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Jagan asks bankers to support govt schemes, programmes

‘A.P. registered a growth of 13.7% in the first half of the current fiscal’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rKpGoT

Garment, textile dealers seek GST rollback

The Kerala Garments and Textile Dealers Welfare Association (KTGA) State council, which met here, demanded immediate rollback of the GST increase on o from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rZiMwj

Residents oppose TNUHB plan on Mandaveli high-rise project

‘Tenements should not be taller than five storeys’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3DvTOGL

Mylapore residents complain of stagnating sewage

People in Joseph Colony say the drainage overflows and inundates their low-lying locality whenever it rains from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Imdq3I

ACP pens COVID-19 awareness songs

Two of the popular COVID-19 awareness songs played by civic bodies and the police in many parts of the State have a Coimbatore connection. A. Sekar, A from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3IDOFjQ

Ganja smuggling racket busted, six arrested

Main accused operating from a dhaba on NH-16 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3GhzElE

Govt. bans manufacturing, sale of gutkha

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and transportation of gutkha/pan masala containing tobacco and nico from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dpUHpW

Narasapuram MP cheated banks, alleges Midhun Reddy

The YSRCP floor leader raises the issue in Lok Sabha from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rCxBod

No lockdown in Delhi; GRAP to kick in if virus cases spike: Jain

Kejriwal urges people not to panic, says Govt. prepared to tackle Omicron variant from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dGrd7n

Kochi Metro sees a surge in ridership

Passenger patronage crossed 50,233 on Saturday from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Ghzfj8

Deshmukh’s wife, son move High Court

They are challenging provisional attachment of their assets in corruption case from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xZLkq9

Last date to enrol in traders’ board extended

The State government has extended the last date for traders to enrol to the Tamil Nadu Traders Welfare Board to March 31, 2022, without paying any fee from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dwAYod

Rajasthan gears up to deal with Omicron

Nine found infected with the COVID variant; intensive contact tracing launched in the State from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Itbq9O

High number of applicants for street vending licence baffles corporation

Civic body receives 2,125 applications from vendors to be accommodated in city from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZYbOvE

Man nabbed for printing pirated copies of NCERT books

Months after a factory owner was arrested, a 25-year-old man has been nabbed for printing pirated copies of NCERT books and later selling them through from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Eue50E

Olaf Scholz to take charge of Germany as Merkel era ends

He vows a ‘new beginning’, unveils a gender-balanced Cabinet from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lHq4Rk

‘Keep the motivation to serve people’

58th Home Guards Raising Day celebrated in city from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rVAIb9

719 people test positive for COVID-19

Chennai, Coimbatore see slight dip in cases; 20 districts report fewer than 10 cases each from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dqUId4

DVAC seizes ₹23 lakh, jewellery

In a day-long joint operation on Monday, sleuths from the Vellore Detachment of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) and the Inspec from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dsm0zC

German firm Liteauto to invest ₹1,500 crore in State

Magnesium components maker to set up advanced design, manufacturing facility from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pzI6G2

‘India has potential to be healthcare powerhouse’

Governor addresses 65th foundation lecture of ASCI from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pvcSQs

Seven organs retrieved from brain-dead woman

Mother of nine-month-old girl was critically injured in road accident from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3IocKec

It’s KCR Constitution in State: Eatala

Government can take back land if we encroached, says BJP legislator from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3GgIuQE

Man held for duping people

The Hyderabad Central Crime Station Police on Sunday arrested one K. Guruprasad from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh in connection with a cheating case.Ear from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Du65LX

All 13 fliers from at-risk countries test negative

No Omicron case in Telangana yet from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lGWonf

Govt. school students get chance to scale up their business ideas

Website launched for investors to join in to mentor young turks from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Gi2MZU

Tihar prison cracks down on phone use

The Tihar jail administration, in a bid to prevent inmates from using phones inside the jail, has installed as many as 7,000 CCTV cameras, bought two from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3opiL2c

‘Ultimately, everyone’s health is going to be affected due to pollution’

The situation seems to be getting worse, we have to tackle it on a war footing rather than taking small steps, says AIIMS doctor from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pqpwjP

Police arrest kingpin of ‘sextortion’ racket

Gang had rented flat in Paschim Vihar to run extortion activity from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Inc8Wb

‘Farmers’ agitation should inspire steel plant workers’

United stand would force Centre to rethink its decision: CPI(M) leader from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31slrn2

Asilmetta underpass off-limits for bikers

The traffic police on Sunday issued orders barring the entry of two-wheelers through the underpass at Asilmetta Junction in the city from Sunday.The d from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3onNkWe

‘We are trying to rejuvenate Mithi, Dahisar, other rivers in Mumbai’

