CHENNAI: The Indian Athletics Series 6 meet here saw three athletes come agonisingly close to rewriting the national records. In the men’s 110m hurdles, current NR holder Tejas Shirse blazed to victory in 13.43 seconds, narrowly ahead of training partner M Krishik, who finished second in 13.44s. The high jump pit, meanwhile, witnessed Aadarsh Ram … Read more
Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants. KOLKATA: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath has arrested three people and widened its probe across multiple states, with cops suspecting that hired sharpshooters brought in from outside West Bengal … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladesh will not be a “football” between India and China, PM Tarique Rahman’s foreign affairs adviser Humaiun Kobir has said, stressing on a ‘Bangladesh first policy’, maintaining ties with major global powers, including India, China and the US. His remarks come as Dhaka looks at balancing bilateral relations with several nations, especially those in … Read more
Lucknow: In a bid to blunt the PDA (backwards, Dalits, minorities) push of the Samajwadi Party in the run up to the next big battle, BJP on Sunday inducted six new ministers with three of them backwards and two Dalits.Two junior ministers who were promoted are also backwards while the sole upper caste face in … Read more
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has pushed back against growing concerns of an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble. He has stated that the industry is instead facing a shortage of computing capacity, chips, and memory. Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Fink said demand for AI infrastructure is outpacing supply at an unexpected … Read more
KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and his five cabinet colleagues will have their first meeting around noon on Monday at Nabanna and take up implementation of Ayushman Bharat, a Centre-funded health insurance scheme, in Bengal and plugging of 569km of unfenced border Bengal shares with Bangladesh, among other issues, govt sources said.The five ministers who … Read more
‘Mortal Kombat II’ continued its steady run at the Indian box office over its opening weekend. The Hollywood action sequel managed to maintain a firm hold at the ticket windows and emerged ahead of competing Hindi release ‘Daadi Ki Shaadi’.‘Mortal Kombat II’ box office collection Day 3As per reports on sacnilk, the film collected an … Read more
The passengers of MV Hondius, the hantavirus-affected cruise ship, are finally being evacuated in the Canary Islands, in Spain. After days drifting in uncertainty, passengers on the MV Hondius are now leaving the cruise ship at last. Spanish officials kicked off a major evacuation in the Canary Islands over fears of a deadly hantavirus outbreak … Read more
‘Drishyam 3’ has begun its box office journey on an impressive note. The upcoming Malayalam crime thriller is directed by Jeethu Joseph and had Mohanlal in the lead role. It is the third installment in the blockbuster ‘Drishyam’ franchise, following ‘Drishyam’ and ‘Drishyam 2’. Expectations are extremely high for the film. Kerala pre-sales for Mohanlal’s … Read more
‘Kara’, starring Dhanush in the lead role, continues to attract audiences in its second week. The Tamil thriller drama is directed by Vignesh Raja, who earned widespread acclaim for his debut film Por Thozhil.The story is set in Ramanathapuram in 1991 during the Gulf War. It follows Karasamy, a man forced to confront his abandoned … Read more