Namakkal: A man was arrested in Namakkal on Friday on charges of posing as a vigilance officer. The arrested man has been identified as N Sasikumar, 42, from Trichy district. On Friday, when real estate businessman K Dharanitharan reached the Namakkal sub-registrar office for land registration, Sasikumar approached him pretending to be a vigilance officer…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Tilak Varma (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: The India A-Sri Lanka A clash in the Tri-Nation A Series in Dambulla had everything – a thrilling chase, a controversial finish, heated arguments with umpires, a Super Over and an angry exchange involving teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.What started as a routine group-stage fixture…
A sign reading “the opening of the Eiffel Tower is delayed for operational reasons, we apologize” is seen at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, on September 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Female employees at the Eiffel Tower were asked to step out of sight during a visit by a Hindu religious delegation at…
A sign is displayed as some of the Cornell University students taking part in a seven-hour sit-in protest representing the seven hours that Jane Doe alleges she was sexually assaulted in a case involving seven members of Cornell’s Chi Phi fraternity sit outside Toni Morrison Dining Hall, while other participants remain inside, in Ithaca, New…
Lil Wayne is giving love another shot.The rapper is reportedly engaged once again. Reports on TMZ state that the 43-year-old, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, quietly popped the question to a mystery woman earlier this year.Although neither Wayne nor his representatives have publicly confirmed the engagement, the report states that the woman…
An empty vice-chancellor office at a state university in India symbolizes the ongoing governance impasse between the governor and state government over UGC nominees and plans to amend State University Acts to expand vice-chancellor search panels, delaying academic reforms, research, and faculty hiring. Chennai: Following the decision to include University Grants Commission’s (UGC) nominee in…
Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) containment barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighbouring Morocco after between 50,000 and 60,000 migrants breached the frontier earlier this week. The death toll climbed to 67, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to…
Flight-tracking data shows the aircraft initiated a rapid descent, dropping 28,000 feet to an altitude of 9,000 feet within minutes. File image for representation only | Photo Credit: Reuters A British Airways flight on Monday (October 5, 2026) made a U-turn back to the U.K. just an hour into its journey from London to Chicago,…
Referee Tori Penso jogs flanked by assistant referees Kathryn Nesbitt, left, and Brooke Mayo during warmup before the World Cup Group A football match between Czechia and South Africa in Atlanta, Thursday, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo) When Tori Penso whistled the start of the clash between Czechia and South Africa in Atlanta, it was…
As India seeks to build a globally competitive sports goods industry, Tamil Nadu is emerging as one of the strongest contenders for a large-scale manufacturing hub, leveraging its deep industrial ecosystem, export infrastructure, and vast MSME network. NITI Aayog‘s recent assessment of state-level readiness for sports goods manufacturing identified Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu…