The New Indian Express Chennai - May 18, 2025

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May 18, 2025

ED raid continues; Tasmac MD questioned for 10 hrs

The Enforcement Directorate's search operation at 10 locations in Chennai in the alleged ₹1,000 crore Tasmac bribery scam that began on Friday continued for the second day on Saturday.

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Guj Minister's Son Arrested in Rural Jobs Scheme Scam

A ₹71-crore scam under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been unearthed in Gujarat, implicating the family of state panchayat and agriculture minister Bachu Khabad.

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Tharoor on govt's global outreach team, Cong sore

Wasn't recommended by party; govt names 7 heads of delegations

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Men in Whites dwarf Red and Gold

IT had been brewing since Virat Kohli announced his retirement from Tests last Monday. What started as a social media campaign on Tuesday, hours after Kohli's social media post, became a reality on Saturday as 1000s came dressed wearing Kohli's replica Test jersey.

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Court Stays NEET Result Over Power Cut at Exam Centre, Seeks NTA's Reply

The Madras High Court has temporarily stayed release of the results of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET)-2025 for admission to the undergraduate (UG) courses in medicine.

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India Turns the Screws on Imports from Bangladesh

IN what seems like another 'retaliatory' move, the Indian government has imposed restrictions on imports of certain goods from its eastern neighbour Bangladesh.

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Friends 'Fur' A Lifetime

AMID the bustle at Sathuvachari in Vellore, an everyday ritual speaks volumes of silent devotion. As S Kalaivani steps out from her modest iron shop, the familiar sound of paws on pavement follows. Dozens of street dogs, eyes bright and tails wagging, gather around her. This is not just in anticipation of food, but they are drawn by the bond they share with the woman who has become their lifeline.

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Trees thrive in her palms

WOOSH... Stirred by the passing breeze, long palm fronds gently grazed the rooftops of E L Prathee Jeen's childhood home in the Ethavilai village of Kanniyakumari.

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Vetrii IAS Academy Students Excel in TNPSC Group 1 Exam

Students of Vetrii IAS Academy who cleared Group-1 examination have been allotted positions such as sub-collector and DSP through counselling, academy director Shanmugam said.

1 min

80+ Graduates of Dot School of Design Take Part in Design Confluence '25

A total of over 80 graduating students, 50+ recruiting companies and 12+ original fashion collections took centre stage at Design Confluence 2025, organised by DOT School of Design, on Friday.

1 min

5 Drown as Van Plunges into Well Near Sathankulam

As many as five people, including a one-and-a-half-year-old baby, drowned in an open farm well when the Omni van they were travelling in plunged into the 55-foot-deep roadside well at Meerankulam near Sathankulam here on Saturday.

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Honoured to lead Sindoor outreach team, says Kani

DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi on Saturday said she is honoured to represent India and lead one of the seven delegations announced by the union government to visit various countries and the United Nations Security Council, in the context of Operation Sindoor and India's continued fight against terrorism.

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Ramadoss, son will meet soon, says GK Mani

PMK honorary president GK Mani on Saturday said a tense situation has developed within the party and PMK founder S Ramadoss and son Anbumani Ramadoss will meet soon to resolve it.

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EPS Echoes BJP's WhatsApp Univ Info: RS Bharathi

DMK organising secretary RS Bharathi criticised AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, accusing him of making baseless allegations against the state government to shield the union government which has failed to release ₹617 crore meant for private schools in Tamil Nadu under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.

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ED is harassing state govt employees: Muthusamy

PROHIBITION and Excise Minister S Muthusamy on Saturday strongly criticised the Enforcement Directorate (ED), accusing it of harassing government employees by carrying out politically motivated raids.

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DVAC raids properties of ex-min, former AIADMK MLA in DA cases

THE DVAC on Saturday raided the premises of former AIADMK minister and party's Arani MLA Sevoor S Ramachandran in Tiruvannamalai district and former AIADMK MLA P Neethipathi's premises in Usilampatti in Madurai district.

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Five killed in Karur bus-van crash

FIVE people, including two minors, were killed after a private bus tail-ended a truck going in the front, crossed lane in the impact, and collided head-on with a tourist van coming in opposite direction on Salem-Karur National Highway near Athur in Karur district early on Saturday.

