Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Photo Credit: Youtube/@pmoindia via PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (August 31, 2026) paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial here during his visit to Kyrgyzstan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. He also met people from various…
Making the announcements under Rule 110 in the Assembly, chief minister C Joseph Vijay said the state needed world-class power infrastructure to meet its growing economy and rising electricity demand. CHENNAI: The TVK govt on Monday announced a Rs 20,800-crore project to establish a 1,600MW new supercritical thermal power station in Tuticorin, along with a…
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has added another record to his rapidly growing list of achievements, becoming the youngest batter in Duleep Trophy history to score a half-century.The 15-year-old achieved the feat during East Zone’s Duleep Trophy 2026 semi-final against Central Zone in Bengaluru, reaching his fifty in just 42 balls with a six.Sooryavanshi eventually…
Long before she became one of Indian cinema’s most respected filmmakers, Aparna Sen was a schoolgirl in Kolkata’s Ballygunge, quietly observing the elderly residents of a nearby old-age home during her daily walks to Modern High School for Girls. Those observations, combined with her closeness to the Anglo-Indian teachers at her school, would eventually shape…
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, gestures to the crowd after he lost to Mariano Navone, of Argentina, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Novak Djokovic’s first-round defeat at the 2026 US Open may have ended his campaign earlier than expected, but…
Army rangers stand while a helicopter lands as they wait to load relief materials onto it at the Maithili Barrack, an army training center, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Authorities were intensifying rescue efforts after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet…
Remaining one hundred-odd people are missing, says minister Chennai: State school education minister A Rajmohan said 219 more people who had travelled from Tamil Nadu to Nepal have been traced, and will return on Monday. “We have gathered information that as many as 319 people from Tamil Nadu had travelled to Nepal in batches. We…
Give two people the same task. The person born on September 1 may first correct the instructions, then quietly take charge of the entire project.September 1 combines the leadership of number 1 with the drive of September, the ninth month.September 1 Birthday PersonalityPeople born on this date generally have an independent mind. They listen to…
Pacer Vidhwath Kaverappa picked a disciplined four-wicket haul to help South Zone bowl out North Zone for a modest 195 on the day one of their Duleep Trophy semi-final clash at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 on Sunday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, a strategy similar to their quarter-final victory…