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Radhakishan Damani invests ₹90 cr in Lenskart ahead of public offer
BILLIONAIRE investor and the founder of Avenue Supermarts (DMart) Radhakishan Damanihas invested around Rs 90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions in a pre-IPO (initial public offering) funding round, according to sources aware of the development.
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October 25, 2025
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'Heat stress played major role in stampede, daytime rallies must be banned'
ENVIRONMENTAL group Poovulagin Nanbargal has urged the state government to ban daytime political rallies between February and October and called on the union government to classify extreme heat as a disaster under the Disaster Management Act.
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October 25, 2025
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DON'T CRITICISE CITIZENS DEMANDING BETTER INFRA
HE acrimonious exchange between Karnataka’s top political and corporate leaders over Bengaluru’s failing infrastructure has only served to highlight the reality that has become the city’s identity—cratered roads, traffic bottlenecks, and garbage piles.
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October 25, 2025
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TN aim for maximum points versus Nagaland
TAMIL Nadu will look to put behind their innings defeat against Jharkhand when they face Nagaland in their second round of the Ranji Trophy to be played at the BCCI CoE grounds, Bengaluru.
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October 25, 2025
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3 killed as car collides with lorry near Ulundurpet
THREE people, including a woman, were killed after a speeding car rammed into the rear of a tanker lorry near Sembiyan Mahadevi on the Ulundurpet-Salem GST Road in Kallakurichi on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
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High on drugs, Indian-origin truck driver kills three in US crash; held
A 21-year-old Indian-origin truck driver, Jashanpreet Singh, who had reportedly entered the US illegally in 2022, has been arrested for causing a semi-truck crash in California's Ontario that snuffed out three lives and injured at least four other people on Tuesday.
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October 24, 2025
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'Abhay' for anonymity: How Maoists evade police action
ENGLISH playwright William Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet, \"What's in a name?\" For the outlawed CPI (Maoist), the answer is everything. Names, often assumed or symbolic, are a tool of survival, strategy, and connection with the communities in which they operate.
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October 24, 2025
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Kohli’s twin failures, Sharma’s fifty talking points in India’s loss
IT'S hard to find context in an ODI bilateral series with no major events scheduled in that format for the next two years.
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October 24, 2025
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Trump factor leads PM to duck Malaysia trip, says Cong
THE Congress on Thursday claimed that the reason for Prime Minister Narendra Modi not travelling to Malaysia for the Asean summit was that he does not want to be cornered by US President Donald Trump.
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October 24, 2025
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More girls in govt-run CBSE schools, says secy
IT is crucial that society invest more in the education of the girl child, according to the Union Secretary of Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar.
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October 24, 2025
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321kg gold smuggled through 7 main routes seized in 10 months, says DRI
THE Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has uncovered an increasingly sophisticated gold smuggling operation spanning continents. Between January and October this year, DRI intercepted and seized around 321kg of smuggled gold, valued at ₹406.35 crore.
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October 24, 2025
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U’khand village puts cap on wedding expenses
TO curb the rising expenses and the culture of showiness at social ceremonies, the residents of Kandhar village in Uttarakhand's tribal region of Jaunsar-Bawar have passed a social bylaw limiting the gold jewellery married women can wear at weddings and family functions.
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October 24, 2025
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TAKE AI’S HELP FOR SPEEDY JUSTICE
EW phrases encapsulate the despair of the Indian litigant more powerfully than Sunny Deol's anguished outburst in Damini: \"Tareekh pe tareekh\" (hearing after hearing).
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October 24, 2025
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BIHAR LEADERS FACE YOUTH TEST
WITH the Bihar election campaign gaining steam, the spotlight is increasingly focused on three key factors—the caste calculus, alliance chemistry and women’s vote—that past elections have highlighted.
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October 23, 2025
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Rural women's participation in workforce high
25 Bhairav Light Combat Battalions likely to get ready within six months
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October 23, 2025
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NE MONSOON RAIN BRINGS DOWN TN POWER DEMAND
WITH the northeast monsoon bringing heavy rainfall, the state’s power demand has dropped over the past few days.
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October 23, 2025
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Punjabi singer shot at in Canada, gangster’s aides claim responsibility
PUNJABI singer Teji Kahlon was shot at in Canada and associates of gangster Rohit Godara claimed responsibility for the attack.
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October 23, 2025
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'India conceals, Trump reveals,' says Cong on US Prez's Russian oil claims
THE Congress on Wednesday used a phone call from White House greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Deepavali to take a swipe at the Centre. The attack came after US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that India is “not going to buy much oil from Russia”.
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October 23, 2025
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A tribute: Naroditsky touch in chess lessons
FOR over two weeks in Singapore at the World Championships last November and December, GM Daniel Naroditsky had inadvertently become my eyes and ears.
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October 23, 2025
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Four die in separate wall collapse incidents due to heavy rain in 3 districts
A woman and her daughter died after a wall of their house collapsed near Puduchathiram in Chidambaram taluk of Cuddalore district early on Wednesday.
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October 23, 2025
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Raj student doing MBBS in Russia goes missing, family alleges foul play
A 24-year-old student from Kafanwada village in Laxmangarh, Alwar district, has gone missing in Russia under mysterious circumstances. Ajit Singh, son of Roop Singh Chaudhary, was pursuing an MBBS degree at the Bashkir State Medical University in Ufa, Russia, and has not been seen since around 11 pm on October 19. His mobile phone has been switched off since then.
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October 23, 2025
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PSG score seven, Barca hit six on a goal-filled night
PARIS Saint-Germain scored seven, Barcelona hit six and Erling Haaland struck his 24th goal of the season on an actionpacked night in the Champions League.
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October 23, 2025
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MINDFUL METROPOLIS
Here are five options to experience and explore Singapore's spiritual culture and way of living...
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October 23, 2025
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EC initiates talks with states for nationwide SIR rollout
THE Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday began a two-day meeting with Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) from all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to review preparations for the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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October 23, 2025
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Rain puts a dampener on NZ’s best laid plans
IN the last week or so, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine was seen playing with a mosquito bat in the dressing room at the RS Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and a sparkler, a type of firecracker, during Deepavali celebrations here in the city. But not so much with the bat.
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October 23, 2025
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Coach Srinath backs Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi at chess World Cup
GRANDMASTER Srinath Narayanan, who was the coach of the India team that won gold at the 2024 Chess Olympiad, felt both R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi would have a great chance to lift the title.
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October 23, 2025
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Brittas says concerned over OCI registration norms, writes to Shah
CPI(M) MP John Brittas has written to Home Minister Amit Shah expressing concerns over the recent notification under the Citizenship Act, 1955 that allows cancellation of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) registration if the cardholder is charge-sheeted for certain offences.
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October 23, 2025
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Gehlot meets Lalu, Tejashwi to resolve 'friendly' fight in India
DAYS before the Bihar elections, senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday that all is well within INDIA bloc or Mahagathbandhan, brushing aside reports of discord among alliance partners over seat-sharing.
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October 23, 2025
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More foodgrain godowns built in 52 months by DMK than 10 yrs of AIADMK rule, says minister
IN the last 52 months of DMK rule, paddy godowns with a storage capacity totalling to 7.37 lakh tonnes were built, which is higher than what was set up during the 10 years of AIADMK rule, said Minister for Food and Civil Supplies R Sakkarapani on Wednesday.
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October 23, 2025
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21 injured as govt bus turns turtle on NH near Mailam
A total of 21 persons were injured after a government bus overturned near Jakkampettai along the Chennai-Tiruchy National Highway in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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