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August 09, 2024

After pain, happiness

IT was emotional, it was epochal. But above everything, it was cathartic. The pall of gloom that descended over India finally cleared on Thursday for some cheer.

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Contentious Waqf bill sent to JPC as Oppn calls it draconian

FACING stiff opposition from the united INDIA bloc, the government referred the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill to a joint parliamentary panel (JPC) for scrutiny after it was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

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CEOs to face heat for delay in giving nod for school infra works

THE School Education Department has warned all Chief Educational Officers (CEOs) of disciplinary action if there is a delay in granting permission for infrastructure works in schools, particularly those mandated by court orders.

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Gopuram to be shifted for metro work

THE Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has informed the Madras High Court that a proposal has been prepared for the construction of metro rail in Thousand Lights with certain changes in the alignment and shifting of one temple.

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City motorists face bumpy ride as speed breaker panel on snooze mode

THE committee to standardise speed breakers in Chennai, headed by the city traffic police and comprising various departments, has only met once since its inception in March and is now inactive.

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Cops must mandatorily follow PSO 566: Bench

A full bench of the Madras HC has ruled that the police have to mandatorily follow the procedure prescribed in Police Standing Order 566 while investigating a case and counter-case.

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I doc for IL people at Pulicat govt hosp

Facility handles 450 outpatients, 20 inpatients a day; patients often forced to travel 20 km to Ponneri for minor ops

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Court: Closing temple sans rituals amounts to imprisonment of idol

OBSERVING that an idol housed in a temple must be treated as a living being, and closing the temple without the customary rituals would amount to its 'imprisonment', the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ordered the reopening of Sri Muthalamman and Sri Mariyamman Temple in Uthapuram village of Madurai district.

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Students clash over forming school union; CSR registered against seven

A group of students allegedly attacked a Class 11 student at a private school in Valliyoor over previous enmity recently.

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350 papers chosen for Muruga meet

HR and CE Minister PK Sekarbabu on Thursday said grand arrangements are in place for the Muthamizh Murugan International Conference in Palani on August 24 and 25.

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CM to launch Tamil Pudhalvan in Kovai today

Boys pursuing higher edu after studying in govt schools, or in Tamil medium at aided schools will get ₹1k monthly aid

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Nagai fishers assaulted, robbed by 'SL assailants' near Kodiyakarai

A group of five fishermen from Vedaranyam came under attack, allegedly from Sri Lankan assailants, while fishing near Point Calimere on Wednesday evening.

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'Abandoned' Manjolai workers cook gruel on road

ALLEGING that they are unable to afford groceries after losing their jobs at the private tea company, former workers of the Manjolai estate gathered together and cooked gruel on the roads of Oothu, Manjolai and Naalumukku on Thursday.

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Vijay's TVK plans first party meet in Tiruchy's G Corner

ACTOR-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has approached the Tiruchy railway division seeking permission to hold the party's maiden conference at the G Corner ground in the city.

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SSI shunted for asking disabled woman to remove callipers at temple

A day after a disabled woman said she was made to remove her callipers and asked to pay a bribe of 500 to use a wheelchair and enter the Madurai Meenakshi temple, the 48-year-old and other disabled persons were allowed into the temple on Thursday without having to remove their mobility aids restrictions.

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HM assaulted and paraded semi-nude for pic with minor

A private school headmaster, identified by police as A Edilbert Felix Arokiyaraj, was forced to walk with just his underwear by the residents of a village in Cuddalore district on Wednesday after a purported photograph of him kissing a former student of the school went viral on social media.

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KL eyes TN partnership to woo investment

THE Kerala government has urged the Tamil Nadu government to partner with it to woo investments which could mutually benefit both the states.

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800 kg rotten meat seized from Shenoy Nagar shop

FOOD Safety Department officials seized a whopping 800 kg of decomposed meat from a beef shop in Shenoy Nagar on Thursday.

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42 days on, kin learn cops buried missing 41-yr-old

A 42-day search for a missing 41-year-old man from West Mambalam ended in shock for the kin after they learned he had died on the railway tracks and was buried by the Government Railway Police (GRP).

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K'taka denies charge of giving fire victim's remains in bag

AFTER reports of a man carrying the charred remains of his 18-year-old son, who died in the recent factory blaze in Belagavi, in a bag went viral, the district administration has come under fire from several quarters.

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30 families evicted to restore lake have no place to call home

AROUND 30 families in Madhavaram, whose homes were demolished on July 24 as part of a 43-crore project to restore 400 acres of Madhavaram lake (retteri) as a drinking water source, have accused the Water Resources Department (WRD) of unfairly evicting them without giving alternative resettlement option.

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PM to visit landslide-hit Wayanad on Saturday

Declare disaster as calamity of rare severity, Pinarayi urges centre

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Kin say woman pregnant after gangrape; no case yet

EVEN four days after the Dindigul Government Hospital authorities intimated the local police station about a suspected gangrape leaving an intellectually disabled woman seven months pregnant, the police have not registered a complaint citing that the crime occurred in Salem district and not in their station limits.

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STEER TELANGANA LOCAL SEAT QUOTA WITH CARE

THE question whether a student is to be considered a local or non-local for admission to educational institutions in particular for MBBS and BDS courses―is sensitive in almost every state; but it is felt more intensely in Telangana.

