Month: August 2026

Chennaiyin defender Emmanuel’s noble work for a ‘Bright’ football future in Rwanda

August 30, 2026 admin

Emmanuel is set for his maiden ISL season and is confident that Chennaiyin FC will do well. | Photo Credit: Chennaiyin FC For 120-odd football-mad kids at Kigali in Rwanda, Chennaiyin FC’s new signing Emmanuel Imanishimwe is the “president”. Wonder why? The Rwanda international is a co-founder of the football school where the children are having a ball. In a bid…

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Basavaraj Horatti says CM forced him to quit chair

August 30, 2026 admin

Basavaraj Horatti is the former Legislative Council Chairperson | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO “Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar forced me to resign from the post of Chairman of the Legislative Council. I faced harassment and humiliation. I have resigned out of pain. I am still sad about it,” BJP MLC Basavaraj Horatti said in Gadag on…

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‘Mother was swept away’: Nepal flood survivors cling to hope amid search for missing

August 30, 2026 admin

Five-year-old Ishara Tamang lies in a hospital bed in Kathmandu, injured and separated from her family, after surviving the flash floods that devastated Rasuwa district on the Nepal-Tibet border. She was rescued from the floodwaters in Khalte, a village in Rasuwa, after being trapped in a net, the Onlinekhabar news portal reported. Ishara told hospital…

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At least six dead after ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers, crew capsizes off northern Cyprus

August 30, 2026 admin

A helicopter brings survivors ashore after they were rescued from the sea following a boat capsize off Kyrenia, northern Cyprus. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least six people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday (August 30, 2026), Turkish media reported. More…

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Madurai Reader’s Mail – The Hindu

August 30, 2026 admin

Prevent financial scams The multi-crore scam news that was published in The Hindu on Saturday (August 29) highlights how investors continue to fall prey to schemes that exploit their desire for quick and high returns. Such scams have surfaced in different forms over the years. The Centre and State agencies should work together to take…

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British woman killed in stabbing at German railway station; suspect detained

August 30, 2026 admin

The train station in the city of Rosenheim, Germany, where a British woman was fatally stabbed in the early hours of Sunday (August 30, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 31-year-old British woman with a knife early Sunday morning (August 30, 2026) in the southern German town of Rosenheim…

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N R I Triple Power looks good to repeat

August 30, 2026 admin

The four-year-old filly N R I Triple Power, who won very well in her last start, should score an encore in the Mahabubabad Plate, the chief event of Monday’s (Aug. 31) races. 1. A. KRISHNASWAMY MEMORIAL TROPHY (Div. III), (1,200m), 3-y-o and upward, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1.00 p.m.: 1. Dyanoosh (1) Afroz…

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No campus, no students as Uttarakhand’s NLU remains on paper

August 30, 2026 admin

NEW DELHI The recent student protests at some National Law Universities (NLUs) over institutional accountability have put the spotlight on Uttarakhand, where 15 years after its Assembly approved a law to establish a National Law University, the State does not have even a single functional law university. The delay stands out when compared with the…

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Icelandic voters reject proposal to restart negotiations to join European Union

August 30, 2026 admin

Supporters of the yes react as they watch partial results during an election-night gathering in Reykjavik, Iceland, on August 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Iceland’s voters rejected a proposal to restart negotiations on joining the European Union more than a decade after previous talks ended, the national broadcaster reported on Sunday (August 30, 2026)….

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Yourmanorborne, Satyavan and Coffee At Eleven excel

August 30, 2026 admin

Yourmanorborne, Satyavan and Coffee At Eleven excelled when the horses were exercised here on Sunday (Aug. 30) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Yinsiruk (A. Gaikwad) 38. Moved freely. Phantom Strike (Gore) 41. Easy. 800m: Dancing Cloud (app), Mysteriousstranger (rb) 56, 600/41. Pair level. Dashing Cheri (rb) 56, 600/43. Urged. Scaramouche (T.S. Jodha) 53, 600/39. Worked freely….

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