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MADURAI'S MIDNIGHT DOGFATHER
Councillor Jayachandran sets an example for other wards by taking care of dogs. He wants to promote humane handling of the stray animals
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June 14, 2026
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SIT to probe ₹7-cr Ayodhya funds swindle
IN the wake of the demand of Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and acting on the direction of CM Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday constituted a three-member SIT to probe into the alleged embezzlement of donation funds from the Ram Temple in Ayodhya amid mounting calls for a transparent inquiry. Donations to the tune of ₹7 crore were reportedly swindled.
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June 14, 2026
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Captain, poker player, TV pundit and Bosnia coach
SERGEJ Barbarez surveilled the scene in front of him.
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June 14, 2026
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THE ALGO RAJ: POLITICAL RISKS OF TECH OLIGARCHY
ON Thursday evening, he was worth $696 billion. Roughly 12 hours later, as SpaceX listed on Nasdaq, mercurial genius Elon Musk notched history’s milestone—the world’s first trillionaire.
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June 14, 2026
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Uddhav meets MPs amid talk of Shinde's 'Operation Tiger'
AMID reports of a TMC split, Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday convened his party’s parliamentary board meeting, which was attended by senior party leaders besides Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.
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June 14, 2026
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MBBS student from KEM sent on 15 days' leave over her comment on cadavers
DAYS after a video clip of a female MBBS student from Mumbai’s KEM Hospital, Sejal Pawar, joking about the size of male cadavers’ private parts sparked controversy, the hospital and its attached medical college on Saturday placed her on compulsory leave for 15 days.
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June 14, 2026
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AWESOME FOURSOME RATTLES BJP
IN the sprawling Rashtrapati Bhawan complex, where Niti Aayog’s national narrative unfolded last week as polite choreography between the Centre and the states, four chief ministers arrived not as supplicants, but as a single, coordinated force.
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June 14, 2026
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Rack storage to grow into ₹27k cr industry by '30
INDIA'S vertical storage industry, also known as rack storage solutions, is expected to nearly double in size to around 27,000 crore by 2030, driven by rising demand from manufacturers for storage facilities located close to production units and supported by government initiatives such as PM Gati Shakti and the development of multimodal logistics parks.
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June 14, 2026
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Copyright move triggers religious storm
A controversy has erupted around Gujarat’s pilgrimage town of Salangpur in Botad district after the temple trust secured copyright and trademark protection for the 54-foot-tall “King of Salangpur” Hanuman statue and his sacred idol with 13 monkeys installed inside the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.
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June 14, 2026
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Toxic gas leak in abandoned coal mine, 4 killed
FOUR people were killed due to a toxic gas leak in an abandoned coal mine in Ramgarh. The incident took place in the Chapri-Bumri area under the Ramgarh forest zone, where few had descended into the closed coal mine with an intention to extract coal.
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June 14, 2026
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ICAI to take up Rajesh Exports case suo motu
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will constitute a separate technical group on a suo motu basis to examine issues arising from the Rajesh Exports case even as the Sebi has referred the matter to the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) for further probe.
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June 14, 2026
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In the Garden of Shared Epics
Ferdowsi is undoubtedly the king of Persian poets. Through his monumental Shahnameh—begun in 977 CE and completed over nearly three decades—he secured his place among the greatest preservers of language, literature, and cultural memory in world history.
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June 14, 2026
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Anthropic asked to disable Fable 5, Mythos 5 outside US
DAYS after Anthropic released its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models, the US government has ordered to suspend access to these models outside the country.
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June 14, 2026
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Row over Rabri's diamond bracelet gift to folk singer
RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s 79th birthday celebration has triggered a controversy after ex-CM Rabri Devi gifted a diamond-studded golden bracelet to a Bhojpuri folk singer as JD(U) on Saturday wrote to Bihar police’s Economic Offences Unit (EOU), demanding a probe.
