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August 13, 2024

Mom kills 7-yr-old to keep creditors at bay

FACING difficulty in repaying a debt of 4.9 lakh, a 30-year-old woman allegedly murdered her seven-year-old daughter by pushing her into a well believing that a death in the family would save her from creditors.

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Hasina's stay in India won't hurt ties, says B'desh govt

SHEIKH Hasina's stay in New Delhi will not negatively affect the relations between India and Bangladesh, Mohamad Touhid Hossain, foreign secretary in the Bangladesh interim government said on Monday.

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Didi buys time on doc rape-murder probe

Resident docs across India on indefinite stir for justice

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Contentious draft broadcast bill out

THE Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday said it is working on a fresh draft of the Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, saying the revised version would be published after consultations.

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RETAIL INFLATION AT 5-YEAR LOW

BASE effect and subdued food & beverage prices brought down retail inflation to a five-year low of 3.54% in July.

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Scores of women save part of Urimai Thogai

OF the nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries receiving a monthly honorarium of 1,000 through cooperative banks under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (KMUT) scheme, about 60% of them have not been withdrawing the full amount within the same month, indicating a healthy trend among these women to save part of the money for future use, official sources from the cooperative department said.

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Goondas Act on Shankar again, now in ganja case

DAYS after the Madras High Court quashed the detention of YouTuber Savukku Shankar under the Goondas Act, Theni collector RV Shajeevana on Monday passed an order to detain him under the same Act in connection with a ganja case.

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Thangalaan producer asked to deposit ₹1 cr before film's release on Thursday

THE Madras High Court has ordered film producer KE Gnanavelraja of Studio Green Films Private Limited to deposit ₹1 crore in the account of the official assignee who is handling the assets and liabilities of a late creditor of the firm, by August 14, to allow screening of the former's latest Vikramstarrer Thangalaan.

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Plea seeking aid for family of minor attacked by dog binned

THE Madras HC has dismissed a petition filed for orders seeking the government to pay compensation to the family of a minor girl who was attacked by a dog at a public park due to which the facility was closed and her father lost his job.

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'TN yet to allow prosecution of Senthil Balaji'

THE Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Greater Chennai Police on Monday informed the special court for MP/MLA cases that it is yet to receive the sanction from the state government for prosecuting former minister V Senthil Balaji in the predicate offence case of cash-for-jobs scam.

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Pudukai tea party raises 44K for Wayanad

EVER since the news of twin landslides in Wayanad broke out, Sivakumar, owner of Bhagawan tea stall in Mettupatti village of Pudukkottai was disturbed.

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Temple firewalk: 7-yr-old suffers 41% burn injuries

A seven-year-old boy sustained burn injuries as he fell upon hot coal during a firewalk ritual at a temple in Arambakkam village of Tiruvallur district on Sunday night.

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Check held, stop-work order on illegal Pulicat resort soon

Environment dept confirms construction is on no-development zone

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SEIZURE AT AIRPORT LEADS SLEUTHS TO 'DENSE JUNGLE' IN KOLATHUR

100s of native and exotic animal rescued from two-storey house, sent back to Thailand

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Axis-Tishman Speyer secures plot in Fintech city at ₹75 crore

ONE of the vacant plots of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) was e-auctioned to Axis Commercial Real Estate Fund for around 75 crore.

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Stalin opens new fish market along Marina loop road, 332 stalls allocated

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Monday inaugurated a fish market on Marina Loop Road near Nochikuppam.

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Groundwater comes to aid, kuruvai cultivated in 3.32 lakh acres in delta

DESPITE uncertainty in getting enough Cauvery water, 3.32 lakh acres of kuruvai has been cultivated in delta districts this season, thanks to the availability of groundwater.

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CM inaugurates 103 projects completed at ₹770 cr

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin, on Monday, virtually inaugurated 103 completed Municipal Administration and Water Supply department projects worth ₹769.9 crore and laid the foundation for 30 new projects worth ₹1,192.45 crore.

