In this issue

May 21, 2024

60% turnout in 5th phase of polls

Baramulla polling at 59%, an all-time record

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Illegal power fence: 2 youths electrocuted

TWO men in their twenties, including a first-year college student, were electrocuted to death on Sunday night after touching an illegal electric fence erected to prevent wild pigs from entering a paddy farm.

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Guj police nab 4 IS men from Lanka with plans to attack India

FOUR alleged Islamic State-affiliated terrorists from Sri Lanka, who had come to India to carry out terror attacks, were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) at the Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Monday, days before the city is to host two key IPL matches.

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Three Chautalas vie for Hisar LS seat

HIGH drama is unfolding in Haryana's Hisar Lok Sabha constituency, where three members of the influential Chautala family are locked in a multi-cornered fight.

1 min

Raaja music centre to come up at IIT-M

THE Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) will set up a music learning and research centre in association with music composer Ilaiyaraaja.

1 min

Dung in water tank: CB-CID begins probe

AFTER the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court ordered a CB-CID probe on alleged caste discrimination in four taluks of Pudukottai, officials headed by CB-CID SP Thillai Natarajan began an investigation.

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Showers to continue till May 26, met dept issues orange alert for 3 dists

THE regional meteorological centre (RMC) on Monday issued an orange alert-heavy to very heavy rainfall-for isolated locations over Theni, Virudhunagar and Tenkasi districts for Tuesday.

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‘Gap-in-wall’ gold smugglers nabbed at Chennai airport

Gang of five’s modus operandi involves using gap between glass pane and wall inside the airport’s executive lounge to smuggle gold paste

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Not enough parking space for bikes at Meenambakkam metro

INADEQUATE parking space for two-wheelers at the Meenambakkam metro station has left commuters struggling after 9 am on weekdays.

1 min

Case filed against school secy under SC/ST Act

KODUNGAIYUR police on Sunday filed a case under the SC-ST Prevention of Atrocities Act against the secretary of a private school in the area based on a complaint from a teacher.

1 min

213 families got new homes 5 yrs ago, but no official order yet

AT least 213 families resettled in Perumbakkam under the Integrated Cooum River Eco Restoration Project five years ago are yet to get allotment orders for the houses they occupy.

1 min

Ariyalur rape case: Kin of victim say justice elusive

Allege poor probe by police as three out of four accused were acquitted

2 mins

Tangedco abandons Chandrabila coal block mines

TANGEDCO has decided to abandon the Chandrabila coal block mines, which were allotted to it in 2016 by the union coal ministry through auction.

1 min

CAT quashes transfer of rly officer having son with autism

THE Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Chennai Bench, has quashed an order of the Southern Railways to transfer an officer, who is the caregiver for his son with autism.

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Inspection to merge power connections commences

Tangedco has initiated door-todoor inspection in residential buildings to verify if a single family uses more than one electricity connection, based on a order issued by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) on September 9, 2022.

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Voter deletion: EC's functioning absurd, says EPS

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday termed the functioning of the election commission as ridiculous.

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'Low-lying' live wire takes minor's life in Villupuram

A 12-year-old boy was electrocuted after he came in contact with an electric wire that ran over his house's terrace in Villupuram on Sunday.

1 min

7 SL fishers sent to custody till June 3, lodged in Puzhal jail

THE Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Ramanathapuram on Monday sent the seven Sri Lankan fishermen, who were arrested by Indian Coast Guards (ICG) personnel for illegally fishing in the Indian waters, to judicial custody till June 3.

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Jharkhand native dies after falling from moving train

A 25-year-old Jharkhand native died after falling from a moving train near Pachakuppam in Ambur on Sunday.

1 min

Heavy rain lashes Madurai, Ramnad; roads waterlogged

With heavy rain battering Madurai for the past few consecutive days, issues of water logging and rainwater breaching into houses were reported in several regions of the district.

1 min

AP violence: Chief secy submits report to ECI

THE Chief Secretary KS Jawahar Reddy on Monday submitted the preliminary report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed the incidents of violence reported on the day of polling (May 13) and the aftermath in the districts of Palnadu, Tirupati and Sri Sathya Sai to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

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No one from Karnataka will become PM: Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru CHIEF MINISTER Siddaramaiah on Monday said no one from Karnataka will become Prime Minister.

1 min

Cops expose int'l organ racket, man from Kochi held

Suspect confesses to taking 20 people to Iran for organ donation; agencies probing case

1 min

Mafia controlling major sectors in Odisha: Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out all guns blazing at the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government accusing it of derailing the progress and destroying the economy of Odisha in the last 25 years.

1 min

RETHINKING HDI AS A TIME SERIES, NOT A SNAPSHOT

THE release of the Human Development Index (HDI) 2023-24 by the United Nations Development Programme has once again brought this influential metric to the forefront of global discourse.

3 mins

CHECK FUTURES AND OPTIONS FOR RETAIL INVESTORS

THE government has woken up to the dangers of retail investors risking household savings in the futures and options (F&O) market.

1 min

THE YEAR INDIANS BETTERED THE BEST FROM THE REST

Indian talent shone brighter than ever at the 17th edition of the IPL. But with massive scores, the season also showed a further tilt of balance towards batters

4 mins

POCSO CASES REVEAL UNEVEN GRIP OF LAW

OR at least the second time this year, the judiciary's understanding of the POCSO Act and its provisions on child sexual abuse material (CSAM, more widely referred to as child pornography) has come under the scanner.

