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March 23, 2024

Identical manifestos: Rivals DMK & AIADMK on same page

THE two warring Dravidian majors of Tamil Nadu, the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK, seem to be on the same page on several issues as the AIADMK manifesto mirrored the position of the ruling party on a host of issues.

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Ponmudy gets back his ministerial berth; CM thanks apex court

FOLLOWING the censure of the Supreme Court, Governor RN Ravi on Friday administered DMK leader K Ponmudy the oath of office as minister at a simple function held at the Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin and a few of his cabinet colleagues.

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KEJRIWAL KINGPIN OF EXCISE SCAM, SAYS ED

THE Enforcement Directorate on Friday told the Rouse Avenue court here that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was intrinsically involved in the entire conspiracy to frame Delhi's new excise policy in such a way that certain private persons were favoured in a quid pro quo to get kickbacks.

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Centre using guvs to silence oppn: Stalin

\"Governor RN Ravi wished me 'best of luck' when I conveyed to him that DMK is starting its poll campaign after the swearing-in ceremony of minister Ponmudy,\" Chief Minister M K Stalin sarcastically said in Tiruchy on Friday while attacking the BJP government for allegedly using governors and central agencies to silence the opposition.

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ED gets custody of Delhi CM for 6 days in money laundering case

ED CLAIMS HE IS ULTIMATE IN-CHARGE OF AAP, WAS PART OF FRAMING EXCISE POLICY

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HC junks Cong's plea against tax reassessment

IN a blow to the Congress, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed its plea challenging the tax reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax Department.

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HC admits CBI plea against clean chit to Raja in 2G scam

THE Delhi High Court on Friday admitted the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) six years ago against the acquittal of all the 17 accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, including former telecom minister Andimuthu Raja, DMK leader K Kanimozhi, and 15 other highprofile politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen including Unitech MD Sanjay Chandra.

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Court frees TN women's hostels from GST net

HOLDING that hostels renting out rooms for girl students and working women fall under the category of exclusively residential purpose, the Madras High Court has ruled that such hostels are eligible for exemption from GST under a 2017 notification of the central government.

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Music Academy under threat of disintegration: BJP prez

STATE BJP president K Annamalai on Friday said his party stands with the carnatic vocalist duo Ranjani and Gayatri who opposed the Music Academy's decision to confer Sangita Kalanidhi award to TM Krishna.

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CHENNAI'S FORD CAR PLANT MAY VROOM AGAIN

Senior officers of the firm met industries department officials; company says study on to explore future use of the facility

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Cops on poll drive for unaccounted money 'seize ₹7L from I-T officials

THE tip-off was correct, the car was ferrying bundles of cash, exactly ₹6.7 lakh.

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Poll panel's SVEEP-ing change may help increase voter turnout in city

THOUGH infamous for its low voter turnout during elections, Chennai may fare better in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, thanks to the Election Commission's extensive outreach programmes under way.

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BJP releases final list; actor Radikaa among 3 women candidates in fray

Actor pitted against Vijayakant's son in Virudhunagar; VS Nandhini to fight Vilavancode bypol

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Protect Moyar valley, the home of critically endangered Gyps vulture

MOYAR valley or Maayar (invisible river) valley extends from Gudalur through the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.

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SOWMIYA ANBUMANI, THANKAR BACHAN ON PMK CANDIDATE LIST

THE Pattali Makkal Katchi on Friday released its candidates list for nine out of 10 constituencies it is contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.

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EC fixes poll rate card, chicken biriyani down to ₹150 from ₹180

WITH the DMK, AIADMK, BJP gearing up for campaign, a recent ECI notification comprising a revised price list of over 200 items used for trail, will be of help to the candidates to ensure they do not exceed the spending limit, at least in their official expenditure submissions.

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Casteist speech: KMDK replaces candidate

KONGUNADU Makkal Desiya Katchi on Friday replaced its Namakkal candidate S Suriyamoorthy after an old video of him making casteist remarks went viral online recently.

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SL arrests: Ramnad fishers commence indefinite strike

500 boats docked; fishers to return govt ID cards to district collector

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Vizag drug bust triggers political slugfest

A seizure of 25,000 kg of dried yeast suspected to be mixed with the narcotic substance cocaine, by CBI at Visakhapatnam Port has now taken a political turn with ruling and opposition parties fingers at one another.

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HC stays FIRs against Shobha, Surya

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday stayed the FIR and further proceedings against Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shobha Karandlaje for allegedly promoting feelings of enmity between the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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Liquor scam: SC tells Kavitha to move trial court for bail

Notice issued to ED on plea challenging invoking of PMLA provision

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ASTEROID BENNU SAMPLE BOOSTS ET LIFE THEORY

THE detection of some building blocks of life in the samples from asteroid Bennu brought to Earth could boost the theory of panspermia, which suggests that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed in different stellar systems by space dust, meteoroids, asteroids and comets.

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INEQUALITY REPORT RENEWS QUESTION ON GROWTH MODEL

INDIA'S income and wealth inequality has touched historic peaks, making it one of the world's most unequal countries, according to the World Inequality Lab's new working paper.

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A CARING HAND FOR THOSE LIVING ON THE SPECTRUM

Indians living with autism need much more legal, institutional and societal support than they have at present. This World Autism Day, let's rededicate ourselves to the cause

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FIFTY SHADES OF ELECTORAL BONDS

I thought was done with jokes linking electoral bonds with James Bond.