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Students deny charge of bringing knife to attack HM

THREE students of a government higher secondary school in Nanguneri, who were accused of bringing a knife to the campus for allegedly attacking their headmaster, and their parents submitted a petition with District Collector KP Karthikeyan on Monday denying the charges, and claimed that the trio was framed in a false case and lodged in a government home.

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Kin of 'custodial torture victim' submits petition to Villupuram district collector

THE sister of a 31-year-old N Arputharaj who died in judicial custody on Friday allegedly owing to torture filed a complaint with the collector on Monday, raising serious concern about the events leading to the death.

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Nagai-Kangesanthurai ferry service to begin on Aug 16

THE passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kangesanthurai in Sri Lanka is resuming on Friday.

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Man held for firing at tribal who trespassed into his farm

A day after an 18-year-old from the Paliyar tribal community was shot for entering his neighbour's property, the Dindigul police arrested the accused K Savariya (75), a native of Sirumalai in Dindigul, on Monday, and seized a country-made gun.

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NIRF ranking: Anna University 1st among state-funded institutions

For sixth year, IIT-M maintains its top position in 'overall' and 'engineering' categories

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HR&CE officials file complaint over fake harassment message

A day after a fake message against a senior HR and CE official went viral on social media, a group of women officials from the department on Monday lodged a formal complaint with Madurai City Police Commissioner J Loganathan, seeking action against the people behind it.

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Land acquisition case: CBI books TNHB officials, sub-registrar

THE Anti Corruption Bureau of the CBI, Chennai, has registered a criminal conspiracy and collusion case against officials of Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Chennai and sub-registrar and taluk offices in Krishnagiri district based on the directions of Madras High Court.

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Just one week into ZAD drive. city records zero road deaths

A week into their Zero Accident Day (ZAD) campaign, Greater Chennai Traffic Police managed to achieve their desired goal of recording zero road accident deaths on Sunday.

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Girl dies after drinking ₹10 mango juice

A 5-year-old girl from Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai, died after allegedly consuming local mango juice on Saturday.

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9k cops to secure Chennai on I-Day

THE Greater Chennai Police are set to deploy a total of 9,000 personnel and officers for security measures on the occasion of the Independence Day on Thursday.

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Nanguneri youth who hacked Dalit boy now sexually harasses woman

THREE juveniles, including two 17-year-old youths who hacked the Dalit boy Chinnadurai and his sister last year in Nanguneri, have been booked on charges of sexually harassing a woman when she was riding pillion with her husband.

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'Ganja seizures proof of TN govt's efforts to crack down on menace'

GOVERNOR of Maharashtra CP Radhakrishnan on Monday said that the seizures of ganja in Tamil Nadu was proof of the measures taken by the state government to curb its use.

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Senthil Balaji bail: SC reserves order

THE Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on the bail plea filed by former minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested last year in connection with a money laundering case.

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Tungabhadra Dam's broken gate to be repaired in a week

A TEAM of experts has come up with two plans to fix the broken Crest Gate No 19 of the Tungabhadra Dam.

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WATER ENTERS 300 HOUSES IN K'GIRI, HEAVY RAIN TO CONTINUE

WATER entered at least 300 houses in Pochampalli, Mathur and Kaveripattinam as rain battered Krishnagiri since Sunday, According to the District Emergency Operation Centre (DEOC), the district recorded an average rainfall of 47.99 mm in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Monday.

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Mullaiperiyar safe, no need to panic: KL min

AMID growing concerns about the safety of the 128-year-old Mullaiperiyar dam and ongoing social media campaigns calling for its decommissioning, a high-level meeting was held at the Idukki Collectorate on Monday.

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OLYMPIC LET-DOWN: MUST WIN MORE MEDALS BEFORE HOSTING GAMES

IN a glittering ceremony on Sunday, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach declared the Paris Summer Games closed.

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PM'S WAYANAD MESSAGE: NO POLITICS AMID CALAMITY

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi's assurance of support for relief and rehabilitation after the Wayanad landslides should be a soothing balm for a grieving Kerala that is slowly coming to terms with the scale of the disaster.

