Month: September 2026

Israel orders closure of U.K. consulate in Jerusalem over settlement sanctions

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Israel orders closure of U.K. consulate in Jerusalem over settlement sanctions

A photograph shows the British consulate in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) ordered the closure of Britain’s consulate in Jerusalem as retaliation after London led Western sanctions over violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would…

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Foundries in Coimbatore register 20% growth amid rising demand

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Foundries in Coimbatore register 20% growth amid rising demand

Investments in automation in foundries is on the rise in Coimbatore district in September 2026. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO PERIASAMY M The foundry industry in Coimbatore saw 20 % growth in the last one year with robust orders, said Jayakumar Ramdass, chairman – Inter Foundry and Inter Diecast event and Managing Director of Mahendra…

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Shooting | ‘Expectations put you in the future but it is important to stay in the present to perform well’

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Shooting | ‘Expectations put you in the future but it is important to stay in the present to perform well’

High Performance Director for National Rifle Association of Indian Pierre Beauchamp. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Ronak Pandit with Esha Singh. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Shooting is perhaps the one Indian sport that garners maximum spotlight at the Asian Games, and rightly so. At the previous edition in 2023, Indian shooters returned with an…

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Sports

Notice lists go live on CEO Telangana website, but info for certain booths missing

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Notice lists go live on CEO Telangana website, but info for certain booths missing

Booth Level Officers and Booth Level Agents filling up the enumeration forms for SIR in Sangareddy. | Photo Credit: File Photo The list of electors issued notices over anomalies, or logical discrepancies, identified during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has been uploaded on the Telangana Chief Electoral Officer’s website. However, details for several polling…

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Nation

Chess | Gukesh needs to strike early in the title match against Sindarov: Nepomniachtchi

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Chess | Gukesh needs to strike early in the title match against Sindarov: Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi reckons whoever draws first blood in the World title match between Gukesh and Sindarov will have the advantage. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Ian Nepomniachtchi has played the World chess championship match twice. Not even some of the world’s strongest Grandmasters could make such a claim. He knows how challenging the long series of…

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Fire department to issue practical checklist for fire safety in existing schools

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Fire department to issue practical checklist for fire safety in existing schools

Director General of Telangana Fire Services Vikram Singh Mann during an interaction at the Telangana Fire Services headquarters in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Telangana Fire Services will issue a practical checklist for inspections of existing schools and junior colleges, taking into account the difficulties faced by educational institutions in meeting prescribed fire safety requirements in…

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Landslides in China kill 13, with three missing: state media

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Landslides in China kill 13, with three missing: state media

Landslides in eastern China have killed 13 people with three others still missing, state media said on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), days after heavy rains unleashed by Typhoon Saudel. A mudslide, which hit Mingkeng village in Jiangxi province on Saturday (September 5, 2026), left 12 dead and one missing, state news agency Xinhua said, citing…

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World

KRRS lambasts government, Opposition; demands drought relief programme

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KRRS lambasts government, Opposition; demands drought relief programme

KRRS chief Badagalapura Nagendra (second from right) addressing a press conference in Mysuru on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Lashing out at the State government and the Opposition for indulging in “theatrics” despite the severe drought prevailing in the State, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has demanded the immediate formulation of drought-relief programmes…

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Bangladesh President calls for quickly resolving outstanding issues with India through talks

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Bangladesh President calls for quickly resolving outstanding issues with India through talks

Bangladesh President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) called for quickly resolving the outstanding issues with India through discussions to further strengthen bilateral relations as Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi paid a courtesy call on him. Mr. Alamgir, the longest-serving secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party of Prime Minister Tarique…

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Duleep Trophy final | Our plan as fast bowlers was to let the batters take the risks: East pacer Mukesh Kumar

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Duleep Trophy final | Our plan as fast bowlers was to let the batters take the risks: East pacer Mukesh Kumar

Control: Mukesh refrained from going too full and wide. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU East Zone pacer Mukesh Kumar felt that there was enough on the surface for the quicks to keep the batters honest, provided they had the right tactics. Despite bowling on a fresh MAC Stadium pitch on the opening day of the…

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