star in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Lucky, based on Marissa Stapley's eponymous novel.

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Ajay Devgn's Raid 2 gets new release date

ON Tuesday, Ajay Devgn announced through social media that his film Raid 2 is all set to hit the theatres on May 1, 2025.

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