NAMAKKAL: The Kumarapalayam police in Namakkal district have seized a total of 186 kg of banned gutkha products from a shop and a vehicle near Kallangattu Valasu bus stop and arrested a man.Based on a tip-off, a team headed by sub-inspector M Gautham carried out a raid at a shop on Tuesday night. “We found…
‘Toy Story 5’ drew strong early reactions after its world premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, with critics calling it emotional, funny, and one of the strongest animated films of 2026 so far. The new chapter brings back Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the gang as they face a world shaped by technology. The…
Referee Omar Artan, center, of Somalia (AP Photo) Somalian referee Omar Artan received an emotional welcome on Wednesday after returning to Mogadishu, days after being denied entry into the United States despite being selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup.Artan had been on course to make history as the first referee from Somalia to…
In his long political career that started in the early 1990s, Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu was written off several times. And every time, he made a stronger comeback. In 1996, he became Israel’s youngest Prime Minister, and the first to be born in the state of Israel. After losing the 1999 election heavily to Labour’s Ehud…
Chennai: In a corner of the forensic museum at Madras Medical College, inside an old wooden, glass‑fronted cupboard, a jar holds the sawn‑off half of a human head, with a small label — M 11. There are no records or documents describing the specimen, but professors say it belonged to C Alavandar, a pen salesman…
Confidence returns to your step today. You wake with more enthusiasm, and the body seems willing to cooperate with the mind. That’s a gift. The Moon supports your routine and Jupiter blesses performance, so even ordinary tasks feel lighter than they did a few days ago.There is also a social flavour around you. It is…
COIMBATORE: The Sulur police in Coimbatore district on Tuesday filed an 819-page chargesheet against two men arrested in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a minor girl here on May 21. The chargesheet was e-filed 18 days after the arrest of the two accused, which is a relatively short period. The investigating team,…
Pakistan’s Gaddafi Stadium (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Lahore’s iconic Gaddafi Stadium has come under scrutiny after the International Cricket Council (ICC) rated the pitch used for the third ODI between Pakistan and Australia as “unsatisfactory” and handed the venue one demerit point under its Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.The sanction places Gaddafi Stadium alongside Lord’s…
More than three decades after they shared screen space in the blockbuster ‘Mohra’, Raveena Tandon, Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty have reunited, sending fans on a nostalgic trip down memory lane. The trio, whose chemistry became iconic in the 1994 action thriller, will now be seen together once again in ‘Welcome To The Jungle’.As the…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: SLC) NEW DELHI: After a spectacular IPL 2026 campaign, the focus quickly shifted to 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and was expected he will continue his six-hitting spree in the India A tri-nation one-day series in Sri Lanka. However, things did not go according to plan for the young batting sensation in his…