The protest was held before the Bharathiar statue on the campus. COIMBATORE: Temporary staffers at Bharathiar University staged a protest and sit-in on the campus, accusing the university administration of illegally deducting money from their wages in the name of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) labour contribution and attempting to recover an ESIC penalty by passing…
For decades, Mumbai’s Gaiety-Galaxy has been more than just a cinema hall for film lovers. The iconic Bandra landmark has become synonymous with first-day-first-show madness, deafening whistles, packed screenings and audiences turning film releases into celebrations of their own. Some of the biggest moments in Hindi cinema have unfolded inside its halls, making the theatre…
Matches increasingly spill into the early hours at US Open 2026. (Pic credit: X/AP) The US Open’s famous late-night energy is once again coming under scrutiny, but this time the concern is not about whether New York can keep the party going. It is about whether the players can.As the first week of the Grand…
A motorboat passes a general cargo ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Sunday, September 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The new head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council on Sunday (September 6, 2026) said Tehran plans to announce an “exclusion zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz aimed at…
The school connect programme provides students exposure to various academic disciplines, aiming to help them make informed choices about their future. Chennai: IIT Madras has invited applications for its course on career guidance for students of Classes IX-XII.These introductory courses will help students of Classes IX-X decide which group to choose, and provide those of…
COIMBATORE: The Sulur police in Coimbatore district launched a murder investigation following the discovery of an unidentified man’s body in a dilapidated shed at Nandini Nagar in Pappampatti on Monday.The deceased, estimated to be aged between 35 and 40 years, was found naked with severe head injuries inside an unused hollow-block shed located in a…
The wait for Lust Stories 3 is finally coming to an end. The much-awaited third instalment of Netflix’s anthology is set to arrive with four new stories that explore love, desire, intimacy and the often complicated realities of modern relationships. This time, filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj have come together…
Iran women’s football player Fatemeh Pasandideh salutes during the national anthem of Iran. (AP Photo) Iranian footballers Atefeh Ramezanisadeh and Fatemeh Pasandideh have broken their silence over the protest that preceded their decision to seek asylum in Australia, confirming that their refusal to sing Iran’s national anthem at the Women’s Asian Cup was a deliberate…
Nepal on Monday (September 7, 2026) observed a national day of mourning on the 13th day of the Rasuwa flash flood disaster, honouring more than 1,340 people who lost their lives in one of the country’s deadliest natural disasters in recent history. Nearly 5,000 people remain missing, including 589 foreign nationals, after the flash floods…
CHENNAI: Two international flights were diverted to Chennai airport one after another in a span of one hour on Monday after developing major technical issues midair, triggering emergency response arrangements at the airport.A Malaysia Airlines flight (MH156) from Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah with 186 passengers on board was the first to divert to Chennai after…