Month: July 2026

Man held for secretly photographing women in Washermenpet

July 8, 2026 admin

The Washermanpet Police arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly photographing women without their knowledge and storing them on memory card. According to the police, the case came to light after Abhishek, 31, an autorickshaw driver from Old Washermenpet, lodged a complaint. On Tuesday, while returning home in his autorickshaw, he found his acquaintance, Ernest Paul,…

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City Police hold ‘Drug Free Tamil Nadu-2026’ awareness programme

July 8, 2026 admin

Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A. Amalraj at the awareness programme at Easwari Engineering College in the city on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Greater Chennai Police, in association with Easwari Engineering College, organised a ‘Drug Free Tamil Nadu-2026’ awareness programme at the college campus in Ramapuram on Wednesday. Greater Chennai Police Commissioner A….

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Gleneagles Hospital helps brain cancer patient to recover through indigenous CAR-T cell therapy

July 8, 2026 admin

A 49-year-old patient who was diagnosed with a rare life-threatening form of brain lymphoma was successfully treated using advanced and indigenous cell therapy at a private hospital in Chennai. V. Arun Ramanan, Clinical Lead and Senior Consultant (Medical Oncology), Gleneagles Hospital Chennai, on Wednesday, said before a few months the patient Karnan Madhusudhanan was admitted to…

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Issue of appointment of V-Cs to State-run varsities heats up

July 8, 2026 admin

The issue of appointment of Vice-Chancellors to State-run universities is heating up once again. While Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan said on Tuesday that the government had sent a proposal to the Governor for the expansion of Search Committees for V-Cs, the Madras High Court has ordered notice to the UGC and the State government…

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Committed to attracting 500 new global capability centres to create 3.5 lakh jobs, says Karnataka Chief Minister

July 8, 2026 admin

Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday met over 200 global capability centres (GCC) leaders, corporate heads and senior government officials to discuss the priorities shaping the next phase of Karnataka’s GCC ecosystem. He had dialogues with them on AI, talent, infrastructure and next phase of growth at KATALYST CONNECT, an…

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Ruthless Kostyuk packs off Paolini, sets up last-four clash with Noskova

July 8, 2026 admin

Marta Kostyuk didn’t allow Jasmine Paolini a single chance to break. | Photo Credit: AP Centre Court at Wimbledon barely sleeps. Less than 15 hours after Novak Djokovic and Felix Auger-Aliassime put on a five-hour, 15-minute classic, Marta Kostyuk and Jasmine Paolini were out there for their women’s quarterfinal. Wednesday’s fixture, much to the disappointment…

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Australia women’s cricket team: setting the gold standard

July 8, 2026 admin

One of sport’s great anomalies was resolved last Sunday. Australia’s women’s cricket team won a World Cup. After a gap of three years. For a team that was so used to winning and that too when it had so many match-winners, not having an ICC trophy for that long in the cabinet must have been…

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Police refuse to register case on Ansiba’s defamation complaint

July 8, 2026 admin

The Palarivattom police have informed actor Ansiba Hassan that they cannot register a case on a complaint filed by her against fellow actors Shwetha Menon and Lakshmipriya alleging an organised malicious campaign by them. The police said they could not register a first information report as the allegations pertain to defamation alone. “The police cannot…

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Prisoners of violence: On Sri Lanka’s prison riots

July 8, 2026 admin

The killing of 28 people in sudden, apparently uncontrolled violence in an overcrowded prison outside Colombo, on Monday, speaks to a culture of mismanagement and official apathy. Reports of tensions inside the premises emerged on Sunday, with two inmates reported dead initially. Authorities deployed the military around the prison soon after, but the violence escalated…

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Indian national among inmates killed in Sri Lanka’s prison riots

July 8, 2026 admin

Members of Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force remove national flags from the coffins containing the bodies of the prison officials who died in clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, after the bodies were brought to Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian national…

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