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The New Indian Express Chennai
Wipro board approves ₹15k cr share buyback
Promoters and promoter group hold 72.63% stake in the company
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
₹90K CR AT STAKE Poll outcomes shouldn’t affect city projects: Citizens’ group
SUPER Chennai, a citizen-led initiative, has released an audit of the city’s infrastructure pipeline, urging political consensus to sustain projects worth %90,000 crore as Tamil Nadu approaches assembly election.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
SA series chance for youngsters to make a mark, says captain Kaur
WHEN India women landed in Australia for the multi-format series earlier this year, they had 11 matches to prepare for the T20 World Cup in June.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Himalayan ecosystem at tipping point: Experts
ECOLOGICAL scientists of the Himalyan region raised alarm at the climate catastrophe facing the region at a workshop in Pauri in Uttarakhand.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
51 poll booths in Mannachanallur declared sensitive
FOLLOWING the suicide of a 25-year-old woman in the Mannachanallur constituency due to alleged abuse and assault by DMK members over the distribution of free gifts, the election department in Tiruchy has intensified monitoring and identified 51 polling booths in the constituency as sensitive.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
US ups pressure on Iran; Israel-Lebanon truce on
Trump announces 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, indicates he is open to extending US's two-week truce with Iran
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
CM spreading canards fearing poll defeat: EPS
DISMISSING the DMK's charge about delimitation's adverse effect on Tamil Nadu, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday accused the CM of adopting \"double standards\" and questioned the need for black flag protest.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Furore over law univ V-C’s remark on women’s attire
He allegedly said women wearing shorts invite sexual harassment
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
POLLUTED CITIES SHOULD ACCELERATE SHIFT TO EVs
NDIAS transition to e-mobility has been picking up over the past five years.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Woman killed in suspected tiger attack in Nilgiris
AFTER a 56-year-old woman was found killed in a suspected tiger attack, the Nilgiris forest division on Wednesday night placed 10 camera traps near Anumapuram village to monitor the animal.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Yana Caves now a geoheritage site of national importance
THE Geological Survey of India has declared the Yana Caves near Gokarna in Uttara Kannada district as a geo-heritage site of national importance.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
SEZs seek higher duty concessions to compete with FTA partners, China
SPECIAL economic zone (SEZ) units have written to the government seeking higher concessions — or even zero-duty treatment — for supplies to the domestic tariff area (DTA), aligning them with concessional import duties available under free trade agreements (FTAs).
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Kin of palmyra farmer shot by cop face online abuse
EVEN as P Manikandan, the farmer in Maruthamuthur who was shot in the leg by sub inspector of police Esakkiraja in Alangulam recently, is yet to get back on his feet, his family says they are at the receiving end of online abuse from the policeman’s supporters, justifying his action.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
QUIET ARCHITECT OF WOMEN’S QUOTA
AS India turns its attention to the question of women’s representation, it is imperative to recall the diminutive yet powerful figure who first made the demand politically inescapable: CPI MP Geeta Mukherjee, fondly called ‘Geetadi’.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
ANXIETY, IDENTITY IN BORDERS
Historical, demographic and existential complexities among people living in Bengal villages
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
DMK will fight delimitation bill in courts, says RS Bharathi
AFTER DMK president and Chief Minister MK Stalin set fire to a copy of the Constitution Amendment Bill on Delimitation, senior leaders including party’s organisational secretary RS Bharathi set the copy on fire as a mark of protest in front of Anna Arivalayam on Thursday.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
EPS accuses CM of double standards, questions need for black flag protest
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday accused Chief Minister M K Stalin of adopting “double standards” on the delimitation issue and questioned the DMK’s black flag protests against the Centre.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
In a first, EC to deploy 2.5K companies of Central forces
THE Election Commission of India is set to deploy the highest number of central forces ever in Bengal, with over 2,400 companies of paramilitary personnel from across the country, including Assam, where polling was held on April 9.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
RaGa to campaign for Cong in TN tomorrow
CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Tamil Nadu for Assembly election in three public meetings on Saturday.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Can vote in Bengal if tribunal accepts pleas 2 days before polls: SC
IN a big relief to legitimate voters whose names were struck off electoral rolls, the Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to allow them to vote if their appeals are accepted by the appellate tribunals at least two days before the elections.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Anxious Arsenal enter CL semifinals
MIKEL Arteta insisted Arsenal’s angst-ridden progress to the Champions League semifinals proved they have the character to cope with the mounting pressure of their bid to end a six-year trophy drought.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Oppose quota bill, risk losing polls: PM
DISPELLING fears on the delimitation exercise, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that no state—big or small, north or south, east or west—will be discriminated against in the delimitation of constituencies linked to the implementation of the women’s quota law, which mandates 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Why mobile phone prices are going up
KNOW THE REASON
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Oil tankers reach Iran despite US blockade, tracking data shows
At least two large oil tankers entered the Gulf apparently bound for Iran in defiance of Washington’s blockade on Iranian ports, news agencies and tracking data indicated Thursday.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Implement quota law within existing 543 seats: Priyanka
EXTENDING full support for women’s reservation if the government implemented it with honesty, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll it out within the existing strength of the Lok Sabha, along with provisions for SC, ST and OBC women.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
SP seeks Muslim, OBC women’s quota, stokes row
A sharp exchange took place in the Lok Sabha on Thursday over the Samajwadi Party’s demand to extend reservation for Muslim and OBC women under the women’s reservation framework, with Home Minister Amit Shah firmly rejecting the proposal as unconstitutional.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
BANK CREDIT RISES 16% IN FY26, DEPOSITS UP 13%
BANK credit surged 16.08% year-on-year to $213.61 lakh crore in FY26, while deposits grew by 13.47% to reach $262.30 lakh crore, marking the fastest growth rates since FY24.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ex-IOA chief Ramachandran passes away
FORMER Indian Olympic Association president N Ramachandran breathed his last in Chennai on Thursday.
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Conspiracy to cheat TN, southern states: Thiruma
VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday condemned the union government’s move to introduce a constitutional amendment bill for delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, terming it a “conspiracy to betray Tamil Nadu and other southern states.”
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April 17, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Black flag stir ‘just a trailer’, centre should not wish to see the main picture, says Stalin
CM says delimitation should be based on 1971 census for 25 years more, criticises AIADMK for ‘surrendering’ to BJP
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