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Murdochs in court over future of media empire

RUPERT Murdoch and four of his children on Monday went before a Nevada probate commissioner behind closed doors to an evidentiary hearing that could decide who controls Murdoch's media empire after his death.

Trump attacker lay in wait for nearly 12 hours

BEACH THE man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump camped outside a Florida golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours, lying in wait for the former president before a Secret Service agent thwarted the potential attack and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday.

Typhoon Yagi toll in Southeast Asia crosses 500

FLOODS and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week's Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported Tuesday.

14-yr-old Bihar gang-raped in moving car girl

TWO youths raped a 14-year-old girl in a running car in Bihar's Saharsa district.

U'khand govt reduces weight of school bags

THE Uttarakhand has undertaken a new initiative to standardize school bags for Classes 1-12 to reduce students' physical and mental burden.

Rebels in Haryana look to upset BJP's electoral applecart

REBELS are threatening the ruling BJP in at least 15 of Haryana's 90 seats voting for which will take place on October 5.

Manoj Verma, anti-Maoist ops expert, new Kolkata Police chief

COUNTER-insurgency and anti-Maoist operations specialist, senior IPS officer Manoj Kumar Verma, is the new commissioner of Kolkata Police, replacing Vineet Goyal.

Factional fight deepens in Gujarat BJP as former minister writes letter to Modi

AMID escalating factional tensions in Gujarat BJP, former cabinet minister Jawahar Chavda has accused the Junagarh party president of misconduct in a letter to the Prime Minister.

ED files laundering case, to probe Bangladeshis' infiltration into J'khand

THE Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case to probe an instance of suspected infiltration of some Bangladeshi women into Jharkhand, officials said.

Phase 1: 219 candidates in 24 seats

Direct fight between NC-Congress and BJP in Jammu, multi-cornered contests in the Valley

Simultaneous poll plan in the offing, says Shah

THE government on Tuesday said a plan is in the offing to implement simultaneous polls in the country.

Case closed against 30 Army men in Nagaland op

THE Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the criminal proceedings against 30 Army personnel accused of killing 13 civilians (tribals) in a 2021 botched-up military operation to ambush militants in Nagaland's Mon district.

NIA-CBI-GRP joint scheme to keep railway network safe

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the CBI, NIA, railway police and the MHA are jointly working on a security scheme for the protection of railway network to ensure that there is no sabotage.

Modi to attend Quad, UNGA beginning Sept 21

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi will pay a three-day visit to the US beginning September 21 to attend the annual Quad Summit and address the 'Summit of the Future' at the UN General Assembly.

'Manipur peace roadmap worked out'

Amit Shah says clashes in the state are racial & they can be resolved through dialogue

Discipline leaders making ‘objectionable, violent' remarks on Rahul: Kharge to PM

CITING 'objectionable' and 'violent' statements by the members of the ruling alliance targeting Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discipline his leaders.

MRC: Don't have rental dues, govt allegations baseless

TAMIL Nadu government's allegations about violations by the Madras Race Club are baseless and the club has paid all the lease rentals at the contracted rate in advance, an official statement of the club said on Tuesday.

Suspected case of monkeypox in KL test results awaited

TRIGGERING concern, a 38year-old man from Edavanna in Malappuram has been admittedto the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Manjeri, with suspectedsymptoms of mpox (monkeypox).

Children petrified as goons attack private school van in road rage incident in K'taka

IN a case of road rage, a group of men in an SUV attacked the driver of a private school van and smashed the windows of the vehicle, even as schoolchildren sitting inside the van watched in horror.

Two years after it was damaged, Periyar statue reinstated in Villupuram district

TWO years after it was damaged in an accident, the statue of Dravidian stalwart and social reformer E V Ramaswamy, popularly known as Periyar, was reinstated in Villupuram, on the 146th birth anniversary of the revolutionary leader on Monday.

Tanker lorry mows down bike, 4 of family killed

FOUR of a family, including two children, travelling on a bike were killed on the spot after a tanker lorry mowed down the two-wheeler in Tirunelveli city on Tuesday.

Debt: Couple attempts to end life along with 3 kids

A couple, along with their three children, attempted to die by suicide allegedly due to debt burden in Urapanur village near Thirumangalam on Monday night.

Quack couple held by Coimbatore cops

TWO quacks were arrested on Monday for allegedly providing allopathic treatment and collecting ₹2.7 lakh as a fee from an individual in August 2023.

KL trucks discharge fish waste on Pollachi roads

Two truck drivers arrested; four vehicles seized in September so far

Newly-weds gift 'moi' cash for cancer facility

A newly married couple from Theni donated ₹1.91 lakh they received from guests as gift money at their wedding, to the construction of a cancer facility in Madurai on Tuesday.

2 arrested for setting hut afire in Ayanavaram

TWO men were arrested for setting a hut on fire in Ayanavaram following a heated argument on Tuesday.

B'desh woman held for staying in India with forged docus

POLICE arrested a 26-year-old Bangladeshi woman staying in India with forged documents after rescuing her from prostitution.

Chennai sizzles at 39.2° C, new high for September in 22 years

CHENNAIITES are enduring one of the worst heat spells in September.

Court bins 20-yr-old drug export case, says NCB does not understand Acts

3 Chennai men, Mumbai trade partners were booked for exporting anti-anxiety drugs to US

300 cops check for drugs at tenements in Perumbakkam, return empty handed

TWO weeks after nearly half a kilo of ganja was seized from 15 students following raids at 500 houses of a gated community in Potheri, the Tambaram police conducted a raid at 1,000 houses at the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) tenements in Perumbakkam on Tuesday.