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Mettur release reduced to 7,000 cusecs due to rain
Following widespread rains in Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts, the water release from Mettur dam for irrigation has been reduced from 14,000 cusecs to 7,000 cusecs on Monday.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
CM Wants Machine-Readable Voter Roll For All States
Charging that the BJP has turned the Election Commission of India into a poll rigging machinery, CM MK Stalin on Monday demanded the immediate release of a complete machine-readable voter roll for every state.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
After 'Dog Babu', 'Cat Kumar' seeks ID proof
AFTER 'Dog Babu', 'Sonalika Tractor' and 'Donald Trump', yet another case of fake application has emerged in Bihar. This time, the application seeks a residential certificate for a cat.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Pak Intruder Shot Dead in Kathua; Terror Hideout Busted in Ops
BSF personnel shot dead a Pakistani intruder along the International Border (IB) in the Kathua district on Monday.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
After 11 days of protest, sanitary workers move HC against outsourcing of jobs
The conservancy workers, who have been on strike against the Greater Chennai Corporation's (GCC) decision to outsource conservancy work in two zones, have filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking orders to restrain the authorities concerned from going ahead with the decision of outsourcing.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
SIP inflows hit new high of ₹28,464 cr in July
DESPITE a series of falls in the market, capital inflows through systematic investment plans (SIPs) route hit a new high in July at ₹28,464 crore, up 4% from ₹27,269 crore in June.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Cash-for-jobs: SC refuses to expunge remarks on Balaji
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to expunge its earlier remarks against former minister Senthil Balaji and said that it would not change even a single word or even \"touch a single word\" of the previous judgments in cases concerning him seeking expunction of certain remarks made in the judgments related to the cash-for-jobs scam case.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Gazans Mourn Al Jazeera Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces
Forty people, included aid-seekers, perish in Gaza Strip; global condemnation for killing of scribe
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Ensure resolution on caste census at grama sabhas
PMK president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss called upon the party cadre and the public on Monday to ensure that resolutions demanding a caste-based population census are passed during the grama sabha meetings to be held across the state on Independence Day on August 15.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Former jathedar elected chief of SAD faction
FORMER Akal Takht acting Jathedar and Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was on Monday unanimously elected president of the breakaway faction of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
MEA Slams Munir for Pak N-Sabre-rattling from US, Says Blackmail Won't Work
INDIA on Monday slammed Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir for his latest round of nuclear sabre-rattling, calling his remarks \"irresponsible\" and emblematic of Pakistan's \"stock-in-trade\".
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
COAI Opposes Spectrum Allocation to Enterprises, Cites Security Concerns
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), representing private telecom service providers, has strongly opposed the direct allocation of spectrum to enterprises.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Labourer trampled to death by wild elephant in O-Valley estate
A 62-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at New Hope near O-Valley forest range in Gudalur forest division on Monday morning.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Fast-track funds for ferry service to Lanka: Min
MINISTER for Public Works and Minor Ports EV Velu on Monday met Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Delhi and urged him to fast-track the funding and implementation of ferry service between Rameswaram and Talaimannar (in Sri Lanka) under the Sagarmala initiative.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Rocket launch from Kulasekarapattinam spaceport by '26 end, says ISRO chairman
ROCKET launches will commence from Kulasekarapattinam spaceport by the end of 2026, said V Narayanan, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and secretary of the Department of Space, on Monday.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
42 Arrests Made, Int'l Nexus Identified as Op Falcon Saves Assam Rhinos: CM
The Assam government has achieved significant success in protecting the one-horned rhinos—the pride of the state—from poachers since the launch of 'Operation Falcon', an effort of the state Police and the forest department last year.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Villagers forcibly stop bus for students after it skips halt
VILLAGERS in Kanjanagaram blocked government bus 21A on the Poompuhar-Mayiladuthurai route on Monday, protesting to stop the bus at the village bus stand for students.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
200 Gang-Rape, 600 Sexual Harassment Cases in 6 Months
Over 200 gang rape cases and the rape-murder of five girls were registered in Rajasthan between January and June this year, police data shows, spotlighting a rise in crimes against minors and young girls.
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August 12, 2025
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Bodies of two women swept away in flash floods in T'malai recovered
THE bodies of both the women swept away by a flash flood in Parvathamalai, the hill located near Kalasapakkam in Tiruvannamalai district, were recovered on Monday morning.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
BFI polls: Ajay Singh vs Bhandari for the president's post again
The way nominations for the posts of president, secretary and treasurer have been filed for the Boxing Federation of India elections, nothing much has changed since last time in March.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Show Of Oppn Unity At Kharge Dinner Party, AAP Joins
HOURS after the protest march to the Election Commission (EC) headquarters over the voter roll revision in Bihar and alleged 'vote theft', Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge hosted a dinner party for the INDIA bloc leaders.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Observers shut out as overflow rooms close amid crucial plastics treaty talks
As the second week—the make-or-break phase—of the global plastics treaty negotiations gets underway in Geneva, observers are sounding the alarm over being shut out of the talks.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Top Court Upholds HC Order to Axe Flagpoles
In an important decision, the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal and upheld the order of the Madras High Court directing political parties and other organisations to remove permanent flagpoles erected by them in public places, including national highways and government lands.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Overpraise: When Good Isn't Good Enough
From kindergarten to the corporate world, genuine acknowledgment is being replaced by overpraise. Whether aimed at fostering a positive mindset or productivity, this new culture is killing credibility
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
National Games winner handed three-year ban
NATIONAL Games discus throw gold medallist Gagandeep Singh was among a slew of athletes across sports who were handed a three-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) instead of four after they accepted their offence within 20 days of being charged.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Court appoints advocate commissioner in Dhoni's ₹100-crore defamation suit
THE Madras High Court has ordered the appointment of an advocate commissioner to record evidence of cricketer MS Dhoni in connection with a defamation suit he had filed against two news channels and an IPS officer for linking him to the IPL match fixing.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Words of wisdom in ward's upswing
Super coach Ramesh speaks of how top players of this generation have learnt to cope with the territory
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
CB-CID told to probe prisoner assault in Tiruchy jail
The Madurai Bench of the Madras HC on Monday ordered a CB-CID probe into two cases filed over the recent assault of a convict prisoner by Tiruchy Central Prison authorities.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
50 Days to Go event for Women's World Cup kicks off
CRICKET icons Mithali Raj and Yuvraj Singh were part of star-studded panels that conversed on various aspects of women's cricket at a function in Mumbai to mark '50 Days to Go' for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025, the trophy tour for which was also launched today.
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August 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Banks can decide minimum balance: RBI
WHILE the Reserve Bank on Monday washed its hands off the issue of a five-fold increase in average monthly minimum balance requirement that ICICI Bank has introduced on new non-salary accounts — from ₹10,000 in rural branches to a high of ₹50,000 in metro branches from this month, saying the subject is not within the regulatory purview of the central bank. Netizens expressed their displeasure over the issue on social media platform X.
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