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'Power struggle' picks pace in UP as minister takes swipe at Yogi govt

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July 30, 2025

A new kind of 'power struggle' is palpable in Lucknow, as Energy Minister AK Sharma has unexpectedly criticised his own government, raising serious questions over the decision to privatise Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal power companies.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

Taking to his official social media handle X, Sharma stressed that such major decisions are not made unilaterally by the minister, but with full approval of the state's task force led by the Chief Secretary. The minister, in a statement, also claimed that the decision over the privatisation of DISCOMs was made at the highest level of state government.

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The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

70% women in extremely hot districts experience amplified health risks: Study

EXTREME heat is emerging as a grave public-health threat for women across India's most heat-vulnerable states, according to a new study by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in Chennai.

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December 12, 2025

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

Once a Maoist hotbed, olympics begins in Bastar

CHHATTISGARH Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday inaugurated the three-day division-level annual Bastar Olympics at the Indira Priyadarshini Stadium in Jagdalpur, where athletes from the seven districts of the Bastar division presented an impressive march-past.

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December 12, 2025

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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 Tirunelveli

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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

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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 Tirunelveli

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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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December 12, 2025

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Ex-judge who ordered DSP's arrest suspended by HC

THE Madras High Court on Thursday suspended former Kancheepuram Principal Sessions and District Judge Pa U Chemmal, who came under scrutiny after ordering the re-

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December 12, 2025

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Maha debt moves up from ₹7.8L cr to 9.3L cr this year

WITH continuous high-interest borrowing and the tabling of over additional %75,000 crore supplementary demands in the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly, the cumulative debt burden of Maharashtra is projected to go up from 27.82 lakh crore in 2024—25 to €9.32 lakh crore by the end of the current financial year.

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December 12, 2025

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MESSI MANIA: MEET AND GREET WITH STAR FOR 210 L

WANT to meet and greet one Lionel Messi?

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December 12, 2025

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The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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

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