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September 21, 2024

HC strikes down govt rules to set up fact checker

Says they are unconstitutional and can have a 'chilling effect' on freedom of expression

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TTD head backs Naidu; Jagan raps laddu politics

THE controversy surrounding the famous Tirupati laddu's quality deepened on Friday with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer Shyamala Rao confirming that adulterated ghee was supplied by AR Dairy Food Pvt Ltd, a Tamil Nadu-based firm, adding action has been taken to blacklist it.

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Convict torture: HC bats for reforms tells CB-CID to hold impartial probe

Bench to closely watch probe to ensure prisoners treated with dignity

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Gravel mining: Police warned of CBI investigation

EXPRESSING anguish over the possible enviromental damage caused by illegal mining, the Madras High Court on Friday warned of ordering a CBI probe into the theft of gravel from the slopes of the Western Ghats and a river bank in Coimbatore district, if the police fail to take penal action against culprits.

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Forest dept says only lkg ivory stolen, will destroy entire stock

THE forest bench of the Madras High Court on Friday instructed the state chief wildlife warden to initiate proceedings to destroy the large quantity of elephant ivory stock in the forest department's possession.

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With no V-C, Madras univ seeks legal opinion on who can sign degree certs

THE syndicate body of the University of Madras (UoM) on Friday decided to seek legal opinion on who could sign the degree certificates of students for the upcoming convocation in the absence of a vice-chancellor (V-C).

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Wildlife rehab centre work to end in two months

TAMIL Nadu's first wildlife rescue treatment and rehabilitation centre which is being constructed at Pethikuttai in Sirumugai forest range is expected to be completed within two months.

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HC quashes GO reserving Nayakaneri panchayat chief post for SC woman

THE Madras High Court on Friday quashed a GO that had reserved the post of Nayakaneri panchayat president to a woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste.

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Manual scavenging: Firm fined ₹2L, contractor and supervisor booked

THE Koyambedu police have booked a case against a contractor and a supervisor of a firm that engaged a man to manually clean a sewage chamber at the Koyambedu market on Tuesday.

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114 families evicted from Villivakkam

A total of 114 families were evicted on Friday from Annai Sathya Nagar near Villivakkam lake, and shifted to the TNUHDB high-rise phase 1 apartments at Moolakothalam, 12 km away.

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Boring on metro tunnel below Adyar river complete

THE work on the first of the twin tunnels from Greenways station to Adyar junction covering 1.2 km was completed after a gruelling 178 days.

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73% of stray dogs surveyed not sterilised: Corpn report

Estimate shows canine population went up from 57K in 2018 to 1.8L now

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CSE WANTS REPOWERING POLICY TWEAKED TO CAPITALISE ON STATE'S WIND CAPACITY

CENTER for Science and Environment (CSE) released a fresh report titled 'Accelerating Wind Repowering in Tamil Nadu at a meeting on Thursday, saying, \"Tamil Nadu's wind repowering policy needs to be improved for maximising the state's wind energy capacity.

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Transfer fake NCC camp case to CB-CID, says CPM panel

A CPM fact-finding team that investigated the fake NCC camp sexual assault case in Krishnagiri district urged the government on Friday to transfer the case to the CB-CID.

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5.7L youth got jobs in past 3 yrs: TN

THE state government on Friday said as many as 5.74 lakh youth have got jobs in government and private sectors during the past three years and steps are on to appoint 75,000 more youth in the next two years in various departments as promised by Chief Minister MK Stalin.

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Fishermen plan rail roko on new Pamban bridge inauguration day

FISHERMEN associations from six districts announced a rail roko on the inauguration day of the new Pamban railway sea bridge condemning the union government's inaction in addressing the demands of the fishermen, after a meeting in Rameswaram on Friday.

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TVK first state conference on Oct 27

Vijay seeks blessings as 'son of soil', says his party policies will meet expectations of people

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Two boys in Ambur strangled to death by dad's friend over loan

TWO young boys were allegedly strangled to death by their father's friend in Ambur, Tirupattur on Thursday.

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Counsellor held under Pocso Act

A psychological counsellor was arrested under the Pocso Act on Friday on the charge of sexually harassing girl students at a government children's home in Nagapattinam.

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Sexually harassed by cops, woman tells rights panel

A woman who was allegedly sexually harassed by three police personnel in Kanniyakumari district appeared before SHRC member V Kannadasan and submitted her statement on Friday.

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'Cambridge has trained 6L students under Naan Mudhalvan scheme'

IN a bid to equip learners with English skills that meet the demands of job market, Cambridge University has trained six lakh students, covering 1,500 institutions and certified 10,000 teachers in Tamil Nadu under the Naan Mudhalvan Scheme, according to Peter Phillips, Chief Executive of Cambridge University Press and Assessment.

