The Hindu (Chennai)
GST refund norms eased; officers lose arrest powers
he Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Thursday took a slew of decisions in its 57th meeting here to enhance simplification, improve certainty in tax treatment, remove holdups in the processing of input tax credits, and ease the compliance burden...
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Three killed in attacks on airports, says Saudi Arabia
Three people were killed in attacks on two airports in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom’s General Authority for Civil Aviation said on Wednesday. The Saudi Arabian authorities did not blame any party for the attacks at Abha and Riyadh’s King Khalid...
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Pioneer of IceCube neutrino detector wins physics Nobel
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics will be awarded to Belgium-born Francis Halzen, 82, for his contributions to IceCube, a neutrino observatory in the South Pole, and for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. While there are...
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SC distances itself from Form 6 tweaks, issues notice to EC
The Supreme Court on Monday distanced itself from the controversial alterations made to Form 6 for registering new voters during the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across several States, shifting scrutiny to the Election Commission...
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Four children drown in lake in Chromepet
Four children, including two girls, drowned in the Periya Eri in Chromepet on Sunday. A senior official of the Tambaram Police Commissionerate said the deceased — Yuvanesh, 10, Pooja, 13, Khushi, 13, and Devadharshan, 12 — all residents of...
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Protests persist as Rahul calls for joint ‘resistance’
As Opposition leaders, civil society activists, and youth organisations on Saturday continued their protests seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and suspension of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls, the...
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Youth, leaders detained amid protest against CEC
Opposition parties, civil society activists, youth and student organisations held protests across the country on Friday demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. In Mumbai, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)led...
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UAE probes ‘terror’ link to flight incident
he UAE announced on Thursday it was probing a possible “terrorist” link to an apparent attack by a pilot on board a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that saw passengers reroute the plane to stop it from crashing. The dramatic events on Wednesday ended...
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Israel-bound plane drops 16,000 ft in a minute as pilot stabs colleague
An Indian pilot on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was stabbed by his copilot who was apparently trying to crash the aircraft on Wednesday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker,...
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Suspend SIR as its constitutional validity is doubtful, says Congress
lleging “matchfixing” among Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Tuesday demanded Mr. Modi’s resignation, the removal of the CEC, an...
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Authorities lax in ensuring women’s safety in Delhi: SC
aking suo motu cognisance of a spate of sexual assault incidents against minors and women in the DelhiNational Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Delhi Police to immediately identify vulnerable pockets, step up patrolling,...
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EC steps won’t undo ‘mass disenfranchisement’: Cong.
day after the Election Commission announced multiple steps to address concerns about the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Congress on Sunday termed them a “desperate attempt at damage control” that “hides all and reveals...
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EC switches to damage control mode after facing flak over SIR
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced a slew of measures addressing concerns over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country, including stopping physical hearings for unmapped voters or those with...
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Congress leads protests seeking CEC’s exit, arrest
he Congress on Friday led nationwide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, accusing him of compromising the integrity of India’s electoral process, with the party’s general secretary (organisation), K.C....
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Polls rigged, CEC should quit immediately: Rahul
lections in India are being rigged, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar acted as “deshdrohis (traitors)” by destroying the country’s votes, Leader of the Opposition in the...
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We are ‘terror victims’, Pezeshkian tells UN
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at UN General Assembly a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he could “annihilate”...
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17yearold girl gangraped at public park in Delhi; 3 held
Over 25 Jobs in today’s issue A 17yearold girl was gangraped by three men who posed as police personnel at Astha Kunj Park near Kalkaji Mandir in southeast Delhi on Monday night. The girl’s 17yearold male friend was also assaulted. The accused...
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IndiaNew Zealand FTA to come into effect on Oct. 20
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and New Zealand that was ratified on Monday and comes into effect on October 20 aims at doubling bilateral trade to ₹35,000 crore in the “next four to five years”, according to Union Commerce Minister Piyush...
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Tata Sons Board did not meet conditions: Trusts
Tata Trusts, the majority owner of Tata Sons, has challenged the validity of the holding company’s September 17 decision to reappoint N. Chandrasekaran as the chairman of its Board, arguing that its Articles of Association (AoA) require affirmative...
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Developing nations wrongly blamed for emissions: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the responsibility for carbon emissions had often been “wrongly placed” on developing countries. He also claimed that India was the only G20 country to have fulfilled all the commitments it made at the...
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Data suggest Indian oil buys fall after U.S. curbs
ver the past decade, India has complied with U.S. pressure to reduce oil imports from countries it has sought to isolate, such as Venezuela, Iran, and Russia, even though they were important sources. Once the U.S. pressure eased, official data show...
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U.S. clears Russia sanctions Bill; India faces tariff threat
he U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation targeting Russia’s energy sector, individuals and the “shadow fleet” of tankers, including authorising the U.S. President to impose tariffs of up to 100% on India and other countries for...
