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Landslide claims two on trek route to Kedarnath

The New Indian Express Madurai

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June 19, 2025

TRAGEDY returned to haunt the ongoing Char Dham Yatra, as a major landslide claimed the lives of two palanquin-bearers and severely injured three others near Jangal Chatti on the Gaurikund-Kedarnath route, even as a three-day halt in helicopter services has brought a significant surge in traditional transport businesses like palanquins and 'ghori' operations.

- NARENDRA SETHI @ Dehradun

Five workers associated with the 'Palki and Dandi-Kandi' services were caught in the sudden calamity, sufferi

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After BJP poaches on Cong, Shinde ties up with Ajit's NCP

A major political twist unfolded in the Ambarnath Nagar Parishad in Maharashtra, dealing a setback to the BJP despite its move to induct 12 expelled Congress corporators.

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The New Indian Express Madurai

The New Indian Express Madurai

36 missing as Philippine landfill garbage, debris avalanche kills two, traps dozens

AN avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said on Friday.

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1 min

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

'CM woke up from slumber after 4.5 years'

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Friday criticised Chief Minister MK Stalin over 'Tell us your dream' initiative, alleging that the programme came after nearly four-and-a-half years of \"administrative inertia\".

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1 min

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

Hill yes! How thousands are reverse migrating

THE migration pattern that hollowed out Uttarakhand’s villages for decades is showing signs of reversal.

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1 min

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

Rogue elephant kills two more in J’khand, toll reaches 22 in nine days

AFTER a 48-hour pause, the killer elephant once again trampled two more people to death on Friday, while an employee of the forest department, who was deployed to drive it into the jungles, was critically injured and is battling for life.

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1 min

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

Unpaid challans to push vehicles off the road

E-CHALLANS & ROAD SAFETY

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

BLURRED VISIONS OF FUTURES PAST

PERHAPS the standout event of 2026 is already over—the US campaign against Venezuela, with the plainly-declared aim of taking over its oil resources.

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4 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

Shah launches war on narco-terror, pushes for full eradication in 3 years

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday set a three-year deadline to put in place a comprehensive national mechanism to eradicate the drug menace, calling for a “collective campaign on all fronts” tomake India drug-free.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

Assam gifts rhinos, cobras to MP, to receive tigers

A vast stretch of dense forests in eastern Madhya Pradesh, which were once used by the armed Naxal cadres as the passage to further their expansion plans, will now be home to wild buffalos that reportedly became extinct in the state over 100 years ago.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Madurai

The New Indian Express Madurai

After Modi push, new mothers scheme gets tech transparency

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has suggested reforms to make the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PM-MVY),acentral flagship scheme that provides maternity benefits to pregnant and lactating mothers, more technology-driven, transparent and robust, official sources said Friday.

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2 mins

January 10, 2026

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