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The New Indian Express Chennai
Peace Talks Held Over Kumbabishekam at Panruti
A peace meeting was held at the Panruti Tahsildar office on Saturday regarding the proposed Kumbabishekam of Sri Muthu Mariamman Temple at Pallavarayanatham village in Panruti taluk under Naduveerapattu police station limits.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Direction for regular SIR encroaches EC's exclusive domain, poll panel tells SC
THE Election Commission (EC) has informed the Supreme Court that any directive to conduct SIR of electoral rolls at regular intervals across the country would amount to an \"encroachment\" upon its exclusive constitutional domain.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
PSBs Should Aspire for Global Competitiveness
PUBLIC sector banks (PSBs) have moved beyond 'survival and stability' and are now positioned to play a larger role as champions of growth, innovation, and leadership, DFS Secretary M Nagaraju said in his speech at the conclusion of PSB Manthan 2025 in Gurugram on Saturday.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
People, Progress, and a World in Decline
The narrative challenges the notion that population decline will solve global problems, making a case for people as drivers of progress
3 min |
September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
He has the Last Word
Love for words and strategy made Scrabble player Madhav Gopal Kamath the first Indian to win the Youth World Scrabble Championship
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
The Wickedness that Spawned Wicked Women
No thanks to Elon Musk, in all the time wasted on checking my Twitter (or whatever the tech bros are calling it now) feed, there is not a peep from the people I choose to follow even if I make it a belaboured point to click on 'Following' not 'For You'. Instead, I am bombarded with state/corporate/pharma-sponsored trolls and bots who are out to scam me, sell me something I don't need, or simply ruin my day. However, the most insidious posts and videos on my timeline are about badly behaved and dangerous women.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
TN Floats Tender for Hosur Knowledge Corridor
Following Chief Minister M K Stalin's announcement of plans to position Hosur as a major industrial and technology hub, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) has floated a tender seeking consultants to prepare a comprehensive development plan for the proposed Knowledge Corridor.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
WORLD TROUBLES
VENTS illustrate the consequences of inaction rather eloquently—be it in the socio-political arena, or in the political economy that informs the social geography of nations.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Mizoram gets rail connect for the first time
INDIGENOUS fruits and spices of Mizoram are set to receive a major boost with the inauguration of the region's first rail connectivity on Saturday by PM Narendra Modi.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
More Than Just a Game
India and Pakistan return to the sporting field for the first time since the cross-border tensions earlier this year. Swaroop Swaminathan & Firoz Mirza draw parallels to the 1999 WC match, what it meant and how the players felt
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Iridium scam: 30 dupe people of crores, arrested
The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) has arrested 30 members of a gang involved in defrauding the public by misusing the name of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and luring victims with false claims of receiving huge sums of money from abroad through the sale of iridium.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Most reservoirs become ineffective due to sedimentation, says study
MOST of the dams in the country are facing severe siltation, which reduces their effectiveness in flood control and water storage, a new study by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) has said, highlighting that Himalayan and Indo-Gangetic plain rivers are classified as highly vulnerable and require immediate attention.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Adani Group Plans $60 Bn Investment in Power Sector by FY32
INDUSTRIALIST Gautam Adani-led Adani Group is looking to invest around $60 billion up to FY32 in the power sector, especially in renewables, generation and transmission/distribution.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ilaiyaraaja ruled hearts for 50 years, give him Bharat Ratna crown: Stalin
Rajini, Kamal join CM in felicitating maestro, TN plans music award in Ilaiyaraaja's name
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Modi's balm for internally displaced
OVER two years after ethnic violence hit Manipur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met with families displaced by the conflict in both Churachandpur and Imphal, reaffirming his government's commitment to peace and rehabilitation in the strife-torn state.
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September 14, 2025
The New Indian Express
AIADMK alleges large-scale voter roll irregularities in city
AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan and organising secretary N Balaganga on Friday petitioned Chennai Collector Rashmi Siddharth Zagade, alleging largescale irregularities in the city's voter rolls, particularly in Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni and Thousand Lights constituencies. They claimed that on average, every constituency has 20,000-30,000 bogus voters.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Relentless reformer who made democracy accountable
I first met Professor Jagdeep S Chhokar in 2006, when I was the youngest in the Election Commission of India.
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Yearning for justice, political solution on eve of PM's visit
MANIPUR'S Imphal and Churachandpur have been decked up with the posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit on Saturday—the PM's first trip to the state since ethnic violence broke out two years ago.
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
SEBI EASES IPO NORMS, PUBLIC FLOAT REQUIREMENTS
The board approves proposal to reclassify REITS and InvITs as equity instruments, while expanding the definition of strategic investor to include QIBS
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Privatisation: Sanitary workers plan to launch statewide stir
UZHAIPPOR Urimai Iyakkam-LTUC, leading protests against privatisation of solid waste management in Royapuram and Thiru Vi Ka Nagar zones, on Friday announced a week-long statewide campaign from September 10-17, coinciding with Periyar's birth anniversary.
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Major scare as plane loses rear wheel.lands safely
A SpiceJet Q400 aircraft carrying 75 passengers made a safe emergency landing in Mumbai on Friday after losing a wheel shortly after takeoff from Kandla airport in Gujarat.
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Bihar Cong orders probe, Khera speaks differently
THE Bihar Congress ordered a probe on Friday after a controversial video mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother, Hiraben, appeared on social media.
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September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
CM Flays Centre's Mineral Mining Norm
Chief Minister M K Stalin has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately withdraw the recent Office Memorandum (OM), issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), which exempts the requirement of public consultation for mining projects involving atomic and strategic minerals notified in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act.
2 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Big crane runs amok, kills 2 in Kanniyakumari
A huge crane ran over a 19-year-old college student and a biker standing on the road, killing them on the spot, after the driver of the vehicle lost control of it due to a suspected brake failure in Kanniyakumari on Friday evening.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Musical notes under candlelight
WE all know the old saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But what often slips under the radar is how much the timing of that meal matters; not just for our body, but for our mental health too.
2 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Amid NDA strain, BJP nat'l secy to meet cadre
Meeting expected to deliberate on party's roadmap in TN, alliance strategies and ways to address internal discord
2 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
LET'S GO TO PROM!
CE explores the latest trend of proms, inspired from the West, happening in the city
5 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
SIVAKARTHIKEYAN'S PARASAKTHI GETS A RELEASE DATE
THE makers of Parasakthi, starring Sivakarthikeyan and directed by Sudha Kongara, have announced that the film will hit theatres on January 14, on the occassion of Pongal, 2026.
1 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
Gen Z Pick Sushila Karki Sworn In As Interim PM
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice's demand to dissolve Nepal's parliament accepted
3 min |
September 13, 2025
The New Indian Express
WHY AFRICA'S $12.7 BILLION ANNUAL LOSSES MATTER FOR ASIA
By 27 per cent, from $1.8 billion to $2.4 billion. Floods that once occurred once a century are expected to strike every 10 to 20 years by 2050, and by the end of the century they could occur as often as once every five years.
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