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The New Indian Express Madurai

Online RTI facilities available only in two departments in Dindigul

DESPITE an order from the commissionerate of revenue administration and disaster management (Chennai) to extend online RTI facilities for all departments in the district, only two departments offer them.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

TN HOME TO 1,031 NILGIRI TAHRS

THE first-ever synchronised survey of the Nilgiri Tahr, conducted from April 29 to May 1 this year, has revealed a total population of 1,031 tahrs in Tamil Nadu, with 552 living in fragmented habitats across 128 blocks and 479 in large contiguous landscapes spanning 12 blocks.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Decide on streetlights on accident-prone stretch in Madurai: HC

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the state to take a decision expeditiously on the proposal sent by the assistant director of town panchayat for the installation of streetlights on the median of the road stretch from Fatima College to Samayanallur on the Madurai-Dindigul highway.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Carrom world champion gets ₹1 cr from state govt

Three Tamil Nadu women won the top three spots at the Women's Carrom World Championship. The youngest world champion, M Khazima (18), received ₹1 crore from the state government, while Mithra (17) and Nagajothi (26) each received ₹50 lakh.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Fisher's widow moves HC, seeks insurance claim

THE Madras Bench of the Madras High Court sought the state government's response on a petition filed by the widow of a fisherman, seeking the release of the insurance amount.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

28-year-old gets 5-year jail term for sexually assaulting girl

THE special court for cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act has sentenced a 28-year-old man to five years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a girl in Chennai, in 2020.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Venkatachalapathy gets Sahitya Akademi award

HISTORIAN AR Venkatachalapathy has bagged the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2024 in the research category for his Tamil book \"Tirunelveli Ezhuchiyum Vaa Vuu Ciyum 1908\", (Tirunelveli uprising and VO Chidambaram Pillai 1908).

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Tech snags hit rollout of Tasmac QR-code billing system across TN

Unloading alcohol stock from trucks which took 30 minutes now takes 7 hours, says official

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Border talks back on track as Doval meets Wang in Beijing

IN what is seen as a major step towards normalization of India-China ties, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held \"substantive discussions\" during the Special Representatives dialogue in Beijing on Wednesday.

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Modi raps Cong over demand for Shah's axe

Attacks Kharge claim on Ambedkar's insult

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December 19, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

13 KILLED AS NAVY BOAT RAMS FERRY

THIRTEEN people were killed after a speed boat of the Indian Navy crashed into a passenger ferry boat near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Wednesday.

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December 19, 2024
Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club
The New Indian Express Madurai

Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Club

CHELSEA forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Unrest in Samsung again, workers plan 'canteen boycott'

UNREST is brewing among the Samsung India workers in Sriperumbudur again over alleged harassment of 35 workers, who were the face of the month-long protest in September, by supervisors and management of the company.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

A key human organ

The heart is an essential organ, on which rests the reality of life and death. But new research suggests that it does more than just pump blood, fusing a host of psychological connections

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

Poor form and captaincy issues could be two unrelated things as Rohit falls for another low score on day four in Brisbane on Tuesday

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

RAHUL AND JADEJA BRING ORDER AS INDIA TAIL WAGS

SOMEWHERE in the middle of the first innings, Virat Kohli rushed out of the Gabba dressing room, called up Abhimanyu Easwaran, told him something in earnestness and sent him off the ground.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Two World Champions, 31 GMs, Tamil Nadu is the best: Anand

OPEN rooftop car. Scores of people. Cavalcade of cars. It was another maddening but memorable day in the newly-crowned world champ, D Gukesh's, life.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Rana wouldn't have got into our playing XI: Gujarat coach Klinger

GUJARAT GIANTS, after finishing last in the back-to-back Women's Premier League points table, went into the mini-auction looking to make a few important changes.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Bid in satellite spectrum not feasible: Scindia

A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh raised concerns over the government's decision to administratively allocate satellite spectrum in the country, communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday defended the move, saying that satellite spectrum is neither suitable nor practical for auction.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

ITC Hotel demerger from January 1, 2025

FMCG giant ITC Ltd has fixed January 1, 2025 as the effective date for the demerger of its hotel business after receiving an order from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Sebi may tighten SME listing norms, bring in transparency

THE Securities and Exchange Board's (Sebi) board meeting slated for Wednesday is likely to come up with a slew of measures to clean the SME IPOs space that has, of late, received regulatory attention.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Slower Q2 GDP growth temporary blip, will see healthy growth in coming qtrs: FM

FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has termed the second quarter GDP growth slowdown a temporary blip and expressed her confidence that the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Gold import up on tariff cut, UAE pact

331% rise in import of yellow metal to $15 bn in Nov resulted in trade deficit, pressure on rupee

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Adani group firm Ambuja merges Penna Cements, Sanghi Ind with itself

AMBUJA Cements, the cement and building material company of Adani Group, announced the merger of Sanghi Industries (SIL) and Penna Cement Industries with itself.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Domestic market declines on trade deficit, weakening rupee

DOMESTIC equity market declined sharply on Tuesday with the benchmarks - BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - cracking nearly 1.5% each.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

ED hands over ₹22,000 cr worth properties attached under PMLA to owners

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has handed over properties worth ₹22,280 crore attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to victims or their legitimate claimants, finance ministry has informed parliament.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Rescue efforts on as 7.3 quake flattens buildings in Vanuatu

A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, smashing buildings in the capital Port Vila including one used by foreign embassies, with a witness saying bodies were lying in the city.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Russian Gen heading N-arms vertical assassinated

Ukraine claims responsibility, accuses Igor Kirillov of using banned chemical weapons in ongoing war; Moscow treating it as terror attack

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Setback to PK as 2 ex-MPs quit Jan Suraj Party

IN a major setback for political strategist-turned activist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), two former MPs Devendra Prasad Yadav and Monizir Hasan resigned from the core committee of the party on Tuesday.

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December 18, 2024
The New Indian Express Madurai

Bhujbal ups ante, fires 'toy' salvo at Ajit Pawar for no cabinet position

SENIOR NCP leader and former deputy CM Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday upped the ante against his party leader Ajit Pawar for denying him a place in the Maha Yuti cabinet.

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December 18, 2024