The findings, which confirm that ancient Tamil traders travelled deep into the Egyptian interior for exploration and tourism, were presented by Swiss scholar Professor Ingo Strauch on the inaugural ...

Of 30 inscriptions uncovered at the Valley of Kings by Strauch and Schmid, 20 are in Tamil. CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs ...

The man convicted of trying to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison after a federal prosecutor said his crime was ...

Inaugurating the Tamil Nadu Global Tourism Summit 2026 at the UNESCO heritage site of Mamallapuram, the chief minister also unveiled a ₹100 crore plan to establish a Special Area Development Authority ...

Vignesh, who has worked as an associate director on Fight Club and Hi, calls Akshay “extremely dedicated”. Vignesh says Basil Joseph was his first and only choice for the role. “There are both serious ...

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Indonesian rescue members carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim from the site of a landslide after it hit Pasirlangu village, West Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, Jan 24, 2026.

A landslide killed at least eight people and left over 80 missing on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, a disaster official said. The landslide triggered by heavy rainfall struck a village ...

In his first major message in poll-bound Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (January 23, 2026) said the State needs an “NDA double-engine government”, which would march ...

More than 30 homes were destroyed in the village of Pasirlangu At least seven people have died and more than 80 others are missing after a landslide hit Indonesia's West Java province, officials said.

Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground. By Devon Lum ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the period for filing claims and objections till January 30, 2026, in connection with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral ...