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THE RENAISSANCE REQUIRED IN THE EAST AGAIN
Bengal and Bengalis have been typecast in ill-fitting ways in recent decades. The state had a booming economy not long ago. Time has come to recapture its civilisational identity
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
Mention of caste on vehicles to invite Bihar fine
THE Bihar transport department on Friday directed all vehicle owners to remove casterelated words, phrases, or stickers from their vehicles within one month.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
BACK TO NATURE: THE ART OF GLASS SKIN
GLASS skin — silken, luminous, and almost translucent — has become the gold standard of modern skincare.
1 min |
May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
Why Left and VCK backed Vijay in ‘game of thrones’
Offer support to prevent President's Rule and BJP's back-door entry
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
Left backs Vijay but TVK still 2 seats short
FOUR days after the elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly resulted in a fractured mandate, the fledgling TVK, with its 108 seats, on Friday was still two seats short of the 118 MLAs-elect required for the party to form a government and its chief C Joseph Vijay to occupy the chief minister's seat.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
CRAVING CONTROL? THINK AGAIN
CRAVINGS are often treated like a moment where discipline slips.
2 min |
May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
DMK men attack Cong workers at protest site
TENSION prevailed in Mayiladuthurai on Friday after Congress cadre were allegedly attacked by a group of DMK members following a protest held near Kittappa Angadi condemning Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for not inviting TVK leader Vijay to form government.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
DRDO, IAF test TARA kit that turns ‘dumb’ bombs into precision weapons
INDIA on Friday successfully flight-tested Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA), an indigenously developed glide-bomb kit that can convert conventional unguided bombs into long-range precision weapons, a capability the Indian Air Force (IAF) has so far depended largely on foreign-origin systems to achieve.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
TN +2 results: Pass percent sees marginal rise, centums crash
AS is the trend, the Class 12 examination results released on Friday showed a marginal increase in Tamil Nadu’s pass percentage compared to last year, with 95.20% of students clearing the examinations.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
Aston Villa demolish Forest to reach Europa League final
ASTON Villa reached their first European final for 44 years in memorable style with a 4-0 demolition of Nottingham Forest in the Europa League semifinals on Thursday.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express
CAPITALS CRUMBLE YET AGAIN
The Delhi team seems to be losing steam at a time when play-off race is heating up
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Big blow for UK Labour in key local polls
LABOUR Party leader Keir Starmer vowed to carry on as British prime minister on Friday after taking responsiblity for grim local election results that saw the hard right make big gains as disillusioned Britons go off mainstream parties.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Almost 500 custodial deaths in seven years, govt tells J’khand HC
IN a major revelation before the Jharkhand High Court, the state government disclosed that nearly 500 custodial deaths have been reported in the state over the past seven years.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Main accused in conversion case arrested
NIDA Khan, the main accused in a case of alleged religious conversion and sexual harassment at TCS BPO unit in Nasik, was on Friday remanded to police custody till May 11 after she was arrested late on Thursday night.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Rolling out retro prints
YOU can take hundreds of pictures on your phone, but nothing quite beats holding a physical copy.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
A GEM IN THE WAR ZONE 11,000-carat ruby unearthed in Myanmar
MINERS in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the conflict-battered Southeast Asian nation, state media reported Friday.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Couple, son among 4 held for selling counterfeit cell phones
FOUR persons, including a couple and their son, were arrested for allegedly cheating people by selling counterfeit mobile phones under the guise of branded ones.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Player movements, guard against 'honey-trap': BCCI's new IPL advisory
FOLLOWING an IPL governing council meeting on Thursday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia sent a seven-page advisory to all 10 franchises.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Suicide pact angle under scanner as woman found dead
A 66-year-old woman was found dead and her son battling for life in their house in Thalambur near Chennai on Thursday.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
BJP will function from Writers’, not Nabanna from where TMC ruled
FOR decades till 2013, the red facade of the Writers’ Buildings had administered Bengal.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Jaipur pvt hosps call ‘med shutdown’ over attack on doc
PRIVATE hospitals in Jaipur have launched a complete medical shutdown from Thursday midnight, citing allegations of physical assault against the family members of neurosurgeon Dr Sondev Bansal.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
LAYERS WITHIN THE CASTE PYRAMID
THE Union government gives special grants only for those states or regions that are deemed ‘backward’ for their development to bring them on par with others.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Labour codes: Govt notifies rules for wages, social security
THE Centre on Friday operationalised key provisions under two major labour reforms —the Code on Wages, 2019 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 — in a move aimed at expanding formal social protection while standardising wage-related regulations, including for gig and platform workers.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
CUTTING METHANE COULD UNLOCK 200 BCM GAS, BOLSTER ENERGY SECURITY: IEA
METHANE emissions from the global energy sector remained stubbornly high in 2025, even as governments and companies expanded commitments to curb the potent greenhouse gas.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Dhobi's daughter scores 593, tops Chennai corpn
IN a remarkabale feat, Maithili A, daughter of Nandhakumar T who works as a dhobi, washing and ironing clothes, has bagged the first rank among Chennai corporation school students by scoring 593 out of 600 marks in the Class 12 exams, on Friday.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
SC: Expedite trial of cases lodged under NIA Act
THE Supreme Court on Friday issued directions to expedite trials pending before special courts in cases under the NIA Act across the states.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
FinMin overhauls rules for govt land transfer, drops ‘no profit no loss’ norm
THE Union government has dropped the ‘no profit no loss’ principle that long governed land transfers between central government departments and Union Territories, replacing it with a structured pricing framework that accounts for market and guideline values.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
TTV accuses Vijay of horse-trading, meets governor; backs EPS as CM
IN a late-night twist, AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran accused the TVK of attempting “horsetrading” to secure the support of his party’s lone MLA-elect, S Kamaraj, for government formation.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
VOTE FOR BJP, WILL FIND BRIDES: HARYANA MLA
BRIDES for votes” — the flippant, even absurd, phrase captures the unsettling intersection of electoral politics and a demographic crisis decades in the making in Haryana.
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May 09, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
US fires on Iran tankers as talks hang in balance
Fresh Iranian attack injures 3 in UAE; Saudi blocks US use of airspace
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