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May 03, 2024

Shops set afire in caste clash in Salem; 19 held

NINETEEN people were arrested at Thevattipatti in Salem district late on Thursday after clashes broke out between Dalits and caste Hindus over allowing Scheduled Caste members to enter the local Mariamman Temple.

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Nomination deadline for Amethi, Rae Bareli seats in UP ends today

WITH barely hours left for filing of nomination papers for the Amethi and Rae Bareli seats, the Congress is continuing to keep the suspense on whether Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka will contest from the prestigious seats.

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3 engg students feared drowned in stone quarry

THREE college students who went for a swim in a pool of water collected in an abandoned stone quarry were feared drowned at Keerapakkam near Guduvanchery on Wednesday.

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'Prajwal flew to Germany on diplomatic passport'

SUSPENDED Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is in the eye of a storm over his alleged sexual harassment of women, travelled to Germany on a diplomatic passport without political clearance, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.

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BJP scramble to save Sikri fort from popular Kargil war veteran's Hand

KNOWN for being the seat of the famous Sufi saint Salim Chishti and the fort of Mughal Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri is the youngest parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

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Lakhs of coconut trees set to perish in TN as record heat & drought take toll

THOUSANDS of coconut farmers in Pollachi, Anaimalai, Kinathukadavu, and Udumalai taluks in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts have been felling the entire plantations they had nurtured lovingly for years as they could not stand the pain of seeing their trees wither due to lack of water.

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Edu dept to conduct special classes for class 10 supplementary exams

IN tune with the efforts to reduce dropouts, the school education department has decided to conduct special classes for class 10 students who have failed or were absent during the public examinations.

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HC: ASI can't endanger archaeological structures

THE Madras High Court has observed that the Archaeological Survey of India and the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology are the custodians of the archaeological monuments and they can't endanger any such structures.

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Classification of 14k ha as Red Hills catchment area illegal: High Court

Bench says CMDA has no power to declare land as no-development-area without acquiring it

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Second elephant underpass at Madukkarai complete

THE Palakkad division of Southern Railway has completed construction of the second underpass to facilitate free movement of wild animals in Madukkarai in Coimbatore forest division.

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Doctors remove 5-cm-long LED bulb from boy's lungs

DOCTORS at Sri Ramachandra Hospital in Porur saved the life of a five-year-old boy by removing an LED bulb from his lungs through bronchoscopy.

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EVM strong rooms in city declared 'red zones'

FOLLOWING orders of Chennai City Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore, places where the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are stored have been declared as 'red zones' and flying of drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles will be prohibited in these areas until June 4.

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Madharavam to Nallur NH to be relaid at ₹38 cr

Stretch filled with pits, potholes: stormwater drainage will also be built on service road

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Not even a drop of water in 10 of 90 reservoirs in TN

WITH summer heat on the rise, water levels in several reservoirs across the state have continued to decline.

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Three students among four killed in accident involving 2 bikes & tractor

FOUR people, including three college students on a motorcycle, were killed in an accident near Tharangambadi in the district on Thursday.

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POWER STRUGGLE

As the mercury level rises by the day, Tangedco employees and AC technicians work through the heat to help bring some respite

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Charge sheet filed in rape & murder of Pondy minor

IN the sexual assault-cum-murder case of a nine-year-old girl belonging to SC community, the police on Thursday filed a 500page charge sheet along with documents before the Special Fast Track Court exclusively designated to handle cases under Pocso Act in Puducherry.

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TN to go tough on outdoor ads on online gambling

THE government has decided to take stringent action against outdoor advertisements of online gambling sites such as hoardings, posters, banners and autorickshaw branding.

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Illegal liquor sale: 2,592 bottles seized

IN a recent operation spanning two days, the police have apprehended two individuals and confiscated a total of 2,592 liquor bottles from two locations in Brammadesam.

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Govt doctor dies after giving birth to twins at Pudukai GH

A 34-year-old obstetrician at Ranee's Government Memorial Hospital died at the healthcare institution soon after giving birth to twins in a caesarean section surgery on Tuesday night.

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'Quarry flouted govt norms, breached safety protocol'

A preliminary assessment of the stone quarry in Kadamangulam, where an explosion at the quarry's warehouse on Wednesday killed three workers, revealed that there were breaches of safety protocol and flouting of government norms by the operators.

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Lookout notice against 'absconder' Prajwal

MORE trouble seems to be brewing for Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and his MLA father HD Revanna in the alleged sex videos case as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) issued a lookout notice against Prajwal while a Hassan court allowed the SIT to invoke rape charges against MLA Revanna, who has moved a special court seeking anticipatory bail.

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WHY A STATE IS SUING THE UNION

There is constitutionally guaranteed financial autonomy for states. But by a 2018 amendment to the law on fiscal responsibility, the Centre tried to step into the states' terrain

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AWARENESS KEY IN FIGHT AGAINST UNUSUAL HEAT

KERALA is grappling with an unprecedented heat wave these days.

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LIFTING THE BURDEN KEEPING INDIAN WOMEN FROM WORK

OMEN'S work participation across the world has been low and its recovery from the postpandemic period has been slow.

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EC NEEDS TO PUBLICLY SHARE DATA TO ENHANCE TRUST IN POLL PROCESS

THE delay by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in putting out the final figures of polling in the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha election has generated a completely avoidable controversy.

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Men at higher risk of early Covid death: Lancet

MEN are at a higher risk of premature death than women, however, females who live longer lives tend to spend more of their lifetime in poor health, according to a Lancet report.

