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May 15, 2024

Day after, AAP admits assault on Maliwal

A day after Aam Aadmi Party leader Swati Maliwal accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's private secretary Bibhav Kumar of misbehaving with her, the party sought to limit the damage by admitting the crime, adding stern action would be taken against the accused.

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Ex-Indian Army officer with UN killed in Gaza

COLONEL Waibhav Anil Kale, a former Indian Army officer who had joined a UN agency in Gaza barely two months ago, was killed when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in wartorn Rafah in Gaza, becoming the first 'international casualty' for the world body since the IsraelHamas conflicted started.

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PM files papers amid show of NDA strength

SEEKING a third term as member of Parliament from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday filed his nomination papers amid great fanfare and symbolism in the presence of a whole array of NDA allies, chief ministers and Union ministers.

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Caste looms over temple in Ayodhya

UTTAR Pradesh's Faizabad constituency, comprising Ayodhya, could be easily mistaken for the nerve centre of temple politics but if past Lok Sabha elections are anything to go by, the poll outcome in this temple town has mostly been tied to the caste factor.

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Legal heir cert: HC wants penal action for false info

EXPRESSING concern over incidents of people furnishing false information to obtain legal heir certificate to inherit family properties, the Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to initiate criminal action against those indulging in such irregularities.

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Day after, AAP admits assault on Maliwal

A day after aam aadmi Party leader Swati Maliwal accused Delhi Chief Minister arvind Kejriwal’s private secretary Bibhav Kumar of misbehaving with her, the party sought to limit the damage by admitting the crime, adding stern action would be taken against the accused.

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Principal of health training institute, wife booked by DVAC

A disproportionate assets case has been filed against VK Palani, the principal of the health and family welfare department's training institute in Egmore, and his wife Dr N Premila by the Kanchipuram detachment of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Monday.

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Cars go up in flames, advisory issued against fuel conversion kits

IN the wake of recent incidents where stationary and moving cars went up in flames across the state, the transport department has cautioned against converting the fuel intake of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) or LPG at unapproved centres.

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Docus issued by consular office can be proof for foreign employment, says HC

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently observed that any document authenticated by the respective diplomatic and consular officer of a foreign country can be admitted as evidence in a case, even without the seal or sign of the employer, when the victim has met with an accident on Indian soil.

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Three boys drown while bathing in well in Karur

THREE minor boys drowned while bathing in an agricultural well at Andankoil in Karur on Monday evening.

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VIT founder awarded doctorate by US varsity

FOUNDER and chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Dr G Viswanathan was conferrred with an honorary doctorate by the State University of New York.

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7.8L Clear Class 11 Exam, 1.9K Schools Record 100% Pass

Result marginally better than previous year; girls' pass percentage 7.43 more than boys

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City corpn schools register 80.08% pass in class 11 exam

CITY corporation schools registered a pass percentage of 80.08 while government schools in the state recorded a pass percentage of 85.75 in class 11 examination on Tuesday.

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Tahsildar asks for 1 cr to remove encroachment on ECR, gets ₹3L; arrested

A WOMAN tahsildar who allegedly demanded a hefty bribe of ₹1 crore for clearing an encroachment from a government land in Injambakkam on East Coast Road landed behind bars on Tuesday.

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TEMPLE PRIEST BOOKED FOR RAPE

Makes woman abort foetus; tries to force her into having sex with 'friend' for money

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Gold worth 10 cr seized from Ramnad, Sivaganga

A total of 13.95 kg of gold, valued at 10.03 crore, was seized in two separate incidents in Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga on Tuesday.

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EPS appears in magistrate court over Maran's defamation case

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami appeared before the Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by former union minister and DMK candidate for the Central Chennai parliamentary constituency Dayanidhi Maran.

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Synchronised elephant census to be held across south India from May 23

FOUR southern states would be joining hands for the synchronised population estimation of wild elephants for three days starting from May 23.

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Fee for excavating silt from waterbodies may be slashed

THE Water Resources Department (WRD) is considering to reduce or remove tariffs for the extraction of clay from waterbodies for commercial use.

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SHORT END OF THE DRUMSTICK

This would have been the time of celebration for farmers but the sweltering heat has played spoilsport, leaving the otherwise resilient crop wilting in the adverse weather conditions

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4K asst prof recruitment: Guest lecturers want posts

MAKKAL Kalvi Kootiyakkam has urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to regularise guest lecturers working in various colleges across Tamil Nadu.

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Five killed as car rams stray cow, tree on ECR

FIVE men were killed in a road accident near Kalpakkam along the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chengalpattu district on Tuesday night.

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Intense rain likely in TN till May 18

Nearly 15-20 districts to receive showers; respite from heat as mercury level dips across state

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'Farmers must go for single crop in delta'

SENIOR Agrotechnologists Forum, Thanjavur, has suggested a single crop for the current cultivation year and said it would be prudent to release water from Mettur dam on August 15 for irrigation in the delta district.

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Incessant rainfall hits harvest-ready paddy in 600 acres, farmers seek aid

WITH heavy downpour lashing the district for the past few days, paddy farmers of Chellampatti region rued harvest loss stating that over 600 acres of paddy crops got inundated, and urged the state government to grant compensation.