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Container with ₹35 cr worth PCs stolen at Chennai Port, 6 held

SIX people were arrested by the Harbour police on charges of stealing a container from the Chennai Port using forged documents.

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Pondy man duped of ₹1 lakh in child adoption scam

A Puducherry resident who was trying to adopt a child was cheated of ₹1.07 lakh by an online group posing as an adoption agency.

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Odisha Literary Fest to start today, 14 women achievers to get Devi Awards

THE incredible mosaic of language, literature, art and culture, music and cinema is all set to be laid in Bhubaneswar as the Odisha Literary Festival (OLF) 2024 goes underway here on Saturday.

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HC seeks report on student strength in law colleges

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday, directed the director of legal studies to file a report on the number of available faculty members and the student strength in government law colleges across the state.

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'Naidu playing with people's emotions'

Ex-CM Jagan to send letter to PM seeking action against Naidu; TTD Executive Officer to file report

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Natural to add animal fat in sweets, says VCK president

IT is natural to add animal fat in most food and sweet items across the globe, said Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) general secretary Thol Thirumavalavan and questioned why the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam laddu row was being politicised, during a press meet in the city on Friday.

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Dindigul dairy firm denies allegations on quality of ghee supplied to TTD

AMID controversy over the alleged use of adulterated ghee by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in the preparation of laddu and other items, AR Dairy Food Private Limited in Dindigul, one of the ghee suppliers to the temple, denied the allegation and said ghee supplied to TTD was of high quality and it was sent along with duly accredited lab reports.

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THE WEALTH OF DATA ON WHAT INDIANS CONSUME

THERE is a celebrated sherlock Holmes quote: “it is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.

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NAME CHANGERS MAY NOT BE GAME CHANGERS

COLONIALISM is something we need to live with at least in memory.

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Lanka vote to elect prez among 38 contenders

In the first election to be held after the unprecedented economic collapse in 2022 and the people's protest movement, Aragalaya, Sri Lankans will on Saturday exercise their franchise to elect the island's ninth president.

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Thaw in offing? India, China not competitors but cooperators: Envoy

IN line with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent statements in Geneva that nearly 75% issues between India and China have been resolved barring the border dispute, China's envoy to India said the two Asian giants are not competitors but coordinators.

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At Vaishno Devi, BJP battles multiple candidates, feud to avoid Ayodhya redux

AFTER a shock defeat from Ayodhya, the heart of Hindutva politics, in the parliamentary polls a few months back, the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Assembly seat in J&K's Reasi district has assumed additional significance for the BJP.

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Collegium not a search committee, says SC

Seeks govt explanation over delay in judges' appointment Questions Central probe agency on entire judiciary being under hostile environment

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CBI rapped for allegations against judges in Bengal post-poll violence case

THE Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the CBI for \"casting aspersions\" on the Bengal judiciary, after hearing the probe agency's petition seeking a direction to transfer cases related to the 2021 post-poll violence in Bengal to another state.

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Shah asks Maoists to lay down arms

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday appealed to the Left-Wing-Extremists (LWE) to abjure violence by laying down arms, surrender before law and join the mainstream like the insurgents in the northeastern region of the country.

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Citizens march in Kolkata ahead of docs joining work

JUNIOR doctors protesting the rape-murder of a colleague at RG Kar Hospital ended their 42day 'cease work' on Friday, announcing a partial resumption of duties in essential services after a march to the CBI office following a week-long demonstration outside the state health department's headquarters.

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Rahul keeps US promise, visits family of injured youth in Haryana village

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday reached a village in Haryana's Karnal district to meet the family of a young man who was injured in an accident in the US.

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Gunfight breaks out ahead of Phase-II polls

THE gunfight erupted on Friday between terrorists and security forces in Reasi district of Jammu, which is going to vote in the second phase of Assembly polls on September 25.

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Mortar blast injures 4 BSF soldiers during exercise in Pokhran Firing Range

AN explosion of a mortar bomb during a war exercise at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan left four BSF soldiers injured on Friday.

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INDIA bloc allies spar over flood

Trucks stranded as Didi seals border with J'khand, while JMM calls Mamata 'mentally unstable'

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Bangla infiltrators will be thrown out of J'khand if BJP wins: Shah

KICK-STARTING BJP's Parivartan Yatra on Friday, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that every Bangladesh infiltrator would be thrown out of Jharkhand if the BJP came to power in the state.

