Month: May 2026

Women garment workers protest transport cuts, allege harsh conditions at MEPZ unit

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Women garment workers protest transport cuts, allege harsh conditions at MEPZ unit

Women garment workers have been protesting for the past few days against a private company in the Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ), alleging difficult working conditions and the sudden cancellation of company transportation facilities. The protest began after the Celebrity Fashions Pvt. Ltd. stopped operating the link vans that workers relied on to travel to…

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Govt. to move HC on behalf of Dalit families facing eviction

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Govt. to move HC on behalf of Dalit families facing eviction

CPI(M) leaders R. Bindu and P.V. Sreenijin visiting a Dalit settlement at Malayaidamthuruth, Kizhakkambalam, on Friday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The State government on Friday said it would pursue all legal measures to prevent the eviction of seven Dalit families of Paryathukavu settlement near Malayaidamthuruth, Kizhakkambalam. Promising to take over the legal battle that…

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More questions than answers for Chennai Super Kings

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More questions than answers for Chennai Super Kings

Super Kings had another forgettable season. | Photo Credit: ANI Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2026 review makes for grim reading. For a franchise built on legacy and consistency, the five-time champion was let down by its muddled tactics. Ruturaj Gaikwad’s men were always behind the eight ball in their pursuit of a top-four spot, missing…

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The Good Reporter: Story of rural journalists who were never expected to speak

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Women garment workers protest transport cuts, allege harsh conditions at MEPZ unit

“Badi aayi patrakaar”- the phrase was often hurled at the reporters of Khabar Lahariya whenever they introduced themselves as “journalists” in Banda, located in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. Families were warned by community and caste leaders that the women-led media organisation would “spoil village girls”, while men would taunt the women selling newspapers door-to-door, asking whether they themselves were…

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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top U.S. intelligence official

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Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s top U.S. intelligence official

U.S. President Donald Trump’s ​director of national ⁠intelligence Tulsi Gabbard | Photo Credit: Reuters Tulsi Gabbard ​is resigning from her job ‌as President Donald Trump’s ​director of national ⁠intelligence on Friday (May 22, 2026). The resignation ‌is effective June 30, it said. In her resignation letter, Ms. Gabbard ‌told Mr. Trump she ​was “deeply grateful…

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Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 10, including paramedics, child

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Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 10, including paramedics, child

Children play next to tents at the Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, on May 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday (May 22, 2026) killed 10 people, including six paramedics and a Syrian girl, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, the latest in near-daily attacks from both sides that have not…

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10-year-old girl abducted, found murdered in tank near Coimbatore

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10-year-old girl abducted, found murdered in tank near Coimbatore

People staging a road blockade in front of the Sulur police station near Coimbatore on Friday night demanding the arrest of persons involved in the murder of a girl. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 10-year-old girl, who was reported missing on Thursday evening, was found dead in Kannampalayam tank close to her locality on…

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U.S. releases second batch of government declassified UFO files

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U.S. releases second batch of government declassified UFO files

Archival imagery showing what the U.S. Defense Department says are unidentified objects (three dots inside a yellow box), captured during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, was released in the first batch of a series of documents of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) by the U.S. Defense Department on May 8, 2026. Photo: U.S. Department of…

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Mangaluru marks 16th anniversary of air crash by paying tribute to victims

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Mangaluru marks 16th anniversary of air crash by paying tribute to victims

The Dakshina Kannada district administration paying tribute to the 158 persons who died in an air crash at Mangaluru International Airport on the 16th anniversary of the crash here on Friday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Dakshina Kannada district administration paid tribute to the 158 persons who died in an air crash at Mangaluru…

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Rubio cites some progress on Iran talks but ‘we’re not there yet’

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Rubio cites some progress on Iran talks but ‘we’re not there yet’

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with journalists during a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, on May 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP The United States has seen some progress in talks with Iran and ‌is in constant communication with the Pakistani mediators, but there is more work ⁠to be…

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