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JUSTICE ON NEET BRINGS CHEERS & POLICY BOOST

IN the State of Kerala vs TP Roshana case (1979), Justice V R Krishna Iyer wrote, \"The rule of law should not petrify life or be inflexibly mulish.

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SPORTS MUST NOT PROVIDE SPACE TO MARKET MALADIES

Direct and surrogate ads of ultra-processed food and tobacco products influence young minds at sporting events. The govt must curb them and use celebrities to preach healthy lifestyles

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SC refuses to entertain plea against govt decision to cancel UGC-NET

THE Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the cancellation of the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET).

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BJP counters: 'Cong conspiring to destabilise country's economy'

THE BJP on Monday stepped up its attack on the INDIA alliance over its demand for a JPC probe into Hindenburg's charges against SEBI chairperson, saying opposition was conspiring against the Indian economy through George Soros.

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Let CBI, or special probe team go into charges against Sebi chief

THE Congress on Monday upped the ante on the Hindenburg Research's allegations against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch, demanding that the Supreme Court should transfer the Adani probe to the CBI or a Special Investigation Team (SIT) given the \"likelihood of SEBI's compromise\".

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NIRF ranking: IISc best univ for 9th yr

IN the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has maintained its position as the leading engineering college for the sixth consecutive year.

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1 killed in Bengal, 7 nabbed near Meghalaya in BSF raid

THE Border Security Force on Monday said it neutralised a Bangladesh smuggler in a retaliatory fire in West Bengal's Malda district and has apprehended seven nationals of the neighbouring country trying to infiltrate, along with two Indian facilitators, at a checkpoint in Meghalaya.

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Coast Guard steps up vigil along maritime border to check illegal immigration

AMID a chaotic situation prevailing in Bangladesh, the Indian Coast Guard has enhanced its vigil and deployed operational surface and air units for a robust surveillance in the region to thwart illegal migration through the sea route.

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Bengal stir finds nat'l resonance

Over 3L doctors in govt-run hosps hit the streets against rape, murder of 2nd-yr PG student

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Tradition first! Pvt colleges told to set up cell on 'Bharatiya Gyan Parampara

THE Madhya Pradesh government has asked colleges across the state to purchase books out of a list of 88 books, to acquaint students with Bharatiya Gyan Parampara (Indian Knowledge Tradition).

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Uproar over MLA's remark on Ladli Behna

MAHARASHTRA A controversy has erupted involving the Maharashtra government's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' following a remark by MLA Ravin Rana that if \"sisters\" refuse to vote for the BJP in the assembly elections due this year, then the government would take back Rs 1,500 (promised under the scheme) from each of such eligible women after the polls.

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SP leader booked under Pocso Act for rape bid on teen

A Samajwadi Party leader was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a minor in Kannauj, the parliamentary constituency of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday.

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6 women among 7 killed, 26 injured in stampede at Bihar's Jehanabad temple

AT least seven people, including six women, were killed and 26 others injured, nine of them seriously, in a stampede when they were going to Baba Siddhanth temple atop Barabar Hills in Bihar's Jehanabad district, officials said on Monday.

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Gadkari warns Punjab against attack on NHAI staff

AFTER Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari issued a warning to the Punjab government about potentially terminating eight severely affected national highway projects in the state due to attacks on engineers and contractors in Jalandhar and Ludhiana, the newly appointed Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria has directed officials to ensure the timely completion of all central projects.

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Tactical change as terrorists resorting to jungle warfare: Former J&K top cop

AS anti-militancy operations are going on in the forest areas of at least five districts of Jammu and Kashmir, former J&K police chief SP Vaid opined that militants have changed strategy and are now resorting to jungle warfare and carrying out hit and run attacks on security forces and 'disappearing'.

