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Maran to seek ₹1,323 crore from SpiceJet, Ajay Singh
The New Indian Express

Maran to seek ₹1,323 crore from SpiceJet, Ajay Singh

IN the on-going tussle between current and former promoter of cash starved airline SpiceJet, media baron Kalanithi Maran and his KAL Airways said on Monday that they will seek more than 1,323 crore in damages from SpiceJet and its chief Ajay Singh.

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May 28, 2024
Wage hikes drag down LIC profit to ₹13,762 cr in Q4
The New Indian Express

Wage hikes drag down LIC profit to ₹13,762 cr in Q4

Insurer reports better business performance, margin, asset quality

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

Sebi reins in virtual trading on fantasy game platforms

AFTER clamping down on unregistered financial influencers who were peddling unverified information on stocks, the Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) is reining in fantasy game companies and virtual trading platforms by restricting them from sharing realtime market data and stock prices to third-party entities.

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May 28, 2024
Adani Energy gets board approval to raise ₹12,500 crore from capital market
The New Indian Express

Adani Energy gets board approval to raise ₹12,500 crore from capital market

ADANI Energy Solutions, the largest integrated energy player in the private sector, will be hitting the capital markets with a 12,500 crore QIP or other fund raising activity.

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May 28, 2024
10 killed as Cyclone Remal makes landfall in B'desh
The New Indian Express

10 killed as Cyclone Remal makes landfall in B'desh

15 m people in coastal areas hit; 5-6 ft sea waves compound woes.

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May 28, 2024
BJP top guns pressed into action to increase PM's winning margin
The New Indian Express

BJP top guns pressed into action to increase PM's winning margin

WITH an eye on increasing the winning margin of its secondtime MP and the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi LS constituency, the BJP has pressed all its big guns into campaign mode in the temple city.

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May 28, 2024
Rahul sees a wave in favour of INDIA bloc in Bihar & UP
The New Indian Express

Rahul sees a wave in favour of INDIA bloc in Bihar & UP

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his \"God has sent me\" remark, alleging that the PM made the statement to purportedly avoid the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s questions about industrialists after the Lok Sabha elections.

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May 28, 2024
Shah comes down heavily on Akhilesh over his party fund
The New Indian Express

Shah comes down heavily on Akhilesh over his party fund

Home minister says Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge would lose his job after June NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow LAUNCHING a broadside at the Samajwadi Party (SP) over its ties with the Sahara India group, BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday alleged that the SP used to run on the funds provided by the Sahara group.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

Little ground support to main players in big battle for Ballia

BOTH the prime contenders from Ballia Lok Sabha seat of eastern Uttar Pradesh - which goes to polls in the last phase on June 1 - seem to be running short of the whole-hearted support of their senior party leaders.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

It's battle of prestige for Rajbhar in NDA vs INDIA direct fight in Ghosi

THE poll temperature is competing with the sweltering heat in the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Mau district as the BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) are at daggers drawn to snatch the seat from the BSP, which had won the seat in 2019.

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May 28, 2024
Lalu's doc daughter in contest against 'chacha'
The New Indian Express

Lalu's doc daughter in contest against 'chacha'

MISA Bharti, opposition INDIA bloc candidate in Patliputra Lok Sabha seat and eldest daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, exuded confidence about her victory after a rally addressed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, at Paliganj on Monday.

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May 28, 2024
Mamata to skip INDIA bloc meet on June 1 in Delhi
The New Indian Express

Mamata to skip INDIA bloc meet on June 1 in Delhi

WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she will not be able to attend the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on June 1 as Kolkata will go to the elections on that day and also she needs to be present in the state to ensure relief to the people affected by cyclone 'Remal'.

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May 28, 2024
Naxal threats: 'Vaidyaraj' says he will quit practice & return Padma award
The New Indian Express

Naxal threats: 'Vaidyaraj' says he will quit practice & return Padma award

NOTED traditional medicine practitioner Hemchand Manjhi on Monday said he will return his Padma Shri award, after receiving threats from the outlawed Maoists in restive Narayanpur district, south Chhattisgarh.

