The New Indian Express Dharmapuri - December 08, 2024

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December 08, 2024

Heavy rain in TN again from Dec 11

A new low-pressure system has developed over the Bay of Bengal on Saturday and is heading towards Tamil Nadu.

1 min

CM: Home for double-engine coordination

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

2 mins

US rejects BJP's allegations

'SOROS, ROCKEFELLER, U.S. AID FUND OCCRP'

1 min

Youth come together for a pasi yilla Tiruppur

OFTENTIMES, vague, directionless ideas end up solidifying over time, imbued with intentionality, becoming larger than life. One such idea has taken root in Tiruppur, turning into a wider institution, covering those abandoned by their families and destitute persons, striving for a pasiyilla Tiruppur.

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AN IDYLLIC OASIS FOR THE DISPOSSESSED

IX years ago, a 75-year-old man arrived at the gates of the Duraisamy Generous Social Education Association (DGSEA), carrying a heavy heart and his six-year-old granddaughter, Priya (name changed). Having lost both her parents, and with no relatives willing to take her in, Priya's future looked bleak. The grandfather sought refuge for her at DGSEA, a non-profit organisation in Vilvarayanallur village, 85 km off Chennai.

2 mins

Preserving rare literary gems, one book at a time

S NARAYANAN HAS VISITED SEVERAL HOMES TO RECOVER MORE THAN 2,000 BOOKS AND HAS DONATED MORE THAN 4,000 BOOKS TO LIBRARIES

3 mins

Eriyur residents urge dist administration to set up separate drinking water scheme

POINTING out the long-standing issue of their inaccessibility to the Hogenakkal Drinking water scheme, villagers in Eriyur block in Pennagaram requested the Dharmapuri administration to set up a separate integrated drinking water scheme to facilitate water to ten panchayats here.

1 min

Flood alert issued as Chinnar reaches full level of 500mcft

THE district administration has issued a flood alert for the Chinnar basin after the dam reached maximum capacity in the early hours of Saturday.

1 min

Include us in panel set up to prevent water theft in PAP: Farmers

FARMERS from Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) irrigation areas have demanded officials to include them in the joint action committee set up to prevent water theft in PAP.

1 min

Implement pending Sathyamangalam-Erode railway project: T'pur MP

TIRUPPUR Lok Sabha MP K Subbarayan has urged the Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to implement the Sathyamangalam-Erode and Sathyamangalam-Mettur railway projects that were approved in 2008 and 2006 respectively.

1 min

Who is CM by birth? We're elected by people: Udhaya

IN his response to VCK deputy general secretary Aadhav Arjuna's take on 'dynasty politics', that had paved the way for heated debates in political circles, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin asked, \"Who is CM by birth? Here, we are elected by the people. Democracy prevails in Tamil Nadu. That individual (Arjuna) has spoken without even basic knowledge.\"

1 min

2 'IS sympathisers' assault warders, try to escape from Coimbatore jail

TWO alleged Islamic State (IS) sympathisers, lodged in Coimbatore Central Prison, tried to escape from the facility after allegedly assaulting the jail warders on Friday morning.

1 min

Court enhances working woman's accident compensation to ₹50 lakh

THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court dismissed an appeal filed by TNSTC against a tribunal order directing it to issue ₹36 lakh compensation to a victim, whose arm was amputated after an accident in 2016, and also enhanced compensation to ₹50.29 lakh.

1 min

Music Academy appeals single judge order blocking award in name of MS

THE Music Academy and The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited have filed appeals in the Madras High Court against a single judge's order barring the latter from using the name of legendary carnatic singer MS Subbulakshmi in the mirror award they present along with the annual Sangita Kalanidhi award conferred by the academy.

1 min

VCK chief reiterates allegiance to DMK alliance

Political power one of our goals, but we must be clear about whom it caters to & what we are able to do with it

2 mins

Female Nilgiri Tahr dies hours after sedation to fix radio collar at MTR

IN a suspected case of overdose, an eight-year-old female Nilgiri Tahr was found dead at Avalanche Forest in the Mukurthi Forest range in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Friday afternoon, hours after receiving sedation for radio-collaring.

