The New Indian Express Chennai - July 19, 2024

En este asunto

July 19, 2024

Avoid local travel, India advises citizens in B'desh as unrest toll touches 32

WITH student protests snowballing in Bangladesh, leaving at least 32 people dead so far, India on Thursday advised its citizens there to avoid local travel.

1 min

SC directs NTA to publish centre-wise NEET scores

THE Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to publish the marks obtained by students in the controversy-ridden NEET-UG 2024.

1 min

Car driven by teen mows down migrant worker in Avinashi

A worker from West Bengal was killed by a speeding car driven by a 17-year-old boy on Avinashi Road near Peelamedu in the wee hours of Wednesday.

1 min

Irate at having 3 girls, Chennai father stabs infant to death

A 38-year-old man was arrested by the Vyasarpadi police on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing his nine-day-old daughter to death with a pair of scissors.

1 min

PM chairs CCS amid spurt in terror attacks in Jammu

AMID a spurt in terror attacks in the Jammu region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to assess the situation.

1 min

Shankar gets interim relief from top court

OBSERVING that a person's liberty is involved, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted YouTuber Savukku Shankar interim release until the Madras High Court decides on the plea against his preventive detention.

2 mins

Two dead as express train derails in UP's Gonda

AT least two persons were killed and 35 injured when eight coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express train derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

1 min

Bitter pill to swallow: HIV patients complain about new batch of drugs

Antiretrovirals 'intolerably bitter', users urge health ministry to conduct quality control tests

2 mins

Steps on to release Indian fishers from SL jail: Govts

STEPS are being taken to release Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy, the union and state governments informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.

1 min

OPS, Nainar & Vijayakant Jr challenge LS win of rivals

FORMER chief minister O Panneerselvam and two other politicians have filed petitions in the Madras High Court challenging the victory of their rival candidates in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

1 min

BSP prez death: Search on for BJP worker

THE Chennai police are probing a network of high-profile history-sheeters and their ties in the murder of Tamil Nadu BSP president K Armstrong.

1 min

CAN ADI DRAVIDARS PERFORM RITUAL ON 9TH DAY OF FEST: HC

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court sought a written or oral response from parties opposing Adi Dravidars from taking part in the mandagapadi ritual during the Aadi festival at Kamakshi Amman Temple in Pudukkottai on Thursday regarding whether the community members could be allowed to take part on the ninth day of the event.

1 min

'2024 poll a personal, political & moral win

DUBBING the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as a \"controlled plebiscite\", prominent activist Yogendra Yadav on Thursday said India would have gotten a new Constitution if the BJP had gotten one more seat than its 2019 tally.

1 min

Wind up all road works before Sept: Corpn

SETTING a deadline for winding up road cuts by government agencies such as CMWSSB, Tangedco and telecom companies, the city corporation officials have warned the agencies that all permissions issued will be revoked if any work is found to be under way in September.

1 min

Vijayabhaskar arrested again in another case

THE Vangal police in Karur formally arrested AIADMK exminister MR Vijayabhaskar on Thursday in connection with a separate case involving the alleged ₹100-crore land fraud over which he is currently under judicial remand at the Central Prison in Tiruchy.

1 min

Monsoon helps increase inflow to TN dams

AFTER a gap of five months, the state's reservoirs are finally receiving ample inflow of water, thanks to the southwest monsoon.

2 mins

Buzz on dy CM post for Udhaya re-emerges; Stalin undecided

Demand 'raised' at Sabareesan b'day; CM meet with mins fuels speculation

2 mins

CM recollects '67 Tamil Nadu Day resolution

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Thursday recalled how the Assembly, on July 18, 1967, adopted a resolution moved by the then Chief Minister CN Annadurai for changing the name of the state to Tamil Nadu.

1 min

Mettupalayam-Thoothukudi overnight bi-weekly express to be flagged off today

A long-standing demand of rail users for an overnight express train connecting the western and southern districts via the Pollachi Palani Dindigul line is about to be fulfilled.

1 min

5% of platform economy bikes run on battery, finds report

THE state is eyeing the electrification of the platform economy with around 5% of the two-lakh commercial two-wheelers involved already found to be electric vehicles (EV), according to a report released on Thursday by Guidance TN and OMI foundation.

1 min

No let-up in rains, road traffic hit in Nilgiris

A holiday has been declared for schools in Udhagamandalam, Gudalur, Pandalur, and Kunda Taluks on Thursday in view of the heavy rains in the region for the last few days.

