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April 18, 2024

Raja in gruelling contest to retain Nilgiris

IT'S that time of the year when the weather here is balmy, drawing tourists in droves.

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Security forces have 17 Naxals in cross-hairs

A day after eliminating 29 Maoists in the Kanker area of the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh, security forces on Wednesday said they have identified 17 dangerous Naxal operatives to be neutralised.

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Poll campaign ends; now it is TN voters' turn to raise voice via ballot

THE high-pitched campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, which was the shortest in Tamil Nadu's electoral history, came to an end at 6pm on Wednesday with the state set to vote in the first round of the multi-phase election on Friday.

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Survey on trans persons after polls, TN tells HC

THE state government informed the Madras High Court it may need three months, after the poll process gets over, to conduct a survey on the population of trans persons in the state before taking a decision on providing them reservation in education and employment.

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How can you take away writ powers, HC questions ECI

HC says ECI rule that only SC can hear appeals against CEO orders is based on an interim order

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Sexual harassment: Order reserved on ex-DGP's plea

JUSTICE M Dhandapani of Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on the petitions filed by former DGP Rajesh Das seeking to exempt him from surrendering before the trial court and suspension of three years imprisonment in the case of sexually harassing a woman IPS officer.

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Two men tamper with ATM settings, loot ₹6L

IN a scene straight out of a movie, two unidentified men stole ₹6 lakh from a private bank's ATM after tampering with the machine's settings during the first week of April.

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IIT-Madras partners with German varsities for master's programme

IIT Madras has partnered with two German universities RWTH Aachen (RWTH), and TU Dresden (TUD) - to launch a new joint master's programme on 'Water Security and Global Change'.

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Makeshift ramps, poll booths bereft of handrails await disabled voters

Wooden slab over concrete debris designated as ramp at one booth; paver blocks also uneven

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PC legacy vs new-faces in Sivaganga

Voters want new MP to attract more entrepreneurs to Spices Park, more trains to stop at stations in district

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Stalin slams Modi for 'divisive speech and fascist-like behaviour'

CHIEF Minister MK Stalin said there is a favourable wave for INDIA bloc in the country due to PM Modi's 'dictator-like' behaviour.

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Cong takes on BJP in fight to retain Vilavancode

ADDING an intriguing layer of political fabric to the region amidst the fervent tapestry of Lok Sabha polls, the Vilavancode assembly segment is gearing up for a bypoll, which was necessitated by the resignation of three-time consecutive Congress MLA S Vijayadharani, who joined BJP last February.

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No nod for temple fest, SC villagers to boycott LS polls

A section of villagers belonging to the scheduled caste (SC) near Radhapuram pasted wall-posters in the region on Wednesday, stating that they will boycott the ensuing Lok Sabha polls to protest over denial of permission to conduct the Nithya Kalyani Ambal temple festival, when the temple flag remains hoisted atop the shrine.

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93,642 postal ballots cast in TN for Lok Sabha election

A total of 93,642 postal ballots were cast in the 39 parliamentary constituencies of the state for the Lok Sabha election while 239 such votes were recorded for the Vilivancode bypoll, a release from the Tiruchy district collectorate on Wednesday stated.

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Efforts on to save critically ill 70-yr-old captive elephant

VETERINARIANS are trying their best to save Saratha, a 70-year-old female elephant, that fell ill in the Kozhikamuthi camp in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Tuesday.

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Oz tourists tear pro-Palestine banners; booked

Cops quiz Jewish origin women; posters were installed by an Islamic students' organisation

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12-year-old Hyd boy dies of food poisoning

A class 6 student of Social Welfare Boys' Residential School in Bhuvanagiri, Ch Prashanth (12), died after battling for life at a private hospital in Hyderabad where he was admitted for food poisoning a few days ago.

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Mosques tweak prayer time to ensure full vote

PERTURBED that many believers may choose to stay away from exercising their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections on April 26 since it is a Friday, Muslim jamaath committees are stepping in to reschedule the obligatory Jumu'ah prayer and also cut short its duration.

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Hopes of DMK's rivals may go south in Chennai North

Closure of fertiliser plant, development of Kasimedu harbour and completion of biomining at Kodungaiyur dumpyard key demands

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TN keen on airport project, 1,600 voters in two villages decide to boycott election

WHILE the Lok Sabha election fever has gripped the entire state, there is dead silence at Ekanapuram village in Kancheepuram, which may disappear from the map if the proposed Chennai's second airport in Parandur takes shape.

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Green pitch finds more resonance in poll time

AS Lok Sabha elections are set to begin on April 19, over 70 environment, climate action and youth groups have urged all parties to ensure protection of ecosystems and community livelihoods in the Himalayas, Aravallis, Western and Eastern Ghats, and coastal regions, among others, and not allow \"corporate exploitation\" of natural habitats.

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'PM's GYAN can help transform local economy'

UNION Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has set his sights on transforming Porbandar, Gujarat, into a burgeoning tourist centre if elected to the Lok Sabha from the region.

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Rahul ducks query on Amethi, says will abide by party's call

APPEARING for the first time hand-in-hand after the seat-sharing arrangement in Uttar Pradesh, INDIA partners, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav launched a scathing attack on PM Narendra Modi over a host of issues ranging from electoral bonds to unemployment, price rise in Ghaziabad on Wednesday.

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'4 June, 400 paar,' says Modi, flays Cong for 'problems' in NE

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that while the Congress created problems in the Northeast, the BJP transformed the region into a wave of possibilities.

