Singapore City, (UNI) Britain’s Emma Raducanu suffered a disappointing defeat to world number 101 Cristina Bucsa of Spain in the opening round of the Singapore Open. The 22-year-old was playing for the first time since her 6-1 6-0 third round loss to Iga Swiatek at the Australian Open. Her coach Nick Cavaday was stepping back…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) Two fishermen from Tamil Nadu were injured when Sri Lankan Navy opened fire while fishing in the high seas early on Tuesday morning and arrested 13 fishermen. Reports received here said the 13fishermen were arrested by the Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters by crossing the International Maritime…
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (UNI) Three minors lost their lives in a tragic accident early Tuesday morning when the motorcycle they were riding skidded and crashed into a road divider on the Aramghar flyover. According to the police, the trio was travelling from Bahadurpura to Aramghar when the accident occurred. Two of the victims killed on…
Gaza, Jan 28 (UNI) Tens of thousands of Palestinians began returning to their homes in Gaza City and the northern parts of the coastal enclave on Monday after 15 months of forced displacement. The return follows an announcement by Qatar on Sunday evening that Hamas and Israel had reached an agreement to release Israeli hostage…
Tripoli, Jan 28 (UNI) The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 1,313 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. “From January 19 to 25, 1,313 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,” IOM said in a statement. The migrants include more than 160 women and over 60…
Jakarta, Jan 28 (UNI) At least four people died, and four others were severely injured in a landslide in Mamuju regency, Indonesia’s West Sulawesi province, according to the country’s disaster authority on Monday. Head of the Mamuju regional disaster mitigation agency, Taslim Sukirno, said the landslide occurred in Mamunyu village at around 11:15 p.m. local…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed a batch of writ pleas while directing all the political parties to remove their party flag poles erected in public places. Mr Justice GK Ilanthirayan, while dismissing the pleas with directions, said all parties, communal and religion leaders should remove their…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu government has recognised the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) formed after a spate of prolonged protests and month long by 1,500 workers pressing their charter of demands, which was later called off about three months back. The Labour department has approved the registration of SIWU which has the…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin who is on a two-day ground level visit to Villupuram district to review the progress of implementation of various welfare measures of the ruling DMK ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls, held a roadshow in Tindivanam in the district on Monday evening. Thousands of people,…
Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) The countdown for tomorrow’s historic GSLV-F15/NVS-02 Mission, marking ISRO’s 100th Launch from the spaceport of Sriharikota, will begin shortly. NVS-02 is Navigation Satellite and second in the series of NavIC constellation. An official announcement from ISRO on the commencement of countdown is awaited as the stage is set for the to…
