• Habitual thief arrested at Secunderabad railway station; stolen gold worth ₹3.24 lakh recovered

    A 64-year-old habitual property offender was arrested at Secunderabad Railway Station on Wednesday during a joint operation by the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF). Officials recovered 27 grams of stolen gold ornaments worth ₹3.24 lakh, linked to two theft cases involving women passengers. The accused, identified as Meri Sheela, a resident…

  • U.S. says 90-minute airstrikes target Greater Tunb Island, strategic point in Strait of Hormuz

    A screengrab from a video obtained from social media on July 15 shows what U.S. Central Command say was a U.S. strike on Iran. Credit: X/U.S. Central Command The U.S. military’s Central Command said on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) it launched airstrikes on Greater Tunb Island in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian defence and…

  • Class 12 student stabbed by classmate with knife on school premises in Sivaganga district

    Representational image | Photo Credit: Getty Images A Class XII student was stabbed by his classmate at a Government school campus near Manamadurai in Sivaganga district on Wednesday (July 15, 2026). The SIPCOT police were enquiring the two juveniles in conflict with law. The police said that following a quarrel on the school premises a…

  • Leaving U.K. in better shape: Keir Starmer at final Parliament session as PM

    Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons in London on July 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Keir Starmer wrapped up his final Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the lower house of the U.K. Parliament on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) with an…

  • Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala meets Tamil Nadu CM Vijay, discusses on ‘Operation Toofan’

    Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala meets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Secretariat in Chennai on July 15, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala, on Wednesday (July 15, 2026) met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and discussed establishing a coordinated mechanism among the five southern…

  • Lithuania’s new PM says allowing Taiwan’s de-facto embassy was ‘maybe too brave’

    Taiwanese and Lithuanian flags displayed at Taiwan embassy in Vilnius. File | Photo Credit: Reuters  New Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), the ​2021 decision to allow Taiwan to open a de-facto embassy in the ⁠country was ‘maybe too brave’ as he sought to repair relations with China on his…