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Will Move SC to Get ₹2K Cr Samagra Shiksha Fund From Union Govt: CM

Stalin points to victory in guv case, slams centre for withholding funds due to 'petty politics'

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Minor Among Four Arrested for Robbing Grindr Date

FOUR persons, including a minor, were arrested by the Greater Chennai Police on Saturday for allegedly robbing a 26-year-old youth of nearly 30 sovereigns of gold jewellery.

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Advanced testing at combat vehicles centre inaugurated

THE Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) marked a significant milestone in armoured vehicle innovation with the inauguration of the Automotive and Weapons System Testing Centre (AWTC) at Vellanoor in Avadi on Saturday.

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Homeless, not hope-less, boy aces Class 10 with 92%

THE trauma of his mother's suicide and years of neglect by his father are no deterrent to 15-year-old B Sudharshan.

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Sinkhole in middle of Taramani & Thiruvanmiyur road 'swallows' car

CMRL, metro water blame each other as cave-in occurred near a metro rail construction site

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Apollo Hospitals Launches Elderly Care Programme

APOLLO Hospitals has launched the 'Apollo elder care program', a holistic initiative offering personalised, expert-led healthcare for senior citizens, from hospital to home.

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Sivasankar Inspects TNEB's Minnagam, Reviews Plaints

ELECTRICITY Minister S S Sivasankar on Saturday visited 'Minnagam', the centralised consumer care centre at the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) headquarters in Chennai, to review the functioning of the public grievance system.

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TN Police Save K'taka Man From Cyber Scam

The timely intervention of the Tamil Nadu cyber crime wing has rescued a senior citizen from Karnataka who was being defrauded in a digital arrest case.

1 min

Old Drains Raise a Stink, Clog Sinks, Loos in Arundhati Nagar

The residents of Arundhati Nagar near Thiru Vi Ka Nagar in Chennai continue to face recurring sewage blockages leading to clogged sinks and toilets.

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Tata Power's Nellai solar plant sets benchmark

The Tirunelveli-based plant operated by Tata Power's solar manufacturing arm, TP Solar, produced 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of solar modules and 846 megawatts (MW) of solar cells in the financial year ending March 2025, marking one of the highest domestic outputs in India's solar sector.

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File report on 'caste discrimination' during temple fest, HC tells collector

HEARING a petition alleging caste discrimination during the Vaikasi festival chariot procession of the Aravayee Amman temple in Senapadi of Karur, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently directed the district's collector and other authorities concerned to file a report with specific findings regarding the allegations and reserved the matter for passing a detailed order.

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Cams dysfunctional at Padmanabhaswamy temple

IN a major security lapse at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, ten surveillance cameras were found to be non-functional.

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12 Years on University's Roll, Faculty Suspended for 'Lack of Experience'

NEARLY 12 years after her appointment, Periyar University has suspended a female associate professor in the Department of Education on Friday, citing a 'lack of experience'.

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Space odyssey: Countdown for Mission 101 ends today

BY the time you are reading this, if all parameters have worked well, India will have achieved the significant milestone with the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) 101st mission, having launched a more sophisticated eye in the sky — the earth observing satellite EOS-09 — on board the launcher PSLV-C61 from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, at 5.59 am on Sunday.

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TRUMP'S WEEK THAT WAS: DEALS, CLAIMS AND DOWNGRADE

DONALD J Trump has a mastery over occupying attention, verbalising to dominate discourse.

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Weapon Hawkers' Gain, India's Pain

He fuel of wealth is power. For centuries, empires justified conquest in the name of civilisation. In the 20th century, war became a business—refined, repackaged, and sold by the industrial elite in boardrooms far removed from trenches and bomb sites. The modern deep state is the inheritor of empires; but is more efficient, more cynical. Its battlefield is the global economy; its weapon is legislation.

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MENTAL HEALTH GUARDRAILS FOR THE YOUNG

Economic Survey 2024 focused for the first time on the loss of productivity due to mental health issues in India.

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Proud Father Of Akash Air Defence

It was a deeply emotional moment for 78-year-old former aerospace engineer, missile designer and ex-Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) scientist, Prahlada Ramarao.

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Can't help economies of nations working against India, says Dhankhar

Amid growing calls to boycott products from, and travel to, Turkey for allegedly supporting Pakistan against India, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, without explicitly naming Turkey, asserted on Saturday that India should not afford to engage with countries that stand against it in times of crisis.

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'How many aircraft...': Rahul slams Jaishankar

'INFORMING PAKISTAN': MEA says utter misrepresentation of facts

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A judge can't ignore ground realities, says CJI

CHIEF Justice of India BR Gavai has put a stop to the practice that senior judges, including the CJI, are not supposed to hold court hearings during summer vacation.