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CCB searches four locations in Tiruchi, Chennai linked to former DMK Minister
A team from the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Chennai City Police conducted simultaneous searches at four locations in Tiruchi and Chennai linked to former DMK Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, including his residence in Tiruchi, on Wednesday. The...
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Merchants face 0.4% fee on UPI payment above ₹2,000
he National Payments Corporation of India has introduced a charge of 0.4% that most merchants will have to pay banks and payment processors on UPI payments they receive in excess of ₹2,000 per transaction, it said on Tuesday. The charge, or Merchant...
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Bar Council has no power to punish law students: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and its Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, lack jurisdiction to discipline or penalise law students, rebuking the regulatory body’s attempts to intimidate NALSAR students...
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Rescue efforts on a war footing in Nepal as disaster toll hits 675
The death toll from Nepal’s devastating flash flood rose to 675 on Saturday, as authorities said rescue operations continued for a fourth day, though hindered by the remoteness of the region. The country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and...
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‘No contact with 320 Indians, 400 stranded’
he death toll in the Nepal flash floods touched 579 on Friday, even as the search for nearly 2,000 missing people continued for the third day. The Nepal Police said more than 4,500 people had been rescued. Of the 183 Indian tourists reported missing,...
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Four Nagas killed in ambush amid Manipur peace efforts
Unidentified gunmen on Thursday morning ambushed and killed four Naga civilians between Makui Ashang and Thanamba Naga villages in Manipur’s Kukidominated Kangpokpi district. Officials said the gunmen opened fire on at least six persons who were...
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157 killed in Nepal flash flood, hundreds missing
t least 157 people were killed and more than 400 people, 133 Indians among them, were missing or out of contact after a massive flash flood in Nepal’s Bhotekoshi River swept through villages in Rasuwa, a district bordering China’s Tibet region, on...
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India, China discuss ways to push border delimitation
India and China on Tuesday said they had discussed advancing talks on delimiting parts of the disputed border, as National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Beijing. A statement from the Indian Embassy here said...
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CRPF subinspector injured, two houses torched in clash between Manipur groups
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) subinspector was injured and at least two houses were torched after violence erupted between two groups in Manipur on Monday. Officials in Imphal said unknown miscreants burnt a house in the Taphou Kuki village...
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U.S. MoU best way out of war, says Iran President
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while also acknowledging that his country’s citizens face “many problems”. The MoU signed in midJune...
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Centre expands curbs on cold medicines for children under 4
The Union Health Ministry has imposed restrictions on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of all fixeddose combinations (FDCs) containing chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine hydrochloride, mandating a clear warning that these medicines...
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CJP team on school inspection attacked
team of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists was allegedly assaulted and chased out of RampuraKanwarpura village near Jaipur on Friday, when it attempted to inspect a government school as part of the organisation’s ‘School Thik Karo’ campaign. The...
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1978 ‘industry’ definition void under new code: SC
n a verdict in which judges varyingly differed on issues, a ninemember Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that a nearly halfcenturyold expansive interpretation of ‘industry’, which previously granted workers stronger labour rights and...
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NTA reforms should have meaningful continuity: SC
he Supreme Court on Wednesday emphasised the need for institutionalising reforms within the National Testing Agency (NTA) while indicating that the government must not hop from one committee to the next in search of solutions. The court made it clear...
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Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to use an exceptional power under Article 142 of the Constitution to quash first information reports (FIRs) registered against students who joined the nationwide protests against NEETUG paper leaks that led to the...
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Soren scraps examinations as protests rock Jharkhand
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday announced the cancellation of the Jharkhand Staff Selection CommissionCombined Graduate Level ( JSSCCGL) examination, 24 days after students and job aspirants began a protest over alleged irregularities...
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Bangladesh sets ‘conditions’ for Rahman’s visit to India
The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday that officials from New Delhi and Dhaka have been in talks for “several weeks” for a possible visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It also said that the atmosphere of bilateral...
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PM takes note of Gen Z anxieties, warns against ‘intellectual Naxals’
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on the 80th Independence Day of India, just days after massive youth protests rocked the capital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed a sevenpoint economic reform plan and an outreach to Gen Z...
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India helps China evade tariffs, claims U.S. report
India is once again in U.S. crosshairs, this time for allegedly allowing China to evade U.S. tariffs by routing its exports through the country. The latest allegations are part of a new White House report called ‘The Great Transshipment Scam’. In...
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Goods exports surge 20% as India diversifies trade
Despite the ongoing turmoil in West Asia, India’s merchandise exports saw a growth of nearly 20% in July this year, faster than that of imports, official data released on Thursday show. Notably, exports to West Asia itself have recovered, with July’s...
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Retail inflation hits 19month high of 4.45% in July
Retail inflation in India rose to a 19month high of 4.45% in July, driven up by higher food and fuel prices, official data released on Wednesday showed. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme...
