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September 11, 2024

50 protesters hurt, Net banned in Imphal valley

Protests in Manipur over the fresh spurt of violence

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Wing Commander booked for rape in J&K

THE J&K police have registered a first information report (FIR) against a Wing Commander at the Air Force station here after a woman flying officer accused him of rape and mental harassment.

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Apple supplier Jabil plans for ₹2,000-cr facility in Tiruchy

TIRUCHY is likely to emerge as an electronics manufacturing cluster soon, with Jabil - a Fortune 500 company and supplier to Apple, Cisco and Hewlett Packard - planning to set up its electronics manufacturing facility in the city, with an investment of ₹2,000 crore, expected to create 5,000 jobs.

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Medics defy SC fiat, reject Didi's invite

PROTESTING junior doctors in West Bengal on Tuesday defied the Supreme Court's directive to resume work by 5 pm, saying they would continue with their 'cease work' protest till their demands are fulfilled and the rapemurder victim of the RG Kar Hospital gets justice.

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TN preserving its linguistic heritage with 2-language formula, says Anbil

RESPONDING to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan questioning the state's stance on the National Education Policy (NEP), School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said Tamil Nadu is committed to preserving its linguistic heritage through its twolanguage policy deeply rooted in historical movements of 1930s and 1960s.

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Call to reduce eligibility cert fees for TN PG med courses

DOCTORS who completed their MBBS abroad have urged the health department to reduce their fees for eligibility certificates to apply for post graduate medical courses in the state.

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37K elementary teachers go on protest across state

30% of TN elementary teachers absent, says school education dept

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'Govt shielding DMK men by preventing CBI probe in hooch tragedy'

THE state government is preventing a CBI probe into the Kallakurichi hooch deaths to shield the ruling party men involved in the tragedy, the counsel for a PIL petitioner told the Madras High Court on Tuesday.

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HC extends interim relief to Nilgiris resorts

THE owners of 35 resorts in the Nilgiris inside the notified Sigur elephant corridor got temporary reprieve from the Madras High Court as the first bench extended the interim relief against demolition by another two weeks.

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1,524 Vinayagar idols installed across city to be immersed on Sunday

THE Chennai City Police has issued instructions to Hindu outfits and organisations to follow all rules prescribed by the department during Vinayagar idol procession and immersion on September 15.

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Health check-up for sanitary staff inaugurated

GCC Mayor R Priya inaugurated a master health check-up camp at Stanley Government Hospital on Tuesday for sanitary workers, including those from NULM and domestic breeding checkers.

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Ground handling staff takes 2.2 kg of gold from aircraft toilet, 2 held

Sleuths say passenger from Dubai left gold inside toilet left for SL by another flight

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Five arrested for cheating 24 people of ₹8 crore

FIVE persons were arrested for allegedly swindling a total of 8 crore from 24 people under the pretext of getting them jobs in Peace Scouts and Guides India.

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18 farmhands injured after load van falls sideways near Sriperumbudur

At least 18 people sustained injuries when driver of a load van carrying farm labourers, lost control and the vehicle fell sideways near Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district.

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Feasibility report not needed for rooftop solar installations up to 10kW

IN a move to promote renewable energy, the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGEC) has announced it will waive the requirement of a technical feasibility report for rooftop solar installations up to 10 kilowatts.

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Udhayanidhi hands over Kalaignar sports kits worth ₹5 crore

AFTER VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan invited all parties, including the AIADMK, to participate in the total prohibition conference in Kallakurichi, Sports Development and Youth Welfare Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said it is the organiser's choice and the AIADMK must take a call on whether it wishes to attend the meeting or not.

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Thiruma's statement on AIADMK in prohibition meet sparks poll speculation

VIDUTHALAI Chiruthaigal Katchi president and Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalavan's remarks on AIADMK participating in the prohibition conference planned by its party on October 2 created a flutter on Tuesday, leading to television channels interpreting it as the party's indication of keeping its alliance option open for 2026 Assembly elections.

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Containers spoil jumbos' dal-rice party at PDS shops

THE residents are heaving a sigh of relief as the incidents of wild elephants raiding PDS shops have come down drastically, thanks to the authorities concerned for replacing the shops, built mostly with mud, with shipping containers at Muthumudi and Thaimudi estates in Manompoly forest range in Valparai plateau.

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MODI TO INAUGURATE NEW PAMBAN BRIDGE ON OCT 2

Country's first vertical lift rly sea bridge is 3m higher than the old one and provides navigational air clearance of 22m above sea level.

