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International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan on Friday (October 9, 2026) slammed Russia’s request for the extradition from the Netherlands of the president of the International Criminal Court, a Japanese national, and eight other officials of the court based in the European country. The extradition requests came after Moscow…
Pakistan on Friday (October 9, 2026) said a “substantial number” of its forces and resources were already deployed in Saudi Arabia, reaffirming its commitment to protect the kingdom’s sovereignty under the Makkah defence agreement, amid concerns over the Houthi threat. Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan made the remarks at his weekly press briefing in…
The Crime Branch CID on Friday arrested the Inspector of District Crime Branch, Thanjavur, Sugumaran in the wake of allegations that he had extorted money in a dispute between two partners of a private hospital in Thanjavur under the pretext of bringing out a settlement between them. The investigating agency of Thanjavur unit conducted a…
An airline pilot was among three Saudi citizens killed in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said on Friday (October 9, 2026). Several people “of different nationalities” were wounded. The attacks on Thursday (October 8) were the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and…
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Atanu Das. | Photo Credit: APL Chola Chiefs defeated Kakatiya Knights 6-2 to register its first win of Archery Premier League season-2 at the People’s Plaza here on Friday. Colombia’s Alejandra Usquiano, on her APL debut, shot all eight arrows for 10s, with the Chiefs’ tactical tweak paying off against Nico Wiener’s Knights. Chiefs’ tactic…
South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navanethem “Navi” Pillay sits at the Nuremberg Forum, Germany, on October 9, 2026, following the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize announcement. | Photo Credit: AP Congratulatory messages have poured in from across the world for Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of…
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Keralam Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN The Keralam government is embarking on a major initiative to tap Central government projects through a planned and sustained approach, according to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan. An examination of Central projects has showed that State government departments have not claimed even 25% of the…
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U.S Vice President J.D. Vance. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (October 9, 2026) slammed as “unwarranted” and “deeply offensive” U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s comments in which he called foreign workers, including Indian IT professionals, “indentured servants”. Hitting out at the U.S. government for its decision to suspend…
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Prajwal Revanna | Photo Credit: File photo The Karnataka Prisons Department’s proposal to shift Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, who is serving a life sentence in a rape case, from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison has been temporarily put on hold. According to Prison Department sources, Revanna was to be shifted to the Hindalga Prison, but…
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Last year, Manikanta Hoblidhar became the first Indian man to go under 10.20 seconds in the 100m, setting a new national record and throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the sprinters. Cut to March this year and the Karnataka man, hoping to add international success to his growing list of achievements on the…