Month: June 2026

Police bust child trafficking gang, rescue 15 children from Bihar

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Police bust child trafficking gang, rescue 15 children from Bihar

Members of NGO HELP, District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) and the District Child Welfare Committee with the rescued children who were being transported from Bihar to Erode in Tamil Nadu for various kinds of work, at Ambedkar Bhavan in Ongole on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS Fifteen children from Bihar were reportedly rescued by…

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Travel bans and ICE crackdowns cast shadow on FIFA’s ‘inclusive’ World Cup

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Travel bans and ICE crackdowns cast shadow on FIFA’s ‘inclusive’ World Cup

While the stage is set for the FIFA World Cup 2026 commencing on June 11, the mood in the host nations is not entirely euphoric. In Mexico’s capital, where the first match is to be held, teachers associated with the CNTE union have toppled statues of football players and disrupted traffic in their protests for better wages…

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Govt. to have a relook on media curbs at Secretariat

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Govt. to have a relook on media curbs at Secretariat

Amid accusations of restrictions imposed for mediapersons at the Secretariat, Chief Minister V.D.Satheesan said on Wednesday that the State government will need to take a relook at a 2018 circular during the tenure of the previous government which had led to the restrictions. “It has only been a few days since we took charge, during…

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Knife attack victim’s family calls for calm after anti-immigrant violence in Belfast

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Knife attack victim’s family calls for calm after anti-immigrant violence in Belfast

The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack appealed ‌for calm on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) after the incident triggered a wave of anti-immigrant violence in Belfast overnight, with masked men ​burning families out of their homes and torching vehicles. The appeal came as a Sudanese man appeared in court…

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DYFI protest over alleged multi-crore garbage scam in Madurai

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DYFI protest over alleged multi-crore garbage scam in Madurai

Cadres of DYFI and SFI staging a protest at the entrance of Madurai District Collectorate on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK    Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) here on Wednesday laid siege to Madurai District Collector’s office premises, alleging a multi-crore sanitation and…

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State honours for Bharathiraja’s funeral; tributes pour in from political leaders

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Condolences poured in from leaders and politicians cutting across party lines following the passing of legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja, who breathed his last at his residence in Neelankarai here on Wednesday. The Tamil Nadu government announced that State honours would be accorded to the departed director. In his condolence message, Vice-President of India C.P. Radhakrishnan said…

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Donald Trump says Iran has taken too long to negotiate, will ‘pay the price’

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Donald Trump says Iran has taken too long to negotiate, will ‘pay the price’

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) said Tehran has taken ‌too long to negotiate a deal and would ‌now “have to pay ‌the ⁠price” after Iran and ⁠the United States exchanged strikes in the region amid reported efforts ​to continue talks. “Iran ‌is…

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Pakistan Army helicopter crashes in PoK, all personnel on board killed

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Pakistan Army helicopter crashes in PoK, all personnel on board killed

Smoke billows after an army Mi-17 helicopter crashed due to a technical fault, in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, on June 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP An Mi-17 helicopter of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday (June 10, 2026), killing all personnel on board, the army said. “There were…

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Netanyahu to run for re-election, his party says, after Trump raises doubts

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Netanyahu to run for re-election, his party says, after Trump raises doubts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benjamin Netanyahu will seek re-election this year, his party ​announced on Wednesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wasn’t ‌sure if the Israeli prime minister would stand again. In a brief statement, Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud Party said he would run in the election and,…

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