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Samsung workers' indefinite strike continues as talks end in deadlock

OPERATIONS at Samsung Electronics in Sriperumbudur has been disrupted for the second day with hundreds of workers going on an indefinite stir from Monday seeking higher wages, better working hours and recognition of a workers' union affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).

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After failed bid to kill daughters, auto driver ends life over mounting debts

A 45-YEAR-OLD autorickshaw driver from Velam in Ranipet died by suicide on Tuesday after allegedly attempting to murder his two daughters around 3 am that morning.

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Atlas Moth spotted in Kalvarayan Hills

ATLAS moth (Attacus atlas), one of the largest moths in terms of wing surface area and wingspan, was spotted in the Kalvarayan Hills in Kallakurichi district by an environmentalist during a nature walk on Saturday.

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Math institute dean writes to govt about air pollution in Kelambakkam

AIR pollution caused allegedly by a few textile factories functioning in Kelambakkam has led to health issues for the local residents.

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Man charred to death as car rams wall, catches fire

A 25-year-old man was charred to death inside his car after he lost control and rammed an electricity pole and a wall of a house near Karamadai on Monday night.

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Pinarayi rubbishes charge of links with RSS

KL CM says CPM never had necessity to appease RSS, lists out instances of Cong leaders' leanings towards Sangh

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Compensation for child killed in wall collapse: HC penalises state over appeal

NOTING that the state government had preferred an appeal challenging the order of the single bench of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, which ordered 5 lakh compensation to the family members of a child who died due to a wall collapse at a Sri Lankan refugee camp in Madurai district, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court imposed a cost of ₹50,000 on the state government.

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SC collegium recommends 3 names for Madras HC

THE Supreme Court collegium led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BR Gavai on Tuesday recommended the elevation of three judicial officers as judges of the Madras High Court.

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Hema panel: HC slams KL for inaction since '19

COMING down heavily on the government for not taking legal action based on the Hema panel report, the Kerala High Court directed the state to hand over the entire report of the panel to the special investigation team constituted to probe the complaints of sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry.

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NURTURING INDIA'S GENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

The PM's recent meetings with the leaders of UAE & Singapore signal continuity in longstanding associations. A lesson from Nehruvian diplomacy is pertinent for parleys with Austria

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TROUBLE WITH PROPAGANDA DISGUISED AS EDUCATION

\"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.

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Jaishankar says open to do biz with China, with a rider

In Berlin, EAM says Delhi weighs national security in trade with Beijing

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Suicide a public health concern in SE Asia: WHO

SUICIDE is a major public health concern in the SouthEast Asia Region, which sees more than 2 lakh suicide deaths each year, said World Health Organisation on Tuesday.

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Cybersecurity vital for progress: Shah

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the country's progress is not possible without ensuring cybersecurity, which has become integral to national security in the backdrop of ever-increasing use of internet data.

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Israel seeks to hire 10K construction workers & 5K caregivers from India

ISRAEL is seeking to hire more Indians for blue collar jobs including 10,000 construction workers and 5,000 caregivers to plug the skill gap in their infrastructure and healthcare sectors.

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SC stays defamation proceedings against Tharoor

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court's proceedings against veteran Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case over his 2018 remark allegedly comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion.

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Under new toll collection system, no fee for pvt vehicles for up to 20 km on NHs

ONCE the proposed barrierfree toll collection based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is implemented, private vehicles will not be charged any fee for travelling up to 20 km on highways and expressways.

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BJP releases 2nd list of 21 candidates for Haryana polls

THE BJP on Tuesday released its second list of 21 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections in which three more MLAs were dropped.

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5 killed as landslides wreak havoc on Kedarnath route

A severe landslide struck the Kedarnath pilgrimage route in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, India’s most landslideprone area, on Monday night. Five pilgrims were killed after being trapped under boulders that fell between Sonprayag and Gaurikund.

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12 nabbed for trying to derail Kalindi Exp

TWELVE people, including two known offenders, have been detained for questioning in connection with a suspected sabotage attempt on the Bhiwani-bound Kalindi Express, which narrowly avoided a major disaster in Kanpur late Sunday night.

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Shah will sound BJP's poll bugle in J'khand on Sept 21

CMs of several BJP-ruled states to join 'Parivartan Yatra' in Dumka

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MP minister's 'Chandan link to Vasco da Gama's discovery of India

MADHYA Pradesh higher education minister Inder Singh Parmar on Tuesday claimed that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama did not discover the sea route to India, but landed here merely by following an Indian sea merchant, Chandan, \"who rode a 3-4 times bigger ship than Gama's.