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B'desh protesters given a week to return firearms

New Chief Justice warns of action against irregularities in judiciary

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Aus, US, UK sign N-deal as part of AUKUS

AUSTRALIA said on Monday it had signed a deal to allow the exchange of nuclear secrets and material with the United States and Britain, a key step toward equipping its navy with nuclear-powered submarines.

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Enough of talks, implement Biden plan on truce: Hamas

JERUSALEM International pressure mounted on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza, with Britain, France and Germany issuing a joint plea for an end to fighting between Israel and Hamas with \"no further delay\".

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US passport of children forces new Iran VP to resign in 2 wks

IRAN's former foreign minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, on Monday announced he had resigned from his new post as vice president.

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Three years on, Taliban govt in Af notches up some diplomatic wins

THREE years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law.

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Russia orders fresh evacuation as it battles Ukrainian incursion

TWO Russian regions bordering Ukraine ordered more evacuations on Monday as Moscow battled to contain an unprecedented push onto its territory.

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WH says Iran may attack Israel this wk

IRAN could launch a \"significant\" attack on Israel as soon as this week, the White House said on Monday, as US President Joe Biden discussed the crisis with European leaders.

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Bharti Global to buy 25% in British Telecom

Bharti says this investment will further help create new synergies in the telecom sector between both countries

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JSW to acquire 67% in Australian mining company

JSW Steel on Monday announced the acquisition of up to 66.67% in the Australian mining company - M Res NSW -through its wholly-owned subsidiary JSW Steel (Netherlands) B.V.

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Zomato-owned Blinkit to continue investment in newer categories

ZOMATO'S quick commerce platform Blinkit, which has been diversifying its offerings, will continue to invest in newer categories.

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RBI tweaks norms, home loans may get cheaper

IN a relief to housing finance companies, the Reserve Bank has tweaked the risk weights by capping it for undisbursed loans at par with that of disbursed loans.

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Hindenburg report fails to dent mkt, Adani stocks fall

CONTRARY to expectations that the latest report of US short-seller Hindenburg Research, which has questioned the conduct of the Sebi chairperson while inspecting the Adani Group for manipulating stock prices would have a wider impact on the Indian equity market, the bulls of Dalal Street sidelined the concerns as the benchmark indices closed on Monday with just minor cuts.

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Nothing to add: FinMin official on Hindenburg-Sebi case

IN the first official response from the Ministry of Finance regarding the Hindenburg allegations against Sebi Chairperson, Madhabi Puri Buch, Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth said the government has no additional comments to make on the matter.

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Vodafone Idea losses fall to ₹6,432 cr, adds 3.8 mn 4G users

VODAFONE IDEA, country's third-largest telecom service provider, reported a consolidated net loss of 6,432 crore for the first quarter of financial year 2024-25, down from ₹7,840 crore in the same period last year.

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Founder Ritesh Agarwal invests ₹830 crore in Oyo at valuation of $2.4 billion

HOSPITALITY chain Oyo's founder Ritesh Agarwal has invested 830 crore in the company's latest funding round through Singapore-based entity Patient Capital.

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Judgement day for India & Vinesh

INDIA'S sports fraternity waits with bated breath as the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after hearing arguments of all parties, will deliver its verdict on wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her disqualification at the Paris Olympics, on Tuesday.

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LLEARN TO KEEP YOUR ASTHMA UNDER CONTROL

IN 2016, the health transformation of a billionaire scion had left everyone amazed.

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Rapid weight loss can compromise your immunity

Rapid weight gain can cause a number of health issues like obesity, which can be the cause for onset of a number of disorders including diabetes and cholesterol elevations, says Dr NG Kanchan, consultant, Trilife Hospital.

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UNITED BY MUSIC

Wilbur Sargunaraj's musical creation bespeaks the importance of love, kinship, and tolerance in the times of political and social unheavals

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The First Descendant: To play or not to play?

HERE'S the honest truth.

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Vikrant Massey's Sector 36 to release next month

ON Monday, Netflix announced that their upcoming film with Vikrant Massey, titled Sector 36, is all set to release on September 13.

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