The New Indian Express Thrissur - December 08, 2024

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December 08, 2024

Pope Francis elevates Archbishop Mar George Jacob Koovakad to Cardinal

POPE Francis elevated Archbishop Mar George Jacob Koovakad to Cardinal on Saturday, marking a historic milestone for the Catholic Church in India.

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Police expect more Gulf banks to come up with complaints against loan defaulters

AFTER police registered loan-fraud cases against 10 nurses who used to work under the ministry of health (MoH) in Kuwait, investigations have revealed that other Gulf countries have similar defaulters.

1 min

16th Finance Commission members to visit state

CHAIRMAN Arvind Panagariya and members of the 16th Finance Commission will visit Kerala for consultations ahead of the preparation of the commission report.

1 min

Sharada reflects on her life with E K Nayanar as she turns 90

SHARADA, Teacher, wife of former chief minister E K Nayanar, celebrated her 90th birthday with heartfelt recollections of her life alongside her late husband.

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Thrithala residents' 40-year tech institute dream comes to fruition

A 40-YEAR demand for a technical education institute by the residents of Thrithala was finally fulfilled with the inauguration of Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Nagalassery on Saturday.

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Ni Fest takes art closer to people of Enkakkad; 19 artists participated

Ninth edition of fest, conducted by Niracharthu Kala Samskarika Samithi, to conclude today

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HC directive to end VIP treatment at Sabarimala

THE High Court on Saturday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to take necessary steps to ensure that the incident in which VIP treatment was given to actor Dileep, a judicial officer, and NORKA roots officer at the time of harivarasanam is not repeated hereafter at Sabarimala.

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CM: Home for double-engine coordination

SP threatens to exit the MVA over Uddhav Sena's Babri glorification

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US rejects BJP's 'deep state' charges

IN its pushback to the BJP's charges, the US embassy in Delhi said it was disappointing that the ruling party would make accusations that 'deep state' elements and the US government were trying to destabilise India.

1 min

Yunus press secy cagey on Hasina issue in talks

BANGLADESH wants to \"normalise ties with its big neighbour India,\" said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

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Police move court to drop inquiry against Pinarayi

POLICE have filed a report at the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate Court that no evidence emerged against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan after conducting an inquiry into his remarks on the assault on Youth Congress workers last year during the Nava Kerala Sadas.

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A K Balan blames regulatory commission and KSEB for power crisis in Kerala

SENIOR CPM leader and former power minister A K Balan has criticised the State Electricity Regulatory Commission for the power crisis in the state.

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60-year-old handed death sentence for April 2004 murder of his wife

The additional district court in Mavelikkara on Saturday sentenced a 60-year-old man to death for the murder of his wife 20 years ago.

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Despite Pkd setback, Surendran could carry on as BJP state chief

Sources say Nadda instructed Surendran to prepare party for the 2026 assembly election

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EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

HE BJP-led Mahayuti alliance's victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections has been both celebrated and scrutinized, with the slogan \"Batenge to katenge\" often highlighted as the pivotal factor behind this success.

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WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S ON THE PLATE

A recent report on Lindt dark chocolates stated that they contain lead and cadmium above the acceptable levels, which has not been denied by the company.

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Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

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India issues Syria travel advisory, asks citizens to return at the earliest

90 Indians in Syria

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Indian youth brutalised in Myanmar cyber fraud cell hospitalised, say relatives

TWENTY-two-year-old Ajay, one of the Indian youths trapped in a cyber scam centre in Myanmar, has been hospitalized after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

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Drop in India's TB burden doubled since 2015: Nadda

UNION Health Minister JP Nadda on Saturday said the rate of decline of tuberculosis incidence in India has doubled since 2015 and is ahead of the global average.

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THE HERO WHO ENCHANTS A NATION

When the trailer of Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule was launched in Patna, thousands thronged the event, eager to catch a glimpse of the star who embodies the almost-mythical protagonist of the franchise.

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Season's first cold wave to hit by next week

WARMER winter has reduced the sweetness of jaggery and created a conducive weather for pest attacks on sugarcane plants in western Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest sugarcane producer belts in the country.

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Canadian Parliament rejects motion to declare 1984 Sikh riots as 'genocide'

THE Canadian Parliament has rejected the motion to declare the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide following stiff resistance from lawmakers like Chandra Arya, who claimed that he was threatened inside the parliament building for opposing the motion, which he described as being influenced by a \"politically powerful Khalistani lobby.\"

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Modi made welfare state a reality, 25 cr lifted out of poverty, says Shah

HOME Minister Amit Shah on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for transforming the vision of a welfare state into a reality, a feat he claimed previous governments before 2014 pursued only in bits and pieces.

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Woman brings brother's body tied to taxi roof

UNABLE to afford the exorbitant fee charged by the ambulance service, a woman was forced to travel 195 kilometers from her village to Haldwani by tying the body of her brother, who died by suicide, to the roof of a taxi.

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Four BJP MLAs inducted into Assam ministry

WITH around 15 months left for Assam to go to elections, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expanded his ministry by appointing four BJP MLAs as ministers.