Can the rivers be blue? Possibly not, but we are looking at cleaner water today, and wider and deeper navigation, says Maharashtra Environment Minister from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31ASbdt

Oppose privatisation spree, urges CPI(M)

Centre using COVID-19 as an excuse, says B.V. Raghavulu from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3DvHru9

Farmers left counting losses in Srikakulam

Opposition parties seek compensation for crop damage from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rDZ9JY

Checks on drunken driving resume after almost 2 years

Police had stopped conducting breathalyser tests after a spurt in COVID-19 cases from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pAmSrU

Tamil Nadu logs 724 infections and 10 deaths

State’s case tally touches 27,30,516; three districts see no fresh case; active cases reach 8,041 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3or5YfM

COVID-19 war room in Vellore, nearby districts on high alert

Collectors instruct health officials to be prepared for the Omicron variant from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Erd617

Making large campuses resilient to heavy rain

‘RWH structure should be installed based on soil profile’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31AMiNp

Reader’s Mail - Hyderabad

Omicron concernsThe new COVID variant, Omicron, is spreading fast in a few countries, and if we are not careful, the situation is likely to be very se from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rAf9fN

Thirty-nine medical students test positive

Annual Day festival was held on the college campus over a week ago from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31DvPIE

‘A.P. ahead in public service delivery mechanism’

Speakers at webinar dwell on various issues impacting functioning of local bodies from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3ErgtoR

Woman oustee of Gouravelli reservoir found dead

She was unable to get compensation; children become orphans from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3do5gtu

Six, including a toddler, killed in road accident

Their car hit a culvert and went up in flames from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Ix7aq6

Kerala Blasters’ day out, record first win of the season

Bring down the high-flying Odisha FC from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3DrHCqk

Thripunithura bypass: Demand to address landowners’ woes

Hundreds left in the lurch, says forum from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pxKi13

First dose coverage of vaccination crosses 80% in State

The national coverage stood at 83.7% for first dose as on Dec. 2 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Docfgz

Rasika Ranjani Sabha seeks to crowdfund its loan repayment

The 93-year-old sabha has tied up with GoCrowdEra from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Er0reS

Rosaiah’s demise huge loss to Cong.: Chinta

‘He worked as Revenue Minister in cabinets of all CMs of Congress governments from 1970s’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Dq9StI

CAMPCO to procure coconuts from farmers on pilot basis

Initially they’ll be bought in Puttur, Sullia from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dmVFTy

‘Renew licences by Dec. 15’

The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has asked all traders in the city to renew their licences or apply for new ones before December 15, 2021.Commissi from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3GhLr3d

Tamil Nadu sees marginal rise in cases as 731 people test positive

Chennai and Coimbatore record rise with 136 and 130 infections respectively; six people die from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3ImNYeA

Win people’s support to achieve party’s goal, says Ramadoss

‘District secretaries should visit villages, interact with people’ from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pp66eZ

Three more succumb to COVID in A.P.

Recovery rate remains at 99.20% from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3El4IQS

Buddhi Clinic holds webinar on seizures and autism

Initiatives launched for the benefit of patients, caregivers from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Ikx2VZ

Muraleedharan flays reversal of ‘three capitals’ decision

Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has termed the Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to have three capitals under the gui from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZV7eyr

Parag Agrawal | Twitter’s new helmsman

At 37, the IIT-B educated techie is the youngest to head an S&P 500 company from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rFtp75

It’s Fire Power vs. Botero in 2000 Guineas

Fire Power and Botero should fight out the finish of the Golconda 2000 Guineas (Gr. 2), the main attraction of Sunday’s (Dec. 5) races.1. MICA EMPRESS from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31udo9c

Faith, belief and worship

Religion and rituals have unfortunately become divisive issues of modern times from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dmLw9r

Pioneer 3, a failure with some success

Launched on December 6, 1958, the Pioneer 3 mission was one of the first attempts by the U.S. to send a spacecraft to the moon. Even though it didn’t achieve its primary objective, it provided valuable data that helped in a discovery. A.S.Ganeshtakes a look at a failed mission that had some success... from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3DoN8dz

‘Plans on to improve tourism sector in State’

The State government has several proposals to upgrade the services provided by Hotel Tamilnadu and to improve tourism sector in the State, according t from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3IgYsvU

‘Build underground storage structures to store floodwater’

Exnora moots agency to implement rainwater harvesting from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xTTlge

Nitish Kumar should address issues I raised at NDA meeting: Nikki Hembrom

Bihar BJP MLA describes the CM as a ‘guardian’; doesn’t seek apology for remarks she had previously protested from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xSxLcf

