Rupee falls 13 paise to 95.56 against US dollar in early trade
New Indian Expressby PTI31 Aug 2026
MUMBAI: The rupee fell 13 paise to trade at 95.56 per US dollar on Monday morning pressured by rising crude oil prices and geopolitical strain.
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top 36%Novak Djokovic loses in opening round of US Open for first time, falling in 5 sets to Mariano Navone
New Indian Expressby Associated Press31 Aug 2026
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic grinded through physical and internal ailments, made one mistake after another and could not find what it took to beat a feisty, younger opponent who was not intimidated...
Help pours in for daily-wager’s son with NEET rank in Odisha
New Indian Expressby Ashis Senapati31 Aug 2026
KENDRAPARA: Financial assistance has begun pouring in for 19-year-old Somya Ranjan Sahoo, who was struggling to secure admission to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack due to shortage of...
4,000 acres of sugarcane face danger of wilting amid water scarcity in Madurai
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
MADURAI: Lack of irrigation has threatened nearly 4,000 acres of sugarcane cultivation in Melur, Vadipatti and surrounding rainfed areas of Madurai district, with farmers warning that crops could...
CM Mohan Charan Majhi to launch mega cooperative membership drive tomorrow
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
BHUBANESWAR: The state government will launch a mega cooperative membership campaign, ‘Sambandha’, on September 1 with the objective of enrolling at least one member from every rural household into...
NCSC seeks report from Tamil Nadu government over officials’ failure to respond to notices
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
MADURAI: The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) issued a notice to the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu seeking a report on allegations that officials of the Municipal Administration and...
Rahul Gandhi demands FIR over Haldwani purification ritual; ends up facing one himself
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk31 Aug 2026
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s demand for an FIR against those who performed a purification ritual at a venue where party president Mallikarjun Kharge had addressed a rally has now culminated in an...
Farmers allege diversion of silt from Korampallam tank near Thoothukudi to realtors
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
THOOTHUKUDI: Farmers dependent on the Korampallam tank located near Thoothukudi town alleged silt and karambai (fertile silt) removed from it were not being supplied to farmers, but they were being...
Dry spell affects korai grass, production of mats halves in Musiri region
New Indian Expressby Vivanesh Parthiban31 Aug 2026
TIRUCHY: Production of Musiri’s traditional korai mat industry has taken a hit and has almost halved due to shrinking raw material supply.
Farmers claim that the compensation increase for Irugur-Devangonthi Pipeline project is not enough
New Indian Expressby P Srinivasan31 Aug 2026
TIRUPPUR: Despite the state government issuing an order to increase the compensation from 100% to 125% of market value for both dry and wet land, farmers affected by the Irugur-Devangonthi Pipeline...
Five students attacked and robbed by miscreants in Koraput
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
JEYPORE: Five students including three women were allegedly attacked and robbed of their mobile phones and cash by a group of miscreants while returning from popular tourist destination and...
Shutter damage in the Kulapathukulam Tank leaves 300 acres stranded despite water availability
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
COIMBATORE: Farmers from the Anaimalai taluk in Coimbatore district alleged that hundreds of acres of crops have been affected as irrigation water cannot be released from the Kulapathukulam Tank...
Fake Pahalgam case traps duo in four-month digital arrest in Hyderabad
New Indian Expressby Chithaluri Revanth31 Aug 2026
HYDERABAD: A 71-year-old retired SBI employee and his wife from Malakpet lost Rs 64 lakh after fraudsters allegedly kept them under digital arrest for more than four months, claiming he was linked...
Cyberabad Municipal Corporation wants to make fuel from tree waste
New Indian Expressby S Bachan Jeet Singh31 Aug 2026
HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) has proposed a green waste to bio-briquette processing plant to convert tree-pruning and horticultural waste into renewable industrial fuel.
Poor milling led to road-to-lot elevation issues at 245 locations in Tamil Nadu: Citizen-led audit
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
CHENNAI: A citizen-led audit has documented 245 locations across the 30 districts in the state where repeated road re-laying without adequate milling has created an adverse elevation difference...
Tribal woman wins PM praise for leading forest conservation in Deogarh
New Indian Expressby Mayank Bhusan Pani31 Aug 2026
SAMBALPUR: The story of Maithilee Bhue, a tribal woman from Dhodrokusum village on the fringes of Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary who moved from forest-dependent livelihood to conservation-linked...
Green-blue infra, heritage for a timeless city
New Indian Expressby Taranjit Singh Sandhu31 Aug 2026
Great cities are defined not only by the infrastructure they build, but by what they preserve, restore and pass on to future generations. Delhi is uniquely endowed in both respects.
National Green Tribunal forms panel to probe illegal mining in Khurda
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
CUTTACK: The East Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered a joint committee inspection into allegations of illegal and unscientific laterite stone extraction at Olasingh Laterite...
PM’s spotlight on Odisha’s heritage encouraging: Mohan Charan Majhi
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday said Mann Ki Baat, the monthly radio programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been giving significant national visibility to Odisha’s...
Education, agriculture, entrepreneurship key to Odisha’s devpt, say experts
New Indian Expressby Express News Service31 Aug 2026
BHUBANESWAR: Education holds key to collective progress and development, opined chairman and managing director of Eastern Media Limited Soumya Ranjan Patnaik.