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May 28, 2024
'Priority is to form INDIA govt after June 4'
The New Indian Express

'Priority is to form INDIA govt after June 4'

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav says Cong & his party are natural allies in UP and the coalition is working on the ground

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May 28, 2024
'8 seats in Haryana, 3 in Delhi see dip in absolute number of voters'
The New Indian Express

'8 seats in Haryana, 3 in Delhi see dip in absolute number of voters'

NEARLY one-third of the constituencies in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw an \"unprecedented\" dip in the absolute number of voters compared to the 2019 polls, according to Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of the Congress Data Analytics department.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

2 govt docs held for tampering with blood samples in Pune Porsche crash

THE Pune crime branch arrested Dr.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

CELEBRATING CULTURE OF VIOLENCE MUST END

OLITICAL violence is not new to Kerala.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

INDIAN CRICKET NEEDS TO TRANSFORM TO BRING BACK T20 WORLD CUP

UNS and more runs seemed to be the theme of this season's Indian Premier League.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

THE MISDIRECTED DEBATE ON POPULATION CHANGES

SOME recent reports have alarmingly misinterpreted findings from the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC) working paper titled 'Share of Religious Minorities: A Cross-Country Analysis (19502015)'.

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May 28, 2024
THE LONG CONFLICTS THAT ARE CHANGING THE RULES OF WAR
The New Indian Express

THE LONG CONFLICTS THAT ARE CHANGING THE RULES OF WAR

These days, warring nations seem unable to follow the rudimentary rules of humanism and desist from targeting civilians. All sides need to do more to avoid civilian deaths

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

KCR ordered phone-tapping, says former Task Force OSD

\"PEDDAYANA\" (BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao) and his nephew, former minister T Harish Rao, gave instructions to police officers on tapping phones, according to the confessional statements of former Task Force OSD N Radhakishan Rao and former additional SP N Bhujanga Rao.

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May 28, 2024
Prajwal releases video clip, says will meet SIT on Friday
The New Indian Express

Prajwal releases video clip, says will meet SIT on Friday

HASSAN MP Prajwal Revanna, who is wanted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual abuse cases against him, posted a 2.57-minute video on Monday stating that he will appear before the SIT at 10 am on Friday (May 31).

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May 28, 2024
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Saffron represents divisiveness, guv has insulted Tiruvalluvar, says DMK

GOVERNOR RN Ravi showered flowers on a portrait of poet Tiruvalluvar that was 'stained' by saffron, the DMK party organ Murasoli said in an editorial.

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May 28, 2024
V-Cs must find solution to social issues: UGC chairman
The New Indian Express

V-Cs must find solution to social issues: UGC chairman

V-Cs should come together and find solutions to social issues, UGC chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said on Monday.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

History-sheeter's kin accept body, hundreds join funeral in Nellai

RELATIVES of history-sheeter Deepak Raja, who was killed by a six-member gang on May 20, received his body from the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TvMCH) here on Monday, after seven days of protest.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

BJP chief reiterates Jaya's Hindutva 'credentials', challenges AIADMK

Annamalai says current AIADMK leaders have changed their stance after ex-CM's demise

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

'Aavin needs autonomy to be competitive

A AVIN should be given autonomy in fixing price and other functions to compete with other dairy giants like Amul and Nandhini, said Meenesh Shah, Chairman, National Dairy Development Board.

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May 28, 2024
Men use abandoned building to flash girls at dental college women's hostel
The New Indian Express

Men use abandoned building to flash girls at dental college women's hostel

WOMEN students of Government Dental College who are staying in the ladies hostel of the college in Broadway have alleged repeated harassment by men who flash them from an abandoned nearby building which belongs to a private trust.

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May 28, 2024
Capital city sizzles at 40°C, next few days to get hotter
The New Indian Express

Capital city sizzles at 40°C, next few days to get hotter

THE regional meteorological centre on Monday said the maximum temperature in the state, especially north coastal districts including Chennai, is likely to rise by 2-3°C during the next four days.

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May 28, 2024
The New Indian Express

Disproportionate assets case against commercial taxes, survey officers

THE Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered disproportionate assets cases against an additional commissioner of commercial taxes and a deputy inspector of survey at the Avadi taluk office recently.

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May 28, 2024