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“That side,” said Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee Usha Uthup, pointing towards the right corner of Trincas, a restaurant in Kolkata’s Park Street, “is where Sharmila Tagore and the Nawab of Pataudi would sit.” Then she swept her hand across the room. “Farokh Engineer… the West Indies cricket team… Jyoti Basu… Uttam Kumar… Suchitra…
Iranian authorities reported more than 3,000 deaths, attributing the violence to “terrorist acts” orchestrated by the United States and Israel, while foreign-based NGOs maintain that security forces fired on protesters. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s judiciary announced that two men were hanged on Sunday (July 19, 2026) over charges relating to anti-government protests…
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The Centre has urged all States, including Telangana, to promote the large-scale adoption of electric cooking and electric mobility as part of India’s clean energy transition, while calling for collective efforts to achieve the country’s Net Zero emissions target by 2070. Addressing the National Workshop on Renewable Consumption Obligation (RCO) in Hyderabad on Sunday, Secretary,…
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A 24-year-old woman was killed after being run over by a car in K.K. Nagar on Sunday. The Pondy Bazaar Traffic police have arrested the driver of the car and are investigating. A senior officer of the city traffic police said the victim Hemalatha, a resident of Sriperumbudur, had come to her brother’s house in…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Lionel Messi has quite a climb to catch Kylian Mbappé for the Golden Boot. The Argentina superstar has won just about everything in soccer except for the award for being the leading scorer at the World Cup, and he’s now two behind Mbappé after the France striker…
Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court of India has reasoned in a judgment that the use of four-letter expletivesand their variations may be “abusive, unpalatable or uncivil”, but does not qualify as ‘obscene’ in law. “Use of mere swear words, profanities and vulgar expletives, however distasteful or…
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The clash between Abdusattorov and Gukesh ended in a stalemate. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ The clash between World champion D. Gukesh and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the fourth round had drawn the attention of chess aficionados when the pairings for the Chennai Grand Masters at The Westin Velachery were out. The two, who have been involved in some…
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A view of mangrove forests in Thoothukudi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Thanks to sustained conservation initiatives of the Thoothukudi Forest Department, mangrove forests across 146 hectares in the coastal villages of Mukkani, Pazhayakayal and Punnakayal in the district have been restored and established in the past four years. The restoration has been…
The police carried out visible policing, night beat patrols, and vehicle checks from Saturday night till the early hours of Sunday across Sri Sathya Sai district. Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Superintendent of Police (SP) S. Satish Kumar said that the operation focused on crime-prone areas, major junctions, and other sensitive locations, where…
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Strong opinion: Gopi Chand believes there was no need to change the 21-point format to the new 3×15 scoring system. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR The Commonwealth Games (CWG) have traditionally been one of India’s most productive multi-sport events, with the country consistently returning with a healthy medal haul. But at Glasgow…