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TDP leader attacked by YSRC group post-poll violence rocks parts of AP

Cops on tenterhooks as party workers clash; Naidu criticises govt's failure to curb violence

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Five-month-old baby mauled to death by dog in Telangana

In a heart wrenching incident, a fivemonth-old baby was mauled to death by a dog at Tandur in Vikarabad district on Tuesday.

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Wedded to activism, Karnataka lovers tie knot after 25 yrs

HAVING immersed themselves in people's movements, it took over 25 years for activists G Sudha and Mohan Kumar J to enter the wedlock. Both are 54.

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Eel caught in '21 off Thoothukudi coast is new species, finds research

MARINE biologists have discovered a new species of Congrid Eel Genus, Ariosoma Thoothukudiense at Thoothukudi fishing harbour.

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Survivor kidnap case: Revanna out of prison

Bengaluru Holenarasipur JDS MLA HD Revanna, who was arrested on charges of kidnapping a 47-yearold victim of sexual assault, was released from the Parappana Agrahara central prison around 1.30 pm on Tuesday.

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BEYOND THE BLUSTER OF WILD POLL PROMISES

The INDIA bloc seems glued together only by the parties’ opposition to the BJP. Will the rich-poor binary work for them in 2024?

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WEATHER DERIVATIVES: A NEW DAWN IN RISK MANAGEMENT

THE allure of weather derivatives financial instruments that allow businesses to hedge against the whims of Mother Nature is undeniable.

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MEA refutes Maldives charge on copter landing by Indian military personnel

INDIA has firmly refuted Maldivian Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon's claim that Indian military personnel conducted an unauthorised helicopter landing during the administration of former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. This assertion was made at a press conference on May 11.

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Bail to Navlakha as SC stays HC order in Bhima Koregaon case

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to human rights activist and journalist Gautam Navlakha in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case, refusing to extend the stay imposed by the Bombay High Court order on his bail.

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Hoarding owner booked, toll 14

Mumbai's Illegal billboard couldn’t be removed due to a dispute’ between BMC, Rly Police

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‘Govt passed the buck to U’khand on Patanjali ads’

IT wasn't just the Uttarakhand authorities, the Ayush Ministry, and the Health Ministry that failed to take any action against Yoga Guru Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved for repeatedly violating an act dealing with misleading advertisements of Ayush products, but also the Consumer Protection Authority, which, despite having more powers, merely forwarded the RTI complaints to other regulatory bodies for action under weaker laws.

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BRO makes breakthrough at 200km strategic Poonch link

THE process to develop a pivotal infrastructure project on National Highway 144A connecting Akhnoor to Poonch on Tuesday reached a significant milestone following the breakthrough ceremony for the Sungal tunnel reviewed by Director General BRO Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan.

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Matuas will get citizenship, none can stop it, says Shah...

UNION home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday claimed that the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee's \"vote bank politics\" was linked to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

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Haryana with 16 beats neighbour Punjab in fielding women candidates

FOUR major parties in Punjab have fielded only six women candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, with BJP picking three, Congress two, and SAD one.

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Mamata Retorts, Says BJP Won't Cross 200-Seat Mark

WEST Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the BJP is unlikely to touch the 200-seat mark in the parliamentary polls and that the India bloc will easily cross the 300-seat threshold.

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Pak accepts IMF line to privatise all public sector units

CASH-STRAPPED Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, including the lossmaking PIA, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday, broadening the government's initial plans to make only loss-making state firms private.

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Aid Is On The Way, Says Blinken As He Visits Kyiv Amidst Russian Assault

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a "real difference" on the battlefield, as the top diplomat made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to reassure an ally facing a fierce new Russian offensive.

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Nobel laureate Munro was master of contemporary short story writing

NOBEL laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history's most honored short story writers, has died at age 92.

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Rafah Assault Pushed Back Truce Talks

Humanitarian aid has not been able to reach Gaza since May 9; ICJ to hear petition asking Israel to halt Rafah attack

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FM warns retail investors of futures & options market risks

She assures Street about stability and majority of the next Modi govt

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Anushka And Virat-Backed Go Digit To Hit Market Today

ANUSHKA SHARMA and Virat Kohli-backed Go Digit is all set to launch its ₹2,600 crore initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday.

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Airtel Q4 net profit falls to 2,072 cr on devaluation of Nigerian currency

BHARTI AIRTEL, country's second largest telecom service provider, reported a dip of 31.1% year-on-year (YoY) in its consolidated net profit to ₹2,072 crore for the March quarter of the financial year 2023-24.

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Amazon invests 21,660 crore in India arm as competition rises in e-commerce space

AMAZON has infused ₹1,660 crore into its India entity and this is the second time that the company has invested money in the last few months.

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With German legend by his side, Anish thrives

ANISH Bhanwala is in a happy space at the moment. The proficient pistol shooter from the country has elevated his game in the last one year or so. That lift in confidence was evident during the ongoing Olympic Shooting Trials (OST) as he put up some rich scores to practically seal a spot in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol team for the upcoming Paris Olympics.

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Porel, Stubbs provide final push of the season for Delhi

DELHI Capitals signed off their league obligations with a 19run win against Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday. However, the hosts, with 14 points, will have to depend on a couple of teams doing them multiple favours in the final league matches of the season. What complicates matters for them is their inferior Net Run Rate when compared to some of their direct rivals to make the elimination phase of the competition.

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