The New Indian Express Chennai - October 08, 2024

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October 08, 2024

Air show deaths: CM gives ₹5L aid, health min calls them heat-related

EXPRESSING deep anguish over the death of five people who attended the Indian Air Force (IAF) air show at the Marina beach on Sunday, Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday announced a solatium of ₹5 lakh each to the grieving families.

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Siddu plays the caste census card, sets Oct 18 for cabinet discussion

AMID the growing demand from leaders of Backward Classes (BC) to implement the socioeconomic and educational survey report, popularly known as caste census, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said a decision on implementing it will be taken after a discussion at the cabinet meeting on October 18.

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Parties brace for J&K, Haryana verdict today

WITH the counting of votes for Haryana and J&K assembly elections on Tuesday, the results would hold significance for all major players, coming as they do three months after the Modi government assumed office for the third consecutive term.

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All Tasmacs to have QR code billing from November

THE Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) will introduce a QR code-based billing system in its all 4,829 retail shops across the state in November to enhance transparency in liquor sales and prevent malpractices.

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DMK's Dalit panchayat chief resigns over caste bias

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE@ Tirunelveli DMK's Pappakudi panchayat union chairperson Poongothai Sasikumar, who belongs to Scheduled Caste community, has recently submitted her resignation to Tirunelveli Collector Dr K P Karthikeyan and DMK leaders, citing caste-based discrimination by the vicechairperson of the panchayat who belongs to the MBC community.

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Global conflicts take the moolah out of the Amritsar chess industry

A bustling industry of chess kits with an international clientele is struggling due to global uncertainty following the Israel and Ukraine wars.

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India extends $400 mn assistance to Maldives, signs a slew of pacts

₹3,000 cr currency swap deal to address forex shortage; RuPay card launched in Malé

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SS employees stage protest across TN over delay in salaries

MEMBERS of Federation of Integrated Education Department employees staged protests across various district headquarters, demanding the release of their pending salaries.

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Wait-listed train tickets help DRI bust ₹941-cr gold diversion scam

Culprits create fake paper trails to show that all gold bars were sent to manufacturers

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Rare migratory bird spotted for 1st time in TN in Kumari

WILLOW Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), a migratory bird from a European palearctic area, has been spotted for the first time in Tamil Nadu.

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City gets a breather as CM inaugurates Kalaignar park

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated the Kalaignar Centenary Park established at a cost of 46 crore on 6.09 acres of land on Cathedral Road.

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Knowledge city master plan in a month

TIDCO is gearing up to make the state a hub for knowledge and research and development by preparing a master plan for Knowledge City in 860 acres of land in Tiruvallur district, according to the corporation's managing director Sandeep Nanduri.

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Samsung, workers panel ink deal; union to continue protest

TWO rounds of talks - between CITU members and Samsung management and between CITU members and ministers TRB Rajaa, TM Anbarasan and CV Ganesan came to an impasse once again on Monday.

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EPS tells onus is on CM; VCK, CPM seek probe

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Chennai/Salem/Tirunelveli A day after air show tragedy, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said Chief Minister MK Stalin should take responsibility for the tragedy.

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Tidco seeking agency to manage Tancam ops

IN a bid to enhance the state's position as a hub for advanced manufacturing, Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidco) is seeking operation and maintenance agency to manage Tamil Nadu Centre of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing (Tancam) operations and contribute to technological advancement of the centre to help it remain at the forefront of innovation and industrial development, according to official sources.

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Long wait near the bus station for hubby who never came

SIVARANJINI, the wife of Karthikeyan (34) who was among the five persons died at the Marina after the Indian Airforce's air show, had to wait for nearly two hours along with her three-year-old child near Muthamizh Arignar bus station at Anna Square, waiting for her husband who never turned up.

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SHRC asks Chennai CoP to explain 'firm approach'

THE State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has issued a summons to the Greater Chennai Police commissioner, A Arun, to appear before the commission on October 14, sources said on Monday, to explain some comments made by him about \"firm\" approach against criminals.

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Tambaram corpn gears up to tackle monsoon

LEAVING nothing to chance this year, the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) has intensified its preparations for the upcoming Northeast monsoon season.

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HIGHWAYS MINISTER REVIEWS MONSOON PREPARATION WORKS

STATE Highways Minister EV Velu has instructed the officials to expedite all pending stormwater drainage projects on the state highways within the Chennai, Tambaram, and Avadi corporations.

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17-year-old falls off train, run over by another train

A 17-year-old student at Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) in Vellore, died after allegedly falling off a train heading from Chennai to Mysore around 4 pm on Sunday.

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Unruly scenes in House as Pinarayi, oppn trade barbs

IN what's seen as a strategic failure, the Opposition UDF on Monday lost an opportunity to politically corner Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the Malappuram-PR agency row in the assembly, despite the government agreeing to a detailed discussion in the House.

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Body of M❜luru bizman found in Phalguni river

THE body of BM Mumtaz Ali, brother of former MLA Mohiuddin Bava, was found in the Phalguni river at Kulur near here on Monday morning.

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No religious belief is above Constitution, says KL HC

THE Kerala High Court has declared that no third party can claim that a Muslim woman has violated religious beliefs by shaking hands with an adult male if neither of them has any objection to it.

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BCCI SHOULD AVOID A REPEAT OF KANPUR

DISCUSSIONS during the first three days of the second Test between India and Bangladesh revolved around the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. At least one whole day's play was lost to a wet outfield.

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TAXING TRUTHS: DECODING APPROPRIATE GST SHARES

BUT sir, most of GST is paid by the poor in India.

