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An old luxury car parked at the basement of an apartment located near the Marine Drive walkway caught fire on Sunday evening. The car was fully gutted, while another car suffered partial damage. Timely action by the Fire and Rescue Service helped contain the fire that could have spread to another 30 cars that were…
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Leaders at the celebration event on Sunday in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Leaders of the Puducherry- based All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) on Sunday announced the party has plans to expand its footprint in Tamil Nadu. The party celebrated birthday (August 4) of the AINRC founder and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy, in…
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N.S. Chaturved | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN N.S. Chaturved knew the ability was always there. He felt he needed to trust it. “I knew I had this kind of game. I just wanted to go and react to the ball. That was the only thought I had,” said the 35-year-old over phone on Sunday, a…
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A nine-year-old boy died of suffocation after getting locked in a car that was parked in front of his house at Pethikuttai near Sirumugai in Coimbatore district on Saturday (August 8, 2026). The police said that V. Mukund, son of Velumani and Sumathi from Pethikuttai, died while playing inside the car. According to the police,…
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The Wyra police arrested a 50-year-old man on Sunday for sexually assaulting a minor girl at Wyra town in Khammam district. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s parents, the police registered a case against Jagadish alias David Raj under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Saturday night. …
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday (August 9, 2026) that they would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States complied with a list of demands, including paying compensation for war damage. Iran has effectively blockaded the crucial energy conduit since the United States and Israel attacked it in late February, and wants…
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The police on Sunday (August 9, 2026) took into custody Hindutva ideologue T.G. Mohandas for his alleged inflammatory statements made in connection with the youth protest in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Mr. Mohandas, a former head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) State intellectual cell, had stated in a YouTube video that he would have…
A man clears debris inside a clothes shop damaged during a Ukrainian overnight drone attack, according to local authorities, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Belgorod, Russia August 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported. In…
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A satellite image shows a Russian naval facility, in Tartous, Syria in this handout picture taken on December 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Syria said on Sunday (August 9, 2026) that it reached a deal with Russia on the fate of its two bases in the country, which Moscow once used to provide military…
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A woman pays her respect outside Debsirin Nonthaburi School following a deadly shooting at the school, in Bang Kruai district in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, August 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Thai teen behind a deadly school shooting outside Bangkok had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last…
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