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Textile industry welcomes 11% cotton import duty exemption
THE union government's decision to grant a temporary exemption on 11% import duty on cotton has been welcomed by the textile industry, providing much-needed relief to cotton-based mills facing severe raw material shortage.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Blast at explosives store kills over 45 in Myanmar
A blast on Sunday at a building in northeastern Myanmar said to have been storing explosives for mining has killed more than 45 people, according to rescue workers and independent media reports.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
KARNATAKA’S WAGE HIKE NEEDS DELICATE BALANCE
KARNATAKAS labour force has reason to cheer. The state government has revised minimum wages for 2026-27 by a substantial 60 percent and introduced a uniform variable dearness allowance of ₹174.97 per day across all skill categories.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Bid to strike balance in DKS govt
STRESSING the need for caution as Karnataka Assembly elections are two years away, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the party remains non-committal on composition of the state’s new cabinet under Chief Minister-designate D K Shivakumar, and that all decisions would be taken only after the June 3 swearing-in ceremony.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Coffee Day turns profitable, posts ₹210 crore profit
COFFEE Day Enterprises (CDEL), parent of the Café Coffee Day chain, reported a turnaround in the March quarter and for the full financial year 2025-26, aided by improved operational performance and lower losses across businesses.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Excess fee collection continues unchecked in aided colleges
WITH college admissions for the next academic year under way in Tamil Nadu, educationists, students and parents have pinned their hopes on the new state government to curb the alleged collection of excess fee by government-aided arts and science colleges.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
TVK should be seen as another secular force, says Durai Vaiko
MDMK principal secretary and Tiruchy MP Durai Vaiko on Saturday said the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) should be viewed as another Dravidian movement and welcomed its emergence as a secular political force in Tamil Nadu.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Saini meets with Punjab preacher with eye on solo election battle
HARYANA CM Nayab Singh Saini paid a courtesy visit to Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon, the chief of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), at the dera headquarters in Beas near Amritsar on Sunday.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
BJP wins three out of four civic bodies in HP
IN a setback for the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls, the BJP—the main Opposition party—won three out of the four municipal corporations in Himachal Pradesh, results of which were announced on Sunday.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Guv draws criticism from TVK, other parties for ‘saffronisation’ of Valluvar
OPPOSITION to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s remarks on Tiruvalluvar and the depiction of the saint-poet in saffron attire continued to grow on Sunday, with leaders from the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), CPM and the Tamilaga Vazhvurimai Katchi (TaVK) criticising the move and demanding that the governor respect the cultural legacy of the revered Tamil icon.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Wrestlers Aman, Sujeet, Deepak qualify for Asiad
AS expected, all the top men freestyle wrestlers made it to the India squad for the 2026 Asian Games, winning trials in their respective weight categories on Sunday.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
High price, short supply of bitumen cripple TN road projects
SEVERAL ongoing state and national highway projects across Tamil Nadu have been disrupted due to shortage of bitumen and steep hike in its price because of the West Asia crisis.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
RETIREMENT AND THE CHINESE CURSE
SOME years ago, I remember receiving the bio-data of a 65-year-old gentleman in response to a part-time job vacancy my company had advertised for.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Faculty shortage hits TN univs, over 50% posts vacant in major institutes
TAMIL NADU’S reputation as a frontrunner in higher education is under severe threat as 13 universities functioning under the state’s higher education department are grappling with severe faculty vacancies, with some campuses having lost nearly all of their senior academic leadership.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
HOW DO RICH PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR WEALTH
THE rich in India do not reveal much. About 3.2 lakh people proudly disclose incomes above ₹1 crore, according to data from IT returns filed each year.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
FREEDOM FIGHTER BIRSA MUNDA LIVES IN NEW BHARAT
WHEN India recalls its great freedom fighters, one name rises from the forests of Chotanagpur with enduring moral force—Bhagwan Birsa Munda, revered as Dharti Aaba, the Protector of the Land.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Four minor boys held in Madurai for sexual assault of 13-yr-old girl
FOUR teenage boys were apprehended on Sunday in connection with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in Thirumangalam limits in Madurai.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Monsoon-reliant cos’ stocks to feel the heat
Lower-than-expected rainfall prediction to keep fertiliser, seed and tractor stocks under pressure, say analysts
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
‘Cong should understand its function in INDIA bloc’: CPI calls for alliance unity
AMID growing strains within the opposition INDIA bloc following the fallout between two of its key constituents, the Congress and the DMK, CPI general secretary D Raja on Sunday called for greater trust, unity, and accommodation among alliance partners, asserting that this is not the time to discuss the formation of a third front.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
General Raja Subramani takes charge as 3rd CDS
IN a twin change of guard at the helm of India’s defence establishment, China-Pakistan expert General N S Raja Subramani on Sunday took charge as the third Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Assemblies sat less, passed more bills in ’25: Study
STATE legislatures across India passed more than 600 bills in 2025, their highest tally in recent years, yet assembled for an average of just 24 days and sent fewer than one in twenty bills to committees for scrutiny, according to the PRS Annual Review of State Laws 2025, which covered 27 states and three Union Territories.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Preserving cultural heritage govt’s top priority, says Modi
CITING the recent repatriation of ancient Chola-era copper plates from the Netherlands, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated his government’s commitment to safeguard India’s cultural heritage.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Happiest Minds plans to add 750-1,000 employees in FY27
DIGITAL engineering services firm Happiest Minds Technologies plans to add between 750 and 1,000 employees in FY27 and targets 12.5% revenue growth, with the company betting on a growing pipeline, large deal wins and expansion in newer business areas.
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June 01, 2026
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Nabin advises U’khand leaders to work for 2027 ‘hat-trick’ in Assembly
WITH an eye firmly fixed on the 2027 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, the BJP is mobilising its ranks to secure a third straight electoral victory—a historic ‘hat-trick’—following the three-day visit of party national president Nitin Nabin, which concluded on Saturday.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Gukesh fights to defeat Pragg
WHEN the Norway Chess crew had given R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh specific attire ahead of their boat race at the tournament’s games on Friday, a rest day, both of them were laughing.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
French Open: Swiatek ousted by Kostyuk
FOUR-TIME former champion Iga Swiatek was eliminated from the French Open fourth round on Sunday by Marta Kostyuk.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Sickle attack: 3 more held; 1 suspect shot during arrest
THREE more suspects involved in the sickle attacks across Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts were arrested on Sunday, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 11, including three juveniles.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
No terror-related fatality in J&K in May for the first time
THE month of May passed off peacefully in Jammu and Kashmir with no fatality due to terror-related incidents, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP), which reflects improvement in security situation in the Union territory.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
‘India accounts for over 70% of manufacturing sourcing for Boeing’
MID ongoing negotiations for the proposed India-US bilateral trade agreement (BTA), aerospace major Boeing sees India emerging as one of the key manufacturing and sourcing hubs for the global aviation industry.
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June 01, 2026
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
Turtle deaths dip 50% in TN this year
Only 786 Olive Ridley fatalities recorded; Chennai and Cuddalore emerge as top nesting hubs
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