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Karnataka told to release Cauvery water from today
he Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA), which met in Delhi on Tuesday, affirmed and endorsed the decision by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) to direct Karnataka to ensure the release of Cauvery water at the rate of 12,000 cusecs...
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Protesters march to Jharkhand Assembly; 5 injured in clashes
Thousands of students and job aspirants from across Jharkhand marched towards the State Assembly in Ranchi on Monday, breaking through barbed barricades and reaching the Assembly gates as their indefinite strike over alleged irregularities in...
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Houthis hit Saudi oil facility, kill 11 in Yemen
At least 11 persons were killed in Houthi strikes in Yemen’s port city of Mokha on Sunday while a drone salvo by the Iranaligned rebels targeted a Saudi Arabian oil refinery on the Kingdom’s Red Sea coast. The attack in Mokha comes after a yearslong...
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Manipur CM reopens National Highways to allow free movement
More than a year after the Union government failed to clear the “economic blockades” by ethnic groups in Manipur, the State government on Saturday announced the immediate reopening of the National Highways (NH) for the free movement of people from all...
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye ink defence deal
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca committing “collective defence” and “collective deterrence”, at a time when Saudi Arabia is under attack from Yemen’s Houthis and West Asia remains engulfed in the...
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DMK lays down conditions to support delimitation Bill
As the Narendra Modi government explores the possibility of bringing in a constitutional amendment Bill to carry out a fresh delimitation exercise, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) may consider extending support if the Centre revises the legislation...
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Rijiju meets Rahul in bid to end Parliament logjam
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday in an effort to break the deadlock in Parliament, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign...
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Udhayanidhi Stalin held for ‘misogynist’ remarks
Tamil Nadu’s Leader of the Opposition and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin was on Tuesday morning arrested by police following a complaint filed by a functionary of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) who...
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Thirupparankundram row: SC agrees to hear T.N.’s plea, but refuses interim relief
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government, headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, challenging orders passed by the Madras High Court on lighting a lamp at a stone pillar near a dargah on the...
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PM launches drive to curb drug abuse among youth
Stressing the need for sustained action and community participation to combat drug abuse, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid out a national vision for building a drugsfree youth population as the foundation of “Viksit Bharat” (developed...
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Eight killed as extremely heavy rain lashes Kerala
Eight people died in rainrelated incidents in Kerala as a spell of intense rain battered the State from Friday night into Saturday, triggering landslips, flashfloods, and widespread destruction, particularly in hilly regions. This comes barely a month...
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Fourstorey building collapse leaves 10 dead in Maharashtra
At least 10 people were killed and three injured after a fourstorey residential building, declared “dangerous” by the civic body in September 2020 and undergoing illegal repairs, collapsed in Bhiwandi city in Maharashtra late on Thursday...
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Pellet guns part of graded police response, says SC
he Supreme Court on Thursday said the use of pellet guns by the police in “exceptional circumstances” was part of a graded approach to break civilian protests. The court, however, did not expand on which “exceptional circumstances” justified the use...
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Vijay takes his first Metro Rail ride with public, reviews phaseII project
With countless mobiles up in the air for quick selfies, and whistles and cheer piercing the air, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay took his first Chennai Metro Rail ride in the Blue Line on Wednesday. At the Government Estate and Nandanam Metro stations,...
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Release all minors held over student protests: SC
he Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated that it would consider constituting a highpowered investigation team to conduct a “thorough, fair, and independent” inquiry into allegations of police excesses during the recent student protests in Delhi and...
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CJP warns of fresh protests over govt.’s ‘promise breach’
he Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday warned of fresh protests, accusing the Centre of violating its assurance that no punitive action would be taken against protesters. “We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police...
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Nilekani to lead high-powered task force on exam reforms: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced the constitution of a highpowered task force, to be headed by former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani, to recommend steps to make the country’s examination system leakproof and technologydriven. The...
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Dharmendra Pradhan quits; CJP calls off stir
We have done it, says Abhijeet Dipke; President appoints Pralhad Joshi as Education Minister This is a signal to farmers, labourers, poor people to stand up to the oppressive govt., says Rahul Gandhi Kharge seeks stringent action against those who...
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U.S. announces permanent tariffs; India remains at 10%
Even as the U.S.’s temporary 10% tariffs come to an end, it has announced permanent tariffs related to its investigation into forced labour on 60 of its trading partners, including India. India’s tariff rate, however, remains at 10% instead of the...
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Houthi attacks drive Brent price past $100
In an escalation of the conflict in West Asia, the Houthis, Iran’s allies in Yemen, said they attacked two Saudi Arabiaflagged tankers in the Red Sea on Thursday, as part of a blockade on Saudi shipping. According to Al Masirah, the Houthis’ official...
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Delhi HC seeks govt. response on police actions during CJP march
Petitioners warn against unchecked police action, flag use of lathis with nails, electric batons, pellet guns during the July 20 protest march; allegations can’t be dismissed as ‘isolated incidents’, says court; it orders preservation of CCTV, video...
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