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US panel report on religious freedom biased, says MEA

INDIA has accused the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) of attempting to interfere in its electoral process, branding it as a 'biased' organization.

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Day after TMC action against him, Ghosh calls himself grassroot worker

A day after Kunal Ghosh was removed as the general secretary of the Trinamool Congress, he said on Thursday that he would continue to work as a grassroot worker of the party.

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33% quota for women in SCBA

3 executive, 2 sr executive members & treasurer of Supreme Court Bar Association to be women SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi IN a significant order, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the implementation of minimum 1/3rd women's reservation in the posts of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).

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Kharge says PM should seek votes on his govt's performance in last 10 yrs

IN a response to Prime Minister Modi's personalised letter to the BJP-led NDA candidates in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge urged the Prime Minister on Thursday to seek votes based on the performance of his government over the last ten years instead of indulging in \"hate speeches.

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India concerned over China building infra near Siachen

AMID reports of China constructing roads and developing infrastructure near Siachen, specifically in the Shaksgam Valley, India has reiterated that the Shaksgam Valley is an integral part of Indian territory.

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Brahmos docus: DRDO bins reports of security breach

DEFENCE Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has refuted the media reports on alleged controversial and unauthorised movement of classified BrahMos documents outside the premises by a former senior scientist that has sent shock waves on the security of the country's sensitive and secret defence apparatus and documents.

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Don't enrol voters for post-poll schemes, parties told

THE Election Commission of India (EC) on Thursday issued directions to all political parties to immediately cease enrolling voters for post-election beneficiary-oriented schemes through advertisements, surveys and applications.

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'My dad inherited martyrdom, not wealth': Priyanka flays BJP

MP & C'garh rallies, Cong leader urges people to assess work done in last 10 yrs IN a retort to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent \"inheritance tax\" jibe at former PM Late Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said it was not wealth but the \"spirit of shahadat (martyrdom)\" that her father inherited from his mother.

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In Gujarat, PM says Pak will be happy if Cong returns to power

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday dubbed the Congress a \"disciple\" of Pakistan, and said the neighbouring country was eager to make the \"shehzada\" of the grand old party the next prime minister of India.

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200 ARRESTED IN UCLA FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST

Nationwide arrests in campuses around the US has crossed 2,000 as police personnel remove barricades, dismantle camps of students against Gaza war

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Will take until 2040 to build houses destroyed in Gaza: UN

IF the war in Gaza stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed in nearly seven months of Israel's bombardment and ground offensives in the territory, according to United Nations estimates released Thursday.

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Coal India net profit rises 26% on higher supplies

COAL India (CIL) on Thursday reported a 26.2% rise in consolidated net profit to 8,682.20 crore for the March quarter on the back higher supplies of the dry fuel.

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Two-wheelers see strong double-digit growth in Apr

ON the back of low base of last year and strong buying during the nine-day Navratra festival, the country's two-wheeler market reported strong sales growth in April 2024.

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Byju's links salary to weekly revenue

AMID cash crunch edtech firm Byju's has now linked sales team salaries to the revenues they generate every week.

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DoT asks telcos to start caller ID feature CNAP

IN a bid to check spam calls in, the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has asked telecom service providers to start trials of CNAP (Calling Name Presentation), a feature that will display name of a caller.

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Aadhar Housing IPO price brand at ₹300-315

AADHAR Housing Finance on Thursday fixed the price band for its 3,000 crore initial public offer (share) at 300-315 per share, valuing the global private equity major Blackstoneowned affordable housing loan player at around 13,400 crore.

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Adani Enterprises March quarter net profit declines by 38% to ₹451 crore

ADANI Enterprises Ltd (AEL) - on Thursday reported a sharp dip of 38% in its consolidated net profit at 451 crore for the quarter ended March 2024 (Q4FY24) as against ₹722.48 crore profit reported in the same quarter of last fiscal (Q3FY23).

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Not Only Inflation, Many Factors Behind Rise In GST

Impact of inflation on revenue collection was subdued in 2023-24

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Dortmund take lead over PSG

NICLAS Fuellkrug gave Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League semifinal first leg on Wednesday as the journeyman striker outshone superstar Kylian Mbappe on the night.

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Sandeep Keeps It Tidy Again But SRH Pip RR To Go Fourth

"THE only thing you can control is your hard work and never give up attitude."

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Early starts & options: Rohit's gamble

India skipper explains why they lobbied for four spinners over Rinku, their designated finisher in the T20 format GOMESH S @ Chennai WHILE India captain Rohit Sharma did not reveal much on what kind of combinations the team would play at the T20 World Cup, he made one thing clear.

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CONCERNED ABOUT PACER DEEPAK'S INJURY: FLEMING

Even as Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets to get to eight points, the home team's position in the points table hasn't changed.

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Emphasis on economy over wicket-taking: How Chahar adapts to T20s

MUCH like it has been for his team, it has been a roller-coaster of an IPL season for Punjab Kings spinner Rahul Chahar.

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Know What Google Is Doing For Its Play Store Security

GOOGLE is taking various steps to secure its Google Play store. From strengthening its developer onboarding and review processes to labelling VPN apps or phasing out outdated apps, the company is dedicated to creating a more secure and user-friendly experience.

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Continuing relevance of Intellectual Property Rights, Metaverse & NFTs

WITH the increasing presence of technology and artificial intelligence in our lives, we can't ignore the significance of intellectual property rights and assets in areas such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse.

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