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CMDA plans to shelve projects as it grapples with outstanding liabilities up to ₹3,500 cr.

July 8, 2026 admin

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is mulling cancellation of certain infrastructure projects, including the Global Sports City plan, beachfront development, and waterfront restoration plans, as it grapples with outstanding liabilities of roughly ₹3,500 crore. The liabilities are mainly due to the construction work, land acquisition amounting to ₹1,500 crore, and the Vada Chennai Valarchi Thittam, which…

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Delhi Residents On Strong Earthquake Tremors

February 17, 2025 admin

New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the richter scale hit Delhi-NCR this morning with many residents rushing out of their houses. According to National Centre for Seismology, tremors were felt across north India, with Delhi as the epicentre. The depth of the quake was just 5 km. So far there are no reports of…

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US Armyman To Ex On Renting Tesla Cybertruck He Blew Up

January 3, 2025 admin

Days before blowing up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, 37-year-old Army Ranger Matthew Livelsberger boasted to his ex-girlfriend about renting the vehicle, saying it made him “feel like Batman”. Livelsberger, who was married and had a child, had not spoken to his ex-girlfriend Alicia Arritt since their breakup in…

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Tata Conglomerate’s Chairman Emeritus, Dies At Mumbai Hospital

October 9, 2024 admin

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of one of India’s biggest conglomerates, Tata Sons, has died at 86. Just on Monday, the industrialist in a social media post had dismissed speculation surrounding his health and had said he was undergoing routine medical investigations due to his age. “It is with a profound sense of loss that we…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, August 12, 2024

August 12, 2024 admin

Congress has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the charges against Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chief Madhabi Puri Buch in the latest Hindenburg report. File | Photo Credit: Reuters SEBI chief’s rebuttal confirms ‘massive conflict of interest’, raises fresh questions: Hindenburg Research Hours after the stock market regulator’s chairperson Madhabi Puri…

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The Struggle To Keep Track Of Gaza Deaths

August 7, 2024 admin

Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7, 2023 (File) With much of Gaza reduced to rubble by 10 months of war, counting the dead has become a challenge for the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry, as the death count nears 40,000. Israel has repeatedly questioned the credibility of the daily figures put out by…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: July 31, 2024

July 31, 2024 admin

When the ground shakes: A landscape transformed overnight for the worse by a sudden upheaval of earth at Chooralmala in Wayanad on July 30. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Paris Olympics day 4 highlights Shooters Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh bagged the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze medal match. This is…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: July 30, 2024

July 30, 2024 admin

Students protest outside the Rau’s IAS study circle in Old Rajinder Nagar area, where 3 students died in a coaching centre Saturday night, after it was waterlogged in basement of IAS study circle building, in New Delhi on Monday, July 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Paris Olympics day 3 highlights Manu Bhaker…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: July 29, 2024

July 29, 2024 admin

Tripura CM Manik Saha, Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, Manipur CM N. Biren Singh, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at BJP headquarters, in New Delhi on July 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Paris Olympics Day 2 highlights…

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The Hindu Morning Digest: July 28, 2024

July 28, 2024 admin

Paris: India’s Harmanpreet Singh celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal from a penalty stroke against New Zealand during the Pool B hockey match between India and New Zealand, at the Summer Olympics 2024, in Paris, Saturday, July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Paris Olympics 2024 Day 1 highlights The Paris 2024 Olympics kicked…

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