Part of dilapidated BSL residential block collapses, no casualties

BSL chief of communications Manikant Dhan said three quarters in the affected block were vacant and three were occupied by licensees An elderly person living on the ground floor was rescued by fire brigade and home guard personnel, while other residents rushed out BSL chief of communications Manikant Dhan said three quarters in the affected […]

Tamil Nadu Assembly | Government closely monitoring fluctuations in prices of essential commodities: Food Minister

Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan Tamil Nadu Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Venkataramanan on Friday (August 28, 2026) said the State government is closely monitoring the price fluctuations of 41 essential commodities through the Price Monitoring Committee, and measures are being taken to ensure the seamless availability […]

Who is King Haakon VIII? Norway’s new king who once wanted to escape royal life

Norway’s King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon, who has succeeded him as King Haakon VIII. (Reuters image) Crown Prince Haakon has become Norway’s new king following the death of his father, King Harald V, at the age of 89, taking the throne after years of gradually assuming greater royal responsibilities as his father’s health […]

Bodies of four Naga civilians killed in Manipur ambush retrieved

Security forces, including an armoured vehicle and police van, deployed in the Taphou area following reports of violence, in Senapati. File | Photo Credit: ANI The bodies of four Naga civilians killed in an ambush in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district were retrieved on Friday (August 28, 2026) morning, a day after the attack, officials said. The […]

And then there were seven in the silent hills

Madvi Kamini has spent much of her life listening to the forest. For years, its silence was never reassuring. The dense foliage around her home in the Karreguttalu Hills could conceal Maoist cadres, security forces or landmines buried beneath the paths. Every knock, every unfamiliar movement and every journey beyond Pamunuru village in Mulugu district […]

Praggnanandhaa scripts history, becomes first Indian to win Grand Chess Tour

India’s grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa, (PTI Photo) Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa produced a remarkable turnaround against Fabiano Caruana to win the Grand Chess Tour Finals and secure the biggest title of his career in St. Louis on Thursday (local time).Praggnanandhaa overturned a six-point deficit at the start of the day, winning both rapid games against […]

OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT ads in India, over 50 brands on board

From Sept 4, businesses will also get access to a self-serve ChatGPT ads manager (File photo) NEW DELHI: OpenAI has started showing ads on ChatGPT in India. The company has rolled out advertising for logged-in adult users on its Free and Go plans, while paid subscriptions including Plus and Pro remain ad-free. Over 50 brands […]

Indians top nationalities working, settling in, visiting and getting citizenship in UK, but also top number of ‘voluntary returns’

Indians top UK immigration charts for work, study, visitor, settlement and citizenship grants in year ending June 2026. LONDON: Indians top the numbers of foreign nationals resettling in the UK, being granted British citizenship, gaining work visas, applying for study visas, and visiting the UK as a tourist, according to the latest immigration statistics released […]

‘I stopped all my internet accounts’: 70-year-old Australian man falls in love with six-fingered deepfake, transfers $180,000

Australian man Michael thought he found his soulmate in Melanie and transferred money. But it was a deepfake. A retired psychologist in his 70s has been scammed out of $180,000 while he believed he had found his soulmate online. Queensland’s Michael continued his long-distance courtship with Melanie, a nurse in South Africa, until she turned […]

No order yet, auto major’s duty row to be heard by another Bombay HC bench

The Bombay High Court has transferred a notable Skoda-Customs duty case to a different panel MUMBAI : Citing exigency of work in being unable to deliver within 3 and half months its judgment in the Skoda-Customs tussle over CKD (complete knocked down) parts imports Bombay high court on Tuesday said the dispute will now be […]