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ENGLAND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY

After a roller-coaster group stage, Buttler & Co qualify for Super 8s, but will have their task cut out from here

Why opening Family Investment Funds in GIFT City makes sense

FIFs in GIFT City have a wide range of permissible investments and enjoy tax benefits, including a tax holiday on business income for up to 10 years

India is an inviting market for those who build tech the right way: Tally MD

INDIA is a hard market but if you build technology correctly it is a very open and extremely inviting market, said Tejas Goenka, Managing Director, Tally Solutions.

Swiss conference agrees territorial integrity of Kyiv must be respected

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the first steps toward peace at the meeting

Russian forces rescue captives unharmed, kill ISIS hostage takers

RUSSIAN authorities on Sunday said that they had brought a siege at a prison in the southern Rostov region to a swift end, killing the Islamic State hostage-takers and freeing their two prison guard captives unharmed.

Biden challenged to cognitive test

DONALD Trump on Saturday night suggested President Joe Biden \"should have to take a cognitive test,\" only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence.

US unleashes wave of attacks on Houthi radar sites in Yemen

The US military unleashed a wave of attacks targeting radar sites operated by Yemen's Houthi rebels after one merchant sailor went missing and the vessel he was on caught fire in the latest Houthi strike on shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor, authorities said on Saturday.

Landslides wreak havoc in Sikkim; tourists stranded

OVER 1,500 tourists, including 15 foreigners, have remained stranded in Sikkim for the past few days as the rains and landslides have snapped road connectivity at many places.

Houses razed as Yadav govt targets 'beef mafia

AHEAD of the Eid-Ul-Adha (festival of sacrifice), the Mohan Yadav-led BJP government is cracking down against the \"beef\" mafia in Madhya Pradesh.

Kangana slapgate: Locals in Himachal thrash NRI

DAYS after Mandi MP Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a CISF woman constable at Chandigarh airport, two separate cases of assault, one involving a cop, were reported in what appeared to be the fallout of the \"attack\" on the actor-turned-politician.

Leopard count dips amid rising cases of human-wildlife conflicts in U'khand

THE number of leopards in Uttarakhand has come down to 2,276, which is 652 less than that of last year, according to Wildlife Institute of India data.

Plan to relocate tigresses to Palamu reserve

TO retain the four tigers which have migrated to Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), efforts are underway to relocate at least two tigresses and one tiger from another reserve.

Jammu forests new terror hubs

65 people, including 36 security personnel, killed in Jammu region in over 30 months.

Rahul calls EVM 'black box' after Musk stirs fresh row

Tesla chief calls for elimination of EVMs, says hacking risk still too high

It's for parties to decide new Speaker, I have no role in it, says Om Birla

WHILE all eyes are on the crucial election to select the new Lok Sabha Speaker on June 26, outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said he has no role in the decision and it was for the political parties to decide on the new Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

Disaster management introduced in UGC-NET in December this year

THE University Grants Commission (UGC) has introduced disaster management as a subject in the UGC-NET 2024 December exam.

Railways forms panel to look into speed limit violations by train drivers

CONCERNED over loco pilots (train drivers) violating speed limits, the Railway Board has constituted a committee to look into such instances.

Citing report on inequality, Lalu says Centre skirting caste census

RASHTRIYA Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday kicked up a political storm by alleging that the Centre was not in favour of conducting caste census as the OBCs, SCs and STs constitute 85% of the country's population.

Sluggish monsoon leaves north and east India dry

SINCE the arrival of the southwest monsoon on May 30, major parts of the country have recorded deficient rainfall in the past two weeks, weather department data shows.

K'taka BJP to stage protest condemning price hike, plan to lay siege to DC office

MYSURU city and rural units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will stage a protest and lay siege to the new Deputy Commissioner's office on Monday, demanding the state government to roll back recent petrol and diesel price hikes, announced BJP city unit president L Nagendra. Addressing a press meet here on Sunday, Nagendra criticised the state government for the fuel price hike.

Army man, 3 others arrested for highway robbery in Kovai

THE Coimbatore district police on Saturday arrested a four-member gang, including an Army personnel, for attempting to rob a Kerala-based businessman near Madukkarai on Salem-Kochi highway in the early hours of Friday.

THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN PARTS OF CHENNAI IN NEXT 2 DAYS

REGIONAL Meteorological Centre has forecasted light to moderate rain with thunderstorms at some locations in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal till June 22.

Pinarayi draws flak for LS poll results at party meet

CPI berates CM's minority-targeted campaign, unilateral decisions

Poll boycott by AIADMK unhealthy, say analysts

POLITICAL analysts are of the view that the AIADMK's decision to boycott the byelection to Vikravadi constituency will further demoralise the grassroots level cadre of the party who were already dejected by the rout in the Lok Sabha elections.

Winning over 200 seats in '26 polls will be just a dream for Stalin: EPS

THERE will be ups and downs in a political journey, and the people of Tamil Nadu know how to differentiate between the Lok Sabha election and the state assembly election, said AIADMK leader and former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

13th century coin discovered at Thenpennai riverbed

A team of archaeological researchers discovered a 13th century coin at the Thenpennai riverbed in Thalavanur, near Villupuram.

Even Gandhi, Patel would be reduced to caste leaders if born in TN, says Guv

GOVERNOR RN Ravi on Sunday said if Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had been born in Tamil Nadu, they would have been reduced to caste leaders.

Transfer of patta is now instant after registering property sans sub-division

Scheme becomes fully operational with integration of registration & revenue portals: Official

HC refuses to stay notices on miners; TN to recover ₹5K cr from defaulters

WITH the Madras High Court refusing to stay the show cause notices served to beach sand mining lease holders over the alleged illicit mining of beach sand minerals (BSM) in Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi, the government is keen on recovering a penalty of ₹5,035.42 crore from the defaulters.

Odia labourer's five-year-old daughter drowns in construction site water tank

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD daughter of a construction worker from Odisha drowned in a water tank at an under-construction building in Kondithope on Saturday.