Tamizh Amudhan and Vincent Keymer CHENNAI: Rain lashed Thiruthangal, a neighbourhood in Sivakasi, all of Friday night. The power had been cut since six in the evening, plunging the area in darkness. But inside one of the modest houses, an eight-year-old boy, with just a candle flickering beside him and a mobile torch lighting up…
A US federal judge on Monday struck down the $100,000 fee that US President Donald Trump had imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, calling it unlawful.District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston issued a ruling in a lawsuit filed by 20 Democratic state attorneys general challenging the fee announced by Trump in…
Dianna Russini’s husband faces fresh scrutiny over claims he “knew” about alleged affair rumors involving Mike Vrabel.(Image via Getty Images) Mike Vrabel, the New England Patriots’ head coach, and the former New York Times’ reporter and NFL insider, Dianna Russini, continue to dominate headlines as their alleged affair rumors swirl.As Dianna Russini has now stepped…
Ines Ramirez Perez was alone in a remote village in Mexico when, after more than 12 hours of labour, she began to believe she was running out of options. With no doctor nearby and no practical way to reach a hospital, she feared that both she and her unborn baby could die. The pain was…
Sunil Gavaskar and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Just moments before unleashing his 29-ball 97 carnage in the IPL 2026 Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was seen touching legendary Sunil Gavaskar’s feet. After taking blessings from the batting icon, Sooryavanshi went on to do what he is now known…
Another dramatic rescue operation has offered a glimmer of hope in earthquake-hit Venezuela after a US search-and-rescue team pulled a mother and her 9-month-old baby alive from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building.The emotional rescue, captured on video, shows emergency responders carefully clearing debris before safely extracting the pair.The operation was carried out by…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino claps after President Donald Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Dan Mullan/Pool Photo via AP) With the 2026 tournament approaching, FIFA has moved close to resolving one of the most significant financial…
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that all available Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) immigrant visas for applicants from India have been issued for fiscal year 2026. In its latest update, the DHS said that embassies and consulates will no longer issue EB-2 visas to Indian applicants for the rest of the current…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened China with “staggering” new tariffs if Beijing provides military assistance to Iran in the ongoing Middle East conflict.During an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures, host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump whether his warning of a 50% tariff on countries aiding Iran was aimed at China.“Yes, China and…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside. Now, there’s a phrase on OSINT Twitter: “monitoring the situation”. It refers to the lives of those individuals who are really into bird-watching, except their birds are usually military planes and other assorted objects of mass destruction.Football fans, too, have been monitoring the situation for the last…