Barcelona edge Real Madrid in extra time to win Copa del Rey | Football News

Barcelona defender Jules Kounde struck deep in extra time to decide a gripping Copa del Rey Clasico final in Seville, earning his side a 3-2 win over rivals Real Madrid. The Catalans, aiming for a quadruple this season, won the first major trophy of Hansi Flick’s reign as coach and a record-extending 32nd Spanish cup…

Saving Sillahalla – The Hindu

Plea rejected: Activists have asked the government for details of the project and of explosives being used at the site. | Photo Credit: M. SATHYAMOORTHY For the last few months, residents of Bellathycombai village near Manjoor in the Kundha taluk have been a worried lot. The Adivasi residents have been reporting strange explosions along River Sillahalla…

Department of Posts to tie up with retail chains, e-commerce platforms for parcel delivery

After its successful partnership with Amazon, the Department of Posts is now looking to collaborate with major retail chains and more e-commerce platforms to facilitate parcel delivery across the country. On an average, nearly 81,000 parcels are booked every month in the department’s Chennai City Region (CCR) in speed and business parcel category. In a…

West Bengal CM announces compensation for tourists killed in Pahalgam, fallen soldier in J&K

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (April 26, 2025) announced a compensation of ₹10 lakh each to the next of kin of the tourists from West Bengal killed in Pahalgam terror attack. Three tourists Bitan Adhikari, Sameer Guha and Manish Ranjan from the State were…

Urudhunai loan scheme launched for Adi Dravidars and Scheduled Tribes

Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare M. Mathiventhan on Saturday said that the State government will implement the Urudhunai scheme to provide small and micro loans, worth ₹25 crore, at reduced interest rates to small retailers, traders and manufacturers from Adi Dravidar and tribal communities through the National Finance Development Fund. Making the announcements during the…

Can universal healthcare be saved?

Tiffanie Turnbull Reporting fromStreaky Bay, South Australia BBC From an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent, Victoria Bradley jokes that she has the most beautiful doctor’s practice in Australia. Outside her window, farmland rolls into rocky coastline, hemming a glasslike bay striped with turquoise and populated by showboating dolphins. Home to about…

BBMP polls likely to be delayed beyond October

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Head Office at Hudson Circle, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has been without an elected council for over three years, is unlikely to get one soon, with the Governor’s assent to the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2024. Transport and Muzrai Minister…