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June 14, 2026
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WHAT THE WAVES COULDN'T TAKE AWAY
THE sea was not supposed to be there. On the morning of 26 December 2004, 17-year-old S Vishanth watched in horror as towering walls of water surged through Ennore’s narrow streets, swallowing homes, fishing nets, and everything in their path.
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June 14, 2026
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EAM raises US lethal action, Rubio cites blockade breach
EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday raised the killing of three Indian mariners in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, saying “such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.”
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June 14, 2026
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What is the Price of a Life in India?
A name becomes a number, a life becomes a statistic, as countless people disappear into India’s daily ledger of loss
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June 14, 2026
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The bronze medal that shines like gold
THOUSANDS of families residing across Chennai’s resettlement colonies try to navigate their lives shaped by displacement, inadequate public and infrastructural facilities, and limited access to quality education.
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June 14, 2026
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EVOLVING SYMBOLISM OF POWER DRESSING
LAWYERS sport it. Corporate executives flaunt it. Even callow job aspirants wear it. But when a newly-minted chief minister shows up in one in Tamil Nadu, it can raise eyebrows.
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June 14, 2026
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BJP prepares to go solo in Punjab polls, Shah wants outreach at booth level
THE BJP is likely to contest the next Assembly election in Punjab without entering into an alliance. The decision to field candidates on all 117 seats was deliberated upon at a two-hour brainstorming session between Punjab leaders and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president Nitin Nabin and party’s national general secretary B L Santhosh on Friday night in Delhi.
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June 14, 2026
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Workers strip Trump's name from Kennedy Center after ruling
WORKERS in the US capital began removing President Donald Trump’s name from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, after a federal judge ruled that its renaming was unlawful.
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June 14, 2026
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Japan vs US: Tale of 2 interest rates
With Japan being the top investor, BoJ rate hike may trigger massive sale of US govt bonds
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June 14, 2026
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SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES AS STRATEGIC ASSETS
AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes a decade in office, it is an appropriate moment to reflect on a leadership journey that has sought to reshape India’s development trajectory and redefine its place in the world.
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June 14, 2026
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B’desh flags push-in concern, India seeks quick nationality verification
INDIA and Bangladesh have agreed to strengthen coordinated border management, intensify joint patrols and enhance real-time information sharing following the 57th Director General-level Border Coordination Conference between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) held in New Delhi from June 8 to 11.
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June 13, 2026
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18 days & ₹1.47 cr gone: Retired Gujarat official falls prey to digital arrest
WHAT began as a routine phone call turned into an 18-day nightmare for a retired professional in Gujarat’s Vadodara city, as cyber fraudsters posing as government officials allegedly held him under ‘digital arrest’ and duped him of ₹1.47 crore.
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June 13, 2026
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Mentally ill man in prison for 10 years despite acquittal; HC calls for checks in all state prisons
SHOCKED to find that a man with chronic mental illness has been languishing in jail for the past 10 years despite being acquitted in a murder case in 2016, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the state government to form a team to inspect all prisons in Tamil Nadu to ascertain if any other person with mental illness continues to languish in jail even after being acquitted or receiving a sentence.
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June 13, 2026
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IIT-Madras releases ‘world’s most detailed’ 3D human brainstem atlas
THE Indian Institute of Technology Madras has released what is being described as the world’s most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem at cell-level resolution, marking a significant leap in understanding one of the most critical parts of the human brain, according to a statement issued by the institute.
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June 13, 2026
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At INDIA bloc meeting, Rahul renews call for Oppn unity to fight BJP
AT the meeting of the INDIA bloc leaders earlier this week, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that going by the anger among the people, the next general election is “already won” but the main problem is that there won’t be a fair election to win.
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June 13, 2026
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Air India may defer aircraft deliveries, expansion plans
TO cut mounting losses in the backdrop of several headwinds, Tata Group-run Air India is looking to defer aircraft deliveries, cut flights and postpone expansion plans.
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June 13, 2026
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RANA’S LEGACY WILL BE HARD TO FOLLOW
JASPAL RANA didn’t know the subtlety of camouflaging bitter truth with sweeteners.
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