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Won't tolerate indiscipline, Congress warns Bengal unit

A DAY after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's posters were defaced with ink in front of the West Bengal headquarters, Congress on Monday warned the party men that it would not tolerate such \"public display of defiance and indiscipline\".

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SC bins 78-yr-old bedridden woman's plea to direct EC for postal voting

THE Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by a 78-year-old bedridden woman seeking a direction to the Election Commission for the issuance of a postal ballot to her to cast vote in the Lok Sabha polls.

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AAP received ₹7 cr foreign funding, violated FCRA: ED writes to Home Ministry

THE Enforcement Directorate has written to the Union Home Ministry alleging the AAP received more than ₹7 crore foreign funds in contravention of the FCRA, official sources said Monday.

1 min

ICMR warns legal action against BHU for misleading study on Covaxin safety

THE Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday junked a recently published Banaras Hindu University (BHU) study on the long-term safety analysis of the Covaxin in adults and adolescents for its poor methodology and design, and said the article \"incorrectly and misleadingly acknowledged\" ICMR in the paper.

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India declares one-day mourning over Raisi's death in chopper crash

INDIA declared a day of mourning on Tuesday as a mark of respect for the Iranian President who passed away in a chopper crash on Sunday.

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'Left-Cong chemistry working'

Alliance offers resistance against BJP's money power & TMC's muscle power: Md Salim PM West Bengal secretary Md Salim is confident of a Left resurgence in the state and says chemistry with the Congress is working well on the ground because the tie-up has been forged at the grassroots.

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Pick-up van overturns, 18 dead, 4 injured in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha

NINETEEN tribal labourers, including 18 women, were killed and four others injured on Monday when a mini goods vehicle ferrying a group of tendu leaves collectors plunged into a valley in Chhattisgarh's Kawardha district, about 110 km from Raipur, police said.

1 min

Oppn slams 'pathetic services' at booths

OVERALL TURNOUT Bihar (5 seats): 57.47% 52.55% Jammu & Kashmir (1 seat): 54.21% 63.00% 67.15% Jharkhand (3 seats): Ladakh (1 seat): Maharashtra (13 seats): Odisha (5 seats): Uttar Pradesh (14 seats): West Bengal (7 seats): 48.88% 60.72% 57.43% 73.00% Voters' turnout at 49 Parliamentary constituencies in 8 states and Union Territories in the fifth phase till 7.45 PM SUDHIR SURYAWANSHI @ Mumbai OVER 49% voting was recorded in the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections for 13 seats in Maharashtra on Monday.

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Lucknow records low turnout at 52%

THE voter turnout across 14 UP seats, which went to polls in the fifth phase, recorded to be a moderate 58 per cent on Monday.

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Infected blood scandal may have killed 3K in UK

LONDON BRITISH authorities and the country's public health service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of patients to deadly infections through contaminated blood and blood products, and hid the truth about the disaster for decades, an inquiry into the UK's infected blood scandal found on Monday.

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

THE chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during their seven-month war.

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Mokhber interim Iran prez as Raisi dies in air crash

First vice president named caretaker prez; fresh elections to be held within 50 days | Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi to be buried on Thursday in Mashhad where he was born | Nuclear negotiator Ali Bahadori Jahromi appointed as caretaker foreign minister

2 mins

Mid-tier IT firms outperform larger peers

Former are growing at 6-15% whereas latter's growth on constant currency terms is between -4% and 3%

2 mins

CV sales to see single-digit growth in FY25: VECV MD

COMMERCIAL vehicle (CV) sales are expected to grow at a strong single-digit in FY25 after the industry clocked the 1 million unit mark in FY24, said Vinod Aggarwal, managing director of VE Commercial Vehicles, in an interaction with Arshad Khan.

2 mins

CCI tracking data dominance, algorithmic collusion

RAVNEET KAUR, Chairperson of anti-trust regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI), has raised concerns over data dominance where control over large data sets creates insurmountable entry barriers for new businesses.

1 min

1/3rd shoppers use ecomm for discretionary spending

ONLINE shopping is undergoing rapid expansion as over one in three online shoppers surveyed are now using ecommerce as their primary channel for discretionary and essentials spending, according to public policy think-tank Empower India report.

1 min

Israel's EVR Motors sets up plant in Haryana

EVR Motors, an Israel-based company specialising in high power-density electric motors, on Monday inaugurated its new greenfield plant in Manesar, Haryana, under its subsidiary, I.

1 min

Govt begins selection process for new SBI chief

THE government is kicking off the process to select the next chairman of the State Bank Group from Tuesday.

1 min

BACK TO THE FUTURE

As past champs Gambhir, Yusuf back in West Bengal, albeit for different goals, Knight Riders get ready to take on Sunrisers in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday

3 mins

From leaving Baroda to IPL via TNPL, Swapnil's comeback story

AT this point, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's turnaround story is well documented.

2 mins

Relentless training, sessions with Yuvraj behind Abhishek's success

\"HE (Abhishek Sharma) is amazing.

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Are Manchester City making a case for England's greatest-ever team?

MANCHESTER City strengthened their case to be ranked as English football's greatest-ever team by winning the Premier League title for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year on Sunday.

1 min

Advancements in care have improved life expectancy

Cystic fibrosis, an inherited disorder which causes damage to the lungs, affects the cells that produce mucus, sweat and digestive juices, which are normally thin and slippery.

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FROM THE HILLS TO YOUR HEART

On his 90th birthday, renowned author Ruskin Bond released his new book that works as a self-help guide for everyone who harbours a dream

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