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The Kadavanthara police took two migrant workers from Idukki into custody on Sunday (August 30, 2026) following a hoax bomb threat. This followed a complaint from a woman who received the bomb threat over the phone late on Saturday (August 29, 2026) night. Published – August 31, 2026 12:45 am IST Source link
The police arrested the driver of a trailer truck that caused an accident at Thrikkakara in which two youths died on Thursday (August 27, 2026). Although the police took the truck into custody following the accident, the driver, U.P. native B. Mishra, used a spare key to drive the vehicle away to Salem. Published –…
Since palmyrahs help anchor groundwater, they are planted along ponds and farmlands. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY Farmers’ associations have called for lifting the ban on toddy tapping in Tamil Nadu, contending that it is a health drink. “We want Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and his government to lift the ban, which would create…
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Jammu and Kashmir must become a place where talented youth can thrive, rather than a region from which ambition must permanently depart, Amitabh Mattoo, Dean of the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, said on Sunday (August 30, 2026), calling for the restoration of Statehood. Delivering the third V. N. Bahadur Memorial Lecture…
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Justice Prabha Sridevan presenting the award to Sunitha Shirly in Chennai on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, The Banyan, and Aaldamara Foundation has launched the Dr. Parasuraman Lived Experience Writing Award, and two writers who are service users of mental healthcare were presented with the award. Former judge of Madras High Court…
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Shafali Verma’s belligerent 64 set the tone before Deepti Sharma’s record-breaking three-wicket burst without conceding a run powered India to a thumping 94-run win over Thailand in their Women’s T20 Asia Cup opener here on Sunday. The flamboyant opener smashed eight fours and three sixes in her 36-ball knock before Thailand’s spinners, led by Suleeporn…
Nearly a month after a woman was murdered in Chennai and her dismembered body parts were found inside an abandoned trolley bag on board the Tamil Nadu Express at Agra Cantonment, the Guduvanchery police have arrested a couple from Manipur in the case. The arrested — Manik Uddin Laskar and Bhagabati Majhi — are being…
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German players are an ecstatic lot as they celebrate their second straight World Cup triumph. | Photo Credit: AP Winning once was good, Germany had to do it one more time. An efficient German side edged Spain 1-0 in a cagey final to claim a second successive men’s World Cup title on Sunday. It was…
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Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP World number two Elena Rybakina said she is on track to play at the U.S. Open as she recovers from a leg injury suffered at the Cincinnati Open earlier this month. The twice Grand Slam winner retired in the first set of her…
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Bangladesh’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, at the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry on August 30, 2026. Photo: X/@BDMOFA Bangladesh-China two-plus-two dialogue will commence in the “very near future”, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir announced in Dhaka on Sunday (August 30,…