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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Shabbir Ahmed |Azeefa Fathima |Maria Teresa Raju
Ahead of the crucial Tamil Nadu Assembly elections next year, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government led by Chief Minister MK Stalin, presented a budget addressing the needs of most sections of the society on Friday, March 14. The budget focuses on DMK government’s key flagship schemes aimed at empowering women, improving education, and infrastructure.
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1 month ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Maria Teresa Raju |Ragamalika Karthikeyan
In the quiet village of Selvapuram, nestled along the Walayar stretch of National Highway 544 in Kerala, two minor Dalit girls were found dead within 52 days of each other in early 2017. The girls were 13 and 9 years old respectively, and their deaths were recorded as suicides. The post mortem reports showed that the girls had been sexually assaulted multiple times over a long period of time.
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Bharathy Singaravel |Maria Teresa Raju
The United States of America has deported an unknown number of undocumented immigrants from India, Reuters reported on February 4. Various Indian media outlets say that around 205 Indians are aboard a C-17 US military aircraft bound for India. The Reuters report is based on comments by an anonymous source in US President Donald Trump’s administration. However, no official statements have been made either by India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Maria Teresa Raju
The Kerala State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department has cancelled the GST registration of Indian Medical Association Goes Ecofriendly (IMAGE), an entity that does biomedical waste management in the state. The cancellation means that IMAGE is no longer permitted to bill for its services, potentially disrupting biomedical waste disposal operations, including in its facility in Kanjikode, Palakkad.
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2 months ago | 
thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Maria Teresa Raju
“False accusations can ruin lives, those who make them must be held accountable.” This was the opening statement of Justice PV Kunhikrishnan of the Kerala High Court, as he sat down to pronounce an order on Monday, January 27. The court was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of one Narayana Das, who had made false allegations against Sheela Sunny, a beauty parlour owner in Chalakudy, Thrissur.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Maria Teresa Raju
Protests against the proposed nuclear power plant in Cheemeni, in Kasaragod district of Kerala, are gaining momentum with activists from various quarters voicing strong opposition to the project. Prominent anti-nuclear activist K Sahadevan has written an open letter to Communist Party of India (Marxist) veteran Prakash Karat, urging him to oppose the proposal.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Bharathy Singaravel |Maria Teresa Raju
“I didn’t vote for white nationalism. I didn’t vote for nativism. I didn’t vote to be called stinky or be dehumanised,” declares Indian American data engineer Sidharth. When the presidential elections were conducted in the United States of America in November 2024, Sidharth had voted for Donald Trump, former President and Republican party candidate. He says he voted in the hopes that a Trump administration would bring in fiscal conservatism.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Haritha Manav |Maria Teresa Raju
The Kolkali venue at the 63rd Kerala School Kalolsavam in Thiruvananthapuram became a platform of resistance on Wednesday, January 8, when the students of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School (GVHSS) in Kannur performed an item titled Vazhka Palestine (Live long Palestine). They performed blindfolded in a show of solidarity with Palestine and as a mark of protest against the wars causing suffering to many.
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Jan 8, 2025 | thenewsminute.com | Haritha Manav |Maria Teresa Raju
The Kolkali venue at the 63rd Kerala School Kalolsavam in Thiruvananthapuram became a platform of resistance on Wednesday, January 8, when the students of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School (GVHSS) in Kannur performed an item titled Vazhka Palestine (Live long Palestine). They performed blindfolded in a show of solidarity with Palestine and as a mark of protest against the wars causing suffering to many.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thenewsminute.com | Tara Krishnaswamy |Maria Teresa Raju
Telling Tall Tales is a fortnightly column by Tara Krishnaswamy on matters that matter. It may sound strange, but Gujarat governance is a conundrum. Stay with me. The state has a high per capita income, in the top five. The average income of a person in Gujarat is more than 2.5 times the income of an average Indian, in the same league as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Haryana. Gujarat is also a top five Goods and Services Tax (GST) contributing state, in the same league as the three states above.
