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Hindutva trouble for AIADMK and murmurs in TN BJP | Powertrip #108

3 days ago | thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. In this Tamil Nadu special, we found out the details behind DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran’s astonishing legal notice to his brother Kalanithi Maran alleging a massive corporate fraud.
Madras HC delivers split verdict on animal sacrifice at Thirupparankundram hill

3 days ago | thenewsminute.com | Azeefa Fathima |Dhanya Rajendran

Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, on Tuesday, June 25, delivered a split verdict on a batch of writ petitions filed over animal sacrifice and naming disputes at the Thiruparankundram Hill in Madurai, which houses both the Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple and the Sikandar Badhusha Avuliya Dargah.
Despite growing role, women farmers lack land, voice and crucial access

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Arathi Menon

Across rural India, agriculture is undergoing a quiet transformation — one increasingly shaped by women. With rising male migration driven by reasons varying from climate stress, shrinking farm returns, and industrial employment, women are stepping in to manage farms, livestock, and household food systems. This feminisation of agriculture has been slowly unfolding yet remains largely invisible in policy and undercounted in data.
Dayanidhi Maran sends legal notice to brother Kalanithi, accuses him of corporate fraud

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran has accused his brother, founder of Sun TV Network Kalanithi Maran, of orchestrating a large-scale corporate fraud at the media conglomerate and other affiliated companies. Dayanidhi has accused Kalanithi of fraudulent transfer of shares, money laundering, and denying other legal heirs in the family their rightful share of assets.
Karnataka proposes longer workday and more overtime, unions call it ‘slavery’

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Korah Abraham |Nandini Chandrashekar

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. In a move that could significantly affect Karnataka's working population, especially its large IT and service sector workforce, the state government has proposed amendments to existing labour laws by raising the cap on daily working hours and drastically expanding the overtime limits.
BJP embarrassed as TN ex-history sheeter welcomes Amit Shah | Powertrip #107

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Dhanya Rajendran |Pooja Prasanna |Shabbir Ahmed

Welcome to this week’s Powertrip, a political newsletter exclusively curated for TNM and NL subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, and Pooja Prasanna. After the BJP found itself in a bind over a photograph of a former history-sheeter from Tamil Nadu posing with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Madurai, a report by state president Nainar Nagenthiran only embarrassed the party further.
Why decriminalisation and public health approach are urgent for India’s drug crisis

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Amal Chandra |Sony Kunjappan

India stands at a perilous crossroads in its struggle against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Once perceived as a mere transit point between the Golden Crescent and Golden Triangle, the two global narcotics epicentres, India is increasingly becoming a significant consumer and producer of illicit drugs, particularly synthetic substances.
Firefighting and Salvage Operations Continue on MV Wan Hai 503 off Kochi Coast

1 week ago | thenewsminute.com | Haritha John |Nandini Chandrashekar

Follow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The fire-hit container vessel MV Wan Hai 503 continued to burn as firefighting and towing operations continued for the third consecutive day, approximately 53 nautical miles west of Kochi. Earlier, the vessel was around 17 nautical miles away from the shore. Officials say that extreme weather conditions have made the entire operation – including salvage, firefighting, and towing – highly challenging and difficult to execute.
Telangana Education Commission mulls recommending scrapping of EAPCET

2 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Anjana Meenakshi |Korah Abraham

Speaking to TNM, TEC member PL Vishweshwar Rao said that while they were considering the possibility, it isn’t set in stone. “We aren’t sure if we will make the recommendation to the Telangana government yet. But it is a complaint we hear a lot. Parents tell us that their child has secured 90% in inter finals and it seems unreasonable that the child has to go through a lot of stress and they have to spend more money for the EAPCET entrance,” he said.
Air India air crash: All you need to know

2 weeks ago | thenewsminute.com | Deepal Trivedi

At least 200 people are feared to have died after an Air India flight bound for London crashed just five minutes after take-off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, crashed into the densely populated Meghaninagar area, slamming into the B.J. Medical College hostel and residential quarters for medical staff. The crash occurred around 1.40 pm, when at least 80 medical students were having lunch. Five students have been confirmed dead so far.