Daily Updates
Cyclone ‘Senyar’ alert: IMD issues heavy rainfall warning for several TN districts; schools shut in Rameswaram
CHENNAI: Several northern and delta districts of Tamil Nadu — including Chennai — are preparing for heavy to very heavy...
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Jaipur school suicide: Class 4 student sought help 5 times before death, faced aggressive response, CBSE finds
JAIPUR: A Class 4 student who died by suicide at a Jaipur school earlier this month had endured more than...
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Trump says Ukraine peace plan ‘fine-tuned’, dispatches envoys to Kyiv and Moscow
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his proposal to end the war in Ukraine has been “fine-tuned,” announcing that...
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Israel launches new West Bank operation ‘to thwart terrorist activity’
Israeli security forces entered the West Bank city of Tubas on Wednesday, ordering several Palestinian residents to evacuate their homes...
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Starmer government unveils over $30bn in tax hikes to stabilise UK economy
Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, on Wednesday announced more than £26 billion ($34 billion) in tax increases by...
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EC empowered to conduct SIR; will order fixes if needed, says Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed that the Election Commission (EC) is both statutorily and constitutionally authorised to...
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Despite 33% quota, women’s representation remains low: President Murmu
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said women continue to be inadequately represented in the judiciary, legislature and executive,...
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Shooting near White House: Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal identified as suspect in security breach
Authorities have identified the suspect in the Washington, D.C., shooting that critically wounded two National Guard members near the White...
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Meerut ‘blue drum’ murder: Muskan Rastogi’s newborn to live in jail for six years; supervised schooling from age three
BAREILLY: Muskan Rastogi, the undertrial accused in the chilling “blue drum” murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput, gave birth to...
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Hong Kong high-rise inferno kills 44; hundreds remain missing
Hong Kong firefighters were still battling a massive blaze on Thursday after a deadly fire tore through a high-rise housing...
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BBC Faces Pressure in UK Parliament Over Trump ‘Scandal’
LONDON: The BBC chairman on Monday admitted the broadcaster was too slow to respond to a misleading edit of a...
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Palestinian Town on Edge as Israel Clears Land for Major New Settlement
AL-EIZARIYA: Residents of this Palestinian town near Jerusalem say they are living in fear as demolition and evacuation notices surge—an...
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Four More Arrested in $102 Million Louvre Heist; Stolen Jewels Still Missing
Paris: Authorities announced four additional arrests on Tuesday in connection with the spectacular October jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum,...
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Peripheral Roads in Tambaram Turn Deadly as Overspeeding and Missing Pedestrian Infrastructure Raise Toll
Chennai: A 61-year-old hospital worker, Ranganayaki, died on September 10 after an MTC bus hit her from behind on the...
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MP university campus turns violent: Students torch vehicles, attack chancellor’s bungalow after alleged jaundice outbreak
BHOPAL: A midnight protest at VIT University in Sehore district along the Indore–Bhopal Highway spiralled into large-scale violence late Tuesday,...
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‘He injected me with mercury’: Bengaluru woman’s dying statement puts husband under scrutiny
BENGALURU: A young mother from south Bengaluru alleged from her hospital bed that her husband had been poisoning her—injecting mercury...
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‘Jealous of her friendship with another man’: Bengaluru student killed; accused shaves head, offers hair at temple
BENGALURU: Madanayakanahalli police have arrested 21-year-old Prem Vardhan in Tirupati for the murder of his friend Devisri, a BBM student...
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‘One Indian district got 220,000 H-1B visas’: U.S. economist alleges large-scale fraud, says only 12% come from China
Former U.S. Representative and economist Dr Dave Brat has levelled serious allegations against India’s role in the H-1B visa program,...
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‘Air pollution harms children even before they are born’
As Delhi-NCR battles air quality levels in the ‘severe’ range, doctors caution that the damage begins long before birth. Anuja...
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Xi outmaneuvers Trump as tensions flare with Japan and India
China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump reinforced their emerging “G-2” dynamic on Monday, exchanging invitations for high-level...
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