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PURGING CASTE-BASED DISCRIMINATION IN STATES' JAIL MANUALS

ALMOST 75 years after the Constitution eliminated caste-based discrimination, the scourge continues to be prevalent in some parts where a two-tumbler system is in vogue and access to temples and cremation sites is denied.

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West Asia: A Year Of War Without End

THIS Monday was the first anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel near the Gaza border on October 7, 2023 a dastardly event that saw 1,200 dead and over 250 innocents taken hostage.

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'Israeli occupation has led to catastrophe'

Lebanon envoy to India Rabie Narsh blames Tel Aviv for conflict, says it may spiral into a wider regional war

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Largest govt-funded health scheme expanded

INDIA has launched the world's largest publicly funded health assurance scheme-the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan MantriJan Arogya Yojana-said Health Minister JP Nadda on Monday.

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23 years in public office: Modi says will work to realise goal of 'Viksit Bharať

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi after completing 23 years in public office from helming a state to the country-has reiterated his commitment to continue to work for the nation till the collective goal of 'ViksitBharat\" is realized.

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Centre moves in to ease prices, rolls out vans selling tomatoes at ₹65/kg

TO control rising tomato prices in the retail market in the festive season, the government on Monday flagged off vans selling the kitchen essential at Rs 65/kg.

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Guidelines for UGC's PhD excellence citation to boost research rolled out

WITH the idea to create a quality research ecosystem in India and to identify high-quality PhD work among young research scholars, the University Grants Commission plans to establish a PhD Excellence citation.

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Fight against Naxals in final stage: Shah

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired a security and development review meeting of the Chief Ministers of Naxal-affected states and asserted that the fight against Left-Wing-Extremism (LWES) has entered the final stages and the government is resolved to defeat and eliminate the menace by March 2026.

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Another drug haul as 12 kg cocaine worth ₹120 cr seized from Kutch creek

COCAINE worth ₹120 crore has been seized from a creek near Gandhidham town in Kutch district of Gujarat, police said on Monday.

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PDP, independents to play key role in govt formation

WITH the National Conference-Congress alliance and the BJP being hopeful of a good showing in the polls, the role of Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP and independent candidates assumes significance in case of a hung assembly after the October 8 results for the 90-member Assembly.

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Formula cracked as MahaYuti, MVA arrive at Maha seat deal

UPCOMING ELECTION AFTER a series of brainstorming sessions, the main political coalitions in Maharashtra - the Maha Yuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) -- have agreed on seat-sharing arrangements for the Assembly polls which are likely soon.

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ED raids AAP MP in Punjab 'land fraud' case

SLEUTHS of the Enforcement Directorate (Jalandhar) on Monday raided the premises of AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora and some others, including realtors and investors, as part of a money laundering probe linked to a \"land fraud\" case.

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Will act against derogatory remarks on deities & saints of all faiths: Yogi

A day after the controversial remarks of priest Yati Narsinghanand's against Prophet Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that derogatory remarks against saints and priests of any religion or faith were unacceptable and people responsible for that would be dealt with an iron fist.

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On CM, Hooda & Selja say high command to take call

AMID speculation over the chief ministerial candidate of the party ahead of poll results on Tuesday, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that he is \"neither tired nor retired.

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Tejashwi took away ACs, furniture while vacating bungalow: Minister's aide

THE NDA on Monday accused former Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of replacing new air conditioners with old ones and taking away sofa, water taps and a basin while vacating his previous official bungalow at 5 Deshratna Marg in Patna.

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CBI chargesheet names Sanjoy Roy as accused in rape-murder of doc

THE CBI on Monday filed its first chargesheet accusing Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, of raping and murdering a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

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Spacecraft to study scene of cosmic crash

CAPE CANAVERAL A spacecraft blasted off on Monday to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.

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Kyiv strikes Russian oil hub in Crimea as prez says war at key phase

KYIV UKRAINE's military said it struck a major oil terminal on Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia's war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase.

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Swedish IS woman's trial starts for Yazdi war crimes

COPENHAGEN A 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group went on trial on Monday in Sweden on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria.

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US DUO WIN MEDICINE NOBEL FOR GENE WORK

STOCKHOLM US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA and its role in how genes are regulated, solving a decades-old mystery, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said.

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2 Chinese killed, many hurt in targeted attack in Pak airport motorway

A massive blast that targeted a convoy of Chinese workers in Pakistan's largest city killed two nationals, Beijing's embassy said on Monday, in an attack claimed by a separatist group.

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Israel marks first anniversary of Hamas attack by lighting candles

Fighting a war of resurrection, says Bibi, will stay the course till all hostages are released

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Safari Retreats case: Govt mulls review plea

Law panel evaluating whether govt should pursue a review of Supreme Court order regarding ITC on construction costs

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Reserve Bank unlikely to reduce rates, policy stance

THE reconstituted Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) first meeting that began here on Monday comes in fraught times after the escalation of conflict in the Middle-East has sent crude prices skyward, completely diminishing any chance of an interest rate cut.

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Ashok Leyland plans to roll out first Hydrogen truck in 18-24 months

ASHOK Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja group, is planning to roll out the first Hydrogen truck in 18-24 months, according to Dr N Saravanan, chief technology officer Dr N Saravanan.

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'Israel-Iran conflict will not lead to oil shortage

THE ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran will not lead to any oil shortage in the world, as there is more reserves available globally than there is consumption, said the Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday.

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Reddy 2.0 roars at big stage

After falling off the radar in 2020, Arundhati found her confidence to make a comeback TNIE @ WOMEN'S WORLD CUP KALYANI MANGALE DUBAI RUNDHATI Reddy was always supposed to be the superstar.

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