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LEARNING THE RIGHT LESSONS FROM THE WAILS OF WAYANAD

Thirteen of Kerala's 14 districts are prone to landslides. But little was done after Puthumala was struck in 2019. We must use suitable technologies to guard against future tragedies

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Ruckus in RS as Kharge not allowed to speak on Phogat, Dhankhar leaves chair

AN uproar erupted in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday over the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Olympics as Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar did not allow Opposition MPs to raise the issue.

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Himanta says no illegal migration by minorities via Assam border

ASSAM Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the state's border with Bangladesh is secure, and there have been no illegal border crossings by minorities facing attacks amid ongoing unrest.

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'Act before it's too late': HC to govt on Bangladeshi influx

THE Jharkhand High Court, while hearing a PIL on Thursday seeking probe on Bangladeshi intrusion changing the demography of Santhal Pargana, reprimanded the Centre and asked it to act before it is too late.

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One nation one poll implementation needs constitution amendment: Govt

THE implementation of ‘One nation, One election' would require amendments to the Constitution of India as per the recommendations of the Ram Nath Kovind committee, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

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Unrest in Bangla a concern: CDS

■ Gen Chauhan says regime change comes amid Pak proxy war in J&K, tension on LAC ■ PIL seeks probe into Bangla intrusion changing Santhal Pargana demography

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Yarn exports to Bangla take a hit

YARN manufacturers and exporters in Punjab are keeping a close eye on the political situation unfolding in Bangladesh.

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40% claims under Forest Rights Act rejected in Gujarat, says House data

MORE than 40 per cent of the land title claims by the tribals under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected in Gujarat, according to data disclosed by the government in the Rajya Sabha.

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Bangladesh plane grounded in Raipur for 9 years

IT'S been over nine years for a Bangladesh-based United Airways plane that made an emergency landing at Raipur and the airport authorities apparently seems perplexed as they didn't receive any feedback to their series of high-priority communication sent to officials of the private carrier and the neighbouring country that now seems in turmoil.

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Lalu meets Shahabuddin's wife, eyes Muslim votes ahead of Bihar elections

; RAMASHANKAR @ Patna RJD chief Lalu Prasad has embarked on consolidating Muslim votes ahead of Bihar assembly poll seemingly in fear of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM and political strategist Prashant Kishor's proposed party cutting into the minority votes.

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2013 promise of doplar radar still a distant dream in flood-hit Kedarnath

THE rugged terrain of Kedarnath continues to pose a challenge for meteorologists, making accurate weather forecasting a daunting task.

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EC team in J&K to firm up Assembly election roadmap

LEADERS of political parties, after meeting with the Election Commission (EC) in Srinagar, expressed hope for the conduct of Assembly polls in J&K.

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Maha poll yatra as parties draw up strategies

WITH Maharashtra assembly elections round the corner, all major political parties are hitting the road, by launching yatras for mass outreach.

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Locals spend sleepless nights to guard against robbery, looting

SEVERAL residents across Bangladesh spent a sleepless night as they gathered in groups to guard the streets amid fears of robbery and looting by criminals in the violence-hit country, where an interim government headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took oath.

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First task is to restore law and order: Yunus

Sworn in as the chief advisor; leads 16-member council of advisers

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IS murder plan nixes Taylor Swift's concert

A 19-year-old Islamic State sympathiser planned a suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna designed to kill many people, the country's intelligence agency said on Thursday.

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Allies condemn Israel's jibe on starving Gazans

ISRAEL'S Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that the starvation of Gaza's population of more than 2 million Palestinians \"might be just and moral\" until hostages captured in Hamas' Oct 7 attack on southern Israel are returned home.

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LIC net up 9.6% as non-par business share more than doubles to 23.5%

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Council to decide GST rate on insurance: FM

FINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the decision regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums rests solely with the GST Council.

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Food Prices Can't Be Overlooked For Inflation Targeting, Says Das

CONTRARY to the views expressed in the Economic Survey regarding the exclusion of food from retail inflation calculations, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday emphasised that food inflation cannot be overlooked due to its significant contribution to the overall consumption basket.

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RBI guv warns lenders against top-up loan push

WITH the lenders pushing top-up loans like never before, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has flagged this as a potential risk for the system and asked all lenders to review such practices and take remedial action.

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Disconnect resources of entity caught engaging in spam activities: TRAI

IN a bid to combat the rising menace of spam calls in the country, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) directed telecom service providers (TSPs) on Thursday to disconnect the telecom resources of any entity caught engaging in spam activities.

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Weak listing gains signal cooling primary market

TWO of the country's high profile initial public offerings (IPOs) Ola Electric and FirstCry are expected to give subdued listing gain amidst broader market volatility and valuation concerns.

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RBI increases UPI payment limit from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh

BANKING regulator Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is making the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) more user-friendly.

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Vinesh bids adieu to wrestling

A DAY after she was disqualified from 50kg final of the 2024 Paris Olympics, champion wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from international wrestling on Thursday.

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Stylistic change that paved way for India's hockey glory at Paris Games

AFTER that utterly chaotic and ultimately fateful loss to New Zealand on penalties at the World Cup in India last year (3-3 after regulation time), something had to change.

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NEERAJ 89.45; SILVER, ARSHAD 92.97; GOLD

CHOPRA 1ST INDIVIDUAL INDIAN ATHLETE TO WIN A GOLD & A SILVER AT THE GAMES; NADEEM SETS NEW OLY RECORD

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Wrestler Aman to fight for bronze, Anshu out

INDIAN wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost his 57kg semifinal bout against top seed Rei Higuchi of Japan (10-0) by technical superiority on Thursday.

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