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Kidney Racket Probe: Six Suspected Victims Identified

The New Indian Express Villupuram

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July 20, 2025

Amid allegations of a thriving illegal kidney sales racket in Namakkal, in which six victims from Pallipalayam are suspected to have "donated" organs, the health department suspended all treatment other than dialysis at a private hospital in Erode on Saturday.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Erode/Namakkal

Similarly, the health department has issued a show-cause notice to a private hospital in Tiruchy, seeking an explanation regarding this matter.

The health department officials suspect that some private hospitals in Erode, Tiruchy, Thanjavur, and Perambalur may be involved in the racket that has recently emerged in the Namakkal district.

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The New Indian Express Villupuram

OBC outreach: J'khand BJP gets new chief

RAJYA Sabha MP Aditya Sahu was on Wednesday elected as the new BJP president in Jharkhand, replacing Babulal Marandi, a development seen as the opposition party’s OBC outreach move aimed at resetting its social engineering playbook with an eye on the polls.

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January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

World No 3 shuttler says opted out due to pollution

AS you enter the IG Stadium — the India Open badminton venue — you cannot miss the pungent heavy smell floating in the air.

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1 mins

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

'Estranged' son Tej Pratap hosts Lalu, says RJD will soon merge with his party

RASHTRIYA Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday participated in the ‘dahi-chuda’ party hosted by his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on the occasion of Makar Sankranti at his residence, nearly eight months after expelling him from the party as well as from the family.

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1 min

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

The New Indian Express Villupuram

Valley of Flowers in U’khand safe, but battle rages on; IAF to join rescue ops

TIME is running out to prevent a forest fire from reaching Uttarakhand’s Valley of Flowers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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1 mins

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

The New Indian Express Villupuram

2 aided school students made to sweep road in Kovai; HM, teachers get memo

THE school education department issued a memo to the secretary, headmaster and teachers of a government-aided school in the city regarding an incident in wherein two students allegedly swept the road to draw kolam in front of the school at Nanjundapuram, on Tuesday.

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1 min

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

PROBE THOSE WHO CASHED IN ON GRABBED INFRA LAND

THREE decades after its conception, the Karnataka High Court has directed the state government to scrap the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project and undertake a comprehensive review.

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1 mins

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

The New Indian Express Villupuram

Ordeal of Indian students in Iran

Majority of 3,000-plus medical students are from Kashmir, with parents seeking govt help

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2 mins

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

The New Indian Express Villupuram

Kashi-Tamil Sangamam: A tribute to Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat

A few days ago, I was in the sacred land of Somnath to be part of the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking the 1,000-year anniversary of the first attack on Somnath, which took place in 1026.

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4 mins

January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

Mitchell ton helps visitors level series

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January 15, 2026

The New Indian Express Villupuram

Protest after farmer leader held on broiler firm's plaint

POULTRY farmers rearing chickens on contractual basis for broiler companies on Wednesday staged protests in Tiruppur and Erode districts condemning the arrest of Tamilaga Vivasayigal Pathukappu Sangam founder Easan Murugasamy and some other farmers belonging to the association on Tuesday night by police allegedly for involvement in intercepting vehicles transporting chicks and threatening company staff.

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1 mins

January 15, 2026

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