1 min

More rain for Chennai; low-pressure forms over Bay of Bengal

HEAVY to very heavy rainfall may occur over isolated places over Nilgiris and a heavy rain alert has been issued to places over the ghat areas of Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Theni and Dindigul districts by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) for Friday.

1 min

Over 20 stranded on flooded farmland rescued with helicopters in Telangana

The downpour led to two breaches in the Peddavagu reservoir resulting in the inundation

1 min

Kin of LeT operative, 10 more held in dacoity bid

BASED on a tip-off, Kuniyamuthur police in the city on Thursday arrested 11 people, including the brother of Lashkar-e-Taiba's South India chief and another person who is a suspect in the bus arson case at Kalamassery in Kerala.

1 min

Questioned on disability, officer says he was pushing limits

AS controversy rages over Puja Khedkar, a probationary IAS officer in Maharashtra, Praful Desai, an IAS officer serving as the additional collector (local bodies) in Karimnagar, has come under scrutiny on social media.

1 min

CENTRE, STATES MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR GIG WORKERS' WELFARE

THE internet revolution has spawned a large number of platform-based e-commerce companies in India.

1 min

BUDGET BOOST NEEDED FOR MISSION-ORIENTED R&D PLAN

INNOVATION and technical progress are essential for economic growth.

3 mins

LESSONS FROM INDIA'S MIDNIGHT TRYST WITH FISCAL DESTINY

Many leaders and scholars came together to make GST a reality. The model of cooperative federalism that made it possible could be used in other areas too

4 mins

DISEASE OUTBREAKS TEST KERALA GOVT COMPETENCE

A surge in infectious diseases has plunged Kerala into a health crisis its worst since the end of the Covid pandemic.

1 min

No clarity yet on next law panel chief

22nd Law Commission, formed under Justice Awasthi, is tasked with drafting nationwide UCC

2 mins

Modi hails BJP workers for 3rd term, says work towards 'Viksit Bharat'

AFTER becoming the prime minister for a third consecutive term, Narendra Modi reached the BJP central office and interacted with party workers and staffers.

1 min

Pay more toll fee if FASTag is not fixed on windscreen

IF you haven't fixed the FASTag sticker on the windscreen of your vehicle, you will have to shell out double the toll charges, and the defaulter may also be blacklisted, according to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) guidelines.

1 min

Vikram Misri off to meet Bhutan King on his first visit after taking charge

THREE days after assuming the role of foreign secretary, Vikram Misri will undertake an official visit to Bhutan from July 19 to 20.

1 min

UP U-turn after backlash on Kanwar Yatra diktat

FOLLOWING outrage over Uttar Pradesh police order asking eateries and shops along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners, Muzaffarnagar district police on Thursday issued a revised order leaving it to the \"free will\" of eatery owners and shopkeepers.

1 min

Shah bats for more teeth to security agencies in checking narco-terror

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Thursday that India cannot become a developed nation by 2047, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, unless the country succeeds in keeping its youth away from drugs.

1 min

One can aspire to become Devta, but there're always uncertainties: RSS chief

IN a statement open to various interpretations, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said a man could aspire to become a 'superman', a devta' (god) or 'vishwaroop,' but uncertainty persists in his endeavours.

1 min

Shinde eyes Maha CM post, says will contest 100 seats

AFTER winning seven out of 15 Lok Sabha seats and strengthening his position within the ruling NDA, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde called his party ministers and leaders meeting at his official residence Varsha bungalow on Wednesday where the party decided to contest 100 state assembly seats in 288-member assembly.

1 min

2 soldiers hurt in another Doda gunfight

TWO army men were injured in a fresh gunfight with militants in a remote forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district while security personnel killed two infiltrating militants along the Line of Control in border district of Kupwara on Thursday.

1 min

Four AIIMS-Patna students among 5 held in NEET case

THE CBI on Thursday arrested five people, including four students of AIIMS-Patna, in connection with NEET-UG question paper leak case.

1 min

IAS officer's mother held & booked under Arms Act, father on the run

CONTROVERSIAL trainee IAS officer Dr Pooja Khedkar's mother, Manorama Khedkar, was arrested on Wednesday morning in Mahad, Raigad.

