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VinFast to expand TN plant for e-buses, e-scooters
VIETNAMESE electric vehicle maker VinFast has moved to deepen its presence in India, signing a fresh agreement with the Tamil Nadu government to expand its manufacturing footprint and broaden its product range beyond electric cars.
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
No NRC, detention camps in Bengal: Didi ups ante
TMC chief says BJP playing religious politics over SIR ahead of polls
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
'Shame': Trial against accused of acid attack pending before court for 16 yrs
STUNNED to learn from an acid attack survivor that the trial against her accused has been pending for 16 years, the Supreme Court described the situation as “a national shame” that makes “a mockery of the system.” The Court directed all High Courts to furnish details of pending acid attack cases within four weeks.
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December 05, 2025
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Rahul's remarks on foreign leaders 'not true'
'6 meetings as LoP'
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
Dealer-point registration gets off the mark, but vehicle sales enter slow lane
AFTER initial reluctance, the state has fully implemented dealer-point registration for new non-transport vehicles, eliminating the need for physical inspection by motor vehicle inspectors at regional transport offices (RTO).
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December 05, 2025
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Awareness drive to make India free of child marriage by 2030 launched
TO reduce prevalence of child marriages to 10% by 2026 and to make India child marriage free by 2030, a 100-day ‘intensive awareness campaign for a child marriage-free Bharat’ was launched on Thursday by Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Annapurna Devi.
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
Raj govt replaces jail term for minor violations with monetary penalties
THE Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Rajasthan Jan Vishwas Ordinance, a major reform aimed at reducing litigation and promoting greater “ease of living” and “ease of doing business” in the state.
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December 05, 2025
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EXPANDED HYDERABAD MUST DELIVER FOR ALL
HE Telangana government's decision to fold 20 municipalities and seven municipal corporations into the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), expanding its jurisdiction from 625 sq km to nearly 2,000 sq km, represents a significant recasting of urban governance. The GHMC is now the country’s largest municipality by area.
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
Syrma aims to make 2.1 mn sq mt of PCB as AP plant starts construction
SYRMA SGS Technology Ltd, an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company, has commenced construction of its printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing facility at Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh.
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December 05, 2025
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Opposition upset at V-P rejecting all notices under Rule 267
RAJYA Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Thursday clarified in detail on the scope and permissible use of Rule 267, stressing that the provision cannot be invoked to raise matters unrelated to the day’s listed agenda.
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December 05, 2025
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COMPONENT SHORTAGE, PRODUCT DELAYS TO DENT SMARTPHONE INDUSTRY GROWTH IN ZO26
GLOBAL smartphone shipments in 2026 are expected to decline 0.9% against the previous projection of 1.2% growth, IDC said in its latest report. The downward revision in forecast is mainly due to component shortages and changes in product launch schedules.
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
'No excessive power to EC in ONOE Bill'
AT a meeting with the parliamentary panel on ‘One nation, one election’, the Law Commission said that the proposed power to the Election Commission that seeks to lay a legal framework to hold ‘simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies’ is not excessive.
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December 05, 2025
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U'khand highly vulnerable, says new seismic map
THE Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a new seismic map, placing the entire Uttarakhand, including its plains and mountainous regions, into Seismic Zone 6—the highest category for earthquake vulnerability.
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December 05, 2025
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Bodies of 6 more Maoists found after encounter
SECURITY forces engaged in anti-Maoist operations along the Bijapur—-Dantewada inter-district border have recovered the bodies of six more Maoist cadres, taking the toll of Naxal-ites killed in the gunfight to 18.
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December 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
AIADMK, BJP accuse DMK of creating ‘unnecessary tension’
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Tamil Nadu BJP on Thursday accused the state government of creating “unnecessary tension” over the past two days by not enforcing the court’s directive.
