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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president Manickam Tagore on Thursday claimed 10 school and college students hailing from Irangamma Chathiram, a Narikuravar habitat, in Pudukkottai district were pushed from a government bus on Wednesday. The students were injured in the incident. In a statement, he said TNCC Pudukkottai district president Bennett had visited the area…
Smriti Mandhana. File picture | Photo Credit: ICC via Getty Images On that warm afternoon in Jaipur, Smriti Mandhana was talking about her childhood, about how her mother instilled a sense of competitiveness in her. Also Read | Style and substance: Smriti Mandhana’s batting is eye-catching and effective “She always used to ask me to…
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Highlighting the financial crisis affecting the smooth functioning of Madurai Kamaraj University College, the college authorities on Thursday urged the State government to take over the college and reclassify it into a government college. Addressing journalists on the college premises here, Associate Professor P. Murugesan, Head of Department of Business Administration Studies and a member…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 3, 2026) raised concerns over encroachments and stationary vehicles on highways and asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to consider setting up camera surveillance systems and monitoring rooms at toll plazas to address such hazards. A Bench of Justices Vikram…
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Aditya Birla Group has announced it’s entry into wires and cables business under the brand Ultravolt. This makes the group’s fourth new business foray in three years which includes paints, jewellery and a B2B e commerce platform called Birla Pivot. With an investment of ₹1,800 crore, Ultravolt will be the second largest player in the…
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Two-wheelers will be restricted on the flyover stretch starting from Sanjeevini Cross near Hebbal and ending at Vidyashilpa Junction near Yelahanka. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J. Starting Friday, Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) will ban two-wheelers on the flyover from Sanjeevininagar Cross to Vidyashilpa Junction along Ballari Road and certain other categories of vehicles on…
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Early this year, the National Statistical Office (NSO) released the new series of the National Accounts Statistics (NAS). It shows that the manufacturing sector’s gross value added (GVA) is ₹38.6 lakh crore (₹38.6 trillion), constituting 14.7 per cent of GDP (gross domestic product) for the year 2023-24 at current prices. How reliable is the official…
On her website, Gloria Steinem describes herself as a “feminist organizer”, a doer, as most women are. Until the end, she hosted Talking Circles, at her New York home, where people gathered do the rough-and-tumble work of activism, but also the gentler work of community building. This “movement building” is what Steinem will always be…
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Iran attacked U.S. military bases in Kuwait on Thursday (September 3, 2026), despite President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. The new clashes, which began with U.S. raids on Sunday (August 30, 2026), deepen the ongoing impasse in the war, as Iran maintains a stranglehold on the…
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India’s latest Gross Domestic Product numbers seem impressive. Growth exceeded RBI’s own estimate of 7% for the April-June quarter. How did this happen? Aren’t ongoing wars, tariffs, geopolitical uncertainty having an impact? Let’s dive in. Source link