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INDIA bloc team seeks intervention of EC over misuse of Central agencies

A day after the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a nine-member delegation of the INDIA bloc approached the Election Commission of India seeking urgent intervention into the 'blatant' use of central agencies against the Opposition.

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Water crisis looms as reservoir levels dip

JITENDRA CHOUBEY @ New Delhi POLITICIANS hitting the campaign trail for the coming Lok Sabha will have to sweat it out, maybe even literally.

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Muizzu does volte-face, says India will remain a close ally of Maldives

IN what seems like a change of heart, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has told a local daily in the archipelago that India will remain a close ally.

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BJP 1st choice of mining firms for electoral bond donations, says data

THE recently released data set of electoral bond transactions by the Election Commission of India has shed light on the significant political preferences of mining and infrastructure giants, raising concerns over their influence on governance and environmental policies.

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After US says Arunachal an integral part of India, Beijing raps Washington

A day after the US State Department stated that it recognised Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory, China has lashed out, stating that it has nothing to do with the US.

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'One nation, one poll' may figure in BJP's manifesto

8 lakh suggestions collected; each promise to be 'Modi ki guarantee'

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Bhutan's highest civilian award for Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi was on Friday conferred Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', the first foreign leader to receive the honour.

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Cong govt on edge as 3 independents may join BJP

SUKHVINDER Singh Sukhuled Himachal Pradesh Government is on the edge following the resignation of three independent MLAs who supported the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls.

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BJP counters rebels with 'I am with you' campaign in Gujarat

THE internal discord within Gujarat's BJP appears to be intensifying with local party leaders openly slamming some of the recently announced Lok Sabha candidates.

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'Education should be secular': HC says UP madrasa act is ‘unconstitutional'

THE Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court, on Friday, declared the UP Board of Madrasa Education Act-2004 as 'unconstitutional', saying that a secular state had no power to create a board for religious education or to set up a board for school education only for a particular religion and philosophy associated with it.

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Punjab party chief's wife may get Bathinda ticket

THE Punjab Congress might drop two party MPs in the Lok Sabha polls and, though Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Raja Warring and leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa have shown their reluctance to contest, the party could ask them to take the poll plunge.

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'Humiliated,' Cong spokesman Rohan Gupta quits party

IN a blow to the Congress, the party's national spokesperson Rohan Gupta resigned from the party's primary membership and all other positions, citing \"humiliation\" and \"character assassination.

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Kalpana to drive INDIA campaign

KALPANA Soren, wife of former Chief Minister Hemant Soren who apparently has taken charge of the party in absence of her husband, is all set to be the star campaigner for JMM and INDIA Bloc in Jharkhand.

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INDIA splits over Begusarai battle as CPI names nominee

THE CPI on Friday announced a candidate for Bihar's Begusarai Lok Sabha seat where the Congress was insisting on fielding former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar another sign of unease in the grand-alliance over distribution of seats for the general election.

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Russia, China veto US Security Council bid on Gaza ceasefire

UNITED NATIONS RUSSIA and China on Friday vetoed a US-led draft resolution at the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza, with Moscow accusing Washington of a \"hypocritical spectacle\" that does not pressure Israel.

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At least 14 dead as gunmen open fire at Moscow hall

MOSCOW SCORES of people are feared killed and several injured in Moscow after a group of gunmen in combat fatigues stormed into a big concert hall in the Russian capital city on Friday and fired automatic weapons at the crowd.

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Trump growls as $454mn deadline looms

NEW YORK DONALD TRUMP lashed out at prosecutors on Friday as the clock ticked down on the possible seizure of his assets and threatened bankruptcy if he fails to come up with cash to pay a half-billion dollar bond.

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Russia bombards Ukraine's energy facilities

At least five killed, Country's biggest hydroelectric plant in Dnipro hit, Widespread blackout in Kharkiv

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IT sector clients continue to remain cautious about spending decisions

AMID the uncertain economic environment, Accenture has cut its fiscal 2024 revenue forecast and this indicates that clients remain cautious about spending decisions.

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Biggest donor Santiago Martin director in several biz entities

THE biggest electoral bond donour, Santiago Martin and his company Future Gaming and Hotel Services, seems to have a rather brazen way of doing business.

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Bajaj commits ₹5K cr towards skill development under CSR initiatives

THE Bajaj Group on Friday committed Rs. 5,000 crore to social impact initiatives over 5 years, with a sharp focus on skill development, under 'Bajaj Beyond the Group's new identity for all its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and charitable programs.

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Byju's to run 262 centres in hybrid model, 30 to undergo restructuring

EDTECH company Byju's on Friday said 90% of its tuition centres-262 out of 292 will continue to function in the hybrid model and the rest will undergo restructuring.

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FinMin indicates labour mkt revival

Report shows decrease in unemployment, increase in the labour force participation rate

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Keventer group among top donors to BJP

The group is among the top 10 donours under the contentious election funding scheme.

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'Jittery, nervous' Pant raring to go

\"ALL of the above... Jittery, nervous, excited...all of it.\"

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With family support, Baboo chasing Oly dreams

THE 2012 London Olympics yielded one of the best results for India with six medals across four sports.

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RAHMANIAC RENDITION IN CHENNAI

Bangladesh pacer lights up the MA Chidambaram Stadium with a four-fer as CSK beat RCB by six wickets WHEN the capacity crowd started filling the MA Chidambaram Stadium, they were looking forward to a performance from AR Rahman.

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