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Live-in relationship not illegal, state’s duty to protect every citizen, says HC
THE Allahabad High Court came to the rescue of 12 women, who were in live-in relationships and had petitioned the court seeking protection, fearing a threat to their lives.
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December 19, 2025
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Vijay invokes MGR and Jaya to brand DMK as evil, hails TVK as ‘pure force’
TVK president Vijay on Thursday tore into the DMK, terming the ruling party an “evil force”, a phrase coined by AIADMK stalwarts MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa to target the Dravidian major.
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December 19, 2025
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Kishan's statement ton helps Jharkhand lift title
OUT-OF-FAVOUR India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan made a compelling case for a T20I recall with a belligerent hundred to power Jharkhand to their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title with a 69-run victory over Haryana on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
ELOQUENT SILENCE OF CONSTITUTIONS
LUDWIG Wittgenstein famously concluded his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus with the injunction: \"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.\"
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December 19, 2025
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Mamata to rename her govt-funded job scheme after Mahatma Gandhi
WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that her government would rename a state-funded job guarantee scheme after Mahatma Gandhi, a statement made amid the ongoing row over the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill (G RAM G Bill 2025).
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December 19, 2025
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Be wary of groups only keen on vote bank: EPS
IN a veiled dig at DMK, AIAD-’MK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday cautioned people of minority communities to remain vigilant to “groups” that present themselves as their well-wishers but are actually driven by self-interest, seeking to retain power, generation after generation, by exploiting vote bank politics.
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December 19, 2025
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Give ESI cover for all staff, 2 univs warned
THE bank accounts of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University and Anna University - Tirunelveli campus would be frozen and employees' contribution dues along with interest and damages would be recovered under the Code of Social Security (CSS), 2020, if the institutions fail to register their staff with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), said G Bhaskar, Joint Director (in-charge), ESIC Tirunelveli Sub-Region.
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December 19, 2025
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300 state govt school students selected for residential JEE training programme
FOR the first time, the school education department is organising a state-level residential training programme for 300 government school students across Tamil Nadu to prepare them for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Mains).
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December 19, 2025
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No action against men who got ₹10K under women yojna
THE Bihar government on Thursday clarified that it would not take 'coercive action' against the 470 differently abled men who received ₹10,000 each under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojna ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.
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December 19, 2025
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Ace sculptor Ram V Sutar passes away at 100
RENOWNED sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, best known for designing the Statue of Unity -- world's tallest statue -- in Gujarat, passed away at his Noida residence late on Wednesday night.
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December 19, 2025
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Names of 16L MGNREGS workers out
ABOUT a month before the Centre introduced the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), official data shows that more than 16.3 lakh workers were removed from the scheme rolls in the preceding 36 days.
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December 19, 2025
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U’khand youth forced to join Russia war, dies
A 30-year-old Uttarakhand man, who went to Russia on a student visa for higher studies, died after he was allegedly forced to join the Russian army for Ukraine war.
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December 19, 2025
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CCI will launch probe into IndiGo for ‘abusing its dominant position’
THE Competition Commission of India (CCI), a regulatory body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, will probe the practices of India's largest domestic airline, IndiGo, to assess whether it has abused its dominant position in the aviation sector.
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December 19, 2025
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Ratle power project in J&K set to face 2-yr delay
THE hopes of relief from power outages in electricity-deficit Jammu and Kashmir have dimmed as the 850-MW Ratle hydroelectric power project in Kishtwar district is set to face a delay of more than two years in its commissioning.
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December 18, 2025
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At Alpine SG Pipers, a great team comes with caveat – 3 for Candidates
AFTER the second day of the Global Chess League on Monday, just when Alpine SG Pipers’ team bus had pulled up at the hotel to drop the players off, Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri were sitting side by side next to the door.
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December 18, 2025
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No truck with Ajit’s NCP in BMC polls over Malik: BJP
THE BJP said on Wednesday that it will not have a tie-up with its MahaYuti ally NCP for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections as Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s party has named Nawab Malik, an accused in a money laundering case linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s aides, as the poll in-charge.
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
'Excessive fog' leads to T20I abandonment
BY the time the fourth T20I between India and South Africa in Lucknow was officially called off on Wednesday, two and a half hours had passed.
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
BJP & Cong spar over court order in National Herald case
Political vendetta: Kharge
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Report flags China tapping US nuke data to aid military
CHINA is exploiting partnerships with US researchers funded by the Department of Energy to provide the Chinese military with access to sensitive nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications, according to a congressional report published on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
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Pak extends airspace ban for Indian planes, Delhi likely to reciprocate
AFTER closing its airspace to India's airlines in April following the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan on Wednesday extended the ban by another month till January 23.
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December 18, 2025
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WADA’S LATEST TESTING FIGURES SHAME INDIA... AGAIN
India has retained its number one spot in the global doping charts for 2024 per the World Anti-Doping Agency with as many as 260 adverse analytical findings
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December 18, 2025
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India, Ethiopia 'natural partners' in peace, security and connectivity, says PM
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described India and Ethiopia as \"natural partners\" in regional peace, security and connectivity, asserting that the two countries share a vision for a world that is \"more just, more equal and more peaceful.
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December 18, 2025
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Festival hopping in Jaipur: Winter edition
For those of you who have done their fair share of exploring the Pink City, can enjoy the destination through these cultural events...
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
WHEN ALL ABOARD ARE FLYING BLIND
THE IndiGo turbulence has again brought the issues of corporate governance and marquee boards into public discourse.
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Anbumani holds protest demanding caste census, BJP & others take part
The participation of BJP leaders and their supporters, including the Indian Jananayaga Katchi (IJK) and Puratchi Bharatham, in the Anbumani Ramadoss-led protest for a caste-wise census in the state on Wednesday has fuelled speculation that his faction of the PMK may be looking to align with the NDA bloc ahead of the 2026 Assembly election.
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December 18, 2025
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Min challenges ED probe in PMLA case
THE Madras High Court on Wednesday admitted the petitions filed by Rural Development Minister I Periyasamy and his family members challenging the money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate and the summons issued by the Adjudicating Authority, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), and issued notice to the ED to file its reply by January 5, 2026.
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December 18, 2025
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Eternal's Goyal, Nykaa founder Nayar in Hurun India's Top 10 'self-made' list
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December 18, 2025
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Panic grips Gujarat as 19 schools get bomb threats, students and teachers safe
A wave of bomb threats sent by email jolted Gujarat on Wednesday, putting at least 19 prominent schools in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kalol on high alert.
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December 18, 2025
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MANUFACTURING SECTOR PLAYED KEY ROLE IN TN'S 16% GSDP GROWTH: FM
TAKING pride in the GSDP growth of Tamil Nadu which reached ₹31.19 lakh crore during 2024-25 from ₹26.88 lakh crore in the previous year, thus registering a growth of 16%, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Wednesday said the manufacturing sector made a significant contribution to this growth.
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December 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
Snicko admits operator error led to Carey’s reprieve
THE operator of the Snicko technology being used in the Ashes has admitted an error led to a reprieve for Australia’s Alex Carey on the first day of the third Test in Adelaide on Wednesday.
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