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Dengue cases in Tamil Nadu decline for third consecutive year as per government data

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Dengue cases in Tamil Nadu decline for third consecutive year as per government data

Dengue cases in Tamil Nadu have declined for the third consecutive year, according to data from the State Health and Family Welfare Department. The State recorded 17,049 cases up to September 19, 2026, compared with 25,585 cases in 2025, 46,971 in 2024, and 56,863 in 2023. The number of reported dengue cases fell by 17%…

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3 dead, three missing in Nilambur flash flood

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Dengue cases in Tamil Nadu decline for third consecutive year as per government data

Three persons, including a woman, drowned and three others were feared missing after a flash flood swept through Kottappuzha at T.K. Colony near Pookkottumpadam in Malappuram district on Sunday evening. The bodies of two men and a woman were recovered by search personnel. Revenue Minister A.P. Anilkumar reached the spot and supervised the search and…

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Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister detained by authorities

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Pakistan’s Ex-PM Imran Khan’s sister detained by authorities

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistani authorities on Sunday (September 20, 2026) detained Aleema Khan, the sister of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, ahead of a planned protest by his party next week. Ms. Aleema was detained in Lahore and transferred to Kot Lakhpat jail, according to sources….

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Abhishek Sharma’s Zen state — India’s pride, world’s envy

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Abhishek Sharma’s Zen state — India’s pride, world’s envy

In an era where opening the batting in Test cricket revolved around giving the first hour, if not the first session, to the bowlers, K. Srikkanth was a glorious exception to the accepted rule. High on risk and therefore a little short on consistency, the maverick from Tamil Nadu was unstoppable when in the mood,…

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Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, cap foreign students in classrooms

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Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, cap foreign students in classrooms

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends the Fdl youth festival at Fenix in Rome on September 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing…

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TVK regime’s experiment of having two advisers to CM alongside Chief Secretary giving mixed vibes to T.N.’s bureaucratic circles

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TVK regime’s experiment of having two advisers to CM alongside Chief Secretary giving mixed vibes to T.N.’s bureaucratic circles

It is not for the first time that the State government has appointed Advisers. File image of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief C. Joseph Vijay signing documents as he takes charges as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, at the Secretariat, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: PTI The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led regime’s experiment of co-habitation in administration…

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Asian Games 2026: Indian hockey teams don saffron jerseys in opening matches

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Asian Games 2026: Indian hockey teams don saffron jerseys in opening matches

Just before the Asian Games, Dilip Tirkey asserted that India will revert to the iconic blue jersey at the continental extravaganza as their primary kit, along with white. Photo: X/@TheHockeyIndia The Indian hockey teams, both men and women, turned up in saffron kits for their respective opening matches of the Asian Games on Sunday (September…

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Depositors of finance firm to stage protest on September 21

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Dengue cases in Tamil Nadu decline for third consecutive year as per government data

The hundreds of aggrieved depositors of the Mylapore Hindu Permanent Fund Nidhi Limited have planned to go on a peaceful protest near the Rajarathinam stadium in Egmore on Monday (September 21, 2026) to seek the intervention of the State government to take speedy action to recover the funds and distribute it to the depositors. More…

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Trump to use Washington arch as military complex for drones and snipers

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Trump to use Washington arch as military complex for drones and snipers

Vehicles drive past along the Memorial Bridge near Memorial Circle in Arlington, Virginia, the proposed site for U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Triumphal Arch”, seen from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., U.S. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) the triumphal arch ​he plans to build near Arlington…

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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

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Chess Olympiad | Polish women make a habit of beating India

Crucial result: Praggnanandhaa held his own against the Netherlands’ Anish. | Photo Credit: FIDE History repeated itself at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday. Poland defeated the top-seeded India in the women’s event 2.5-1.5 at Samarkand; it was the exact scoreline in Budapest two years ago. That loss had come in the eighth round. India, however, bounced strongly back…

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