Chennai: A 20-year-old nursing college student was arrested in Tiruttani for morphing a photo of a woman and posting it on social media along with her mobile phone number. The accused was assaulted by villagers before police intervened.Police said the accused, Naresh, of a village near Tiruttani, has been locked in a long-standing land civil…
India’s Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Neeraj Chopra has praised India’s young athletes after the country finished the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, with three medals.The Indian team returned with two silver medals and one bronze, matching its medal tally from the 2021 and 2022 editions.“Congratulations to the entire Indian contingent at the…
Under the ‘Operation Amistad’, launched by India to offer humanitarian assistance to quake-hit Venezuela. Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar Relief supplies, medical equipment and an field hospital unit, sent to to quake-hit Venezuela under Operation Amistad, has reached that country, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Sunday (June 28, 2026) and asserted that this humanitarian assistance will…
Former U.S. President Joe Biden. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former U.S. president Joe Biden’s cancer has metastasised further, according to his son Hunter Biden, who shared the update in a recent interview with the BBC. In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting President, the elder Biden revealed…
The protesters stated that the four-kilometre Kallavi link road connecting the villages had not been maintained for a long time. KRISHNAGIRI: Residents from seven villages in Kottakolam panchayat in Krishnagiri districts, along with school students in uniform, blocked the Dharmapuri–Kallavi state highway on Monday, demanding essential facilities including proper roads, bus connectivity and drinking water.The…
Ireland’s Orla Prendergast (AP Photo) Ireland finally brought an end to their long wait for a victory at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, defeating the West Indies by six wickets in Bristol on Saturday to register their first-ever win in the tournament after a 21-match losing streak spanning 12 years.The result not only marked…
U.S. promises to protect Gulf states’ interests in Iran talks Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Gulf allies of the United States on Wednesday that Washington would protect their interests as it seeks to hammer out a final settlement of the Middle East war in talks with Iran. Mr. Rubio is on a regional tour…
Scottish authorities said on Saturday (June 20, 2026) they charged a man in connection with attacks in Edinburgh that wounded five people, with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the suspect “appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred”. Police Scotland said officers had arrested a 36-year-old white Scottish man and there was “no further threat…
While Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan are familiar names in the public eye, their elder sister Saba Ali Khan has largely maintained a private life away from the limelight. The eldest child of veteran actor Sharmila Tagore and former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Saba is a jewellery designer who has…
Rewind 123 years. The idea of a single girl studying with 100 boys was considered so scandalous that a king had to step in.The girl was Muthulakshmi Reddy who would become one of India’s first women doctors.In 1903, Muthulakshmi, who had been homeschooled after puberty, convinced her father to send her to college. Unfortunately, Pudukottai,…