Police Inspector awarded two-month imprisonment in contempt case
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Future City Police to auction 244 unclaimed vehicles, owners given six months to stake claims
Passion Plus, Glamour, Splendor and Pulsar among the most common models in the list, vehicles parked at Moinabad police station grounds
Toll plazas on Chennai-Tiruchi national highway gear up for Deepavali rush
A source in the National Highways Authority of India says that the contractors ensure that the toll operators and security guards do not go on leave. Boom barriers are positioned vertically so that no time is wasted in moving them up and down. However, Paranur plaza has a barrier...
CPI(M) and Congress skirmish over 'hasty issuance' of liquor licences in Keralam
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Excise Minister M. Liju blame the LDF government for the 'liberal granting' of bar licences by ceding the authority to lower-level excise officials, possibly to evade political responsibility; CPI(M) State Secretariat member and former Excise Min...
What the BRICS carbon market partnership needs
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Illegal discharge of sewage into drains may attract penalty of up to ₹5 lakh
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Public spaces and democratic citizenship
Recent restrictions on protesters at Jantar Mantar and other public spaces undermine the historical relationship between civic arenas and democratic citizenship
Governor presents Unit Citations to Air Force Station, Avadi, 27 Special Composite Group of National Security Guard
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South T.N. likely to experience a wet Deepavali this year with heavy rain forecast till Nov. 8
An upper air cyclonic circulation over south TN and neighbourhood would bring widespread rainfall, says V.R. Durai, Head, Regional Weather Forecasting Centre
CM Vijay virtually inaugurates completed projects across Tamil Nadu
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Anbumani bats for 100% caste-based representation
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How the Supreme Court shaped due process in death penalty cases
In Bachan Singh, the apex court upheld the death penalty but laid down guidelines for judicial discretion; in Manoj v. State of Madhya Pradesh, it prescribed ‘practical guidelines’, including the submission of mental health evaluations and custody conduct reports of the accused
Stalin dubs TVK government a ‘circus’ controlled by corporate interests
Chief Minister is unable to take independent decisions, and corporate interests are influencing the functioning of the government, says DMK president
Court grants bail to driver of bus in Bhandup accident case
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Bombay HC denies bail in lynching case, says only law can punish offenders
Rejecting the argument that the victim was a history-sheeter, the court says his antecedents cannot justify vengeance or mob justice
Maharashtra FDA seizes 4,002 kg of sweets from bus in Mumbai, ₹45 lakh food items in statewide crackdown
The seized items included 2,098 kg of Gopal Sweet Barfi, 598 kg of Nandi Indian Dessert, 538 kg of Shree Bansidhar Sweet Halwa, 448 kg of Shree Gokul Traditional Sweets, 268 kg of Nandi Indian Sweet Halwa and 52 kg of Shree Gokul Halwa
After milk and curd, prices of ghee, butter and paneer too up
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Need for a unified urbanisation plan
The Union Budget, Economic Survey and Finance Commission recognise that India is urbanising across a rural-urban continuum. Yet Census 2027 will use the 2011 definitions, deepening the undercount of urban India; a National Urbanisation Policy can recognise this gap and build the ...