House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chair Maria Elvira Salazar called on Peru's incoming government to wrest control of the Chancay deepwater port from Chinese hands, describing it as a direct military threat to the weste...
Newly studied Marathi inscriptions on the south-western walls of the Thanjavur Big Temple near the Vinayagar shrine recount the fierce battle between Maratha king Shivaji and Afzal Khan. The inscriptions also document Ma...
The number of women candidates in Tamil Nadu assembly elections has grown significantly, from just 11 in 1967 (1.41%) to 443 in 2026, representing 11.01% of total contestants. Despite the increase, women continue to hold...
Dubai authorities announced the completion of the emirate's first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi station, described as the first of its kind globally. Commercial operations are expected to begin ...
Actor-turned-politician Vijay has released the manifesto for his party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly elections. He asserted that unlike rival Dravidian parties, his party has only p...
Decades-long negotiations on a South China Sea code of conduct could reach a conclusion this year, with both China and the Philippines expressing cautious optimism. However, analysts warn that without meaningful restrain...
A torch relay was held in Tirunelveli district as part of efforts to encourage maximum voter participation in the upcoming Tamil Nadu 2026 assembly elections....
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer appeared before a budget hearing on Thursday to request additional funds for the administration's trade war effort, vowing the US would not be intimidated by Chinese retaliation. Th...
An ongoing dispute between the central and Tamil Nadu state governments over the appointment of Vice-Chancellors has left 16 state universities without institutional heads. A bill to grant the state government power to a...
Indian golfer Shubhankar Sharma carded a brilliant 64 in the third round of the Boulders Classic on the DP World Tour, matching the course record set by Honey Baisoya the previous day. The 29-year-old two-time DP World T...
The Madurai Central constituency in Tamil Nadu's 2026 assembly elections is drawing widespread attention due to a high-profile contest featuring former Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, who is popular locally, and...
India's Supreme Court, in a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, ruled that voters in West Bengal whose names were flagged under the 'logical discrepancy' category in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise wi...
Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Lok Sabha, pushing back against concerns that the upcoming delimitation exercise would reduce southern states' political representation. Shah stated that seat...
India women's cricket captain Harmanpreet Kaur described the upcoming series against South Africa as a crucial opportunity to prepare for the T20 World Cup. Speaking at a pre-series press conference, she emphasised the t...
Voters in Madurai East constituency, which has backed the DMK for nearly a decade, are calling for an upgrade to meet rapid urbanisation ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly election. Residents point to incomplete basic infr...
Bangladeshi fast bowler Rubel Hossain has announced his retirement from international cricket after representing his country in 27 Tests, 104 ODIs, and 28 T20Is. Rubel built a reputation as a dependable limited-overs bow...
BJP Tamil Nadu chief K. Annamalai launched a two-pronged attack on the DMK government ahead of the state assembly election, declaring Chief Minister Stalin 'unfit' to rule and saying it is time to give him 'rest'. He als...
Tamil Nadu's assembly election machinery moved into high gear as home voting for 8,947 voters commenced in Chennai, catering to those unable to visit polling stations. Simultaneously, the commissioning of Electronic Voti...
A growing number of African governments have begun exploring India's Self-Help Group (SHG)-based livelihoods framework as a model for rural development, according to a report in The Hindu. India's rural development appro...
Cases have been filed in the Madras High Court seeking an inquiry by the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) into the declared assets of actor-politician Vijay and BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan ahead of t...