The New Indian Express Chennai - April 16, 2025

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April 16, 2025

TN Boy Attacks Classmate With Sickle in Tiff Over Pencil

A Class 8 student of a private school at Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli district suffered injuries to his hand, head, and shoulder after one of his classmates attacked him with a sickle following a tiff over sharing a pencil, police said.

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Guv gives nod to prosecute ex-min; charge sheet in 2 days

The Tamil Nadu government has told the Supreme Court that Governor R N Ravi has accorded sanction to prosecute former AIADMK minister K T Rajenthra Bhalaji in an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.

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Vadra Questioned For Eight Hours

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned businessman Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, for over eight hours in connection with its probe into money laundering linked to a Gurugram land deal.

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Hospital Must Immediately Lose Licence If Newborn Is Trafficked, Says SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down strict guidelines for all states to prevent child trafficking and the offences arising out of it, warning that any laxity in implementing them could be treated as contempt of court.

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ED Chargesheets Sonia, Rahul in National Herald Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in a Delhi court in the National Herald money laundering case.

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Retail inflation at 67-mth low

• DECLINES TO LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED 3.34% DUE TO FOOD PRICE CORRECTION • RAISES HOPES OF FURTHER REPO RATE CUT BY 50 BPS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR

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CM forms high-level panel to study centre-state relations, protect rights

FIFTY-SIX years after the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi constituted the P V Rajamannar Committee in 1969—the first such panel in India's history formed to study centre-state relations—his son and current CM M K Stalin on Tuesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to study the constitutional and legal provisions that impact the centre-state relations.

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Operational issues delay 2 AI flights for 5 hrs

HUNDREDS of passengers were stranded at Chennai International Airport on Tuesday after two Air India flights to Delhi and Mumbai were significantly delayed due to \"operational issues\".

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ED Gets Nod to File Implead Plea in Case Against Min's Brother

The Madras HC on Tuesday permitted the ED to file a petition in the court seeking to implead in a case filed by Minister KN Nehru's brother N Ravichandran in 2024, praying for quashing a case pending with a special court for CBI cases regarding alleged loan default.

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Ilaiyaraaja seeks ₹5 crore for use of his songs in 'Good Bad Ugly'

RENOWNED music composer Ilaiyaraaja has sought ₹5 crore from the producers of 'Good Bad Ugly' movie for unauthorised use of his three songs.

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Short Film on TN Caste Issues Wins Award at Norway Film Festival

The Untouchability Files, a short film that depicts caste discrimination, including the suicide of conservancy worker Sudalai Madan of Udangudi town panchayat in Thoothukudi, and Vengaivayal issue, has received the \"best documentary award\" at the 16th Norway film festival.

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Report sought on temple assets

THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the state government and HR and CE department to file a report on the PIL petition which sought a direction to secure over 7,500 acres of properties belonging to Nellaiyappar temple in Tirunelveli.

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ED Told To Submit FIRs Forming Basis Of Tasmac Search

THE Madras High Court has directed the enforcement directorate to submit the copies of the FIR registered by the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) which formed the basis for the central agency to hold the search and seizure from the premises of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

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Experts sceptical about govt move to open 10 colleges amid staff crunch

No recruitment in 10 yrs; 164 govt colleges in TN have 7.5K vacancies of permanent faculty

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Rly Extends Special Trains

SOUTHERN Railway has extended the operation of special trains running from Chennai to Nagercoil, Thiruvananthapuram, and other destinations.

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VCK cadre, father arrested for attacking traffic cop on duty

A police constable managing traffic during Ambedkar's birth anniversary celebrations in Velachery was attacked on Monday morning by a father-son duo allegedly under the influence of alcohol.

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Quarry, lorry owners to go on strike over mine tax

DEMANDING the withdrawal of the mineral-bearing land tax, members of the Tamil Nadu Stone Quarries, Crusher Units and Lorry Owners Association across the state will launch an indefinite strike from Wednesday.

