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The New Indian Express Kochi
Police post built with stones thrown at cops during Sambhal clash opens
A newly constructed police post was inaugurated on Friday, just 100 metres away from the residences of Samajwadi Party’s Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barg.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
MNREGA gets new name, 125 days of employment
SETTING the stage for a major overhaul of the country’s flagship rural jobs scheme, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the renaming of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to Pujya Bapu Gramin Rozgar Yojana.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
CM says rehab new path for social integration in C’garh
TEN cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma on Friday, choosing to step away from violence and return to the mainstream.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Cabinet clears 100% FDI in insurance
THE Union Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in insurance firms from 74% to 100%, and usher in a set of structural reforms to strengthen the sector.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
MahaYuti stays united, seals Maha seat deal for BMC polls
THE BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are set to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections—scheduled for next month—unitedly.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
DGCA acts on IndiGo fiasco, suspends four inspectors
THE Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has held four of its Flight Operations Inspectors (FOIs) responsible for the IndiGo chaos, and has suspended them.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
OUTFOXING AI, FOR BETTER OR VERSE
A paper on ar Xiv by researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy has set off a firestorm of headlines.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Minister, scholar, LS speaker: Multi-faceted Shivraj Patil passes away
FORMER Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil Chakurkar passed away at 90 on Friday morning at his native Latur in Maharashtra after a brief illness.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Khaleda Zia on ventilator as breathing issues worsen
FORMER
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Ops to hunt terrorists in Jammu forests
AFTER a series of encounters and brief gunfights in the forest belts of Jammu region in the last six months, security forces have launched a major winter offensive to track down militants hiding in the dense and rugged forest areas.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
More than a mere puzzle box
EXPRESS VIEWS
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
ONE OF THE RICHEST STATES IS FAILING ITS SCHOOLKIDS
KARNATAKA Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently received a letter from children in Pachedoddi, a hamlet in Chamarajanagar district that lies entirely off the publictransport grid.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Zubeen's secy, festival organiser among 4 charged with murder
THE Assam Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday filed the charge sheet in the highprofile Zubeen Garg death case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), slapping the charge of murder against four of the seven accused.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
House truth: Gujarat’s road safety gap widens
FRESH Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha data have exposed serious problems in Gujarat’s road management system.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
ED raids in three states in illegal cough syrup case, UP action on big stockists
INa major crackdown on the illegal trade in codeine-based cough syrup, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 25 locations across Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat on Friday.
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Vinesh training in Bengaluru as she takes big step towards LA28
DRAMATIC COMEBACK
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
'Don't use tourist visa for purpose of giving birth': US warns Indian appliers
Indian nationals anxious with change in laws
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December 13, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
CM, guv fail to break deadlock, SC passes ball to Dhulia panel
WITH the Kerala government and the governor failing to reach a consensus on finalising the names for the appointment of vice-chancellors at the two technical universities, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Justice (Retd) Sudhanshu Dhulia committee to recommend the names in order of preference for each of the universities.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Explore passive euthanasia for 31-yr-old, SC tells AIIMS
NOTING that the court cannot allow a 31-year-old man with 100% disability, quadriplegia, and in a vegetative state for 13 years to continue suffering, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed AIIMS to constitute a secondary medical board to examine his condition and submit a report on whether life-sustaining treatment can be withdrawn under passive euthanasia.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
100 booked, 40 detained as farm stir against ethanol unit steps up in Raj
FORTY people, including a Congress leader, were detained and over 100 others booked in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Thursday, a day after a clash broke out between farmers and police during a protest over the construction of an ethanol factory in the district.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR ₹10 L
WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Prez visits Manipur amid shutdown call by rebels
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu arrived in Manipur on Thursday on a two-day visit amid a shutdown called by a body of banned insurgent groups.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
ACCESS FOR DISABLED MUST COVER ALL SPACES
THE Supreme Court's December 2 judgement on ensuring full accessibility for persons with disabilities inside prisons is far more than a routine legal directive.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Top leader surrenders in MP, Naxals on back foot
TWO Naxalites carrying cumulative rewards of 43 lakh on their heads surrendered before the security forces in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Modi’s 3-nation tour to Oman, Jordan & Ethiopia soon, trade deal expected
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation tour from December 15 to 18, with stops in Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman, a visit aimed at deepening India’s strategic footprint across West Asia and Africa and sealing a major free trade agreement with Oman.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
VIKSIT WOMEN FOR A VIKSIT BHARAT
WHEN the Government of India released a report titled Children in India 2025, one statistic stood out quietly but powerfully: at the secondary school level, girls are now marginally ahead of boys in enrolment.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Luthra brothers detained in Thailand, Delhi court dismisses anticipatory bail
SAURABH Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the co-owners of the Goa restaurant where 25 were killed due a fire incident on Saturday, were detained by the Thailand police early on Thursday on the request of the Indian government.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
India faces $131-bn deficit with 6 FTA partners
AS India is aggressively pursuing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with several countries and regions, the country has a combined trade deficit of more than $131 billion with six of the 11 regions it is actively involved in negotiations, revealed the data from the Ministry of Commerce.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
FIFA WC 2026: Amul to sponsor Argentina again
AMUL, the world’s largest dairy cooperative and India’s leading food brand, has extended its partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) for another season, continuing as the Official Regional Sponsor of the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.
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December 12, 2025
The New Indian Express Kochi
Almost a quarter of real estate buyers in Dubai are NRIs
WITH the new property ownership norms under which the Dubai government has allowed foreigners to own residential and commercial properties on a freehold basis, the real estate market in the city-state has seen a major shift and almost a quarter of units have been snapped up by NRIs.
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