Myanmar keen on reopening border gate

Myanmar is keen on reopening the International Border at Gate no. I with India to resume legalised border trade, officials said. India had sealed the from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rFhBSj

Gold, foreign currency seized

The Customs officials seized gold dust, electronic goods and foreign currency from four passengers at Chennai airport on Saturday. According to a pres from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3DohfBG

U.T. records 28 new COVID-19 infections

Active case count stands at 294 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZTbtKK

Kangana’s car stopped in Punjab

Actor Kangana Ranaut’s car was on Friday briefly stopped at Kiratpur Sahib in Punjab’s Rupnagar district by a group of people, demanding an apology fr from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3ElNe76

‘Maharashtra Govt. to appoint rights panel chief before Dec. 10’

Advocate General informs High Court during PIL hearing from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dfX2mX

TVS Motor donates ₹3 crore for flood relief

TVS Motor Company has contributed ₹3 crore to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, towards flood relief work. TVS Motor Company chairman Venu Srin from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31vgud2

Longest in-country migration route of lesser florican from Rajasthan tracked

Endangered bird’s mystery may be resolved with tagging of transmitters from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3EpVFOB

Kejriwal flags off train to Ayodhya

CM interacts with Ram Temple-bound beneficiaries of Delhi Govt.’s pilgrimage scheme from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rzBfyX

Varsity teachers plan legal action if their demands are not met

Anna varsity teachers’ association sets year-end deadline from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dfGmMv

Former Bigg Boss contestant assaulted

‘Kirik’ Keerthi, a former Bigg Boss contestant, was allegedly assaulted with a beer bottle at a pub by a patron in Sadashivanagar on Thursday night. M from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31l54sG

₹5L stolen from contractor’s car

A civil contractor who parked his SUV in the parking lot of BBMP head office found the driver seat window broken and ₹5 lakh cash kept in the dashboar from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31uLCtg

City’s air quality improves to ‘very poor’ level

Rai urges Centre for a meeting with neighbouring States to create joint action plan from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lAGk6r

Corpn. to recruit 140 doctors

The civic body will also appoint 236 health workers from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xSPPCV

Corridors of death

Elephants are victims of train collisions and electric fences in rising man-animal conflicts from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lx5V0c

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems

In any reimagination of food systems, now unequal and strained, the world has to factor in climate change adaptation from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xT1cLl

Recast this apples-and-oranges ranking method

The NIRF’s ranking of State-run and centrally-funded higher education institutions on a common scale is problematic from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3okeME4

Pique and petulance

The NIA’s appeal against Sudha Bharadwaj’s bail order reveals its bull-headedness from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3luAvYo

HC sets aside order impounding Leena Manimekalai’s passport

Court asks her and Susi Ganesan to cooperate during trial from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZWNPNC

Two held in death of youth in gun fire

A special police team led by M.D. Sunil, DySP, Kalpetta, arrested two persons on Friday in connection with the death of a youth, who was shot dead on from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/331XKCN

Indian men in final, women bow out of Asian squash championship

The top-seeded Indian men’s team reached the final of the Asian team squash championships here on Friday with a 2-0 victory over defending champion an from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pigp4A

Prohibitory orders in Thalassery till Dec. 6

Police stop rally taken out by BJP from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZPR6xZ

A postcard campaign for students

The Department of Posts, in coordination with the Department of School Education and Literacy of the Ministry of Education, will organise a postcard c from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZPtARI

Nonagenarian artiste sings for film

Ajay Joseph had nobody else but the name of veteran singer-actor Maradu Joseph to offer when his friend and filmmaker Saheer Ali wanted a voice from t from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3GcZiYU

Schools to function as usual

Amidst fears of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus spreading after two cases were reported in Bengaluru, the Department of Public Instruction on Th from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rvadZz

For Visva-Bharati, centenary turns out to be year of poor rankings

Teachers allege the onus of fall on Vice Chancellor from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZOL011

Channi flays opposition for ‘unethical’ criticism

Facing criticism from the opposition parties over limiting himself to only making announcements in the run up to impending Assembly polls, Punjab Chie from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Dp5QBW

Govt. issues list of lessons to be omitted for SSLC students

Many private schools say they have completed entire syllabus from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3oiEJE6

3 police personnel suspended for ‘torturing’ 21-year-old youth

Illegally detained youth had to have arm amputated: Human rights activists from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Ddu15X

Supplyco’s mobile Maveli stores to cover distant rural villages

Shops on wheels sell essential items, including rice and pulses, at an affordable price from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dbQhTi

Mahila varsity’s innovation council bags four stars

It is among four from south central region to get the top ranking from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3ppQNmr

T.N. to get national award for disability welfare

President to present the award today from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xPAqmI

