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Bengaluru: Dinesh Karthik as an “enforcer” opens up a lot of options going into the T20 World Cup, says India head coach Rahul Dravid, who wants to identify a core group of 18-20 players by the end of England series. For Dravid, to be a part of the World T20 set-up, it won’t be enough […]
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Amaravati/Hyderabad: Police and railway authorities remain on high alert in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in view of the ‘Bharat bandh’ call given by some organisations to protest against recently announced scheme Agnipath for Army recruitment. Security was tightened at all major railway stations, offices of the Central government and Army recruitments authorities in both the […]
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New Delhi: Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman Khurshid, K Suresh, V Narayanasamy and others, are holding a ‘Satyagraha’ at Jantar Mantar to protest against the Enforcement Directorate summons to Rahul Gandhi and Agnipath scheme. The Congress party held the Centre responsible for the ‘deteriorating’ condition of the youth in the country. As the protests […]
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Hyderabad: Nandamuri Balakrishna is a name that Tollywood viewers are familiar with. Balakrishna made his OTT debut last year with his nonstop energy and well-scripted celebrity conversation show ‘Unstoppable with NBK’ on Aha. Balakrishna appears to be pleased to host the second season of the chat show now that the show’s creators have announced it. So, […]
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New Delhi: India gained three spots in the global ranking on median mobile download speed, reaching 115th position with recording 14.28 Mbps in May which is slightly better than 14.19 Mbps speed in April, a new report showed on Monday. India also improved its global ranking for overall fixed median download speeds, from 76th in […]
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Hyderabad: First batch of Haj pilgrims from Telangana left for the pilgrimage from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here on Monday. A total of 373 pilgrims left for Jeddah by a special flight of Saudi Airlines at 5.55 a.m., an official of Telangana State Haj Committee said. Earlier, around midnight the buses carrying the pilgrims were flagged […]
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New Delhi: As all the leading cryptocurrencies get hammered, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he will keep supporting and buying Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency he has been vouching about for years. Amid the ‘crypto winter’, Dogecoin digital currency has tumbled from its high of nearly $0.74 to just over $0.05 in recent days. In a […]
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New Delhi: Encrypted messaging platform Telegram has announced paid subscription on its platform that is likely to cost around $5 (about Rs 400) a month. The company said that it now has over 700 million monthly active users (MAUs) and has become one of the top-five downloaded apps worldwide this year. “This growth is solely […]
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New Delhi: A total of 42 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, have reported 2,103 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox, since the beginning of the year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The global health body has, in a significant move, dropped the endemic country distinction for monkeypox in bid to unify responses. “We are removing […]
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Kupwara: Two more terrorists were neutralised in an encounter that broke out in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, informed the police on Monday. So far, four terrorists have been killed in the Kupwara encounter including two on Sunday. The neutralised terrorist was linked with the proscribed terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Police also recovered […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Supreme’ actor Sai Dharam Tej, who recently resumed work after a fatal road accident last year, will be directed by Sampath Nandi in his next film, it was announced on Monday. Sampath Nandi is currently riding high on the success of his recent film, ‘Seetimaarr.’ According to the creators, Sampath Nandi has written an intriguing […]
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New Delhi: Every year cinema introduces us fresh new faces and talent on the silver screen. The newbies are full of youth and energy, flaunt fabulous figures and dress in the latest of fashion trends. But with each passing year there are also group of veteran stars who give these newbies a run for their […]
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New Delhi: As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for the fourth round of questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald case, his party will hold a peaceful protest across the country against the central government’s “vendetta politics”. The Wayanad MP was […]
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San Francisco: As Google Co-founder Sergey Brin seeks divorce from his attorney-entrepreneur wife Nicole Shanahan, he has reportedly asked the judge presiding over the divorce case to withhold spousal support from his soon-to-be ex-wife. Brin, who is worth $93 billion, is also not asking his wife to pay him any support either, reports Gizmodo. Brin […]
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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has written to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for maintaining the full reservoir level at the Siruvani dam. In the letter on Sunday, Stalin called on Vijayan to provide a positive response as the water shortage in Coimbatore and its surrounding areas were turning into a major cause […]
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New Delhi: India on Monday logged 12,781 fresh COVID-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 4,33,09,473, while the daily positivity went past 4 per cent after 130 days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,24,873 with 18 new fatalities. The number of active cases increased to 76,700, the data […]
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Mumbai: Equity indices started the trade on a firm note on Monday with the Sensex climbing 254 points, but within minutes, the benchmarks pared all early gains to trade in the negative territory. The BSE benchmark was trading with a jump of 253.69 points at 51,614.11 in early trade. The Nifty too gained 69.6 points […]
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Mumbai: The rupee strengthened by 12 paise to 77.93 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday as easing crude oil prices supported the local unit. However, unabated foreign fund outflows, a lacklustre trend in domestic equities and strong American dollar overseas restricted the gain, forex dealers said. At the interbank foreign exchange, the […]
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Mumbai: Shilpa Shetty Kundra is known for being polite, fun and humble among the paparazzi and fans. Her outspoken, bubbly nature is loved by many. She is also one of the few actresses who share a lot of her personal life on Instagram via pictures, videos and stories. On the occasion of her mother’s birthday, […]
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Washington: Hollywood actor Amber Heard was recently spotted shopping at a discount department store in New York’s Hamptons on Thursday. However, according to sources of the New York Post, the actor, who lost to ex-husband and actor Johnny Depp over the defamation trial was supposedly ‘broke’. Heard owes Depp a sum of USD 8.4 million […]
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Dakshina Kannada: Five Muslim girl students from the Hampanakatta University College here have asked for transfer certificates from the college administration after being denied permission to attend classes wearing hijab. Principal Anusuya Rai has confirmed that the five students have applied for transfer certificates to join other colleges. However, they are being asked to submit another […]
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Hyderabad: A young Sub-inspector of police, who wrestled a suspect armed with a machete and overpowered him, has become a hero with the internet flooded with videos of his brave act. The SI, 37-year-old VR Arun Kumar, who is the Station House Officer of the Nooranad police station in Alappuzha district of Kerala, was on […]
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Washington: Multiple people, including a police officer, were shot at a music event on U Street Northwest in Washington, DC, at a location that is just less than 2 miles from the White House, local media reported. Situation after shoot out at #Washington America shooting happened at an intersection near the site of a Juneteenth […]
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police are on high alert mode as the intelligence agencies have warned that protests on the Agnipath scheme might break out during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public rallies in Karnataka. Modi is visiting the state for a 2-day tour after one-and-a-half years. He will arrive at the Bengaluru Yelahanka Indian Air Force […]