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Infantino defends WC ticket prices
FIFA President Gianni Infantino defended World Cup ticket prices on Wednesday, saying “if we do something wrong, then probably everyone selling tickets in North America is doing something wrong.”
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June 12, 2026
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No longer part of DMK alliance, will support all democratic forces: CPI
THE Communist Party of India (CPI) is no longer part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in Tamil Nadu, state secretary M Veerapandian announced on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
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Centre extends excise duty relief to petrol blended with higher ethanol
THE government on Thursday extended central excise duty exemptions to petrol blended with 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethanol.
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June 12, 2026
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NCSC can’t adjudicate on land titles: Murasoli Trust
THE National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) does not have the powers to adjudicate on land titles and the complaint of occupying Panchami land is politically motivated, argued the Murasoli Trust before the Madras High Court.
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June 12, 2026
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HERO EYES GAINS AS BUYERS PRIORITISE FUEL EFFICIENCY: CBO
HERO MotoCorp is well-positioned to benefit in a market where fuel efficiency increasingly drives purchase decisions, given its strong portfolio of high-mileage motorcycles, said a senior company executive.
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June 12, 2026
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CONSERVATION BOOST FROM HISTORY MADE IN SIMILIPAL
WHEN Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi last week broke the news of Maharashtra-born tigress Zeenat giving birth to four cubs in the Similipal Tiger Reserve, he acknowledged a landmark in India’s conservation history.
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June 12, 2026
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Pilot rules out differences with Gehlot, believes in Rahul's 'shops of love'
THE event held in Dausa to pay tribute to former Union minister Rajesh Pilot on his 26th death anniversary assumed political significance as it came amid renewed tensions within the Rajasthan Congress.
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June 12, 2026
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‘If released, I’ll kill again,’ says murder convict after getting death sentence
A 33-year-old man in Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, facing capital punishment in connection with a murder case, vowed to repeat the offence if freed from prison.
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June 12, 2026
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Teach ‘enemies’ a lesson in bypolls, EPS tells supporters
TERMING AIADMK the asset of the cadre, the party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami urged the supporters to teach the “enemies” a lesson in the upcoming by-election to the seats vacated by the four party MLAs who later joined the TVK.
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June 12, 2026
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West Asia conflict's new frontline has Indian sailors in its crosshairs
THREE attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf region within four days have exposed a growing and uncomfortable reality for India: its seafarers are increasingly being drawn into the frontlines of geopolitical conflicts over which they have little influence and even less protection.
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June 12, 2026
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Making US men’s football great
The world’s most popular sport has struggled to become mainstream in the US. While their women’s team are renowned, the men aren't elite. Swaroop Swaminathan takes a look at why they will be desperate to leave an imprint at this home World Cup...
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June 12, 2026
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US hoping Balogun and strikers can shine
FOLARIN Balogun chose to play for the United States precisely because of the opportunity he’s about to get over the next few weeks.
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June 12, 2026
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After college, ₹1.77 cr found in Bengal school
BUNDLES of notes of ₹500, ₹200 and ₹100, amounting to ₹1.77 crore, were recovered from an English-medium school in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal on Thursday, days after a similar incident in a college.
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June 12, 2026
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DMK review panel blames factionalism and non-cooperative allies for poll rout
THE constituency-wise review committees, constituted by DMK president M K Stalin to analyse the party’s defeat in the Assembly election, began submitting their reports to the party leadership on Wednesday.
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June 12, 2026
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2 dead, several houses torched in Manipur
VIOLENCE broke out in Manipur’s Senapati district on Wednesday night after the remains of six Naga hostages were recovered by police.
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June 12, 2026
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Sexual assault case: Udhaya & EPS want TVK MLA ousted from post
LEADER of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday demanded the immediate removal of TVK’s Srivaikuntam MLA Saravanan from post and the party for allegedly backing functionaries accused of sexual assault.
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June 12, 2026
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Family seeks high-level probe into Aditya's death
THE family of seafarer Aditya Sharma of Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, who died off Oman coast in a US strike, has demanded a high-level inquiry into the circumstances leading to the incident amid allegations against the command on board the ship.
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June 12, 2026
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5.4 lakh homes' delivery expected to get delayed
A record 540,400 housing units, scheduled for completion across the top 7 cities in 2026, face execution risk as the West Asia crisis continues to disrupt global trade routes, commodity markets, and supply chains.
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June 12, 2026
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Banks raise rates on NRI deposits, offer up to 6.6%
WITH the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announcing a dollar swap facility for Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] deposits, banks have raised interest rates by 300-350 basis points on dollar-denominated NRI deposits, with some offering as much as 6.6% for tenures of three to five years.
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June 12, 2026
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PUBLISHING IN POST-TRUTH WORLD
IN 2014, Penguin Random House India (hereafter, Penguin for convenience) settled out of court with Dinanath Batra, the ageing general secretary of RSS school network Vidya Bharati and founder of an organisation committed to purging Indian education of foreign influences.
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June 12, 2026
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Cattle farm owner, two others kill teen worker & bury him; held after 4 months
NEARLY four months after a 15-year-old farmhand was allegedly killed and buried, the police on Thursday arrested the cattle farm owner, his wife and another accomplice from Tiruttani in Tiruvallur.
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June 12, 2026
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Shivanand leaves behind a wailing family in Deoria
THE death of Shivanand Chaurasia from eastern UP after a US strike on an oil tanker off the Oman coast has left behind a deep void in the devastated family.
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June 12, 2026
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CB-CID to probe firing on Tenkasi farmer
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CB-CID probe into an incident in which police sub inspector E Esakkiraja allegedly shot farmer P Manikandan in his legs at close range during a toddy tapping probe at Alangulam in Tenkasi on April 7.
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June 12, 2026
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New norm stipulates 1 PET for 700 govt schoolkids, draws flak
THE school education department has set off the alarm bells by operationalising a controversial staffing norm that effectively provides just one Physical Education Teacher (PET) for up to 700 students in government high and higher secondary schools.
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June 12, 2026
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CII-SR chief suggests policy changes for green energy
SEEKING to support the Union government’s target of achieving 500 GW of non-fossil fuel energy capacity by 2030, Confederation of Indian Industry-Southern Region (CII-SR) Chairman Ravichandran Purushothaman has proposed three key policy measures to accelerate industrial electrification in southern India.
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June 12, 2026
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SpaceX IPO sees $70 bn investment
SpaceX’s initial public offer (IPO) has attracted more than $70 billion in orders from retail investors, news agency Bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter.
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June 12, 2026
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Record Cauvery inflow, but Mettur to miss deadline
THE state received 330.44 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of Cauvery water from Karnataka during the 2025-26 water year (June 2025 to May 2026), far higher than the 177.25 tmcft allocated by the Supreme Court.
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June 12, 2026
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BJP sweeps Upper House polls in Gujarat, MP and NE
HOURS after the Supreme Court refused to stay the electoral process for the June 18 Rajya Sabha elections to three seats from Madhya Pradesh, all three BJP candidates were declared elected unopposed on Thursday.
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June 12, 2026
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Mahua liquor policy to fuel tribal eco in C’garh
THE Chhattisgarh government has initiated a programme to develop an industrial model for manufacturing mahua-based heritage liquor. Officials hope that it will boost tribal economy and leverage forest resources that exist aplenty.
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June 11, 2026
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FOOTBALL MAY WIN THOUGH CUP NOT BRIMMING FOR ALL
IF the beautiful game is exposing some of its more disagreeable aspects on the eve of the world’s biggest sporting event, we can squarely lay the blame on its governing body and a co-host.
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