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June 29, 2024

Record rain in 88 yrs brings Delhi to its knees

AFTER record heat, it poured like there was no tomorrow on the first day of monsoon in the national capital, drenching Delhi with the highest one-day rainfall in 88 years.

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TN resolution seeks Prez assent for anti-NEET bill

THE Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution moved by Chief Minister MK Stalin urging the Government of India to immediately give assent to the NEET Exemption Bill which has been pending with the President's office since 2022.

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Bridge-tone: It's all blue for now

A World Cup final in the last week of June? If Indian fans are looking for some signs from up above, this one is right there, staring you in the face, front and centre.

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Soren out of prison on bail after 5 months

AFTER spending nearly five months behind bars, former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday walked out jail after the Jharkhand High Court granted him regular bail in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

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Criteria tweaked, 4 more corporations in TN soon

MUNICIPAL Administration Minister KN Nehru on Friday introduced a bill to clear the decks for elevating four municipalities Karaikudi, Tiruvannamalai, Pudukottai and Namakkal into municipal corporations by revising the population and income criteria stipulated for declaring a local body into a municipal corporation.

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State plans 8 new multi-acre Sipcot parks, Space Tech Industrial Policy

INDUSTRIES Minister TRB Rajaa on Friday told the Assembly that the state government will soon come out with a Space Tech Industrial Policy to bolster Tamil Nadu's position in the global space arena.

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Opposition stalls Parliament to make NEET point

Repeated disruptions force both Houses to De adjourned without conducting business

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Govt students selling off free bicycles over 'poor quality'

OVER a year after receiving free bicycles from the state government, several class 11 students have sold them off allegedly due to their poor quality.

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Railways to set up multi-modal cargo terminal at Arakkonam

SOUTHERN Railway's Chennai division has decided to set up a state-of-the-art multi-modal cargo terminal at Arakkonam.

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Two new paediatric blocks to come up in Chennai and Thanjavur hosps

Initiative expected to reduce burden on Egmore ICH, the only state-run children's hospital in TN

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History sheeter attacks cop in escape bid, shot at

A 41-year-old history sheeter was shot in the knee and arrested by Chengalpattu district police on Friday.

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Sewer connection must for buildings located within 30m from sewage line

Bill to decriminalise minor offences under Metro Water Act introduced in TN Assembly

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Bar associations want 3 new criminal laws withdrawn, threaten intense stir

LAWYERS affiliated to several bar associations staged protests in front of the Madras High Court on Friday urging the union government to withhold the three new criminal laws -- Bharathiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharathiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharathiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.

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Bengal man linked to' terror outfit arrested

i A 30-year-old man, allegedly part of banned Bangladeshi outfit Ansar Al Islam, was arrested by a West Bengal police team from Koyambedu on Friday.

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Spl seedfund to support startups of trans persons & disabled to be set up

A special seedfund will be introduced by the state government to support the startups run by persons with disabilities (PwDs) and transgender people in the state, said MSME minister TM Anbarasan during the demand for grants for the department on Friday, adding the seedfund will help achieve inclusive growth.

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ED: Proceeds from sand mining used to pay excavator loans

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s investigation into the money trail of the alleged 4,730 crore river sand mining scam has indicated that a portion of the cash from the sale of sand was routed through multiple accounts to one primary account, which was used for repaying monthly dues for loans taken to buy excavators.

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Actor Vijay wants well-educated people to enter politics, asks students to stay away from drugs

ACTOR and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Friday urged students to say no to 'temporary pleasures' and to drugs, and expressed concern over the prevalence of drugs, which he said, worried him as a father and leader of a political organisation.

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TN to re-purpose e-gov directorate for secure transition to paperless era

TAMIL Nadu Information Technology department will be re-purposing and segregating the directorate of e-governance with Standard Setting and Enforcement wings to ensure a secure transition of governance to a digital, paperless era, according to Information Technology and Digital Services Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan.

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Bill to strengthen Prohibition Act today; CM says punishment for drug offences too weak

6,746 housing units to be built by TN Urban Habitat Development Board across districts, including Chennai

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ICF rolls out 75,000th coach

The Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, on Thursday rolled out its 75,000th coach since its establishment in 1955.

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Hooch tragedy toll climbs to 65; 19 still under treatment

THE death toll of the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy has risen to 65 after a 40-year-old man receiving treatment at JIPMER in Puducherry passed away on Friday, said official sources.

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Farmers oppose AP's plan to build new barrages across Palar river

ANDHRA Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's recent announcement to construct additional barrages across River Palar has sparked discontent among Vellore farmers, who urged the state to take immediate action.

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₹30L misappropriation: Ex-sub postmaster jailed

A SPECIAL CBI court in Chennai convicted a former sub postmaster in Tiruvallur district for allegedly misappropriating 30.91 lakh from the department between 2006-2011, CBI said on Friday.

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IIT-M launches digital maritime MBA course

IIT Madras on Friday launched a 24-month MBA course in digital maritime and supply chain to cater to working professionals worldwide.

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Karuvannur 'scam: ED attaches CPM land

Total value of attached properties, including 5-cent land registered in dist secy M M Varghese's name, is ₹29 c

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13 die after tempo rams lorry on Pune-B'luru NH

THIRTEEN people died on the spot and four others were injured after their Tempo Traveller rammed a parked truck on NH-48, near Haveri.

