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The New Indian Express Chennai
'Violence in Hindi films feel harmful for mental health'
Radhika Apte speaks about her latest, Saali Mohabbat, being done with gore in cinema, the need for fixed working hours for actors, and Al’s advent in creative fields
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December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Israeli army orders to demolish 25 buildings in West Bank camp
THE Israeli army is to demolish 25 residential buildings in the north West Bank's Nur Shams refugee camp later this week, local authorities told AFP on Monday.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
A Vishnu temple connected with Nandi
TEMPLE TALK
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December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Mexico tariff may impact $2 billion exports; India initiates talks for PTA
UNION Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday that India has already initiated technical discussions with Mexico from December 12 for a preferrential trade agreement (PTA) to address the challenge that could arise due to the tariff by Mexico.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bystander hailed as hero after disarming gunman
A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
It's a wrap for GD Naidu biopic
ON Monday, producer Vijay Moolan, who is backing Madhavan's upcoming GD Naidu biopic, GDN, announced on social media that the film's production has been wrapped.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Nuclear Bill allows private players in sector
It aims to achieve India's energy and climate goals of decarbonisation by 2070, repeals Atomic Energy Act of 1962
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Kerala civic election: LDF blames minority consolidation for loss
REJECTING anti-incumbency factor, the CPM and the CPI - the two leading partners in the LDF -have blamed minority consolidation in favour of the Opposition UDF and cross voting by the Congress and the BJP in select areas for the drubbing suffered by the ruling front in the local body polls.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Ready to quit post for PMK unity: Mani
AMID sharp exchanges between the father (S Ramadoss) and the son (Anbumani Ramadoss) factions within the PMK, the party's Assembly floor leader and honorary president G K Mani has made an emotional appeal for unity, saying he is ready to resign from both his MLA post and party position if it helps bring the two sides together.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
SC notice to govt on policy for learning disorders
THE Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking the constitution of a national expert committee to formulate comprehensive guidelines for the care, rehabilitation, and protection of persons with autism and other intellectual disabilities.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Weaving a millennium-old journey
SOME histories survive not in stone inscriptions or textbooks, but in language spoken at home, recipes passed down from kitchens, and clothes woven over generations.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
THE EVOLVING POLITICS OF CESS
I N moments of national anxiety, language hardens.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Piyush Goyal to steer BJP's poll talks with AIADMK
UNION minister Piyush Goyal, who played a key role in holding alliance and seat-sharing talks between the AIADMK and other allies of the NDA in the past, is set to steer the election talks for the 2026 Assembly election too, with his appointment as the election in-charge for the BJP in Tamil Nadu.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Uranium in water, anxiety on ground
URANIUM, a naturally occurring radioactive metal, has quietly entered India's public health conversation after two recent findings from different parts of the country.
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
CM DISTRIBUTES MUTHAMIZH PERAVAI AWARDS
NASSAR HONOURED
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Hong Kong jails media tycoon Jimmy Lai in security case
JIMMY Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city's court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
VB pelted with stones near Vriddhachalam
STONES were hurled at a Vande Bharat Express train near Vriddhachalam on Monday evening, damaging window panes in five coaches.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Arul among 23 held for opposing 'soil theft' for DMK event in T'malai
A case has been registered against 23 people, including farmer leader Arul Arumugam, in Tiruvannamalai for protesting against \"illegal\" mining of sand from the Malappambadi lake for laying roads and preparing infrastructure ahead of the DMK Youth Wing conference held on Sunday.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Mamata can't be univ chancellor, Murmu rejects bill to replace Guv
THE West Bengal government suffered a major setback on Monday after President Droupadi Murmu disapproved the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
BJP-led centre wrecking MGNREGA: Stalin
TN, which has achieved remarkable feat of 'eradicating' poverty, will receive least benefit under new scheme, says CM
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
GOOD, BAD AND UGLY SIDES OF MESSI MANIA
WHEN Lionel Messi's aptly-named GOAT
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December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
SEASON OF SABHA SERVINGS
As we step into the month of Margazhi, sabha canteens emerge as spaces of experimentation through their menus
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December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Books that stayed with me in 2025
HIS year's Booker Prize jury panel included Sarah Jessica Parker who said that she had to read 153 novels before selecting the winner.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Credit demand may grow in low double digits'
INDIA'S credit demand is likely to see strong growth by the end of current financial year, driven by seasonal trends, improving asset quality and a gradual recovery in demand, a leading credit information company said on Monday.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Even gods need rest': Court on special puja issue
EXPRESSING unhappiness over allowing paid 'special pujas' in temples, disrupting the \"resting time\" of the deity, the Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the authorities on a plea challenging changes in 'darshan' timings and temple practices at Bankey Bihari Ji temple in Vrindavan.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
'Decision to light deepam elsewhere can't be taken without ASI nod'
THEREFORE, the stone pillar atop Thiruparankundram is not meant for lighting Karthigai Deepam, Jothi said.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
Bobby Simha's 25th film launched
BOBBY Simha will team up with director Mehar Yaramati for his 25th film.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
CMDA wants ₹930 crore spent on ORR land acquisition reimbursed
THE Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has sought reimbursement of nearly ₹930 crore spent on land acquisition for the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project from the state highways department.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
The offbeat Margazhi mela
EW Tamil months arrive with an unspoken agenda.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The New Indian Express Chennai
2 Babbar Khalsa terrorists held from Mumbai
THE Punjab Police have arrested from Mumbai two gangsterturned-terrorists linked with the banned terrorist organisation Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), and operating from overseas locations.
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