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VCK wants new centre to save traditional games

VCK Assembly floor leader Sinthanai Selvan on Tuesday demanded that the state government take steps to establish a folk games development centre in Chennai, while emphasising the importance of preserving traditional games that are on the verge of extinction.

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EPS to Convene First AIADMK Executive Meet After BJP Pact

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has convened the party's executive committee meeting on May 2 to discuss the next course of action after the revival of its alliance with BJP.

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Call to enforce Tamil name board rule

DURING the debate on demand for grants of the Tamil development and information department on Tuesday, MLAs raised demands for new statues and memorials honouring historic figures from their regions.

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Union govts in past did not use funds to settle score with states: Duraimurugan

Now the centre says if you don't agree to the three-language policy, we don't give money, says WRD minister

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TN Best in Jail Management, Poor in Legal Aid, Says Justice Report

Tamil Nadu continues to be the best-performing state in management of its prisons department, but got flak for the poor performance of its police and legal aid in the 2025 India Justice Report (IJR) released on Tuesday.

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History-sheeter's wife fears threat to his life from cops, submits pleas

THE wife of history-sheeter Vellaikaali and the director of Prisoners Rights Forum P Pugalenthi have submitted separate petitions to the state human rights commission expressing fear that police may kill him in an encounter or maim him permanently.

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Kattukollai villagers oppose Waqf Board notice on land ownership

AROUND 40 residents of Kattukollai village in Anaicut, led by the Hindu Munnani, submitted a petition to Collector V R Subbulaxmi on Friday, opposing a notice from a local mosque administered by the Waqf Board—Kilandal (Nawab) Masjid & Hazrath Syed Ali Sulthan Sha Darga—which claimed that the land they live on belongs to the Board.

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Two girls drown in Kallakurichi lake while plucking lotus

TWO schoolgirls drowned while plucking lotus flowers in Sitheri lake near Rishivandhiyam on Sunday, while three others were rescued by villagers.

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Four Youth Killed in Head-on Collision in Ranipet

FOUR young men were killed in a head-on collision involving two motorcycles near Ranipet on Monday night.

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HC Stays Order Letting CMRL Construct Station Through Temples on Whites Road

A division bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday temporarily stayed an order of a single judge who had allowed the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) to construct a station at Thousand Lights through Sri Rathina Vinayagar and Durgai Amman temples on Whites Road, without disturbing the United India Insurance Company Limited's premises.

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Justice Will Be Served to Munambam People

Centre framing rules under Waqf legislation, will urge Kerala to revisit entire status of disputed land, says Kiren Rijiju

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Nellai Incident Reflects Moral Decline in Society

LEADERS of various political parties strongly condemned the shocking incident in which a Class 8 student was attacked by his classmate with a machete inside the classroom of a government-aided school in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.

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SUPER MARIO OF SEARING LETTERS

HY do we tell stories? Because narratives gift us with powers to survive the uncertain and momentary tales we live.

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STANDING UP TO THE BULLY ON THE PLAYGROUND

Today's China is not yesterday's Soviet Union. Nor is Trump's America the sole superpower. Anyone trying to push back the clock of history will get hurt

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Tejashwi Says CM Face To Be Decided By Grand Alliance

The top leadership of the RJD and the Congress held formal talks in Delhi on Tuesday on jointly fighting the forthcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

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Digital use raises no dementia risks, says study

Technology A Boon, Not Bane

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SC raps HC judge's 'invited trouble' remark in rape case

Taking exception to an Allahabad High Court judge's recent remarks in a rape case that the rape survivor herself \"invited trouble\", the Supreme Court on Tuesday cautioned judges against making such inappropriate observations against the complainant.

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CBI's Operation Chakra: 4 digital arrest kingpins held after raids in 12 locations

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said that it has arrested four kingpins in 'digital arrests' case, leading to defrauding of money to the tune of ₹7.67 crores.