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Heavy rush of helicopters on Kedarnath route

HELICOPTER services for Kedarnath pilgrimage, part of the world-famous Char Dham Yatra, have gained significant momentum, with over 250 daily flights to the sacred shrine.

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37 women accuse late Harrods owner of sexual assault

DOZENS of women from across the world have accused late Harrods owner Mohamed AlFayed of sexual assault, lawyers said on Friday, likening the allegations to those against fallen figures such as Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

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Ukraine bans Telegram app on state-issued mobile devices

UKRAINE government has banned government officials, military personnel and other defence and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices, describing the move as necessary for national security during the ongoing war with Russia.

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Lebanon hits northern Israel with 140 rockets

HEZBOLLAH pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets on Friday, a day after the militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack, the Israeli military and the militant group said.

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Kirtan part of UK's graded music examination system

FOR the first time in the UK, kirtan is recognised as part of the graded music examination system, with students able to access a formal curriculum and texts for 'Sikh Sacred Music' starting Friday.

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In-person voting begins in US presidential elections

IN-PERSON voting for this year's presidential election began on Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week sprint to Election Day after a summer of political turmoil.

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Commander, 10 Hezbollah men killed in strike: Israel

Deadliest attack in years on Lebanon's capital leaves 66 injured

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Vivad se Vishwas 2 to come into effect from Oct 1

THE Vivad se Vishwas scheme will come into effect on October 1, 2024, finance ministry said in a notification.

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Household spends expected to grow faster, says RBI

HOUSEHOLD consumption is all set to grow faster in the second quarter amid easing retail inflation, and a revival in rural demand, the RBI said on Friday in its Monthly Bulletin for September.

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Sensex hits 84K level, Nifty close to 26K

Markets rise on the back of Fed rate cut; broader markets also rally with BSE midcap and smallcap rising by 1%

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SC asks SpiceJet to return three engines to lessors

IN a setback for SpiceJet, the Supreme Court on Friday in its order upheld the Delhi High Court's decision and directed SpiceJet to ground and return three aircraft engines to their lessors, following the airline's failure to comply with a previous order regarding payment.

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Anil Ambani invests ₹1,100 cr in Rel Infra

PROMOTERS Anil Ambani and family have invested ₹1,104 crore in the ₹3,014 crore preferential share issue of Reliance Infrastructure.

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Vi to go ahead with expansion, fundraising plan

VODAFONE Idea (Vi) on Friday announced that its equip ment deals with vendors for the expansion of its 4G and 5G network infrastructure are in the final stages and go ahead with its plan to raise ₹45,000 crore from the market through equity and debt.

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Jul-Sept housing sales dip 18% in top 9 cities

IN a not so positive development for India's burgeoning real estate sector, new housing launches and sales in the third quarter (July-September) of Calendar Year 2024 in top 9 cities is seen falling 11% and 18% respectively, according to a data by real estate data analytics firm PropEquity.

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PhysicsWallah raises $210 mn, valuation jumps 2.5x to $2.8 bn

EDTECH firm Physics Wallah said on Friday it has raised $210 million in a funding round led by Hornbill Capital at a 2.5 times higher valuation of $ 2.8 billion.

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BSNL gains subscribers; Jio, Airtel, Vi lose users in July after tariff hike

IN a notable shift, three private telecom service providers-Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea - lost subscribers in July 2024, while stateowned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) gained in user base following a raise in tariff.

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Oly: Vantika keeps India in contention

VANTIKA Agrawal pulled a colony of rabbits from her hat to keep the women's team withing handshaking distance of team gold at the ongoing Chess Olympiad in Budapest.

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Not a typical Chepauk track as pacers thrive

WHEN Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to field against India on an unusually overcast day in Chennai on Friday, he was the only second captain to do so in Test cricket at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

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BUMRAH FAST-TRACKS B'DESH DEMISE

He along with Akash Deep and Siraj dictates play vs Bangladesh to help hosts take 300-plus lead

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ISL: Punjab beat Odisha to secure 2nd win

DESPITE dealing with the withdrawal of one of their prominent players in Majcen, Punjab FC secured their second win of the season against Odisha FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Friday.

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10-man Barcelona lose to Monaco; Atalanta held by Arsenal

FRENCH club Monaco upset 10-man Barcelona by grinding out a 2-1 victory on Thursday in the Champions League, while a stunning David Raya double-save ensured Arsenal a goalless draw away to Europa League winners Atalanta.

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India could benefit due to similar conditions: Raj

FORMER captain Mithali Raj belives that India will enjoy a significant edge over other nine teams, as the conditions in the UAE resemble those found on home soil during the women's T20 World Cup.

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