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Despite reservation, CPM now joins India's diplomatic outreach on Pak

'PM to met only CMs of BJP-ruled states'

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Tharoor to visit US, Kanimozhi Russia to expose Pak terror link

LAWMAKERS from Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have been tasked with leading seven delegations of MPs to various countries to present India's stance on terrorism.

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Ex-servicemen to take care of vital J&K establishments

THE Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a proposal to employ the ex-servicemen towards safeguarding the critical infrastructure but in non-combatant roles.

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DESPAIR AT DATELINE POONCH

Widespread fears that ceasefire shaky and shelling may resume Families recall four days of horror Locals lament lack of bunkers, war preparedness Hotels open in Rajouri amid uneasy calm but wear a deserted look

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Huge uproar as engineer's 'divine justice' order goes viral in U'khand

A peculiar office order issued by an Executive Engineer (EE) of the National Highway section of the Public Works Department in Lohaghat, Uttarakhand, has gone viral on social media, causing a significant stir within the department.

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Stop import of Turkish apples, say HP growers

THE apple growers of Himachal Pradesh, who play a key role in making an apple economy worth ₹5,000 crore in the hill state, demanded on Saturday that India halt the import of Turkish apples and avoid further reducing the import tariff on Washington apples.

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Doc faces action for using 'Op Sindoor' for promotion

IN an alleged attempt to promote his professional services, a doctor in Chhattisgarh used a line — \"blood and water cannot flow together\" — from PM Narendra Modi's speech in the wake of 'Operation Sindoor'. After a social media storm, the Bhilai-based urologist was suspended on disciplinary ground.

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Hisar YouTuber arrested for spying for Pak, leaking info

AT least 10 people, including Hisar-based YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, have been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

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SC nixes Trump bid for fast Venezuelan deportations

Court indefinitely extends deportation ban at Texas facility under alien enemies law; case heads back to 5th Circuit for further review

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Iran dismisses threats, vows to continue nuke talks with US

IRAN's president said his country will continue talks with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program but will not withdraw from its rights because of US threats.

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10 escape from New Orleans jail via hole in wall; 3 nabbed

TEN men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food, authorities said.

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Putin-Zelenskyy Meet Only After Deal, Says Russia

The Kremlin on Saturday said a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be possible only after both sides reach an agreement, a day after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct talks in more than three years, which did not result in a truce.

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Israel Launches New Military Op in Gaza to Release Hostages

ISRAEL's military launched intensified Gaza operations on Saturday aimed at \"the defeat of Hamas\", with rescuers in the besieged Palestinian territory reporting at least 10 killed by new Israeli strikes.

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Defence mfg gets shot in the arm

Domestic defence cos in focus after their decisive role in 'Operation Sindoor' and the ensuing four-day engagement

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Crude oil imports decline 1% to $11.4 billion in April

The country's crude import witnessed a dip of 1% in April 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to a report by the Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC).

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Ceasefire, But Now It's Economic War

Though hostilities with Pakistan have been suspended, it is not business as usual.

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Gensol CFO Resigns Amid Ongoing Probe

JABIRMAHENDI M Aga, CFO of troubled EPC services company Gensol Engineering, resigned on Saturday.

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Dancing in rain with Kohli name on back in B'luru

IN the end, the match ended without a ball being bowled.

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Chelsea sink United to edge closer to CL

CHELSEA ensured that qualification for the Champions League remains in their own hands as Marc Cucurella's winner beat Manchester United 1-0 to climb to fourth in the Premier League.

1 min

The Tantric in the Thangka

Tibetan artist Anay Ngawang Chodak combines the meditative power of Buddhist art with contemporary imagery and sensibilities

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Nature has No Time for Despair

It is early summer and many Indian cities are scorched with tomato red and golden yellow.

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From Rudra to Bholenath

RESURRECTING FAITH

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Mornings are for Shedding

A new trend where people pile on skincare products at bedtime, and take off layer after layer in the morning is shaking up the beautyverse

3 mins

A Peruvian Bull Run

Torito, the symbolic ceramic bull figurines, have been guarding Peru's rooftops for centuries

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The Forest of Enchantments

Nagarhole, part of the Nilgiris Biosphere, is an enchanting jungle, where the sights and sounds never cease to surprise.

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Inside a Web of Lies

Babil Khan on his latest show Logout and his 'toxic' relationship with social media

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