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Good news for farm as IMD predicts above-normal rain this monsoon

Neutral El Niño a favorable condition; Tamil Nadu, NE may get below-average precipitation

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4000-yr-old chariot to be displayed at National Museum's Harappan gallery

THE National Museum in the national capital will have two added attractions — bronze-age solid-disk wheel carts (chariot) discovered from the Sinauli archaeological site in Uttar Pradesh and a permanent exhibition of epigraphs — on display to enthrall the heritage enthusiasts.

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15 Judges Per Mn Against Law Panel's Recommendation Of 50, Says Report

INDIA has only 15 judges per million population, significantly below the Law Commission's recommendation of 50.

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Yogi questions Mamata's silence in Bengal clashes

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday accused his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee of encouraging communal unrest in her state under the \"guise of secularism\", questioning her silence in the ongoing tensions over the Waqf amendment.

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South Bengal Town on Edge After Waqf Violence

A day after violence hit Bhangar in South Bengal, which erupted during protests demanding the withdrawal of the Waqf Amendment Act, Kolkata Police on Tuesday arrested nine people in the incident.

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Assamese Made Compulsory for All Official Work

The Assam government has made the Assamese language compulsory for all official work in the state, except for five districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region and three districts in the Barak Valley.

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Maha cabinet nod to ₹5 lakh relief in custodial deaths

AFTER recommendations by human rights groups, the Maharashtra cabinet on Tuesday decided to extend financial compensation to the family members of custodial death victims.

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5 girls from Simdega named in national hockey team

IN a first, five players hailing from Jharkhand's Simdega district, including Captain Salima Tete, have made it to the Indian Women's Hockey team.

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NC under fire as discussion denied

THE ruling National Conference in Muslim-majority J&K has come under fire from allies and opposition alike after the Speaker refused to allow discussion on the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the recently concluded budget session of the Assembly, with the Abdullahs backing the decision.

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ED raids premises of Raj Cong leader, AAP MLA in ₹48K cr real estate fraud

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided the premises of Rajasthan Congress leader and former minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas and Punjab AAP MLA Kulwant Singh as part of a probe into ₹48,000-crore Pearl Agrotech Corporation Limited (PACL) scam, a real estate investment fraud.

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Rahul launches Gujarat party reboot

No caste, no clutter: Congress signals ground-level overhaul for swift results in 45-day drill

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Trump Threatens 'Political Tax' on Harvard

PRESIDENT Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt status if the country's most famous educational establishment refuses to submit to wide-ranging government oversight.

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China's Xi Jinping Kicks Off Malaysia Visit as US Tariff Pressures Loom Large

CHINESE President Xi Jinping arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for a highly anticipated state visit that comes as Beijing fights an escalating trade war with the United States.

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Khamenei says Iran-US talks going well but could be in vain

IRAN's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday he was satisfied with talks with arch-foe the United States but warned they could ultimately prove fruitless.

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JSW Steel to Invest ₹60k Cr in Green Steel

JSW Steel will invest ₹50,000-60,000 crore to build a 10 million tonne per annum green steel plant over the next three to four years.

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NPCI meets bank officials, app providers

THE National Payments Corporation (NPCI), which runs the unified payments interface, has met bank officials and third-party application providers (TPAPs) on the issue of recent repeated outages of the payment services.

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Exports Hit Record $820 Billion Amid Global Challenges in FY25

DEFYING global headwinds and World Trade Organization's bleak projections, India's exports surged to a record $820.93 billion in FY25, marking a 5.5% increase over the previous year's $778.13 billion, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday.

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OALP: ONGC Wins 11 Blocks, OIL 9, Cairn 7

OIL and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and its partners have won the most number of blocks (15) in the ninth round of the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).

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Sebi bars Gensol Engineering and promoters from markets, halts stock split

LAUNCHING a crackdown on Gensol Engineering Ltd (GEL), India's capital market regulator -- the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) -- has barred the renewable energy firm and two of its promoters - Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi - from the securities markets till further orders in a fund diversion and governance lapses case.

