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The New Indian Express Chennai
Kashmir’s higher reaches out of bounds for tourists
AMID heightened security concerns, authorities have imposed a two-month ban on trekking, hiking, camping, and outdoor activities in the highaltitude and forest areas of Margan Top, Chauhar Nag, and Sinthan Top in south Kashmir, days after similar restrictions were imposed in Tangmarg in north Kashmir.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nifty hits life-time high of 26,340 on earnings hope
Positivity likely to continue next week on pre-quarterly biz updates
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Centre forms panel to settle Andhra-T'gana water issues
THE Ministry of Jal Shakti has constituted a 13-member highlevel committee to address longstanding water management issues between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ensure no animal sacrifice during fest: HC to dargah
THE Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Friday directed Madurai district authorities and the managing trustee of the Sikandar Badusha Dargah to ensure there is no animal sacrifice or cooking or serving of non-vegetarian feast in any part of the Thiruparankundram hill during the dargah's santhanakoodu festival atop the hill on January 6.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Reply sought on plea to restrain cops' 'unilateral control' over hill
THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday sought a response from the Madurai police, Subramaniya Swamy temple and the Sikandar Badusha Dargah on a petition which sought a direction to restrain the police from exercising any unilateral control over the Thiruparankundram hill.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nod to 22 electronics part mfg projects
4 chip units to begin production from 2026: Vaishnaw
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Seven dead as Saudi-led coalition strikes Yemen
AIR strikes killed seven separatist fighters in Yemen on Friday, according to an official with the group, as a Saudi-led coalition hit back against a sweeping advance by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council, threatening a major confrontation.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Health trends to look out for in 2026
Experts say pollution-related health issues, AI screenings, and weight loss medications will be key factors in Indians' health in 2026
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Rural areas lead in SIR, cities prefer office work
AN urban-rural divide is being observed in the distribution and collection of enumeration forms, as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being conducted in 12 states and UTs.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
NATIONAL MANUFACTURING MISSION A WIN FOR WIND ENERGY, TO SPUR DOMESTIC INNOVATION
NDIA'S annual capacity addition for wind energy is estimated at around 10 GW, so that the cumulative adds up to 100 GW by 2030.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
GUJARAT IAS OFFICER HELD IN ₹10-CR SCAM
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested IAS officer Rajendrakumar Patel, a former collector of Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, for his alleged central role in a ₹10-crore land conversion scam where bribes were fixed per square metre, routed through officials, and accounted for in handwritten sheets and digital files.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Marina Beach not a shopping mall or bazaar to be strewn with shops: HC
EXPRESSING concern over the huge number of shops, several of them permanent in nature, obliterating the sprawling Marina Beach, the Madras High Court on Friday said the beach is not a 'shopping mall' or bazaar.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Jurel or Kishan in place of Pant? Selectors may make big calls today
WHO among Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel and Ishan Kishan will be picked as the second wicketkeeper?
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Chinese drills near Taiwan unnecessarily raise tension'
CHINESE war games around Taiwan “unnecessarily” spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said early on Friday, calling on Beijing to “cease its military pressure.”
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Glorification of drugs in cinema can devastate future of youngsters: CM
Inaugurates Vaiko's 'Equality March', warns against \"more intoxicating divisive religious politics
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Grandmother, her grandson burn to death in Gaza tent as crisis deepens
A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire, as thousands of Palestinians battle harrowing winter conditions in flimsy makeshift housing and the humanitarian crisis deepens.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Where voices from far and near converge to reflect on life experiences that can change public sphere
THE Ballroom at Taj Coromandel was packed on the evening of January 2 as the third edition of the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman unfolded in a setting marked by restraint, gravitas and institutional elegance.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Cong boycotts march over Prabhakaran's photo in invite
Leaders of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) did not attend the launch of MDMK general secretary Vaiko's 'Equality March' allegedly because the picture of slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief V Prabhakaran featured in the invitation.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
CHINA COUNTS ITS CHICKENS AS MYANMAR VOTES
China would prefer a strong govt in Myanmar, whatever be the configuration. Hope for stability lies in a repeat of the now-familiar alternation between military and civil rule
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Maduro open to US talks on drugs, silent on CIA strike
VENEZUELA is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, the South American country’s President Nicolás Maduro said in a pretaped interview aired Thursday on state television, but he declined to comment on a CIA-led strike last week at a Venezuelan docking area that the Trump administration believed was used by cartels.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Army seeks Israeli rockets urgently
The force signs contract with local firm for buying Elbit rocket system under emergency clause
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
The rise of fungal acne across age groups
FUNGAL acne is not actual acne, and thinking of it as regular breakouts often leads to wrong treatment, persistent bumps, and frustration.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
DEFIANT, DEPRESSING, DARING
CORRUPTION and violence are the most discussed morally deviant acts and often feature as the burning issue in prime time news debates.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
LIVING WELL WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
SCHIZOPHRENIA can feel daunting, especially when its symptoms are misunderstood or hidden away.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Uma Bharti takes on BJP over MP deaths
Indore civic body chief transferred amid outrage
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
50-year-old trampled to death by jumbo in Kovai
A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Masinagudi on Moyar Road in the Singara forest range of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Friday morning.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Terror-backing neighbour can’t expect New Delhi to share water, says Jaishankar
INDIA will continue to invest in and support \"good neighbours\", but a neighbour that persistently promotes terrorism cannot expect New Delhi to share water or extend similar cooperation, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
V-P HAILS GOENKA'S POWER OF SILENCE
\"HE remains the consciencekeeper of Indian democracy,\" he said.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Marijne returns as women's hockey team chief coach
DUTCHMAN Sjoerd Marijne, who is credited for India women’s hockey team’s historic fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics, returns to the side as the chief coach.
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January 03, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
11.2cr passengers took metro in '25, new annual record
CHENNAI Metro Rail has emerged as a core element of urban mobility carrying more than 46.7 crore passengers since operation began in 2015 even as ridership was disrupted during the Covid pandemic years.
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