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State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday courted a controversy with a personal remark against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, recalling the latter’s recent “father’s missing” comment in the assembly.Ministers and TVK leaders condemned Nagenthran’s remarks, dubbing them “uncivilised.”...

USS Abraham Lincoln has been at centre of controversy over its prolonged deployment affecting sailors’ mental health The USS Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier that has spent months supporting American combat operations in the Middle East war against Iran, is set to return home, amid growing scrutiny over conditions faced by its roughly 5,000...

(Image via Brittany Mahomes/Instagram) Patrick Mahomes has built a remarkable football legacy, but some of his most meaningful moments have come away from the field. On Aug. 22, 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs star and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, made a $5 million contribution to Texas Tech’s South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football...

(Image via Brittany Mahomes/Instagram) Patrick Mahomes has built a remarkable football legacy, but some of his most meaningful moments have come away from the field. On Aug. 22, 2024, the Kansas City Chiefs star and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, made a $5 million contribution to Texas Tech’s South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football...

FSSAI officials said that the existing stock of the liquor varieties are consumable and can be sold. 9Representative Image) CHENNAI: Within three days of prohibiting the sale of 11 Indian-made foreign liquor varieties of Chennai-based manufacturer Enrica Enterprises Pvt Ltd, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday made a U-turn revoking...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).The latest quake struck at a depth of 158 km (98 miles), GFZ said.

The release of Cauvery water from Karnataka to Tamil Nadu has sparked debates, particularly after a BJP claim that water was released late at night from KRS BENGALURU/MANDYA: Did Karnataka quietly begin releasing Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS), even as it prepares to challenge the order in the Supreme Court? A...

Ukraine strikes deep into Russia, rocket centre in Samara, airfield in Nizhny Novgorod hit (representative image) Ukraine said on Saturday that its forces carried out strikes on two Russian military-related targets, including a rocket and space centre in Samara and the Savasleyka military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region.In a post on X, Ukrainian President...

As the date changed from August 14 to August 15, 1947, India emerged as an independent nation. “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when...

Target of 100 GW of nuclear energy by 2047, 5 new nuclear reactors to be operational within 6-7 years: PM Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced an expansion of India’s ambitious nuclear power programme, setting a target of 100 GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047.PM Modi said five new nuclear...