Wild elephant electrocuted near Mettupalayam; two arrested for illegally energising fence | Coimbatore News

COIMBATORE: A wild male elephant was electrocuted after coming in contact with an illegally energised electric fence around a banana plantation near Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district. Forest department officials on Monday arrested plantation owner R Kumar, 65, and farm worker K Bakiyaraj, 42, for their involvement in bypassing solar power limits to illegally tap direct…

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Earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes Mindanao in Philippines, GFZ says

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos ​An ⁠earthquake of magnitude 8.2 ‌struck Mindanao in the ‌Philippines ‌on ⁠Monday (June 8, 2026), the ⁠German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) ​said. The quake ‌was at a depth of ‌10 km (6.2 ​miles), GFZ said. GFZ ⁠earlier pegged the earthquake ‌at 7.3 magnitude. The U.S. Tsunami Warning…

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Kylian Mbappé makes World Cup history as Lionel Messi loses two of his most treasured records | Football News

France’s Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring his side’s third goal during the World Cup third-place playoff soccer match between France and England in Miami Gardens, Fla., Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Kylian Mbappé has once again rewritten football history.The France captain scored twice in a breathtaking 6-4 defeat to England in the 2026…

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Fixing in IPL? Lalit Modi says ‘they’re fixing in cricket’, but not sure about IPL | Cricket News

Lalit Modi (Image credit: Wisden Cricket) NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that match-fixing continues to exist in cricket, though he stopped short of making any allegations against the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the tournament has become too lucrative for players to risk their careers.Modi, who has been residing primarily in…

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DVAC seizes ₹3.61 lakh unaccounted cash from border check posts near Hosur | Coimbatore News

The team DVAC recovered ₹2.28 lakh from the Tamil Nadu entry check post and ₹1.33 lakh from the Karnataka exit check post Krishnagiri: Sleuths from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) seized unaccounted cash amounting to ₹3.61 lakh following simultaneous raids at the Jujuvadi border check posts near Hosur on the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka national…

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