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December 05, 2025
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Biren warns of existential crisis, tribes flag illegal influx
POPPY CULTIVATION ROW Former Manipur CM N Biren Singh warns of an existential crisis, linking recurrent floods to large-scale forest destruction for poppy cultivation
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December 05, 2025
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5 jumbo deaths in Pernambut this month, probe on
THE carcasses of three elephants, including a calf, were found in a decomposed state in the private Bhaimala forest, under the Pernambut forest range here on Thursday, during a patrol by the forest department field staff.
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December 05, 2025
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HUMAN SIDE OF ONLINE LEARNING
TEACHERS, peer connection, informal conversations, and campus life are essential to a student. However, when we think of online higher education, it is not uncommon to face one pertinent question: do online students miss out on experiences that campus environments provide?
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December 05, 2025
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Victims of STF harassment to get ₹2.6 cr relief
THE state government has sanctioned ₹2.59 crore as compensation for the victims of alleged excesses by the special task force (STF) during the hunt for forest brigand Veerappan.
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December 05, 2025
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Fitch raises India's FY26 GDP growth estimate to 7.4% from 6.9%
INDIAS strong economic momentum has prompted analysts to lift the country’s GDP growth forecast for FY26. Rating agency Fitch has revised its India GDP estimate for FY26 to 7.4%, up from 6.9% projected earlier, after growth in the September quarter (Q2FY26) accelerated faster than expected.
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December 05, 2025
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Sheetal Tejwani arrested in Pune land scam that named Ajit Pawar's son
THE Pune Police's Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Wednesday arrested Sheetal Tejwani in connection with a ₹1,800 crore land scam involving 40 acres of land near Pune, in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's elder son, Parth Pawar, is allegedly involved.
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December 04, 2025
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Groundwater extraction highest in Punjab, followed by Raj & Haryana
PUNJAB leads the nation in underground water extraction as 25% of the total 6,762 total blocks in India are over-exploited, critical and semi-critical and concentrated in only nine states.
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December 04, 2025
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MP records higher stubble burning than 5 states
Using satellite remote sensing, ICAR detected 33,028 paddy residue burning events across six states between Sept 15 and November 20, 2025
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December 04, 2025
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Jagadeesan to lead Tamil Nadu
WITH C Varun named in the India squad for South Africa T20Is, the state senior selection committee has named N Jagadeesan as captain of Tamil Nadu and B Sai Sudharsan as vice-captain for the remaining matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Ahmedabad.
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December 04, 2025
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ED attaches ₹2.04-cr assets of drug firm in Coldrif case
THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties worth ₹2.04 crore belonging to G Ranganathan of Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, including two residential apartments in Kodambakkam, Chennai, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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December 04, 2025
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HC comes down heavily on Raj govt for failing to repair school buildings
JUST before the much-hyped 'Pravasi Rajasthan' programme, the High Court has delivered an embarrassing jolt to the Rajasthan government.
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December 04, 2025
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If you want to do something, do it: Charani
DREAMER TO ACHIEVER
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December 04, 2025
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Moscow ties: Delhi rolls out red carpet for Putin
NEW Delhi is all set to roll out the red carpet as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives from Moscow on Thursday for a tightly packed two-day state visit laced with high-level diplomacy, economic negotiations and ceremonial grandeur. His first India trip in four years, the visit is designed to inject fresh momentum into the India-Russia partnership at a time of shifting geopolitical alignments.
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December 04, 2025
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NRI gives ₹3.7cr to improve infra at two corpn schools
ADDITIONAL classrooms and toilets have been built, more benches and tables have been added to the corporation-run middle and higher secondary schools in Avaniyapuram, thanks to the ₹ 3.7 crore donation made by Setin Dilip Babu, a Madurai native who is now settled in Singapore.
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December 04, 2025
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SC raps Maha prison dept for 'shocking' lapses
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday hauled up the Maharashtra Prison officials for repeatedly failing to produce an undertrial accused before the trial court on a majority of hearing dates.
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