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Govt notifies use of nano urea for 3 years despite row over efficiency

THE Union government on Wednesday notified the use of Nano Urea Plus for a period of three years.

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Battle of turncoats in Nagaur

Old rivals RLP chief Hanuman Beniwal, BJP's Jyoti Mirdha battle it out in Jat-dominated seat

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Migrant from Bihar shot dead in J&K ahead of LS elections

TWO days before the first phase of polls in Jammu and Kashmir, militants on Wednesday evening shot dead a migrant worker from Bihar Bijbehara area of Anantnag in south Kashmir.

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Hi-tech submersible platform inaugurated at Navy hub in Kerala

A state-of-the-art Submersible Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (Space) was inaugurated by Secretary, Department of Defence (R&D) and DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat at Underwater Acoustic Research Facility, Kulamavu in Idukki district of Wednesday.

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Shah says govt will continue to act tough against Maoists

THE Narendra Modi government will eliminate Maoists from the country in a very short period of time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted on Wednesday.

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Rajputs up ante against BJP, call for 'boycott' of Muzaffarnagar nominee

IN Muzaffarnagar's Sardhana village, outside the modest brick house of Thakur Dalip Singh, a small group of men are discussing the Thakur community's concerns and the 'maha panchayats' held in nearby Khera and other parts of Western Uttar Pradesh to boycott Union minister Sanjeev Balyan, who is an MP and a BJP candidate.

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Azad springs surprise, says will not contest Anantnag-Rajouri seat

FORMER Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha polls from the highstake Anantnag-Rajouri seat.

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BASTAR BATTLE BETWEEN BJP, CONG EVEN

HINDUTVA FACE & EXCISE MINISTER IN THE BAGHEL GOVERNMENT FIGHT IT OUT IN THE MAOIST HOTBED

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Muslims find no takers in BJP, Congress lists

GUJARAT is renowned as a bastion for the BJP and a crucible for Hindutva ideologies.

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Didi promises guaranteed jobs, free LPG cylinders, CAA repeal

THE ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal unveiled its Lok Sabha election manifesto on Wednesday, promising an array of social welfare initiatives, the revocation of the CAA, and stopping the NRC exercise if the INDIA bloc, their national-level ally, comes to power.

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'I'm no outsider, born & brought up in C'garh'

A NYBODY who wants to leave the Congress is obviously not committed to the founding ideology of this country, said Manish Tewari, senior Congress leader and former Union minister.

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Transgender on mission to talk about community

FOR the first time inthe history of Jharkhand, a third gender is all set to contest the Lok Sabhapolls from Dhanbad.

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Storm dumps record rain across UAE, flooding Dubai airport

Schools across the federation of sheikhdoms were largely shut ahead of the storm; 142 mm rainfall recorded in 24 hours; average annual precipitation is 94.7 mm

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Biden endorses aid package for Israel, Ukraine; urges quick passage

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

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Adani family invests ₹8,339 cr in Ambuja Cements

ADANI FAMILY, the promoters of Ambuja Cements, has converted the final tranche of warrants issued for Ambuja Cements into equity by infusing ₹8,339 crore.

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Crude import bill declines by 16% in FY24

INDIA'S crude oil import bill has declined substantially, nearly 16%, in financial year 2023-24, even though quantity of imports remained almost same during this period compared to the previous year.

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Punit Goenka to head domestic ops, son Amit global biz

A day after withdrawing its petition seeking to implement the called off $10 billion merger with Sony from the NCLT, the Zee Entertainment board on Wednesday cleared an organisational revamp with the chief executive officer Punit Goenka taking the control of the domestic operations.

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VIL secures ₹5,400 cr from anchor investors

Allots 491 crore shares at ₹11 each; GQG Partners, Fidelity, UBS Fund, Jupiter Fund, Australian Super major investors

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No entity can store card transaction data from August 2025: RBI draft rule

THE Reserve Bank of India in its new draft directions on regulation of Payment Aggregators (PAs) has said from August 1, 2025, no entity in the card transaction, except for the card issuer and card networks, will be allowed to store data.

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FPIs offload ₹16K cr equities in three sessions

FOREIGN Portfolio Investors (FPIs) have offloaded equities worth about ₹16,000 crore in the last three trading sessions amid a sharp correction in local stocks caused by escalating geopolitical tension in the Middle East and diminishing hope of an early rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

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Women in tech workforce in global capability centres likely to go up to 35% by '27

FROM the current 25%, number of women in tech workforce in global capability centres (GCCs) is projected to go up to 35% by 2027.

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BATMAN & BUTTLER: DREAM RUNS

ON the penultimate day of the Masters, Max Homa, the American golfer, was 5-under, chasing Collin Morikawa and Scottie Scheffler.

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Road to Paris: Shooters set for all-important OST

INDIAN shooters have been spot on in the ongoing Olympic cycle.

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Bowlers shine to help DC sink GT

ON a slightly sluggish fresh black soil surface, Gujarat Titans came up a cropper against the Delhi Capitals.

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Spanish nightmare: PSG, Dortmund win

PSG'S emphatic victory over Barcelona keeps alive the French club's dream of ending the Kylian Mbappe era by lifting the Champions League trophy at Wembley in June.

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DREAMS IN THE BALLOT

As these first-time voters are all set to get inked, they put forth their unapologetic views on their expectations for the upcoming government, and the change they want to see in different aspects of society

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