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Kerala government will dispatch 10,000 kg of bleaching powder and 10,000 medical gloves to flood-hit Chennai as per the request of Tamil Nadu Government. Kerala CM’s office said the state government is willing to rush any form of aid, including medicines and medical teams, to Chennai.  Chief Minister Oommen Chandy ...

CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA:  Colombia says it has found the shipwreck of a storied Spanish galleon laden with gold and precious stones, three centuries after it was sunk by the British in the Caribbean. “This is the most valuable treasure that has been found in the history of humanity,” declared President Juan ...

CHENNAI: Software exporters running a big portion of their technology development and delivery from Chennai kept critical resources in their offices on Tuesday and safely transported home scores of dispensable hands as heavy rains pounded the southern metropolis on Tuesday morning. The routine is a repeat of the drill during ...

HYDERABAD:  A 13-year-old student in Hyderabad had a baby inside a school washroom on Saturday, leaving her teachers and other staff in shock. The girl is a class 9 student of a government school in the Madhapur area of Hyderabad, the city’s IT hub. She reportedly complained of a stomach ...

PARIS:  Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium in seven near-simultaneous attacks at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 140 people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. A Paris city hall official said gunmen systematically slaughtered nearly ...

Twin suicide bombings struck a southern Beirut suburb that’s a stronghold of the militant Shiite Hezbollah group on Thursday evening, killing at least 43 people and wounding scores more in one of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Lebanon. The attack was quickly claimed by the extremists Islamic State ...

CHENNAI:  Former Rajya Sabha member N Rajendran was found dead with bullet injuries in his car in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district on Wednesday evening. Police suspect that Mr Rajendran shot himself. The 62-year-old had allegedly parked his car near a bus stand close to his house, sources said. “He seems ...

The festival Diwali or Deepavali, which is also known as the festival of lights, is celebrated every year. Diwali highlights the victory of good over evil. The five-day-long festival is observed between mid-October and mid-November as per the Gregorian calendar. This year, the first day of the festival (Dhanteras) is being celebrated ...

NEW DELHI:  Chhota Rajan, one of India’s most wanted men, was brought to Delhi from Indonesia from where he was deported last evening. The gangster, who was arrested in Bali over a week ago after a two-decade-long international manhunt, has been taken to the CBI headquarters where he is likely ...