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August 19, 2024

Coast Guard DG dies of cardiac arrest in Chennai

DIRECTOR General of Indian Coast Guard Rakesh Pal (59) passed away due to cardiac arrest in Chennai on Sunday afternoon.

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Shiv Das Meena dropped as chief secy, appointed TNRERA chief

A few months ahead of his retirement in October, Shiv Das Meena has been shifted out from the post of Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and appointed as the chairperson of the Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA).

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Unreserved travellers in reserved coaches jump two-fold in TN trains

THE number of passengers travelling in reserved coaches of express trains holding unreserved tickets in the state increased two-fold during 2023-24 compared to the previous year.

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Rajnath releases coin, hails Karuna as 'titan' of politics

POLITICAL differences took a backseat as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh showered encomiums on former chief minister M Karunanidhi in Chennai on Sunday.

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SC takes suo motu cognisance of Kolkata case

CJl-led bench to hear matter on Tuesday; protests against rape-murder of trainee doctor at RG Kar hospital get bigger

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Football fans clash with police amid protests

PROTESTS against the horrific rape and murder of a medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital spilled on to the streets on Sunday after the police clamped prohibitory orders and cancelled the much-anticipated football match between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium.

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Champai in Delhi amid buzz over BJP switch

JHARKHAND Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren landed in Delhi on Sunday along with four party MLAs, triggering speculations that he is set to join the BJP months before the state Assembly elections.

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Of 337 butterfly species found in Western Ghats, 40 endemic

AS many as 337 butterfly species have been identified in the Western Ghats in a two-decade long survey conducted by two researchers-Dr Kalesh Sadasivan and Ashok Sengupta.

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Rajnath Singh inaugurates maritime rescue facilities in Chennai & Pondy

DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday remotely inaugurated the Indian Coast Guard's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) and Regional Marine Pollution Response Centre (RMPRC) in Chennai, as well as a Coast Guard Air Enclave in Puducherry.

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Career guidance assessment for Classes 9 to 12 to begin today

THE school education department has decided to conduct a career guidance assessment test for students in Classes 9 to 12 from Monday.

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UoM to offer defence studies in distant mode

UNIVERSITY of Madras's Institute of Distance Education (IDE) is likely to offer a master's programme in defence and strategic studies from this year.

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No pension for five months, kin of caste atrocity victims in distress

500 families await money; Adi Dravidar welfare dept officials say delay due to fund issues

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Woman held for beating 60-yr-old man to death

A 50-year-old woman was arrested by the Thiruvanmiyur Government Railway Police (GRP) on Sunday on charges of beating to death a 60-year-old man she was allegedly in a relationship with at the Perungudi MRTS railway station late on Friday night.

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Youth collapses, dies at pub in Nungambakkam

A 22-year-old college student collapsed and died at a pub in Nungambakkam on Saturday night.

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Corpn gets ready to work with volunteers to ring-fence city from monsoon mayhem

AFTER facing flak for failing to coordinate with volunteers during cyclone Michaung and the resultant floods last year, the city corporation has started working with the volunteer network in the city ahead of the monsoon.

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Check on defunct EB line: Farmers seek protection

WELCOMING the initiative to identify defunct free electricity connections for agriculture, farmers have urged the government to ensure the process does not affect marginal farmers and their cultivation.

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Docs urge DGP to form dedicated protection force

MEMBERS of the Federation of Government Doctors Association, who met Director General of Police Shankar Jiwal on Sunday, urged the police chief to establish a dedicated hospital protection force at all medical colleges in the state as announced by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa under Rule 110 in the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 2013.

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Sexual assault at 'NCC camp', 7 arrested

Main accused on run; correspondent, principal held for unauthorised camp; 12 more girls may have been harassed A day after an NTK member was booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a Class 8 girl during an unauthorised NCC camp at a private school near Bargur, seven persons, including the correspondent and principal, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly not reporting the crime and conducting the camp without permission.

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'Will BJP-ruled states appoint priests from any caste?"

ARE the states ruled by the BJP ready to make persons of any caste as temple priests, asked DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi.

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Bill collectors help defaulters evade ₹1 cr in tax, suspended

IN a major bust by corporation officials, it was found that the misuse of several bill collectors' digital login credentials has helped over 100 tax defaulters evade payment of over ₹1 crore.

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Minorities will be hit by PM's 'secular civil code': MMK

MANITHANEYA Makkal Katchi (MMK) leader M H Jawahirullah said the 'secular civil code' put forward by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech would violate the rights guaranteed by the Constitution to minority communities.

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Electric snare erected for hunting hares leaves 20-year-old tusker dead

A male elephant aged around 20 years was electrocuted after it came into contact with an illegal snare wire erected at a private patta land in Viriyankovil near Srivilliputhur on Sunday.

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Mom kills self, girl seeks alms for last rites

FOLLOWING the suicide of her mother, who lived in poor financial condition, an 11-year-old girl Meera Durga, the only daughter of the deceased sought alms from the public for performing last rites on the body of her mother in Bheltharoda village Thanoor mandal in Nirmal district on Sunday.

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Banks ordered to refund EMIs of landslide victims

Kerala gives victims 10K aid, banks debit it for EMI; CM, collector intervene

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ECONOMIC RISKS HINDERING GLOBAL GROWTH

Growth has been slowing for decades. Recent growth is also of poorer 'quality'. It is volatile, unevenly distributed and the drivers are unsustainable. But this has been ignored across the globe

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RUPEE DEPRECIATION SHOWS CRACKS IN ECONOMY

THE fall of the rupee against the US dollar has been accentuated in the recent months with visible cracks in some key economic indicators.

