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Chennai:  Actor-turned-politician Vijay, whose electrifying campaign tour had been drawing record crowds across Tamil Nadu for the past week, is facing fierce backlash after a stampede at his rally in Karur left 39 people dead and injured dozens. The tragedy struck Saturday evening at Velusamypuram,...

New Delhi: 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, has forged visiting cards for BRICS and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), police found during interrogation. On one of the accused's visiting cards, he identified himself as a BRICS Commission...

Karur: The Karur Town police have registered a case against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Karur West district secretary V.P. Mathiyazhagan in connection with the stampede at party president and actor Vijay’s rally in Velysamupuram that left 39 people dead and 83 others injured. The incident...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday expressed anguish over the tragic loss of lives in a stampede-like incident in Tamil Nadu and extended her deepest condolences to the bereaved family members. She also prayed for early recovery of those injured. Twenty-nine people died in a...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 44 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire but Israel's leader remains defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were nine from the same family in...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on BRICS to defend the multilateral trading system amid increasing protectionism and tariff volatility during a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session. “When multilateralism is under...

Leh: Ladakh Director General of Police S D Singh Jamwal Saturday said Sonam Wangchuk is being probed for allegedly having links with Pakistan on the back of last month's arrest of a Pakistani Intelligence Operative who sent videos of his protests across the border. Jamwal...

Leh: Curfew remained in force for the fourth day in violence-hit Leh town of Ladakh Saturday as police and paramilitary forces intensified patrolling and checking following the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA) the previous day, officials said. In...

United Nations: Pakistan's military 'pleaded’ for a cessation of fighting during Operation Sindoor in May, India has said in a hard-hitting response from the United Nations General Assembly, asserting that there is “no room for any third party” to intervene in issues between New Delhi...

United Nations: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday described US President Donald Trump as “a man of peace” and said Pakistan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “outstanding contribution” in promoting peace in South Asia following the conflict with India. In his...