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The Bygone Movie Theatres of Chennai: A Look Back at Lost Cinematic Landmarks
Chennai's cultural identity has long been intertwined with its single-screen theatres and cinema complexes, many of which have closed their doors in recent decades…
Two Teachers Suspended in Yadgir Over Participation in RSS Route Marches
Two government school teachers in Karnataka's Yadgir district have been suspended after they were found to have taken part in events organised by the…
Serbia: Vucic Walks Tightrope Between Brussels and Moscow Ahead of Pivotal Election
BELGRADE — President Aleksandar Vucic is steering Serbia through an increasingly narrow diplomatic corridor as the country prepares for a parliamentary vote, maintaining public…
India's 'Cockroach' Movement Presses for Government School Accountability Amid Official Resistance
A student-led campaign across India that uses documented unsanitary school conditions as leverage to demand accountability from public education authorities is running into organized…
Tamil Film Industry Strike Over OTT Release Dispute Postponed After Government Intervention
Chennai: Tamil Nadu film producers have postponed a planned industry-wide strike following intervention by state government officials, defusing a confrontation that had threatened to…
Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb Military Chief Convicted of Genocide, Dies at 84 in UN Custody; Serbia Plans State Funeral
Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military commander convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1990s Bosnian War, has…
A look back at the King who broke with tradition
King Harald V of Norway has died at the age of 87, ending a reign of more than three decades that fundamentally reshaped the…
Tate Brothers Blast US Jail Conditions as They Seek Bail in UK Extradition Fight
Andrew and Tristan Tate appeared in a Miami federal court this week as their defense team argued for their release on bail, with the…
Anthropic Wins Constitutional Challenge Against Pentagon Blacklisting in Landmark Ruling
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering a significant…
Kangana Ranaut Calls Baba Ramdev 'Elder Brother', Accepts His Gift on Raksha Bandhan
Mumbai — Actor and parliamentarian Kangana Ranaut publicly reconciled with yoga guru Baba Ramdev during Raksha Bandhan celebrations on Saturday, accepting his gift and…
Your Absence Can Never Be Filled': Supriya Sule Remembers Ajit Pawar on Raksha Bandhan
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule used the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to publicly honor her cousin and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister…
Madras High Court Orders Notices to M.K. Stalin and DMK IT Wing in ₹1 Crore Defamation Suit Filed by Minister Aadhav Arjuna
The Madras High Court has directed the issuance of notices to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK)…
Suvendu Adhikari Calls on West Bengal Professionals Abroad to Return Home as State Opens New IT Campus
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has issued a public call urging skilled professionals from the state currently employed in other parts of India…
Sikkim Government Forms Task Force to Coordinate Relief for Residents Stranded by Nepal Floods
The Sikkim government has constituted a dedicated task force to coordinate relief efforts and family outreach for residents of the state affected by recent…
Govt Rejects Claims of Rotting Onion Buffer Stock, CWC Storage Cited as Quality Preserver
Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare has dismissed reports suggesting that a significant portion of the government's onion buffer stock had deteriorated, asserting that the…
Parandur Airport Project Scrapped by TVK-Led Tamil Nadu Government After Farmer Opposition
The Tamil Nadu government led by the Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) formally abandoned the proposed Parandur greenfield airport project in August 2026, ending a…
Scientists Deploy Underwear as Soil Health Indicators in Swiss Citizen Science Project
Scientists Deploy Underwear as Soil Health Indicators in Swiss Citizen Science Project In an unconventional experiment that combined scientific rigor with participatory research, more…
Human Presence Reshapes Wildlife Movement as Strongly as Built Infrastructure, Global Tracking Study Finds
A sweeping multi-continent study tracking more than 4,500 individual animals across diverse ecosystems has documented a finding that challenges conventional assumptions about what constitutes…
Detroit Despairs as 'Insanity' of Trump's Canada Trade War Punishes City
Every day, roughly $1 billion worth of goods crosses the Detroit River, the waterway that separates Detroit, Michigan, from Windsor, Ontario. The flow of…
UK Petrol Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2022 as Bank Holiday Getaway Approaches
Motorists across the United Kingdom are facing the highest average petrol prices in nearly four years, with the cost of filling up climbing sharply…
What could Meta's US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Meta's agreement to settle a prominent United States lawsuit has set off ripples across the global legal landscape, with legal observers, regulators, and plaintiffs…
Sensex Flash Crash: 2,200-Point Plunge in Five Minutes Highlights Risks of India's Closing Auction Session
Mumbai's benchmark Sensex experienced one of its most dramatic intraday collapses on Thursday, shedding more than 2,200 points in a five-minute window during the…
Kerala Bus Overturns at Petrol Pump After Driver Swerves to Avoid Two-Wheeler, 20 Injured
A tourist bus carrying wedding guests overturned at a fuel station in Kakkoor, Kerala, on Wednesday after the driver attempted to evade an oncoming…
Sonal Dinusha Scripts History vs India, Breaks Root's All-Time Sweeping Record
Sonal Dinusha produced a record-breaking batting display that will be remembered as one of the defining moments of the series, remaining unbeaten on 133…