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Probe ordered after Gujarat school enrols students as BJP members

A probe has been ordered against the principal of a secondary school in Gujarat's Surendranagar district where students have allegedly been enrolled as BJP members, state education department officials said on Tuesday.

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Ajit urges Shah to address Maha rural concerns

TO avoid a repetition of the Lok Sabha election outcome in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Mahayuti has unanimously decided to focus on addressing the agrarian distress ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls.

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Jackal scare grips MP's Sehore, 2 hurt in attacks

JACKAL scare has gripped Madhya Pradesh's Sehore and Khandwa districts.

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5th killer wolf caught in Bahraich, hunt on for 6th

AMID increasing wolf scare, the team of forest officials trapped the fifth predator on Tuesday as part of 'Operation Bhediya' campaign that has been ongoing in Bahraich's Mahasi tehsil to catch a pack of six wolves which have devoured nine lives, including eight children leaving over two dozen people injured since mid-July.

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Israeli air strike kills 19 in Gaza humanitarian zone

Defence minister Gallant says truce deal a strategic opportunity

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Oz mulls minimum age for social media

AUSTRALIA will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said on Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and \"onto the footy fields\".

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India-funded projects to continue in Bangladesh

QUO DHAKA A top adviser of the interim government said on Tuesday that India-funded projects are \"very important\" and will continue under the new administration in Bangladesh.

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Tech billionaire lifts off on SpaceX for spacewalk

CANAVERAL A daredevil billionaire rocketed back to space on Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots.

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New sanctions await Iran for supplying to Russia arms

SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken said the United States would impose sanctions on Iran and that Russia could use the Iranian missiles against Ukraine \"within weeks\".

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Card transactions may see stricter disclosures

WITH the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) pushing for more disclosures for cross-border wire transfers, the Indian government says it won't adopt stricter norms at the cost of ease of doing business.

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'See JFSL's loan biz entry as opportunity for partnership'

THE entry of Jio Financial Services (JFSL), a Reliance Industries group company, would only help boost credit growth in the country, says YS Chakravarti, CEO of Shriram Finance, the country's second largest Non-banking Financial Company (NBFC).

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Carlyle to write off $40 million of lease arrears, says SpiceJet

CARLYLE Group's commercial aviation investment and servicing unit will write off $40.2 million of SpiceJet's lease arrears and convert $30 million of its arrears into equity, the Gurugram-based airline said on Tuesday.

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Maruti's EV to deliver 500 km range, carmaker to export to Europe, Japan

THE first electric vehicle (EV) from the country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki (MSIL) will be powered by a 60 Kilowatt-hour battery that could do a range of 500 km on a single charge.

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Revenue up 412% from higher tax on online gaming

Cletics START DESPITE the initial backlash from the industry, there has been a remarkable 412% increase in revenue from the higher tax on online gaming.

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'No clarity on GST on services imports'

Many industries in a state of uncertainty as they navigate the implications of this decision

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India has capability to become trusted partner in semicon supply chain: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has the capability to become a trusted partner in a diversified semiconductor supply chain.

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Equity fund inflows up 3% to ₹38K cr in Aug

THE heavy demand for smallcap and mid-cap funds buoyed the open-ended equity mutual fund inflows by 3.03% to 38,239 crore in August, pushing the industry-wide assets under management well past the ₹66.7 lakh crore mark in the reporting month, up from ₹64.96 trillion in the previous month.

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'Scrapping old cars helps grow vehicle sales'

ROAD transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that an increase in scrapping of old vehicles can help the automobile industry to grow its sales of new vehicles by 18-20%.

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South Asian Jr athletics C'ship starts today

INDIA'S Sharuk Khan will spearhead India's challenge at the three-day fourth South Asian Junior Athletics Championships starting Wednesday here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

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More Indians breaking into top: Anand

Five-time world champ, who will be in action for Ganges Grandmasters in Global Chess League, opens up about Gukesh vs Liren final, India's Olympiad chances & what he misses most. Swaroop Swaminathan took notes...

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CAPTURING BEACHSIDE MOMENTS

A trip to hill top, an evening jaunt to the beach, a campfire near a river side, or an off-grid summer vacation, were considered a luxury a few decades ago.

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