Five players who defected from the Iranian women’s soccer team after the team’s final match in the Asian Women’s Cup in Australia were granted asylum Tuesday. Police assisted the women in leaving their hotel and placed them in a safe house. There, they met with Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke and their humanitarian visas…
Telangana’s new Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Recently appointed Governor of Telangana, Shiv Prakash Shukla has assumed the charge on Wednesday (March 11, 2026). Mr. Shukla was administered the oath of office by Telangana High Court Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh at a ceremony held in the Lok Bhavan in Hyderabad…
With U.S. and Israeli forces continuing offensive strikes on Iran, federal counterterrorism authorites are warning that the desperate theocracy could launch retaliatory strikes on American soil using sleeper cells, affiliated Iranian terrorist groups, lone wolf sympathizers or targeted cyberattacks. Within days of the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, cryptic…
Members of the United Nurses Association staging a dharna outside the Kozhikode collectorate on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh As the indefinite strike by nurses affiliated with the United Nurses Association (UNA) entered its second day on Tuesday (March 10, 2026), private hospitals in Kerala are facing an unenviable situation. Functioning of key departments…
WASHINGTON — Russia is emerging as one of the few early economic beneficiaries of the war with Iran, as disruptions to energy infrastructure drive up demand for Russian exports and the world casts its gaze to the Middle East and away from Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The U.S. and its European counterparts slapped severe sanctions on Russia…
People, whose names have reportedly been left out in the post-SIR electoral rolls, wait in a queue to apply for inclusion of their names, at DM’s office, in Nadia, West Bengal. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) directed the constitution of special tribunals to decide on…
WASHINGTON — Some 140 American service members have been wounded since start of the Iran war, with eight of them “severely injured” and receiving medical care, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “The vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement. The…
A large tract of dried grass on the hills was destroyed by the fire. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Forest officials doused the fire that destroyed at least two hectares of dried grasses in Ponneri reserve forest (RF) atop Yelagiri Hills in Tirupattur. Forest officials said that the fire atop the hills was the first…
California voters are being urged to put a poison-pill effort on the November ballot that would nullify a controversial proposed tax on the state’s billionaires. Neither proposal has yet qualified for the ballot — supporters of each need to gather the verified signatures of hundreds of thousands of voters. But petitions that have been mailed…
Ahead of World Kidney Day (March 12), The Hindu and Kauvery Hospital will jointly organise a webinar titled ‘Kidney Care: Awareness & Prevention’ as part of the Wellness Series at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday (March 11, 2026). Kidneys play a crucial role in maintaining overall health by filtering waste and excess fluids from the blood,…