Most Recent

Photo credit: ANI THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Tuesday announced the formation of a special committee to prepare a White Paper on Keralam’s financial condition.The committee will be headed by former cabinet secretary KM Chandrasekhar, and additional chief secretary (finance) KR Jyothilal has been appointed as convener, chief minister VD Satheesan…

Rating: 3.5/5 Portable blenders have flooded the Indian market over the last couple of years, but most fall into the same trap of underpowered motors, flimsy builds, and batteries that give up after a week. But the recently launched Wonderchef Twister takes a different approach. With a 150W motor, dual-rotation blades, and a 4,000mAh Type-C…

Punjab pacer Gurnoor Brar has received maiden India call-up. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Growing up, Gurnoor Brar was one of the many Indian kids who used to mimic the bowling actions of Dale Steyn, Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar, even while crossing the road.Although Brar picked up the red cherry at the age of 16,…

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan from West Bengal’s Falta constituency on Tuesday withdrew his nomination just two days before the re-polls.TMC spokesperson Arup Chakraborty said the party had received information about Khan’s decision, but was yet to ascertain the reason behind it.“We have heard that Jahangir Khan has decided not to contest or…

India’s entry-level smartphone market is seeing a sharp slowdown as rising component costs, especially memory prices, make affordable phones more expensive than before, according to analysts and industry executives during a recent panel discussion on smartphone pricing trends. Executives from research firms including Counterpoint and IDC, along with smartphone brand representatives, said the sub-$100 smartphone…

31-year-old woman, Twisha Sharma, a former beauty pageant winner, was found dead at her Bhopal home. BHOPAL: Twisha Sharma, a 31-year-old woman from Noida, was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal’s Katara Hills on May 12, triggering a major police investigation.According to submissions made by prosecution lawyers in court, she had acted in…

The makers of the film ‘Karuppu’ starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan and directed by RJ Balaji, have apologized to music legend Ilaiyaraaja. In an official announcement, they addressed that a dialogue in the film had upset him, and the team explained that they never wanted to hurt him in any way. Let’s take a look…

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Seasoned archers Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das failed to make it to the Indian men’s and women’s squads for the upcoming Asian Games in Japan as the Archery Association of India (AAI) opted for Dhiraj Bommadevara, Ankita Bhakat, and Jyothi Surekha Vennam as part of the strong and youthful teams….

IMD issues heavy rain and heatwave warnings An unusual split has come to the Indian weather map for this week – whereas on one side, the southwest monsoon continues to advance towards India at a very rapid pace in the south waters with rain warnings raised in popular tourist locations, heat wave conditions persist in…

With child deaths from measles on the rise, the Tarique Rahman-led BNP dispensation said it walked into a full-blown vaccine crisis, claiming there was not a single measles shot in stock when it assumed office — remarks seen as a veiled criticism of both Sheikh Hasina’s govt and the Muhammad Yunus-led interim setup.“The current measles…