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March 15, 2024

Drug bust: CM files libel suits on EPS, Annamalai

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin on Thursday filed two criminal defamation suits against AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and state BJP president K Annamalai for linking him to drug peddling and making defamatory and scandalous remarks against him.

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Future Gaming tops list of bond buyers

FUTURE Gaming And Hotel Services appeared to be the biggest donor to political parties, the SBI's data on purchase of electoral bonds since 2019 revealed on Thursday.

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1 Nation 1 Election panel recommends simultaneous polls

A high-level committee suggests curtailing tenure of state legislative assemblies for synchronisation with LS polls

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Tangedco deaths on rise, 40 staff killed in 9 months

ACCIDENT deaths linked to state power utility Tangedco continue to rise in Tamil Nadu with at least 40 employees of the organisation and 487 nonworkers being killed in nine months (April to December) of 2023-24.

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India to export rly wheels, trains made in TN plants

SEVENTY years after it first started importing forged wheels for railway use, India is all set to become an exporter of the train component, Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Chennai on Thursday.

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Mamata 'pushed from behind', sustains injury

WEST Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) boss Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening sustained a deep cut on her forehead and injured her nose after she was “pushed from behind\" at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata.

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Gyanesh Kr and Sukhbir Sandhu are the new ECs

RETIRED IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu were on Thursday appointed election commissioners.

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CM sanctions ₹4,778 cr for Adyar river revamp, work to be over in 30 months

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin approved funds amounting to ₹4,778.26 crore for the rejuvenation of the Adyar River.

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Court bins NGT order asking firms to give 1% turnover to fix environment

Order for industrial units in Manali against principles of natural justice, says High Court

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Police reply sought in custodial torture case

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday sought response from the Periyakulam police on a petition filed by a man seeking direction to preserve the CCTV footage of alleged custodial torture at Periyakulam police station on April 14 and 15 last year.

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Univ seeks students' voter ID, drops move after flak

THE Tamil Nadu Teachers' Education University (TNTEU) on Thursday courted controversy by issuing a circular, asking principals of its affiliated colleges to collect details of voters ID numbers of their students.

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Recruitment board issues notice to hire 4,000 assistant professors

AFTER much delay, the Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) has issued a notification for direct recruitment to fill 4,000 assistant professor positions in government arts and science colleges and government colleges of education.

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Bench upholds single judge order in Goundamani property dispute case

VETERAN Comedian K Cowndamani (Goundamani) has won a legal battle for possession of his property in Kodambakkam after almost two decades as the Madras High Court on Thursday ruled in his favour.

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Erode sizzles at 40.2°C; hot weather alert till March 18

Interior dists like Salem, Karur, Madurai also inching closer to 40 °C

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Lottery Martin bought ₹1,368 cr in electoral bonds

Tops the list of buyers; bonds secured by his firm account for 11.25 % of total purchases

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Narrow escape for 70-year-old woman after tusker flings her outside Kovai home

A 70-year-old woman had a lucky escape after a wild male elephant tossed her aside outside her home near Karadimadai locality in Madhampatti in Coimbatore district.

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57-yr-old SSI held for sexually harassing woman

A Special Sub Inspector of Police (SSI) was arrested by Zam Bazaar police for allegedly sexually harassing a woman, while on patrol duty on Wednesday.

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NCB searches Jaffer Sadiq's godown at Perungudi

THE Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday conducted a raid at one of the godowns belonging to Jaffer Sadiq at Perungudi, the alleged mastermind of an international drug cartel.

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TN lifts ban on printing new ration cards after 12 months, 45K to benefit

THE civil supplies department has commenced the printing and distribution of over 45,500 new ration cards after the state, recently, lifted the 12-month ban on printing cards.

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Qualcomm's Chennai design centre will create 1,600 jobs, says minister

THE Chennai Design Centre of Qualcomm, which has been set up at a cost of ₹177.27 crore, is the key to creating the entire value chain of semiconductor in India, starting with its design, fabrication and ATMP (assembly, test, marking and packaging) facilities.

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SARATH FEAR PUSHES NAINAR INTO POLL MODE IN NELLAI?

AMID speculations that the Tirunelveli parliamentary seat might be given to actorturned-politician Sarathkumar, who recently merged his party AISMK with the BJP, Tirunelveli's sitting MLA Nainar Nagendran, who is also eyeing the seat, kickstarted his campaign in the city on Thursday.

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Poll code won't hit Ponmudy swearing-in, says Speaker

ASSEMBLY Speaker M Appavu on Thursday opined that the imposition of model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha election will not prevent the swearing-in ceremony of Tirukkoyilur MLA K Ponmudy as a minister again.

