Rescuers work at the site of a landslip at a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP At least seven children and a teacher were killed in a landslip caused by monsoon rains at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s southeastern Cox’s Bazar. Four of the…
CHENNAI: Amid the ongoing nationwide anti-NEET protests, more than 50 people were detained on Friday after staging a road blockade during a protest in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi.Earlier in the day, students affiliated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) held a sit-in protest inside the Chennai’s Presidency College campus. The protesters raised slogans against the…
As the final episode of this year’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ rolled around, attendees could not contain their excitement as legendary pop group MIS-TEEQ reunited. For the first time in 22 years, the pop group reunited on stage for a special performance at the reality show’s finale. MIS-TEEQ reunite on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ stage Alesha Dixon,…
Time For New Govt To Study Old Lessons And Develop New Plans ayashree Perumal is pursuing mechanical engineering at Kun-Shan in Taiwan, an exceptional journey from her tiny village, Pannandur, in Krishnagiri district to an international university. She will become the first graduate in her family when she completes the course.Jeyashree and 947 more girls,…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 16. | Photo Credit: Reuters “When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations,” President Donald Trump told Iranians on February 28, after the U.S. and Israel launched…
Chennai: City traffic police have announced traffic diversions on L B Road from Saturday in view of underground metro rail construction work.The stretch between Indian Oil Petrol Bunk signal junction and L B Road-M G Road junction will remain closed to traffic from June 27. Buses and other heavy vehicles travelling from Thiruvanmiyur towards Thiru…
Shekhar Suman’s Shekhar Tonite opening monologue slammed police action against student protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, calling it heartbreaking and citing sleepless, tear-filled nights. He questioned the crackdown, invoked the Mahabharata, and voiced solidarity. Suman had earlier backed Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike. Bollywood stars including Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt also expressed support. Shekhar Suman‘s…
Salem/Trichy/Madurai: Ten of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a speed boat capsize off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island on Saturday hailed from Tamil Nadu. Some of them were businessmen while others were agents of a cellphone company on a sponsored tour.The deceased were Balaji Natesan, Alagurajan Sivasamy and Shaik Abdullah from Trichy, Santhosh…
Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system towards Russian troops, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on June 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Residents of St Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia’s second-largest city…
“Any vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz will be targeted” the Khatam al-Anbiya command said, according to Tasnim news agency. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s military command said on Thursday (June 11, 2026) it will target any ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, after it struck two vessels attempting to pass through the…