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BJP MLA wants ban on beef sale, JD(U) sees red

INSPIRED by his senior party colleague and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Bihar BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul on Saturday demanded a ban on sale of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places of the state.

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Lack of snowfall at Badrinath raises concerns, climate change blamed

EXPERTS and priests of the Badrinath shrine have expressed concern over the absence of snowfall in the region until December, attributing to climate change.

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Temple burnt in Bangla: ISKCON

Kolkata official says idols gutted, expresses concern over arrested Krishna Das's safety

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MoS defence Seth says he got ₹50 lakh ransom threat, 2 held after probe

MINISTER of State for Defence Sanjay Seth on Saturday said he has received an extortion call of ₹50 lakh via text message from Ranchi while attending the winter session Parliament in New Delhi.

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Hit by bullet, Bihar man drives passengers to safety

IN an act of courage and bravery, a driver saved the life of at least 15 people in Bihar's Bhojpur district.

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Syrian rebels 'encircling' Damascus

REBELS on a lightning advance through Syria said on Saturday they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.

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Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno

40 heads of state in Paris

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S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails

Most lawmakers from his conservative party boycott proceedings leaving Oppn unable to garner two-thirds of vote

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Police recover bag carried by suspect from Central Park

The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest US health insurer likely left New York on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday.

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Nobel winners flag AI's risks, call for strong regulation

PHYSICS Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton and chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis on Saturday insisted on a need for strong regulation of artificial intelligence, which played a key role in their awards.

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RBI adds 27 tn gold in Oct, 50% of central banks' buying

THE Reserve Bank has bought 48% of all the gold that the central banks bought in October, adding a whopping 27 tonne to its home reserves, taking the total tonnage to 882.

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UltraTech's India Cement buyout under CCI scrutiny

The acquisition of India Cements by UltraTech Cement has come under the lens of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

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MORE OLA STORES, MODELS; BUT THERE'S A BACKLOG

LA Electric's co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal has just announced an ambitious plan to open as many as 3,200 stores by the end of December.

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Wooden Street raises ₹354 cr funding from Premji Invest

FURNITURE and home decor brand Wooden Street has raised $43 million or nearly ₹354 crore in series-C round from Premji Invest.

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Mahindra to rename electric SUV as 'BE 6'

The car manufacturer says it will contest the brand rights of 'BE 6e' in court, asserts that IndiGo's claim is baseless

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Railway wrestler asked to pull out in sr nat'ls

A Rajasthan Greco-Roman wrestler was asked to pull out of the ongoing Senior National Championship in Bengaluru on Saturday saying the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) has not given no objection certificates to its grapplers to compete in the event.

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Chhetri turns back clock to power Bengaluru FC

SUNIL Chhetri turned back the clock to score a hat-trick, helping Bengaluru FC post a thrilling 4-2 victory over Kerala Blasters in the ISL here.

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State of play: Mercury rising on the board at World Chess Championship

VER the last week or so, journalists have come under fire because of the nature of some questions asked to the players during the post-game press conferences.

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Deja vu: Head-ache yet again for Rohit & Co

Travis smashes century at his home ground to put hosts on top

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CONVINCED ABOUT HIL'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY: HI CHIEF TIRKEY

When former India captain Dilip Tirkey was elected as the president of Hockey India, besides galvanizing the India team, he had two objectives in mind.

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Man City held, Merseyside derby postponed

MANCHESTER City failed to win for the eighth time in nine games in a 2-2 draw at Crystal Palace on Saturday as high winds caused the Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool to be postponed.

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UNDERSTANDING THE POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE

RECENT remarks by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and two chief ministers of Southern states have ignited a heated debate around crucial issues such as India's demographic trends, declining fertility rates, and the pressing social and economic challenges the country faces.

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Keeping Hope Afloat

As instances of death by drowning rise, down in Kerala, Saji Valassery and CV Janaki Amma teach people swimming for free

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It's Time Kerala Temples took Mercy on the Plight of Elephants

ACUTE ANGLE

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Train Smarter, Not Harder

This trending workout is a testament to the evolving art of fitness

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A Lot can Happen Over Coffee

Blending artistry, culture, and connection, a new wave of DIY art cafes is connecting communities across India

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A Bohemian Rhapsody

The region in Czech Republic has long captivated painters, writers, artists and dreamers with its surrealism

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Relief of Finding One in Duality

Indian designer Vikram Goyal joins hands with English design house de Gournay to create an exquisite collection of three gilded wallpapers celebrating Indian faith

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Relief of Finding One in Duality

Indian designer Vikram Goyal joins hands with English design house de Gournay to create an exquisite collection of three gilded wallpapers celebrating Indian faith

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March of the Maxi Clutch

The jumbo size clutch from the '90s is having its moment in the sun

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Dare to be Dapper

From stylish formals to cool casuals, the winter guide for men to get the occasion vibe right on point

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'I Have Never Wanted Anything More'

Ariana Grande speaks to Katie Ellis about landing her dream role of Glinda in Wicked, taking voice and acting lessons, and developing a special bond with co-star Cynthia Erivo

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