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Smokes fly thick and fast as Thakur says Didi MPs vaping in complex
THE Lok Sabha witnessed uproar on Thursday after BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused an unnamed Trinamool Congress member of smoking an e-cigarette in the Lok Sabha premises.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bangladesh to hold its first election after mass uprising on February 12
BANGLADESH will hold national elections on February 12, 2026, the country’s Election Commission announced Thursday, marking the country’s first tryst with democratic renewal since last year’s student-led uprising that toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her into exile.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Power failure for local stars
Another setback from Gill, Yadav leads to 51-run defeat as South Africa level series 1-1
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Equity fund inflows surge 21% in Nov; SIPs fall marginally
AFTER several months of tepid inflows, investor interest in equity mutual funds saw a strong revival, pumping 21% more money into those schemes, pushing the industry’s assets under management closer to ₹81 lakh crore in November.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM FOR DEFENDER SHARDA
EVEN today, Ganga Prasad Tiwari, at 60, does not hesitate from taking up a part-time job of driving a private vehicle at night or working as a guard with a gun in his hands during weddings.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of 43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
VIKSIT WOMEN FOR A VIKSIT BHARAT
WHEN the Government of India released a report titled Children in India 2025, one statistic stood out quietly but powerfully: at the secondary school level, girls are now marginally ahead of boys in enrolment.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nadda: Nehru ‘neglected’ Vande Mataram
Says Modi govt not tarnishing Ist PM’s image but setting historical record straight @ LoP claims Shah avoided issues such as voter list transparency in his address
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
AIADMK, PMK seek applications from aspirants for 2026 polls
WITH Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala expected in early 2026, the AIADMK and PMK on Thursday announced the schedule for receiving applications from aspirants seeking tickets to contest polls.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Kishore & Sandeep shine as TN post big win vs Tripura
BK Kishore (4/32), B Sandeep (3/25) and J Hemchudeshan (3/31) helped Tamil Nadu beat Tripura by an innings and 277 runs in the Cooch Behar Trophy U19 match in Dindigul.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
India accuses Pak of trade transit terror
AT a United Nations Security Council session on Wednesday, India’s Ambassador, P Harish Parvathaneni, criticised actions he described as “trade and transit terrorism” in an oblique reference to Pakistan and urged the international community to uphold economic rights and security for Afghanistan, a landlocked nation.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ex-judge who ordered arrest of DSP in SC/ST case suspended by Madras HC
THE Madras High Court on Thursday suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the remand of a Deputy Superintendent of Police for allegedly failing to act on a complaint registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Once a Maoist hotbed, olympics begins in Bastar
CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday inaugurated the three-day division-level annual Bastar Olympics at the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium in Jagdalpur, where athletes from the seven districts of the Bastar division presented an impressive march-past.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Student dies as car rams parked lorry
Deceased among a group of 10 med college students who were on way back from Mahabalipuram
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
ICC TV DEAL: HIGH VALUATION PUTS OFF BROADCASTERS
THE International Cricket Council (ICC) and one of its broadcast partners, JioStar, continue to battle headwinds as the partners try to renegotiate the inflated $3bn deal for the right to show the sport’s biggest events over a four-year cycle.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
2028 Oly hockey qualification system approved
THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the qualification system for the women's and men's hockey events at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the sport's governing body FIH announced.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
6 states get SIR extension, WB left out
Ground machinery is in overdrive, says EC
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
US trade officials conclude 3-day visit
A high-level delegation from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), led by Deputy US Trade Representative Ambassador Rick Switzer, concluded a three-day visit to India on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Thailand PM quits, paves way for polls as border skirmish continues
PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul posted on his Facebook page shortly after 10pm on Thursday, saying he is “returning power to the people,” likely referring to his plan to dissolve parliament and pave the way for a general election next year, Bangkok Post said.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Five arrested for abducting bride who married SC man
PERUNDURAI police in Erode district arrested five people for allegedly abducting a newlywed woman from Anthiyur after she married a man from a Scheduled Caste community.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
ACCESS FOR DISABLED MUST COVER ALL SPACES
THE Supreme Court's December 2 judgement on ensuring full accessibility for persons with disabilities inside prisons is far more than a routine legal directive.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bonded by blood & sport: Tale of Azman sisters
WHEN Aira Azman played Australia’s Jessica Turnbull in the Squash World Cup, Aifa, her sister, was her loudest supporter in an otherwise quiet centre court at the Indian Squash Academy on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nainar meets EPS a day after AIADMK empowers him to decide on alliance
BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Thursday visited AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palanswami at his residence in Chennai.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Maha debt moves up from ₹7.8L cr to 9.3L cr this year
WITH continuous high-interest borrowing and the tabling of over additional %75,000 crore supplementary demands in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly, the cumulative debt burden of Maharashtra is projected to go up from 27.82 lakh crore in 2024—25 to €9.32 lakh crore by the end of the current financial year.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
602 to complete Kashi pilgrimage today
AS many as 602 elderly pilgrims in the age group of 60-70 years will complete their week-long Kashi pilgrimage in Rameswaram on Friday.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Deepam row: Court allows hunger stir by 50 people near hill
THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday allowed conduct of a peaceful hunger strike at Thiruparankundram on December 13, demanding to light Karthigai Deepam on the deepathoon atop the hill, on condition that the participants do not raise any slogans or give political colour to the event.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Explore passive euthanasia for 31-yr-old, SC tells AIIMS
NOTING that the court cannot allow a 31-year-old man with 100% disability, quadriplegia, and in a vegetative state for 13 years to continue suffering, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed AIIMS to constitute a secondary medical board to examine his condition and submit a report on whether life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn under passive euthanasia.
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