Rishikanth is one of the emerging faces in Tamil cinema who has taken a long and unconventional route to becoming a lead actor. Unlike many actors who enter the entertainment industry through established film connections, he started from scratch by creating comedy sketches online before gradually finding a footing in films. He went on to…
Electric transmission towers in frame as Power ministry sends draft National Electricity Policy 2026 to Cabinet NEW DELHI: Union power ministry has finalised the draft National Electricity Policy (NEP) and moved the Cabinet note for inter-ministerial consultation.Released in Jan this year, the draft National Electricity Policy has proposed index-linked automatic annual tariff revision, sought to…
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to its athletics campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, winning two medals. The mixed 4x400m relay team won silver, while Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m. Seema’s medal was India’s first athletics medal at these Games.The relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK…
There is a certain irony in NSE itself getting listed. The institution that has spent more than three decades providing a platform for companies to raise capital and investors to trade shares became a listed company on Thursday. Because Sebi’s rules do not allow a stock exchange to list on its own platform, NSE made…
An employee whose statutory “wages” are up to Rs 25,000 will now fall within mandatory PF coverage. The government’s decision to increase the provident fund wage ceiling from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 is one of the most significant social security reforms in recent years. The move is expected to expand provident fund, pension and…
Actor Sooraj Pancholi has once again addressed the controversy surrounding his name in the Disha Salian death case, saying he has spent years being linked to a matter with which he maintains he has no connection. In a lengthy statement shared on social media, Pancholi denied ever meeting Disha Salian or Shiv Sena (UBT) leader…
Mahua Moitra also alleged that the Election Commission made changes to Form 6. NEW DELHI: TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday filed a police complaint against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at the Parliament Street Police Station, alleging that the Election Commission “manipulated the voter rolls.“Speaking to reporters, Mahua alleged that Kumar and the Election…
The selloff was not limited to large-cap stocks. The Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices each fell. Stock market crash today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, tanked in trade on Thursday on weak global cues and a sharp rise in US yields.The stock market came under heavy selling pressure,…
Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) Mohammad Kaif believes India could face a major selection headache in the T20I format within the next six months, with the former batter predicting that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will force his way into the first-choice side.Kaif feels the teenage sensation’s emergence could eventually leave either Tilak Varma or…
Bengaluru: In a major reform aimed at protecting classroom instructions and interest of students, the state govt has drafted a new legislation to regulate deployment of teachers from govt and aided schools for non-academic duties such as SIR of electoral rolls, census and election-related work.The draft has been sent to other govt departments for concurrence.One…
