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7-yr jail, hefty fine in C'garh circular to curb cow smuggling

CHHATTISGARH director general of police Ashok Juneja has issued a circular on Tuesday asking every district police chief and all range inspector generals (IGs) to undertake strong measures and close monitoring to prevent cattle (Govansh) smuggling and slaughtering in the state.

Cong, SP begin seat-share talks for Assembly bypolls

AFTER making an impressive comeback in recently concluded Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the INDIA Alliance partners - Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have reportedly commenced the deliberations for a seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming bypoll to 10 assembly segments to be held later this year.

Shah takes a swipe at Cong with 'quota for Muslim' jibe

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that if the Congress comes to power in Haryana, it will snatch the reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) and give it to Muslims.

Half of applications under PM CARES for Covid orphan kids rejected: Govt

OVER half of the applications under the PM CARES for children scheme for Covid-19 orphans has been rejected, officials said Tuesday.

Naidu meets Shah to push for more funds for Andhra

IN his second visit to the capital ahead of the Budget session of Parliament, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday late evening.

6 states likely to get special economic grants

AMID the pitch for special category status, the NDA government at the Centre may consider giving special economic grants to nearly six states that fall short in the index of developments, officials said.

EC outreach: Choice for 'aggrieved candidates' to pick and check EVMS

THE Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday issued the technical Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) and stipulated choices for aggrieved candidates, who have applied for Supreme Court-directed checking of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for possible tampering post Lok Sabha and assembly results.

DGP's 'terror nexus' remarks draw Mufti ire

THE mainstream leaders in Jammu and Kashmir have hit out at Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain over his controversial statement that mainstream parties had started cultivating leaders of terror networks to further their electoral prospects.

2 more arrested from Bihar and Jharkhand in NEET-paper leak case

THE CBI on Tuesday arrested two more accused in connection with NEET-UG question paper leak case, taking the number of arrested over the irregularities in the medical entrance exam to 14.

'Intel failure behind surge in high casualties'

34 deaths of soldiers have been reported since 2021 while 40 terrorists have been killed in the same period, shows data

NEED FOR MORE INCLUSIVITY IN BHARATIYA NYAYA SANHITA

EVERY year, the month of June celebrates individuality, inclusivity and pride.

TN FACES TOUGH CHOICES TO RAISE WELFARE FUNDS

WHILE it may be a little early to say that the Tamil Nadu government is facing financial stress, there is enough evidence to conclude that the funding of a string of social welfare schemes is increasingly a challenge.

U.P. POLICY TO BRING HYBRIDS, EVS ON PAR SHOULD BE EMULATED

THE Uttar Pradesh government's recent waiver of registration fees for hybrid passenger vehicles is a welcome move and should be replicated by other states.

HC: Exclude those opposing Adi Dravidars at temple fest

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed to exclude people who oppose Adi Dravidars from participating in a temple's mandagapadi event, from joining the temple festival.

K'taka landslide traps 12, six bodies found

Five of dead are members of a family that operated a hotel on NH 66 at Shirur near Ankola in Uttara Kannada

Curve fixed to remove black spot on ghat road

TO ensure safety, the National Highways Authority of India has corrected the alignment of Thoppur Ghat road for a onekm distance.

Illegal sand mining: SC seeks response from TN & 3 states

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh within six weeks on a plea seeking probe into illegal sand mining cases and the termination of leases of entities involved in it.

4 TN collectors withheld docus in PMLA case: ED

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a compliance report to the Supreme Court and alleged that four collectors in Tamil Nadu have not provided the certain document to the ED in the alleged illegal sand mining money laundering case.

NTK leader murdered near IT min's house

A 48-year-old NTK party functionary was hacked to death by a gang of four due to an alleged family dispute, while he was walking near IT Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan's house in Madurai on Tuesday morning.

NDA leaders de-politicise Kamaraj in bid to appropriate the leader's legacy

THE NDA leaders who addressed the public meeting organised by the Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) in Tiruchy on July 14 commemorating the birth anniversary of former chief minister K Kamaraj merely spoke about the legendary political leader's simplicity and honesty, skipping his political acumen and vision for which he was more popular for, alleged the leader's admirers across the state.

MR Vijayabhaskar arrested from KL, brought to Karur

THE CB-CID arrested former AIADMK minister MR Vijayabhaskar, wanted in connection with a 100-crore land grabbing case in Karur, from his alleged hideout in Kerala's Thrissur on Tuesday.

NCSC asks cops to submit Armstrong report in 5 days

NATIONAL Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) member V Ramchander, on Tuesday, arrived in the city and visited the family members of the slain BSP state president K Armstrong.

'Hike will be a death knell for industries already facing recession-like situation'

INDUSTRIAL organisations in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts have strongly opposed the power tariff hike, saying that industries in Tamil Nadu are already facing a recession-like situation and the hike would sound the death knell for the industries.

Oppn flays tariff hike, Left wants decision reconsidered

THE opposition parties, including AIADMK, PMK and BJP, have condemned the state government for increasing the power tariff and urged for its withdrawal.

Tangedco: Interest payment on loans increased 259% in 10 yrs

Hike mandatory under central pact, power utility forced to take loans due to lack of support from the govt during the previous AIADMK regime, says state govt

Terminal work at Tambaram: Trains to run from Chengalpattu till July 31

SOUTHERN Railway has announced major changes in train operations due to signalling upgradation and yard redmodelling works at Tambaram.

Enumeration begins to relocate 100 families from George Town area

THE city corporation, along with the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, began enumeration of over a 100 homeless families, many of whom are third generation residents, residing in Jaffar Sarang and Narayanappa Streets in George Town.

Corpn plans to centralise evaluation of class 10 & 12 term examination papers

TO increase the pass rate in schools run by Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), the civic body's education department has decided to evaluate the midyear term exam answer sheets of class 10 and 12 students in a centralised manner.

Vacant post remarks: ADW dept staff get memo

THE Adi Dravidar Welfare (ADW) Department issued charge memos to the officebearers of the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department Teachers-Warden Federation for allegedly distorting the facts while talking to the reporters about the appointment of temporary teachers in government tribal welfare schools and not obtaining permission before approaching the media.

HC grants ED custody of Jaffer Sadiq for 3 days

THE principal sessions and special court for cases under the Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act (PMLA) on Tuesday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) three days of custody of film producer and expelled DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq.