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The New Indian Express
Man has duty to care for wife, mom: HC on maintenance plea
OBSERVING that it is the legal, moral and social responsibility of a man to care for his mother and wife during their lifetime, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a 60-year-old man and his two sons challenging an order passed by a family court directing them to pay ₹21,000 monthly maintenance to the man's wife who is living separately.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Modi assails 'theft' of Jan Nayak honour
Karpoor! Thakur lauded that way; Cong bestows’ It on Rahul
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
COP-ING WITH 'UNRULY' CROWD
THE TVK rally that took a tragic turn at Karur, resulting in a stampede and death of 41 people, has exposed the inability of the police to leverage intelligence in preparing for mass crowds and dynamically manage large, restless, and undisciplined crowd in a public place.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Sabarimala gold loot: Police complaint wants TDB, officials probed
THE Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) has lodged a police complaint alleging that the loss of gold cladding at the hill shrine amounts to theft, criminal breach of trust and organised looting.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
No FASTag? Be ready to pay double toll in cash from Nov 15
FROM November 15, vehicles without a valid FASTag will be allowed to pay 1.25 times the regular toll fee if they use UPI payment mode.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
ONLY 2 HCS HAVE FULL STRENGTH OF JUDGES AMID PENDENCY LOAD
Sikkim and Meghalaya HCs are functioning with a full bench, according to the National Judicial Data Grid and Department of Justice
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Kalaignar univ: TN moves SC against guv
THE Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court challenging Governor R NRavi's decision to reserve the Kalaignar University Bill, 2025, for the consideration of the President instead of granting assent as advised by the State Council of Ministers.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Bandmate claims Zubeen was poisoned
IN a startling claim, late singer Zubeen Garg's bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami has alleged that the singer was poisoned by his manager Siddharth Sharma and the organiser of the 4th edition of the North East India Festival Shyamkanu Mahanta.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Cong says discrepancies in final list, 247 voters found in single household
ACCUSING the Election Commission (ECI as the 'B-team' of the ruling BJP, the Congress on Saturday launched a a scathing attack on the poll body and alleged that the number of voter names deleted exceeds the victory margin of the last assembly election in some constituencies in Bihar In a post on X, Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh fired a fresh salvo at the EC, saying it should act impartially and not as the \"B-team\" of the BJP.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Shah sets Mar '26 deadline to wipe out Bastar Maoists
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday ruled out any possibility of dialogue with Maoists and said they will have to lay down weapons and accept the government's \"lucrative surrender and rehabilitation policy\".
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
The Man Who Taught a Village to Draw
Artist BA Reddy's three-decade-long journey at Sanskriti School has turned weekend art lessons into lifelines for countless children
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Silent Bowls, Sacred Flavours
In a quiet corner of Busan, Korea where the city seduces with the aroma of street-food, the air holds a different rhythm.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Jadeja and his never-ending output
AROUND 1890, Karl Elsener, a Swiss inventor, had found out that his country needed a lot of tools to carry out everyday tasks.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
The Lost Art of Agenda-free Conversations
I spent last weekend in Fuengirola, a seaside town on Andalusia’s Mediterranean coast. Successive waves of cultures and subcultures have shaped this Spanish region, each leaving its imprint in indelible ways. Yet what struck me even more than the pristine blue waters and fusion architecture was a unique conversational practice. Across Fuengirola’s restaurants, I kept noticing the same thing: tables where the meal had clearly ended but no one was leaving.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'I have a Moral Code for Playing Villains'
Sharon Stone speaks with Katie Ellis about her latest film, Nobody 2, and the controversies that shot her to fame
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Accountability for Karur tragedy will be ensured at all levels: Stalin
‘Let's unite for a long-term solution without blaming each other with political motives’
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Honey, I Shrunk the Netherlands
Madurodam in The Hague is preserving Dutch heritage and identity with its ornately designed, functional miniatures
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
GOLDEN DIVIDEND FROM SILVER YEARS
THE human attitude to ageing is ambivalent. The final phase of life is often marked by a decline in utility health and mobility While in certain communities seniors are revered, many languish in neglect.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
5,000-year-old stone tools found near Villupuram
STONE axe tools believed to be from the Neolithic period, dating back about 5,000 years, have been discovered in Veedur village in Villupuram.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Gill new ODI captain; Rohit, Virat in but no long-term guarantees
SHUBMAN Gill was named as the men's ODI captain of the national team, a post previously held by Rohit Sharma. Sharma, whose last act as ODI skipper saw him leading the side to Champions Trophy glory in February-March, was also named in the side scheduled to tour Australia for a threematch 50-over series later this month.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Centre makes U-turn on cough syrup; MP, Rajasthan, TN ban it
HOURS after denying that controversial cough syrup Coldrif, which led to deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, did not contain industrial chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), the Union Health Ministry on Saturday made a U-turn and confirmed its presence based on a report of Tamil Nadu's Food and Drug Administration department.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Tariffs, Trump, Tradition, and the Tyranny of Tantrums
Only someone in nationalist self-denial will think Donald Trump’s tariffs are taxes, not taunts.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
NDA, Oppn on same page over holding polls in max 2 phases
BOTH the ruling NDA and Opposition parties in Bihar Saturday demanded that the Election Commission (EC) hold assembly elections in a maximum of two phases and immediately after the Chhath festival to increase participation of voters.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
WHEN INEXPERIENCE TOOK A FATAL TURN
AT 15, R Prakash's (name changed) idea of politics was simple; he just had to make sure the banners of his idol were the biggest and prominent ones at the annual Mariyamman temple festival in Karur.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Revisiting Childhood in Frames
Anoop Lokkur’s Don’t Tell Mother, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, is an intimate tale of a child navigating violence
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
When Our National Spectacle Crushes Its Own
The count has been updated, the names read out, and the compensation checks prepared.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
28-year-old from Hyd shot dead at Dallas gas station
A 28-year-old man from Hyderabad was shot dead by an assailant at a gas station in Dallas, USA, on Friday.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
Out of Office
Gen Z is rapidly abandoning the traditional 9-to-5 for flexible careers that allow authenticity and viable work hours
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
I am countering lies against me through my actions, says CM
\"LIES are being peddled against me, but as always, I am countering them through my actions,\" said DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin in his address at the self-respect movement centenary conference on Saturday.
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October 05, 2025
The New Indian Express
HC order banning rally on NH: Cops deny nod for EPS's event
FOLLOWING the Madras High Court's ruling on Friday directing authorities not to permit public meetings or gatherings on state or national highways until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are framed for holding such events, the Namakkal police have denied permission for AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami's campaign in four constituencies in the district on October 5 and 6.
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