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THE PEACE WE FIND AMIDST FOOD WARS

OUR 78th Independence Day just went by.

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DEMOCRACY GETS A CHANCE IN THREE-PHASE J&K ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

A gentle breeze of democracy has finally started wafting across J&K with the Election Commission of India announcing assembly polls in three phases, ending October 1.

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Delhi Metro ready to help projects in Saudi Arabia, Kenya and El Salvador

DELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) may help more international projects as the authorities in Saudi Arabia, Kenya and El Salvador have approached the Indian company for partnership.

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J&K politicians look for greener pastures

As assembly polls approach, many in Azad's party mulling a switch; similar moves afoot in other smaller parties

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ICAR released two rice varieties sans GE panel approval, activist tells govt

ENVIRONMENT activist Aruna Rodrigues has written to Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MOEFCC), Bhupendra Yadav, urging him to initiate criminal proceedings against the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

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'Privatisation of IAS' is Modi's guarantee to end reservation, says Rahul

HITTING out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi government for deciding to recruit private sector experts through lateral entry in the system, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said \"privatisation of IAS\" is \"Modi's guarantee\" to end reservation.

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CBSE issues guidelines on textbooks, schools can select additional materials

THE Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has tightened its regulations on the selection of textbooks in schools, focusing on ensuring quality and sensitivity in educational materials.

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C'garh Cong MLA in 3-day judicial custody

CHHATTISGARH Congress MLA Devendra Yadav was arrested late Saturday evening at his residence in Bhilai in connection with the probe into arson and violence that occurred on June 10 in Baloda Bazar district.

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Cops tried to hush up the case: Medico's mother

THE mother of the trainee woman doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 8 while on duty Sunday expressed her dissatisfaction with the probe while raising serious allegations, claiming that the Kolkata Police \"only tried to hush up the case as soon as possible.

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Panic grips five hospitals in Jaipur after emails threaten blasts, cops call it hoax

PANIC grips several hospitals across the state, including five in Rajasthan's capital, Jaipur, after they received bomb threats via email, on Sunday.

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CBI sleuths raid premises of Northern Coalfields officials in MP's Singrauli

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday raided the premises of at least two officials of the Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) and a prominent contractor in Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli district.

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Cong using appeasement politics on CAA: Shah

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a tirade against Congress for engaging in \"appeasement politics\" over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

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TMC's Ray, BJP's Locket & 2 docs face police grilling

SENIOR Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has been served notice by the Kolkata Police for tweeting \"wrong information\" about the probe into the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee on August 9.

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Pak testing firewall to crush online dissent: digital rights experts

PAKISTAN's government is throttling the internet and social media while it tests new controls to crush dissent, activists and business leaders say, putting the country's economic recovery at risk.

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Ukraine attacks 2nd bridge in Russia, cuts logistic supply

UKRAINE said on Sunday it had struck a second key bridge in the Kursk region, seeking to disrupt Moscow's supply routes as Kyiv's unprecedented incursion on Russian soil stretched through its second week.

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Israel, Hamas accuse each other of blocking efforts to seal peace deal

Blinken rushes to Israel to meet PM; to leave for Egypt on Tuesday where talks continue

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WHY BUILDING RISK APPETITE NEEDS EDUCATION

MONEY MATTERS HERE is a visible increase in your participation in equity markets.

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BSNL likely to launch 4G services in Oct

STATE-OWNED Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to launch 4G services in thecountry soon, as the telco has completed trials in all circles.

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TMB appoints Salee S Nair as new MD & CEO

PRIVATE sector bank Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) has announced the appointment of Salee S Nair as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD&CEO).

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THE KAISER AND HIS LINK TO BALANCED ADVANTAGE FUNDS

FRANZ Beckenbauer was among those rare footballers who won a World Cup, both as a player and as a coach.

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'Grossly misrepresented': Cognizant on ₹2.52 lakh fresher salary issue

IT services firm Cognizant on Sunday said its recent job posting with compensation of ₹2.52 lakh package annually has been 'grossly misrepresented'.

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MF investors can create intergenerational wealth in 10-15 yrs

India's g THERE is an opportunity to create intergenerational wealth in the next 10-15 years if investors remain committed to the market and exhibit financial discipline, says Madhu Nair, CEO of Union Mutual Fund.

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Haaland scores as City begin campaign with win

CHAMPIONS Manchester City began the defence of their Premier League title with a 2-0 victory over Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge here on Sunday.

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FOOTBALL FANS PUT ASIDE RIVALRY TO JOIN PROTEST IN KOLKATA

Day after cancelled Derby, supporters of three of the biggest clubs in the city participate in protest; Bagan captain & India int'l Bose joins before demanding justice CHANTS of 'we want justice' hung in the air.

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More than excitement, I'm preparing: Indrajith

FOR the better part of the past decade, B Indrajith has been the name that does rounds every time an India A or a Duleep Trophy squad was announced.

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Already an Ireland star, Orla's best yet to come

At one point in Ireland's chase of 260 against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast, the required run rate had gone beyond seven.

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Yerin Ha joins Bridgerton Season 4

HE makers of Bridgerton recently confirmed that the upcoming season 4 would revolve around the love story of Benedict, the second eldest Bridgerton member in the family.

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"Writing is both tougher and cooler than direction"

Writer-director Suman Kumar speaks about his recent release, Raghu Thatha, how it is unfair to call it a women-centric film, how he came up with the idea for the film, and more

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