coimbatore l monday l june 08, 2026 l `9.00 l PAGES 12 l LATE City EDITION Chennai-born architect behind Trump’s AI policies to leave job pushed for rollback of regulations on AI Krishnan was an architect of the Trump administration’s ‘AI Action Plan’, which provided a blueprint to roll back regulation of the emerging technology and promote the construction of data centres across the US. He also was among tech advisers who helped craft an executive order limiting states’ ability to regulate AI, which Trump signed in December Sriram Krishnan is stepping down from his role as senior policy adviser for Artificial Intelligence to US President Donald Trump Criticised green card cap, drew maga ire ■ ■ Born in Chennai in 1984, Krishnan earned his Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from SRM University in 2005, before moving to the US two years later to join Microsoft Krishnan had courted criticism from Trump’s right-wing supporters over his calls to remove country-specific caps on green cards 42-yr-old Worked at Microsoft, Meta and X before joining the White House CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI Chorus against second cooking gas price hike since Iran conflict TMC’s Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi on Sunday | PTI TN govt rolls out ‘anywhere registration’ for property deals E XPR E SS N e w s Se r v i c e @ Chennai The Tamil Nadu Registration Department has announced an ‘anywhere registration’ facility that would allow citizens to register property documents entirely online without visiting a sub-registrar’s office. The system is set to be made mandatory for select property transactions shortly shifting from the , decades-old in-person registration system that often led to procedural delays and graft at sub-registrar offices. The department earlier had STAR 3.0, an online-assisted system that allowed buyers and sellers to prepare documents, pay fees, book appointments and access encumbrance certificates online. However, the registration generally required the parties to appear before the sub-registrar for identity verification and completion of the registration process. The new ‘anywhere registration’ system eliminates that final visit for eligible categories of documents. Under the new system, property buyers, sellers and financial institutions can complete registration formalities remotely, with approved documents being digitally signed by the sub-registrar and delivered electronically to users through the registrant’s login account and delivered via WhatsApp, replacing the stamped physical copy that parties previously had to collect in person. The facility will enable document registration on a 24x7 basis.  P5 23 Oppn parties to attend today’s meet P r ee t h a N a i r @ New Delhi As many as 23 Opposition parties are set to attend the crucial INDIA bloc meeting on Monday to devise fresh strategies to corner the BJP government on key national issues with an eye on the 2029 general elections, the Congress said. In a post on X, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said 23 political parties have confirmed their participation in the “INDIA janbandhan” meeting. “There are some parties who have expressed their inability to attend this particular meeting for their own reasons, even though they have conveyed their strong opposition to the Modi government’s policies and actions,” Ramesh said. The meeting comes amid growing friction within the bloc, with the DMK and AAP opting to skip and others expressing concerns about the Congress’s conduct. While the gathering is being seen as an effort to deepen coordination among Opposition parties, particularly after the recent round of assembly elections and amid Kejri, Didi discuss way forward Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday met Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, a day ahead of a meeting of the INDIA bloc. The TMC described the meeting as “warm”, and said the leaders held discussion on “the road ahead” Brittas to represent CPI(M) CPI(M) will be represented by its Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas at the meeting. CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby will not attend in protest over the Congress charge of a CPI(M)-BJP understanding in Kerala evolving political equations in several states, a Samajwadi Party leader told this paper that the DMK’s absence would be a major setback for the bloc. “The Congress will have to face several questions. Being the largest party , they failed to take other parties along,” he said. The DMK decided to boycott the meeting, citing Congress’s “betrayal” in Tamil Nadu by joining the TVK government. The equation with the CPI(M) has also strained, with the Left party expressing displeasure over remarks by senior Congress leaders alleging collusion with the BJP in Kerala. The meeting comes at the behest of the Trinamool Congress, which is facing an existential crisis. “Meeting with