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Jellyfish in beach: Devotees seek safety measures

AFTER a few more jellyfish were sighted at the Tiruchendur beach near the Murugan temple on Friday, activists and devotees took up the matter with authorities concerned.

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Teen sexually assaulted by teacher for 3 yrs files plaint after class 12

THE Dharmapuri All Women Police arrested a teacher of Panchayat Union Middle School (PUMS) who sexually assaulted a minor girl for over three years.

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CPM CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER MISSTEP

IT was a political murder that had rocked Kerala.

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A RELOOK AT THE RULES OF THE HOUSES

Parliament is run on strict rules. A few stem from British practices, others were moulded post independence. Revisiting some of them might improve the working of the legislature

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MICRO RACISM 2.0: IDLI-DOSA vs PANI-PURI

T'S nice to see a coalition government in Delhi led by PM Narendra Modi's BJP taking power with critical support from the TDP under Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

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CBI arrests 2 from J'khand, says origin of leak established

THE Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday succeeded in establishing the origin of the NEET-UG paper leak and arrested the principal and vice-principal of a school in Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand in this regard, officials said.

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India debunks US human rights report, says 'misleading & biased'

INDIA on Friday debunked the US report on religious freedom, saying that the findings as in the past are biased and lack understanding of the nation's social fabric.

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Not allowed to speak on NEET in House, says Rahul

Calls exam a disaster, which has hit 2 crore students 70 times in 7 yrs

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NCRB teams to help rollout of 3 criminal laws

AHEAD of rolling out the three newly enacted criminal laws replacing the British-era Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act from July 1, sources in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has formed 36 support teams and has set up call centres for a constant review and handholding of the states and Union Territories for their smooth implementation.

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Vikram Misri named new foreign secy, Kwatra in race for ambassador to US

DEPUTY National Security Advisor Vikram Misri is all set to take over as the next foreign secretary.

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Jaishankar to represent India at SCO Summit in Astana on July 3 and 4

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana on July 3 and 4.

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Van panchayats can take steps to check forest fires

IN the wake of the devastating forest fires this year, the Uttarakhand government has made a significant move to prevent future incidents.

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Ask husbands to drink at home if you want them to quit alcohol: MP minister

ASK husbands to drink at home, if you want them to quit drinking alcohol,\" a Madhya Pradesh minister has advised women for getting their betterhalves free from alcoholism.

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Maha Yuti takes Maha step, will adopt Ladli Behna plan

SMARTING under the Lok Sabha poll debacle and only a few months away from the Assembly elections, Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday presented a ₹6.12 lakh-crore state Budget full of sops to pacify the disgruntled voters.

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Who will win Dalit votes - BSP or Azad-in bypolls?

AFTER drawing a blank in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), in a departure from its long-standing stance, has decided to contest the upcoming assembly bypolls to 10 seats vacated during general elections in UP.

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UN Security Council demands Houthis stop attacks on ships

THE United Nations Security Council on Thursday approved a resolution demanding Yemen's Houthi rebels halt all attacks on ships and urged that the disruption to maritime security.

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Trump in command, Biden falters in first US presidential debate

Panicked Democrats privately discuss replacing 81-year-old Biden with a younger candidate

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US Supreme Court rules in favour of rioters who stormed US Capitol

THE US Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge used in hundreds of prosecutions and also faced by former US President Donald Trump.

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137 Indians arrested in Sri Lanka

AS many as 137 Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in Sri Lanka have been arrested by police, according to a media report on Friday.

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Digital tax relief for US MNCs extended till June 30

INDIA and the United States have decided to extend the relief enjoyed by the US multinational companies (MNCs) equalisation levy (digital taxes) paid in India till June 30, 2024.

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FATF lauds India's efforts to curb money laundering

Evaluation report at FATF plenary positions India in 'regular follow-up' category, a distinction shared by only 4 other G20 countries

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Core sector growth slows to 6.3% in May

THE growth in output of the eight key infrastructure industries (core sector), slowed to 6.3% in May from 6.7% in April due to slowdown in output of six sectors including cement, fertliser and natural gas during the month, the government data showed.

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Telecom services get costlier as companies raise tariff

A day after Reliance Jio announced a tariff hike for its prepaid and postpaid plans, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VIL) announced an increase in tariff up to 25% for all their prepaid and postpaid plans.

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THIS TIME FOR AFRICA?

SOUTH Africa had overpowered Afghanistan to enter their first-ever Men's T20 World Cup final on Wednesday.

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Copa America: USA campaign hang by a thread after shock loss to Panama

A MOMENT of madness from Timothy Weah left the USA's Copa America campaign hanging by a thread on Thursday as the hosts crashed to a shock 2-1 defeat to Panama.

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Openers Shafali & Smriti put India in command

A MAGNIFICENT double century by Shafali Verma (205; 197b, 23x4, 8x6) and a punishing hundred by Smriti Mandhana (149; 161b, 27x4; 1x6) put Indian women in command against South Africa on the first day of the one-off Test played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.

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The missing family doctor

GAMILY doctor has been an age-old concept of Indian family health care.

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An effective Lupita Nyong'o shoulders this poignant thriller

MICHAEL Sarnoski's A Quiet Place: Day One begins with a disclaimer: 'New York gives off an average of 90 decibels, which is the sound of a constant scream'.

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