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State can become US $4.21 trillion economy by 2047, says CII report

THE state will be able to secure the number one spot on the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) scale with a $4.21 trillion economy in 2047 with the developments in industrial, digital and social infrastructure, global education and vocational skill development, according to a vision document released by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here on Thursday.

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Rajiv case convict turns a new page, starts publishing house

Bombs and bloodshed, and eons behind bars. That's how RP Ravichandran defines past.

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Modi's Kumari visit just for votes, what has he done for TN so far: CM

Stalin inaugurates expansion of 'Vadachennai Valarchi Thittam' to execute 219 projects

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'BJP never tries to appease minorities'

\"FALSE propaganda is being carried out by opposition parties for a long time that the BJP is against Muslims.

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Youth held for sexually assaulting and killing 10-yr-old boy

ADHIYAMANKOTTAI police arrested a 18-year-old youth over the sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old boy near Nallampalli town in Dharmapuri district on Thursday. The accused is Illago.

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Two arrested in Tenali woman's suicide case; TD lashes out at YSRC

THE police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the alleged suicide of 32-year-old Gothi Geethanjali Devi due to social media trolling.

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Death of youth fest judge puts spotlight back on SFI

He refuted allegations of taking a bribe; suicide note recovered by cops.

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Uzbek woman killed in B'luru hotel; sexual assault suspected

A 27-year-old woman from Uzbekistan was found murdered in a three-star hotel near BDA Complex on Sankey Road in Seshadripuram police limits on Wednesday.

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WOMEN VOTERS WILL DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES

KARNATAKA'S Labour Minister Santosh Lad has some special advice for women ahead to the Lok Sabha elections: watch teleserials, not news.

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ANTI-CAA RHETORIC POINTLESS, STATES HAVE LITTLE SAY

POLITICAL rhetoric is not necessarily based on logic.

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SAUCE FOR GOOSE SHOULD BE SAUCE FOR GANDER TOO

India's industrial policy has been lambasted for being protectionist. But critics forget that all countries, including developed ones, have adopted such measures at some point

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THE POLITICAL CALCULUS BEHIND HARYANA CM SWAP

WHEN Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled his bike rides in the late 1990s with Manohar Lal Khattar at a function at Gurgaon on Monday, no one had any inkling that his brief trip down memory lane had a deeper context.

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Miffed over Wayanad, CPI says Cong must keep coalition dharma

THE leadership of the Communist Party of India (CPI) is visibly upset with the Congress following the re-nomination of Rahul Gandhi, the incumbent MP from Wayanad, without any discussion.

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Modi likely to visit 'strategic partner' Bhutan next week, boost trade ties

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bhutan on March 19, though it is yet to be confirmed.

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India betters HDI position, ranks 134 of 193 nations

INDIA'S ranking on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) improved by one position in 2022 to 134 out of 193 countries ranked compared to 135 out of 191 countries in 2021, said the UN report released on Thursday.

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Ajit Pawar group told not to use Sharad Pawar's name

THE Supreme Court on Thursday warned the Ajit Pawar faction not to use Sharad Pawar's name and picture in its posters.

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Shah debunks Oppn claim says CAA not anti-Muslim

Home minister asserts BJP govt will never compromise with the Act

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SC to hear EC plea for return of sealed data today

A PETITION filed by the Election Commission of India (EC) seeking a direction for the return of sealed cover boxes concerning the electoral bonds case will be heard by a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Friday.

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'Controversial MPs' unlikely to figure in BJP's third list

AFTER release of the second list of candidates for 72 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP is likely to drop some more sitting MPs who have a penchant for stoking controversies, party leaders said.

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Gender ratio of J&K electorate improves, equals in 16 seats: EC

THE gender ratio of the electorate in Jammu and Kashmir has improved from 945 women voters per 1,000 men in 2019 to 954 in 2024, revealed the data released by the Election Commission of India (EC).

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Nitish puts off cabinet rejig, RJD links delay to NDA berth pangs

BIHAR Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he would expand his cabinet soon even as the RJD alleged that the CM was delaying the expansion fearing that such an exercise could \"spiral out of control\".

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Rahul promises farm loan waiver

Hectic parleys, manoeuvring, switching sides, promises galore as parties ready for announcement of poll schedule

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Candid confession: 'In our BJP system, they take 2%

IN a recent statement that has sparked significant debate, Rameshbhai Chhotubhai Patel, a BJP MLA from Jalalpore, Gujarat, candidly mentioned a \"2 percent\" commission within the BJP system.

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Ex-JNU student among Left list of 16 Bengal candidates

THE Left Front on Thursday released its first list of 16 candidates for the upcoming general elections in West Bengal, roping in a central committee member and faces from the youth wing of the CPM.

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Preneet Kaur may be BJP Patiala nominee

SUSPENDED Congress MP Preneet Kaur and wife of former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, on Thursday, joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and is likely to re-contest from her Patiala seat.

