• At least 88 terrorists killed in ongoing anti-terror operation in Pakistan’s Balochistan

    The operation was launched after insurgents carried out several coordinated attacks across Balochistan on July 5. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 88 terrorists were killed in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province since the launch of a major anti-terror operation on July 5, the government said on Saturday (July 11, 2026). Nine terrorists…

  • Families of Vanniyar reservation martyrs also deserve State government jobs, says Anbumani

    PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay provide government jobs to family heirs of those persons killed in the police firing during the Vanniyar reservation agitation, just as his government had done for the family members of the Karur stampede…

  • U.S. delegation in Lebanon to discuss Israel ‘pilot zone’ withdrawal: official

    Men ride a scooter past the rubble of buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs on July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. military delegation met with Lebanon’s army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from a “pilot zone” in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP…

  • POCSO case registered, after 14-year-old girl gives birth in Hubballi

    The Hubballi Town Police have registered a case against a man who allegedly abducted the girl and sexually exploited her. A case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, has been registered in Hubballi after a case of a 14-year-old girl being delivered of a baby came to light. The Hubballi…

  • Government intervenes as shipping shocks expose container vulnerability

    In a normal year, Iran buys almost 4.5 million tonnes of basmati rice from India. “It is difficult for the ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz now. Availability of vessels from Kandla or Mumbai to Iran is very poor,” says Prem Garg, president of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation. A 20-foot container carrying…

  • Pakistan PM Sharif holds talks with Iran, Qatar leaders to revive stalled U.S.-Iran negotiations

    Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attends a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held separate…