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Trump Hints at Relief for Automakers

THE country's automotive industry, especially the component manufacturers, may breathe a sigh of relief as US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.

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Tariff Pause: Govt to Finish BTA Talks Before Deadline

Virtual talks will begin this week, physical rounds likely in first week of May

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Derivatives losses: PwC identifies ₹1,979 crore hit to IndusInd Bank

INDUSIND BANK disclosed on Tuesday that an external audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has identified a ₹1,979 crore financial impact due to irregularities in its derivatives portfolio, marking a significant blow to the private lender's risk management credibility.

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Benchmarks rise over 2% as trade tensions ease

DOMESTIC equity markets extended their rally for the second straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by easing global trade tensions.

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BFI officials publicly hit out at president Singh

The off-the-ring tussle in Indian boxing is here to stay.

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Capitals Test For RR

Two teams coming off losses but Delhi are in much better shape when compared to Rajasthan. A look at their Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter on Wednesday...

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NOOR AHMAD DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

Noor's coach in Afghanistan opens up about how the wrist-spinner emerged to become a star for Chennai

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Boucher backs Rohit to fix batting woes

TO get Rohit Sharma back in form, former Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher felt that it would depend on the former MI captain himself, how he challenges himself in phases of the match and to look back on his previous bad patches in his decorated career.

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Chahal sizzles as Punjab secure unlikely victory

YUZVENDRA Chahal and the other Punjab Kings bowlers engineered a thrilling heist as they defended 111 against the holders, Kolkata Knight Riders, at a raucous Mullanpur on Tuesday night.

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Big names put up subdued show; Vithya bags gold

AFTER a lukewarm response from the first three iterations of the Indian Open Athletics meeting, this edition, conducted by the Tamil Nadu Athletics Association (TNAA) saw a sizeable turnout of more than 400 athletes, organisers stated.

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A CASE FOR CASTE CONVERSATIONS

This Dalit History Month, CE talks to people in education field who reflect on discrimination in schools and the hope for an inclusive space for children

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Bicycle diaries: TN's Santhosh cycling to lift his village & sport

ANTHOSH Kumar M's journey so far is a quintessential tale of persistence and perseverance. Coming from a nondescript village in Tenkasi, the teenager has overcome a myriad of challenges to emerge as a cyclist with an aptitude for big things.

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LAYERS OF A LIFETIME

A woman captures a man in a black shirt, blue jeans, and a gambler's hat observing the strokes of silence around him.

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Cultural & Religious Significance

\"Growing up in a Tamil Christian home, Easter Sunday always meant a table full of deeply cherished, home-cooked dishes,

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Hyssop: A herb full of fragrance

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES Stimulant Carminative Expectorant Used in nervous disorders Toothache Pulmonary and uterine troubles

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'I'D RATHER FLIP THROUGH A BOOK THAN SCROLL THE PHONE'

Babil Khan speaks about his upcoming thriller Logout, his relationship with his smartphone, and how he wanted to witness his father Irrfan Khan navigate social media

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The Bhootni gets a new release date

ANJAY Dutt's upcoming horror-comedy The Bhootnii now has a new release date.

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AR Rahman Launches Initiative to Honour Tamil Language

N Monday, on the occasion of Tamil New Year, AR Rahman launched an initiative to preserve the Tamil language's antiquity through digital forms with his ARR Immersive Entertainment team.

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Priyanka Chopra Reunites With Zac Efron For A Comedy

MAZON MGM Studios has confirmed the addition of Priyanka Chopra and Michael Pena to Nicholas Stoller's upcoming comedy film.

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A morality tale

Hesitation wounds are scars of tentative, self-inflicted injuries, usually found on arms and wrists, that could be indicative of irresolute but existent suicidal tendencies in stricken individuals.

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