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The New Indian Express
Is it too late for surprise inclusions?
AS the senior men’s selection committee led by BCCI chief selector Ajit Agarkar is set to announce the squad of the T20 World Cup on Saturday — more than 45 days before their first match —a few players may anxiously wait to see if they make the cut for the marquee event.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
HC stays order to light deepam in Dindigul dist
THE Madurai Bench of the Madras HC on Friday stayed an order passed by Justice GR Swaminathan on December 2, directing district authorities to permit Karthigai deepam celebrations on Mandu Karuppasamy temple in Dindigul, which had been closed a year ago due to disputes between Hindus and Christians in the locality.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Trump suspends green card lottery
Comes as migrant named suspect in deadly shooting at 2 US univs
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
EU agrees 90-bn-euro loan for Ukraine to plug budget shortfall
EUROPEAN Union leaders struck a deal Friday to provide Ukraine a loan of 90 billion euros to plug its looming budget shortfalls—but failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to come up with the funds.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
Jaishankar says India-EU FTA reaches decisive phase
INDIA and the Netherlands on Friday agreed to deepen cooperation in emerging strategic domains such as semiconductors, digital technology and cyberspace, while also stepping up defence and security engagement, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar pressed for Dutch support to conclude the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA).
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
BONDI BLOODBATH AMID WINTER OF DISCONTENT
JUST when the world was preparing to bid farewell to 2025, a beachfront bloodbath sent a chill across continents.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
China drags India to WTO over tariffs, solar subsidies
CHINA has challenged at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) India’s import duties on information and communications technology (ICT) products and subsidies extended to the domestic photovoltaic sector.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
Punjab to call spl session next mnth over G-RAM-G bill
THE AAP government in Punjab will convene a special session of the assembly next month against the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or GRAM-G Bill that was passed in Parliament amid Opposition protests.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
DMK will move SC if irregularities found in SIR process, says Bharathi
DMK organisation secretary R S Bharathi on Friday expressed shock over the removal of 97.37 lakh voters from the draft electoral roll released after the enumeration phase of the SIR, and said the party would launch a booth-level verification drive from December 20.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bondi attack accused visited Hyd in '22, renewed passport in city: T'gana DGP
No info on whether Akram's radicalisation took place in city: T’gana DGP
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express
TN'S URBAN VOTER BASE TAKES THE BIGGEST HIT
Size of urban electorate shrinks notably with 58 seats accounting for 45% of the total deletions
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
INDIAN MEN FS WRESTLERS MAY HAVE A RUSSIAN COACH
FORMER Russian wrestler Anatoly Beloglazov, the 1980 Moscow Olympics 52kg gold medallist, looks set to take over as foreign coach of the Indian men’s freestyle unit.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
SatChi post 3rd straight win to enter last four
SATWIKSAIRAJ Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are enjoying a dream run in the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Pak claims concerned over ‘abrupt variance’ in flow of Indus River basin
PAKISTAN has expressed concern over what it called sudden changes in the flow of the Chenab river of Indus basin between December 7 and 15, accusing India of releasing water without warning in violation of the Indus Waters Treaty that New Delhi suspended after the Pahalgam terror attack.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
GVK-Bhupal family buys Tata Group’s 25.5% stake in TAJ GVK
INDIAN Hotels Company (IHCL) has entered into an agreement to sell its entire shareholding of 25.52% in TAJ GVK to the GVK-Bhupal family.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Rottweiler, Pitbull can no longer be pets in Chennai
Owners with unlicensed dogs of these breeds will be fined 21 lakh; those with licence must shift animal out of city once permit expires
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
36% voter names out of Chennai list
Anna Nagar, Villivakkam, Thousand Lights, T Nagar and Velachery constituencies see over 40% deletions
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
K’giri woman beaten to death for taking loan with fake jewels
THE Saravanampatti police have arrested a 53-year-old businessman and are in search of four others in connection with brutal murder of a woman from Krishnagiri district, after she had allegedly obtained 21.37 lakh pledging fake gold ornaments.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Gita The Musical
LONG before textbooks and translations existed, knowledge travelled through word-of-mouth, tunes and rhythm.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nurses’ protest for regularisation of job, pay hike enters Day 2
NURSES recruited through the Medical Services Recruitment Board (MRB) continued their protest on Friday, pressing for various demands, including regularisation of service and pay hike.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
DGP seeks Bahraich SP reply for giving ‘guard of honour’ to preacher
FOLLOWING the reports and videos of UP Police recruits giving a “guard of honour” to a kathavachak (religious preacher) in Bahraich going viral on social media platforms, DGP Rajeev Krishna on Friday sought an explanation from the district superintendent of police “for unauthorised use of the police parade ground”.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Interest rates need to be lower given benign inflation outlook: RBI governor
RESERVE Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra has voted for the 25 bps repo rate cut earlier this month saying real interest rates needs to be lower given benign outlooks for both headline and core inflation.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
HC suggests audit into AAGs appearing in 'small matters', charging huge fees
OBSERVING that good governance requires that funds from public exchequer are drawn on a measured basis and not given away capriciously to a favoured few, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court deprecated the practice of additional advocate generals appearing even in small matters where their presence were not really required, resulting in huge quantum of fee being paid to them.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Couple among four injured in LPG blast
FOUR persons, including a couple, sustained injuries in an LPG cylinder explosion in Upparapalayam near Ponneri on Friday, causing a house to collapse.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Govt may miss FY26 income tax collection target by a big margin
THE government is likely to miss its ambitious income tax collection target of 15% for FY26 by a big margin.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Speaker looking at 8 privilege notices on Oppn MPs
LOK Sabha Speaker Om Birla is learnt to be examining a notice by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleging breach of privilege and contempt by eight Opposition members when the House was debating the VB-G RAM G Bill on Thursday.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ball in West's court, Putin says in annual TV address
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would not attack other countries on the condition it was treated “with respect”, dismissing concerns that Moscow poses a security threat to NATO’s eastern flank states.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Meet to revive tourism as J&K situation is normal
TO restore confidence among travellers to visit Kashmir again after 26 people were killed in the Pahalgam attack, the Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI) held its three-day annual convention in Srinagar to send a clear message that Kashmir is safe and normal.
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December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
UN rights chief calls for impartial probe into Hadi's killing
THE United Nations human rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the killing of Bangladesh student protest leader Sharif Osman Hadi, calling for a swift and impartial investigation.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Commercial boom in residential areas pushes voters out?
THE officials have cited migration and residential areas turning commercial as the reasons for the missing of lakhs of voters from the draft list.
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