1 min

'Sau lau, sarkar banao': Akhilesh's 'monsoon offer'

AS the UP BJP struggles to shed puzzlement post-Lok Sabha poll defeat, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday made a cryptic 'monsoon offer' aimed at his adversary's detractors: arrange 100 MLAs and form the government in the state.

1 min

Gujarat in grip of Chandipura; toll reaches 15, kids among 29 infected

THE death toll from suspected Chandipura virus went up to 15 in Gujarat with six more children's deaths reported on Thursday and the number of suspected cases reached 29, according to the state health department.

1 min

AAP says will go it alone, contest 90 Haryana seats

THE Aam Aadmi Party will contest all 90 Assembly seats in Haryana and play solo in a state where its former Lok Sabha ally in Delhi, the Congress, is the main opposition.

1 min

Israeli raid in Lebanon kills Jamaa Islamiya commander

AN Israeli strike killed the commander of a Hamas-allied group in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Thursday, state media and the group said.

1 min

Biden Now Down With Covid, In Self-Isolation

Two top Dem leaders meet him, ask him to opt out of the WH race

1 min

32 dead in new wave of violence in Bangladesh, state TV channel torched

AT least 32 people were killed and over 2,500 injured in Bangladesh on Thursday, media reports said, as violence escalated in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere over student protests demanding quota system reform for government jobs.

1 min

Gay partners entitled to insurance in South Korea

SOUTH Korea's Supreme Court recognised new rights for same-sex couples on Thursday, saying the state must provide health insurance for a gay man's partner in a landmark ruling that left activists weeping for joy.

1 min

Govt to establish PMU to oversee BSNL's 4G rollout

TELECOM minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Thursday that the government is establishing a project monitoring unit (PMU) to oversee 4G rollout of state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

1 min

Infosys Q1 profit up 7%; raises FY25 revenue guidance

THE country's second largest IT services company Infosys on Thursday revised its FY25 revenue guidance to 3% to 4% from 1% to 3%.

1 min

South Indian Bank profit increases 45% to ₹294 cr

THE Thrissur, Kerala-based old generation private sector lender South Indian Bank had reported 45.4% on-year growth in net income at ₹294 crore for the June quarter boosted by improved asset quality and higher income from rising credit disbursals.

1 min

AB Group to enter jewellery biz next week

BILLIONAIRE Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group is all set to enter the branded jewellery market with the launch of Novel Jewels on July 26, almost a year after it first announced its intention to foray into this consumer-facing business.

1 min

Nifty knocking at 25k; Sensex crosses 81k

Equity rally fuelled by TCS kicking off Q1 earnings season on a positive note; analysts see Nifty at 25K level in near term

2 mins

Economists ask FM to review inflation targeting

AHEAD of the Union Budget 2024 announcement, it is learnt that economists have suggested finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to revisit the inflation targeting by the Reserve Bank of India.

1 min

Govt sets $500 billion target for India's electronics manufacturing by 2030

THE government has set the target of reaching $500 billion worth of electronics production in the country by 2030.

1 min

Rural demand revival pushing overall spending: RBI

LED by a revival in rural demand on the back of a positive outlook for the agriculture sector has been pushing the overall demand conditions in the economy, leading to a surge in economic activity in the June quarter of the current fiscal, the Reserve Bank of India said in its monthly bulletin.

1 min

Karur Vysya Bank net profit up 28% at ₹459 cr

TAMIL NADU-based old generation, mid-sized private sector lender Karur Vysya Bank has reported a 28% year-on-year growth in net income at ₹459 crore for the June quarter, driven by rise in fee and interest income coupled with improved asset quality.

1 min

Leer todas las historias de The New Indian Express Chennai

The New Indian Express Chennai Newspaper Description:

The New Indian Express Chennai is an English-language daily newspaper published in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the most popular English newspapers in Tamil Nadu, covering a wide range of topics, including:

* Local news: The New Indian Express Chennai covers all aspects of local news in Chennai, from politics and crime to business and entertainment.
* State news: The newspaper also covers news from across Tamil Nadu, including government policies, development projects, and social issues.
* National news: The New Indian Express Chennai also covers national news and events, including politics, business, and economy.
* International news: The newspaper also covers international news and events, with a focus on South Asia and the Indian diaspora.
* Culture and entertainment: The New Indian Express Chennai also features articles on culture, entertainment, and lifestyle.

The New Indian Express Chennai is known for its in-depth reporting, investigative journalism, and editorial independence. It is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to stay informed about the latest news and developments in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and India.