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Students marched through central Madurai in an awareness event where Minister R. Nirmalkumar urged young people to seek help from parents and teachers.

Chirag Paswan said reservation remains a constitutional necessity and challenged both Rahul Gandhi and NDA ally Santosh Kumar Suman over their positions on caste discrimination and sub-categorisation.

Nainar Nagenthran alleged that Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar compromised the neutrality of his office by invoking religious identity during Assembly proceedings.

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department has asked devotees to review an expert committee’s temple list and propose corrections within 30 days.

Tamil Nadu will establish a safe house in every district for individuals and families threatened by caste-based killings and related violence.

Chennai civic agencies are coordinating drainage, pumping, rescue and relief measures at locations made vulnerable by major infrastructure work ahead of the northeast monsoon.

Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers asked to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler from proceedings over his guilty plea, citing the judge’s sentencing description of him as a “faceless coward.”

Milo Yiannopoulos returned to Britain after U.S. immigration officers moved him from a Louisiana detention facility to an airport for deportation.

Researchers reviewing drug-trial data found that women with chronically low sexual desire still reported regular sexual activity, highlighting motives beyond immediate gratification.

Apple increased the monthly and annual price of its TV streaming service and lifted the cost of the individual Apple One bundle.

Ohio State heads a preseason ranking shaped by Indiana’s perfect title season, major transfer moves and a deep group of playoff contenders.

The New York Mets activated Juan Soto from the injured list on Saturday, returning him to the lineup after a left calf strain without sending him on a rehabilitation assignment.

A controlled study found that ketogenic, Mediterranean and plant-forward diets all improved weight and blood-sugar measures, but the ketogenic plan produced the largest decline in liver fat.

U.S. immigration authorities deported British right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos one day after arresting him at a Louisiana airport.

The US Open looks more open than ever, and top-seeded Alexander Zverev says the absence of Jannik Sinner and questions surrounding defending champion Carlos Alcaraz as he returns from injury do little to enhance his own status as favorite.

Norway on Saturday opened a new chapter in its history under King Haakon VIII, who was due to give a memorial speech a day after the death of his 89-year-old father King Harald.

Mutinying soldiers led armed clashes in Niger's capital Saturday, alarming residents, but the ruling junta said it had largely wrested back control after hours of heavy exchanges around some of its most sensitive sites.

The annual festival at the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni began on Aug. 29 with the ceremonial flag hoisting, drawing large numbers of pilgrims ahead of multilingual services and events continuing through Sept. 8.

Police have arrested seven suspects in connection with the killing of 38-year-old VCK functionary Anbazhagan in Thiruneermalai, Chennai, while searches continue for four additional suspects linked to the fatal gang attack.

The National Highways Authority of India has begun phased removal of about 250 temporary work platforms along the Cooum River used for construction of the Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Elevated Corridor, with completion promised before the first week of October.

Kanye West performed for about two and a half hours at the Superdome in New Orleans without publicly discussing the ICE detention and pending removal of his executive Milo Yiannopoulos, who was apprehended in Louisiana a day earlier.

Tennessee officials are advancing a proposal to rename Nashville International Airport in honor of Dolly Parton, following the country music icon's death at age 80 and a wave of public tributes to her cultural and philanthropic legacy.

Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to help Ashley Taunton and her family as the Connecticut mother recovers from severe injuries sustained when she was struck by a vehicle after stopping to assist people at a crash scene.

Lil Nas X has announced the death of his mother, Tameka Hill, sharing a tribute and photographs on social media. No cause or further details about her death had been publicly disclosed at the time of publication.

Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to a fundraiser for Ashley Taunton, a Connecticut mother of three who suffered life-threatening injuries after stopping during a Rhode Island rainstorm to help teenagers whose vehicle had hydroplaned.

PlanEat AI is offering a discounted lifetime Premium subscription for $29.99, providing personalized seven-day meal plans, recipes, nutritional information and organized grocery lists based on users' dietary needs and cooking preferences.

An aspiring Los Angeles County rapper known as ColdheartedAC is among three defendants federally charged in an alleged scheme involving more than $8.1 million in stolen checks, including dozens of U.S. Treasury payments.

Federal prosecutors have charged a 37-year-old Denville, New Jersey, man after investigators said they found a home laboratory and 109 homemade explosive devices during a June search that prompted nearby residents to be temporarily evacuated.

Pittsburgh artist Cody Sabol stunned New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson by creating a realistic oil portrait of the basketball player in about 10 minutes using his fingers, before Brunson signed the finished work.

Pennsylvania continues to direct substantial public support to power plants that burn waste coal, a practice credited with removing polluting mine piles but criticized for high subsidies, greenhouse-gas emissions and a state energy mix in which waste coal still generates more electricity than solar.

A hydrogen project beside the roughly 13,000-cow Bar 20 dairy in Kerman is using manure-derived biogas to generate electricity for electrolysis, earning the lowest carbon-intensity rating in California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard while intensifying concerns about local dairy pollution.

A super PAC backed by solar entrepreneurs and venture capitalists is pointing to Darline Graham's South Carolina Republican Senate primary victory as the fifth win in a campaign designed to challenge Republican candidates viewed as hostile to clean-energy interests.