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The New Indian Express Chennai
Sensex falls 2,600 in 3 sessions as crude prices rise
JP MORGAN DOWNGRADES INDIAN EQUITIES
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Govt puts price cap on Bt Cotton seed packets
THE Centre has announced a fixed maximum selling price for Bt cotton seed packets for the 2026-27 season, following recommendations from an expert committee.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Chennaiyin face away test
After winning only one out of five consecutive home matches they played, Chennaiyin FC will hope to put on a show on the road, when they face Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League on Saturday.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Chennai contributes 4.8% of India’s ultra-rich individuals
CHENNAI’S share of the country’s ultra-rich individuals nearly quadrupled over the past decade, according to the 20th edition of The Wealth Report published by real estate consultancy firm Knight Frank.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Maha tiff over making Marathi must for cabbies
THE Maharashtra government’s decision to make Marathi speaking mandatory for auto and taxi drivers triggered a tussle between Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Nirupam and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers on Friday.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Italy dismiss replacing Iran at the World Cup
ITALIAN sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
IndusInd Bank posts ₹594 crore profit for Q4
PRIVATE sector lender IndusInd Bank on Friday reported a net profit of %594 crore for the March quarter, and aims to be at par with the industry on loan growth in FY27.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Indian men begin campaign with win
LAKSHYA
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
‘Proved misbehaviour’: 73 RS MPs move fresh motion to remove CEC
AS many as 73 Members of the Rajya Sabha on Friday submitted a fresh notice of motion seeking the removal of Gyanesh Kumar, alleging “proved misbehaviour” under various constitutional provisions.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Voters shattered myths with high turnout: Vijay
TVK president Vijay on Friday said the record voter turnout in the Assembly election has “redefined election politics” in Tamil Nadu and shattered myths.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
INDIA’S $4.51 TN INFRA PUSH AT RISK WITHOUT DISASTER RESILIENCE
INDIA ambitious plan to invest $4.51 trillion in infrastructure by 2030 and scale into a $30 trillion economy by 2047 could face mounting fiscal and developmental risks unless disaster resilience is built into roads, railways and power systems from the design stage itself, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in partnership with the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
'108' staff deal with 800 assault cases on poll day
Authorities who handled the emergencies across TN say some were linked to election
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Modi's early morning Hooghly cruise faces strong Mamata current
BARELY hours after the boat carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi glided across the Hooghly, the ruling Trinamool Congress, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seized on the imagery, recasting it as spectacle rather than statesmanship.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Adapting to Indian football, Inigo waiting for his time
WHEN Spanish forward Inigo Martin was announced as Chennaiyin FC’s third foreign signing for the new season, expectations were running high among fans.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Cricket behind Aksh’s UAE move
IT’S could bea mere coincidence but quite a few India cricketers, who won the 2012 U19 World Cup, later went on to represent aforeign country in international competitions.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Day after DMK man dies on duty, mom passes away
A DMK functionary, who was engaged in election duty, died after collapsing at a polling booth in the Salem West constituency on Thursday.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
THE NARRATIVES PLAYING IN POLL BATTLEGROUNDS
The BJP concentrated much more effort in one of the two states that voted this week. Among the X factors are SIR’s effect in Bengal and TVK’s in Tamil Nadu
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Day after polls, EVMs shifted to strongrooms
A day after the polling, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the district election office secured the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) from the constituencies in Chennai, Tambaram and Avadi under multilayered security at designated counting centres.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Centre hikes wheat procurement targets, rolls out QR codes to track and trace
THE Centre has increased the wheat procurement target to 345 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) amid concerns over lower wheat production caused by higher temperatures, unseasonal rainfall, and hailstorms.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
NHRC asks govt to submit report on Virudhunagar cracker unit explosion
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of the recent death of 25 people in an explosion at a private firecracker manufacturing unit in the Kattanarpatti area of the Virudhunagar district and issued notices on Thursday to the Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu and the Superintendent of Police, Virudhunagar, calling for a detailed report on the matter within two weeks.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
After K’taka move, call to revive campus polls grows louder in TN
Govt should engage all stakeholders to craft blueprint for revival of campus politics: Expert
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Poll agents with criminal records allowed in Gujarat
THE high-decibel campaign for Gujarat’s local body elections ended on Friday, but a fresh political row erupted after the State Election Commission (SEC) withdrew a restriction that barred people with criminal records from becoming polling agents, with the opposition Congress calling the move a threat to fair polls.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Man gets 5 death penalties for sexual assault of minors
THE Special Court for Trial of Pocso Act Cases in Sivaganga on Friday awarded five death sentences, four life-terms and 22 years rigorous imprisonment to a 49-year-old man for sexually assaulting five minor girls.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Liquor scam: ED raids 12 sites of key leaders
Searches span Hyderabad and Tirupati, documents seized; $3,200 crore of laundering and cartel links under probe
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
UPI transactions rise 20.6%, cash in circulation goes up by 11.9% in FY26
THE payments ecosystem has evolved into a dual-track system with both UPI transactions and cash in circulation are hitting new highs.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
WITH GROWTH ESTIMATES DOWN, GOVT NEEDS TO GIRD FOR TOUGHER TIMES
UST as India steps into a new fiscal year, its economic growth forecasts have been pared to 6 percent or lower, thanks to the ongoing conflict in West Asia that has triggered volatility and uncertainty in commodity prices and capital flows.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Peeved with poor service, bus passengers block road
PASSENGERS staged a midnight road blockade at the New Bus Stand in Villupuram on Thursday midnight, alleging inadequate bus services following the elections in Tamil Nadu.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Rise in illness, but hospitalisation less, says govt
INDIA’ latest official health survey shows a sharp increase in illness without a corresponding rise in hospitalisation as treatment costs see steep jump.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
CM Stalin to mark post-poll lull in Kodaikanal, EPS stays put in Salem
WITH polling for the Assembly elections concluding on a largely peaceful note, political parties in Tamil Nadu have shifted gears from high-decibel campaigning to closed-door reviews, strategy huddles and brief breaks ahead of the results.
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April 25, 2026
The New Indian Express Chennai
Plea on deletion of names from poll rolls rejected
THE Supreme Court on Friday in its order refused to entertain a plea filed by voters whose names were removed from the voter list after the special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in West Bengal, including 65 election duty officers, after noting that let the tribunal look into it.
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