a common purpose and clear intent. INDIA united. Many parties look forward to meeting in the spirit of camaraderie,” TMC MP Derek O’Brien said. SP’s Akhilesh Yadav, RJD’s Manoj Jha, J&K CM Omar Abdullah, NCP’s Supriya Sule, VCK’s Thirumavalavan and others are expected to attend. TVK was not invited because it doesn’t have MPs. E x p r e s s Re a d TNEB tenders worth `5K cr under review: Nirmal Kumar TN imposes additional fee on liquor, beer manufacturers Chennai: The TVK govt has placed TNEB tenders worth over `5,000 crore under review after detecting irregularities, said Electricity Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar. In an interview with TNIE, the minister said the govt’s first priority is to identify areas of unnecessary expenditure and plug leakages. Several policy reforms have already been introduced and their impact will be visible soon, he added | P4 Chennai: The TN govt has imposed an additional fee on liquor manufacturers supplying products to the state. Under the revised levy, manufacturers of Indian-Made Foreign Spirits will have to pay an extra `90 per standard case, while beer and wine manufacturers will have to pay `40 per case of 12 bottles of 650 ml each and `20 per case of 12 bottles of 750 ml each, respectively | P4 trailblazer Pimenta, most powerful woman in football s w a r o o p s w a m i n at h a n @ Oslo RAFAELA Pimenta has had a few insults thrown in her general direction over the decades. But the most powerful woman in football doesn’t let it affect her anymore. “Couldn’t care less at this point,” she tells this daily on the sidelines of the Norway Chess event last week. Pimenta, who manages Erling Haaland among other star footballers, lifted the lid on what her working conditions were like before she worked up the ladder to carve out a commanding space for herself in an industry created by men for men. “It’s really male dominated and it was even worse when I started,” says the 53-year-old who was at the event as she had invested in their new product, Total Chess. The Brazilian lawyer-turned-manager — generally recognised as one of the first female ‘super agents’ in football press — w i l l h ave a clusive number of clients at the World Cup, beginning in the US, Mexico and Canada from June 11, including Norway’s Haaland. Pimenta hopes for better working conditions for women in football. “What I hope is that it gets easier for all women. That women will not care for What I hope is that it gets easier for all women and that’s one of the reasons for me to be here. Rafaela Pimenta, football agent Rafaela Pimenta | Michal Walusza / Norway Chess this abuse and that we can keep holding our positions we achieved and push forward.” It’s a powerful message to think about as the men’s World Cup — the single most widely watched sporting event across the planet — is about to start in a few days’ time.  P11 ‘A blessing’ Pimenta says that it is a blessing to work with Norwegian and Manchester City star Erling Haaland. “It’s a blessing. He fits the way I think people should work.” OPEC+ hikes output OPEC+ ministers decided Sunday to increase oil production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day for July. OPEC+ said the latest hike was “to support oil market stability” and “to accelerate profits for members E x p r e s s N e w s Se r v i c e @ New Delhi OPPOSITION parties on Sunday criticised the Centre over the latest increase in domestic LPG prices, accusing it of further burdening households already struggling with a rising cost of living and inflation. However, the government maintained that despite the latest hike, domestic LPG prices in India remain lower than Despite the increase, domestic LPG prices remain below those prevailing in neighbouring coun - tries like Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The government raised the price of a 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder by `29, taking it to `942 from `913 in Delhi. The hike comes nearly three months after an increase of `60 announced in March amid a surge in global energy prices linked to West Asia conflict. The Congress alleged that the gover nment was passing the burden of rising costs onto ordinary citizens.” Party president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the govern- ment’s handling of fuel supplies and pricing. NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar warned that the government would pay a “political price” as frequent hikes in essential commodities were burdening the common man. PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss, an NDA ally, too demanded an immediate rollback. Likewise, CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan called it an “anti-people” decision. As for the AAP, it said the cooking gas price hike would intensify fin a n c i a l p re s s u re a c ro s s families. The Trinamool, too, accused the Centre of shifting the burden of global disruptions onto ordinary households.