1 min

VCK cadre fume over Aadhav Arjuna's comments

VCK cadre and senior functionaries seem to be fuming over the recent comments of party's deputy general secretary Aadhav Arjuna and have strongly appealed to the leadership to take stringent action against him.

1 min

Kerala man arrested for cyber scam worth ₹52L

THE Thoothukudi unit of the cybercrime police arrested a man from Kerala for allegedly scamming a Thoothukudi resident off ₹52 lakh under the pretext of high returns from a share market.

1 min

State urged to halt eviction of Manjolai workers till housing facilities are in place

AFTER the Tirunelveli district administration attempted to evict the former workers and their family members from the Manjolai estate earlier in the day based on the Madras High Court's verdict, People's Watch executive director Henri Tiphagne and high court advocate Robert Chandra Kumar urged the state government to halt the eviction process until all arrangements are in place.

1 min

RPF team seizes ₹75L from train passenger in Tiruchy

AN RPF team recovered ₹75 lakh of unaccounted money from a passenger on the Kolkata-Tiruchy Howrah Express on Saturday.

1 min

4 from Maharashtra held for cheating Kumari man

THE Kanniyakumari district cyber crime police recently arrested four persons from Maharashtra for their alleged involvement in a 'digital arrest' and part-time job scam.

1 min

₹945 cr released by centre is 75% of SDRF due TN must be paid: Min

FINANCE Minister Thangam Thennarasu appealed to the union government to release ₹6,675 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for Cyclone Fengal relief work, on Saturday.

1 min

Hero stone from 11th century unearthed at Tirupattur farm

A hero stone dating back to 11th century AD was recently unearthed by members of the Tirupattur District Heritage Conservation Centre at a private agricultural plot in Thimmampettai town located in the Palar river basin near Vaniyambadi in Tirupattur.

1 min

Four Myanmarese fishers arrested for crossing IMBL

FOUR Myanmar fishermen were apprehended by the Indian Coast Guard on Friday after their raft allegedly crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line.

1 min

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.

3 mins

EVOLVING BEYOND THE MODI FACTOR

The 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.

4 mins

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

90 Indians in Syria

1 min

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.

3 mins

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 hospitalised after being brutally beaten up, his relative revealed.

1 min

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.\"

1 min

India's TB burden on the fall since '15, says health minister

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

Working on resolution of Ukraine conflict, says EAM

Jaishankar says needle moving towards negotiations than a longer war

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

Temple burnt in Dhaka: ISKCON

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

2 mins

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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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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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.

1 min

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.

1 min

Qatar PM says Gaza truce talks gathering momentum ahead of Don's return

QATAR's prime minister said on Saturday that momentum had returned to talks aimed at securing a truce and hostage exchange deal in Gaza following the election of Donald Trump as US president.

1 min

S Korea president Yoon's impeachment fails

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

1 min

Notre Dame re-opens five years after inferno

40 heads of state in Paris

1 min

Blast destroys housing block in Netherlands

AN explosion and fire rocked a neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring other people and destroying several apartments, according to authorities.

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

1 min

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.

3 mins

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).

1 min

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

2 mins

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.

1 min

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

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

2 mins

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.

1 min

ISL: Chennaiyin FC suffer against East Bengal

CHENNAIYIN suffered their third successive defeat in the Indian Super League as they were beaten 2-0 by East Bengal here on Saturday.

1 min

CONVINCED ABOUT HIL'S ECONOMIC VIABILITY: HI CHIEF TIRKEY

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

3 mins

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.

3 mins

Keeping Hope Afloat

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

2 mins

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

ACUTE ANGLE

4 mins

Train Smarter, Not Harder

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

2 mins

A Lot can Happen Over Coffee

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

1 min

A Bohemian Rhapsody

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

2 mins

March of the Maxi Clutch

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

2 mins

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

1 min

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

1 min

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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