Centurion varsity first convocation tomorrow

Centurion University-Vizianagaram Vice-Chancellor G.S.N. Raju said the first convocation would be held on December 4 on the university premises.Addres from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rvxKJX

Bad roads no deterrent for marching Amaravati ryots

Many Muslims express solidarity in Nellore district from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lsDsZa

450 policewomen attend cancer detection camp

MGM Healthcare on Thursday organised a breast cancer screening camp for policewomen aged over 40. Nearly 450 women registered for the camp, which was from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31m1yOA

CM greets Veeramani on his 89th birthday

Vaiko, Balakrishnan also wish him from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31ldBvc

State reports 715 fresh COVID-19 cases

Chennai tops the table with 123 testing positive for the infection, followed by Coimbatore with 121 from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xPnCwT

Haj: why was Chennai left out, ask MPs

T.R. Baalu, Dayanidhi Maran bring up issue in the Lok Sabha from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3Di1qMQ

Govt. bodies told to use DigiLocker

The State government has directed all the government departments and their subordinate agencies to adopt DigiLocker system to provide access to digita from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3rsRDBl

High alert as cyclone threat looms

Collector cancels leave of officials, keeps rescue teams ready, and announces closure of tourist places from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3dg6kPT

A white touch to a refreshed green revolution

The Amul model, of a socio-economic enterprise, has immense potential to aid India’s crop-growing farmers from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xQ3ta8

Breathing fresh air into the NCR’s pollution control

Revisiting the UN Environment Programme’s review of China’s strategy provides useful lessons for policymakers from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xLOi1A

Limited gains

Increased vaccination, COVID-appropriate behaviour can cut the Omicron risk from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3luHrV4

Births and rights

Laws on reproductive rights must recognise differences in orientation, relationship choices from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3I8QxAR

Odisha prepares for cyclone

Govt. asks coastal DCs to keep evacuation plan ready from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xI4OQ5

Man stabbed to death over personal enmity

A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death by two persons over personal enmity in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden on Wednesday, the police said. The accused h from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3EqhX2A

Rajasthan Congress appoints office-bearers

(New appointments made after recent Cabinet reshuffle) from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3G4Aa6l

NGO owner, daughter molested, attacked

Accused were sent by AAP MLA, says complainant; two women arrested from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31mIFeh

Virtual digital media conclave to be held

The three-day event is open to all from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3xGzukN

Police collect evidence in law student death case

The police team probing the alleged suicide of law student Mofia Parveen on Wednesday took the accused around for evidence collection.The investigatio from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/32EqwJd

Elaborate process mooted to carry out remediation works

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has outlined an elaborate process to carry out the remediation works at Edayattuchal and Chakkarachal paddy from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3IdPGin

Omicron: CIAL scales up testing

700 COVID tests to be facilitated in an hour from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31e1eBA

COVID-19 | First case of omicron variant in U.S. identified

Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters that the person, who returned from South Africa on Nov. 22, was experiencing “mild symptoms.” from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3G8ndJ0

Heavy metals contaminating Edayar paddy fields, finds study

Central Pollution Control Board submits report to National Green Tribunal from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/31e17Ga

High Court stays SHRC’s suo motu inquiry into death of techie’s killer

Ramkumar was the accused in the Swathi murder case from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZMxRWe

Train to Amritsar to be cancelled for two days

The 20807 Visakhapatnam-Amritsar Express, leaving the city on December 6 and 9, will be cancelled and the return 20808 Amritsar-Visakhapatnam Express, from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3EfKLuS

Tribunal rules in favour of workers’ body

Corporation workers want eight-hour shift, basic facilities from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3lqBmsQ

First rank in Swachh Survekshan not too far away, says Commissioner

City adjudged ninth cleanest in 2021 rankings from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3oceqPM

Labour court rejects ELCOT’s plea

It was over contribution towards ESI from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/2ZM6o72

Road to recovery: On sustaining growth

Policy makers must boost demand-supportive measures to ensure recovery sustains from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3IenpYL

In border stand-off, a manufactured refugee crisis

This issue concerning the EU, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine subserves aspects of their foreign, domestic agendas from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3FZy5bQ

The Trinamool is playing T20, AAP a Test match

The party that is more likely to appropriate the electoral space of the Indian National Congress is the Aam Aadmi Party from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3d8JbPl

Letters to the Editor — December 2, 2021

House businessThe problem with the running of Parliament starts with the ruling party denying an opportunity to the Opposition to raise issues in the from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3pcDfKS

Point of disorder: On suspension of MPs

Disruption of proceedings, suspension of MPs undermine parliamentary democracy equally from The Hindu - Home https://ift.tt/3G6cj6w