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Scorching heat fuels wildfires as Spain sends 500 more troops to hard-hit Galicia
SPAIN is deploying a further 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have torn through parched woodland during a prolonged spell of scorching weather, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Sunday.
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August 18, 2025
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4 Escape Car Fire on Trichy-Chennai National Highway
In a major accident on the Trichy-Chennai NH at Villupuram on Saturday, three cars were involved in a multiple-vehicle crash. All four passengers escaped unhurt.
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August 18, 2025
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SBI, Union Bank Hike New Home Loan Rates
With sequential fall in margins between 1 bps and 67 bps across lenders, more banks are expected to follow suit
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August 18, 2025
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Omni bus owners allege illegal tax collection in TN
THE All Omni Bus Owners and Operators Association alleged on Sunday that transport officers in the state are illegally collecting money from omni bus owners from both Tamil Nadu and other states under the guise of a special tax, despite them already paying the legally mandated road tax.
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August 18, 2025
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FinMin to meet PSB CEOs to review Q1 performance
The Finance Ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on Wednesday to review the first-quarter financial performance.
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August 18, 2025
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NoC poser to construction near monuments
The National Monument Authority (NMA) has issued strict directions to all states and Union Territories (UTs) prohibiting any unauthorised construction or development within the vicinity of centrally protected monuments unless prior approval has been obtained from the designated Competent Authority (CA).
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August 18, 2025
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NEET admission: Students told not to fall for 'touts'
DISTRICT Collector P Akash has warned students and parents not to trust any intermediaries who claim to secure medical college admissions for the students for a fee.
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August 18, 2025
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Buchi Babu: Spinners, young pacers in focus
LEFT-ARM spinners DT Chandrasekar and M Siddharth will be the cynosure of all eyes as the All-India Buchi Babu tournament begins in Chennai on Monday.
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August 18, 2025
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Protesters in Israel Demand Gaza War to End, Hostage Deal
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push lambasted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies.
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August 18, 2025
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Acres of forest lands reclaimed, thanks to tech
Paradise Regained
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August 18, 2025
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Trump Wins Putin Concession on Kyiv Security Guarantees
US and EU allies to offer 'Article 5-like' security guarantees for Ukraine under potential peace framework with Russia, marking major shift
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August 18, 2025
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Save MKU Coalition seeks ₹800 cr grant from govt
The Save MKU Coalition has urged the Tamil Nadu government to provide a one-time grant of ₹800 crores to Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) to restore its glory and make it a self-sustaining institution.
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August 18, 2025
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Grand Success, More In Store
The Chennai Grand Masters event is here to stay.
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August 17, 2025
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Restore med education to state list: DMK MLA
ALLEGING that 'medical education' being moved from the state list to the concurrent list of the Constitution in 1976 has led to a systematic erosion of state autonomy in healthcare, DMK MLA and part-time member of the state planning commission Ezhilan Naganathan submitted a report to the high-level committee on centre-state relations, constituted by the state government, recommending that the subject be restored to the state list.
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August 17, 2025
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Hegemony by the Water's Edge
The narrative maps the restless lives of those shaped by separation—both the ones who leave and the ones left behind
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August 17, 2025
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HC Dismisses Petition to Include Tamil as Subject in TN's KVs
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking the inclusion of Tamil language as a subject for Classes 1 to 12 in Kendriya Vidyalayas across the state.
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August 17, 2025
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Sukhu govt, Guv at loggerheads over V-C appointment at Himachal univs
TENSIONS have escalated between Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and state government over the appointment of vice chancellors of Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry in Solan and CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University in Palampur.
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August 17, 2025
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Centre treating Puducherry as testing ground for policies, says MLA Nehru
INDEPENDENT MLA G Nehru has accused successive central governments of treating Puducherry as a 'testing ground' for policies and depriving the Union Territory of its democratic rights.
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August 17, 2025
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3 countries, 1 green dream: Mayan rainforest reserve!
The leaders of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize announced on Friday that they were creating a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Mayan rain forest following a meeting during which they also discussed expanding a Mexican train line criticised for slicing through jungle habitat.
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August 17, 2025
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Pakistan rescuers recover bodies after flash floods in monsoon rains kill over 340 people
Rescuers struggled to retrieve bodies from muddy debris on Saturday after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said.
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August 17, 2025
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60 days on, devotees fret over 'inaction' on Samayapuram temple arch damage
QUESTIONING the inaction despite about two months having passed since a portion of the cement plastering of the front arch gave away, devotees urge the HR&CE department to undertake repairs on the structure at the Mariamman temple in Samayapuram without any further delay.
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August 17, 2025
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Asian C'ship: Top Indian shooters aim for strong show in Kazakhstan
LEADING shooters, including double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, Sift Kaur Samra, Arjun Babuta and Saurabh Chaudhary, have their eyes for continental honours as the Asian Shooting Championships set to begin in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from Monday, August 18.
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August 17, 2025
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Stench from public loo, food stalls at school entrance put 1,200 kids at unease
ANYONE crossing the Government Murtuza Thagaisal Higher Secondary School in Marakadai-Palakarai area of Tiruchy instinctively covers their nose, as the odour of urine from a public toilet near the left side of the school entrance, and people attending nature's call on the pavements, rent the air.
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August 17, 2025
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Torrential rain pounds Telangana, met dept issues red alert for today
HEAVY rainfall battered almost all parts of Telangana on Saturday with Govindapet in Mulugu district recording 217.6 mm, the highest in Telangana in the last 24 hours.
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August 17, 2025
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Timelines for Prez, Guvs will lead to constitutional disorder, Centre tells SC
THE Centre on Saturday cautioned the Supreme Court that fixing timelines on governors and the president to act on bills passed by a state Assembly would lead to a \"constitutional disorder\".
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August 17, 2025
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Air Canada staff strike grounds flights, stranding many
AIR Canada suspended operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak summer travel season.
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August 17, 2025
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The Bengal Files' trailer launch stopped, row erupts
CONTROVERSY erupted on Saturday after the official trailer launch of 'The Bengal Files', the upcoming movie of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, was allegedly stopped in Kolkata.
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August 17, 2025
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Breaking the Script in Cinema's Power Circle
Swetha Menon's election as the first woman president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) is more than symbolic.
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August 17, 2025
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National Medical Register Is No More Mandatory
The government's ambitious National Medical Register (NMR), launched last year with the aim of creating a centralised and dynamic database of modern medicine practitioners in the country, has failed to take off.
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August 17, 2025
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Cong for 'robust system' to curb influx of B'deshis
THE Congress in Assam on Saturday urged the Centre to review its border management measures to thwart the 'rising incidents of infiltration' by Bangladesh nationals.
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