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TMC strongman Arjun Singh quits party to join BJP

ANNOUNCING his 'ghar wapsi' to the BJP, disgruntled TMC leader Arjun Singh, who was an aspirant to join the upcoming Lok Sabha poll fray under the banner of Mamata Banerjee's party, said on Thursday that he would join the saffron camp on Friday along with \"another top leader\" of the Bengal's ruling party.

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ED raids 13 premises linked to Mulayam aide Gayatri Prajapati

ADDING to the woes of Gayatri Prajapati, the jailed Samajwadi Party leader and former minister in Akhilesh Yadav government, the ED, on Thursday, carried out searches at over a dozen locations in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra as part of an ongoing investigation into a case of money laundering lodged against him and his family.

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BJP seeks to rope in MNS in Maha seat-sharing deal

THE BJP is intensifying its efforts to replicate its remarkable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, aiming to secure a majority of the seats in collaboration with its alliance partners.

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In tit-for-tat move, J'khand cops seek action against ED officials

DESPITE the fact that Jharkhand High Court has ordered no-coercive action against the ED officials in connection with the FIR lodged by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren at ST/SC police station in Ranchi on January 31, Jharkhand Police has issued notices against them asking to appear before it on March 21.

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BOOM TIME FOR MYANMAR OPIUM FARMERS AS COUP CHAOS BITES NATION

IN a remote corner of Myanmar a line of farmers move through a field of nodding poppies, making small cuts in the greenish-purple pods to release opium resin.

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Mega rocket of SpaceX blasts off on 3rd test flight

UNITED STATES SPACEX'S mega rocket blasted off on another test flight Thursday, this time with the spacecraft reaching enough speed to coast toward its finish line halfway around the world.

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Russia bars entry to 227 US citizens on eve of 3-day presidential vote

Govt officials, journos named in list; Kyiv urges int'l community to reject election outcome

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TikTok, X over AI risk to elections

THE EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok and seven other platforms on the AI risks for upcoming elections in the 27-nation bloc, including from deepfakes.

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'It's over': West Bank town choked off amid Gaza war

ONCE a bustling Palestinian town with sought-after restaurants and auto mechanics, Huwara in the occupied West Bank has been hit hard by the fallout from Hamas's October 7 attack.

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UK govt's new definition of extremism gets backlash

THE UK government on Thursday unveiled a new definition of extremism which will determine which organisations get public funds and meetings with officials, prompting criticism from various civic, political and religious groups.

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Paytm Bank to stop working from today

Banking unit of the payments company will reduce headcount by about 20% or nearly 550 employees

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'Will go deep in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru'

MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA Group's fast-growing real estate arm Mahindra Lifespaces is confident of achieving doubledigit revenue as well as volume growth in the upcoming financial year 2024-2025.

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Mid, small-cap funds disclose stress test results

ARSHAD KHAN @ New Delhi A day before AMFI's mandate, prominent fund houses have released their first stress test report to show they will take longer time to liquidate their mid-cap and small-cap schemes.

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'World oil output to fall in Q1; OPEC+ to continue with supply cut in 2024'

THE world oil production is projected to fall by 870 kb/d (thousand barrel per day) in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the fourth quarter of 2023 on account of heavy weather-related shut-ins and new curbs from OPEC+, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) oil marketing report.

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Petrol, diesel prices cut by ₹2 each from today

PETROL and diesel prices were reduced by ₹2/litre each as by the state-owned oil companies ended a nearly two-year-long hiatus in rate revision, just hours before the general election schedule was announced.

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Fitch revises FY25 GDP growth to 7% from 6.5%

RATINGS agency Fitch on Thursday revised India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast upwards for financial year 2023-24 (FY24) and FY25.

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Start-up funding up 43% to ₹5,039 cr in February

FROM the beginning of 2024, funding into the start-up ecosystem has been increasing as in February 2024 alone startups raised ₹5,039 crore, a 7% jump compared to January 2024, and 43% increase as against February 2023.

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Centre transfers Air India building in Mumbai to Maharashtra govt

THE Centre on Thursday transferred ownership of Air India building in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government for ₹1,601 crore.

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Our chances are good to defend the trophy: Bravo

CHENNAI Super Kings' bowling coach Dwayne Bravo is confident of a good show by his team in the coming IPL.

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Lakshya enters last eight, SatChi lose to bow out

'NEVER give up'. That is one of the prominent tattoos that is inked on shuttler Lakshya Sen's left arm. It's the mantra that he has held close to his heart and pulled off numerous memorable wins over the years.

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Dunne'undone' but malaise seems deeper in Indian boxing

Sacking High Performance Director or coach is not the only solution to poor show ahead of Olympics; Boxing federation must introspect to get sport back on track

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