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C Vijayakumar, CEO, HCLTech Bengaluru: HCLTech CEO C Vijayakumar retained his position as the highest-paid chief executive among India’s top IT companies for the third year in a row. His total remuneration jumped nearly 67% to $18.3 million (about Rs 177 crore) in FY26, according to the company’s annual report.Vijayakumar’s compensation was more than double…

Bhilwara: A leopard that strayed into Todaraisingh town of Tonk district Monday morning attacked a forest official before entering a liquor shop, where it injured two employees. The animal was later trapped inside the outlet after the workers managed to pull down the shutter from outside. It was rescued nearly five hours later by a…

Fans wait for the next world cup Kolkata: For the past one and half months, evenings had a fixed routine. Dinner was planned well ahead kick-off times, sleep schedules were abandoned, WhatsApp groups buzzed through the night and neighbourhoods echoed with cheers and groans till dawn.Then, on Sunday night, Spain’s 1-0 victory over Argentina in…

Farmers marched towards Delhi to protest the proposed Indo-US trade agreement. Police barricaded the Shambhu border, preventing many from reaching their destination. By: Neel KamalBATHINDA: A large number of farmers from Punjab, who were on their way to Delhi to hold a Kisan Mahapanchayat at Kisan Ghat, were stopped at Shambhu on the border of…

Just over 100 days into office, Nepal’s Prime Minister Balen Shah is facing growing protests from many of the same young supporters who helped bring him to power. A little over 100 days into office, Nepal’s youngest prime minister is already facing the kind of anger that swept his predecessor from power.When Balendra “Balen” Shah…

Mysuru police have detained three youths from T Narasipura in connection with an alleged gang rape (Representative image). MYSURU: Mysuru district police arrested three youths from T Narasipura in connection with an alleged gang rape of a woman in a lodge room in Kollegala, Chamarajanagar district, last week. The woman, stated to be from West…

India’s Washington Sundar. (Photo by AP/PTI) NEW DELHI: The men’s senior selection committee, chaired by Ajit Agarkar, is likely to pick the squad for the upcoming two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, starting August 15 in Galle. Informal discussions took place on the sidelines of the white-ball tour in England, and a formal meeting will convene…

20-day-old baby girl was allegedly strangled by her grandmother in Tikamgarh (Representative image) TIKAMGARH: A 20-day-old baby girl was allegedly strangled to death by her grandmother in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district as she wanted a boy, police said on Sunday.The incident took place in Banne Buzurg village under Palera police station limits. The accused, Rekha,…

Ferran Torres secured Spain’s World Cup victory with a late goal. PANAJI: Nine years ago, Ferran Torres couldn’t hide his disappointment as he picked up the silver medal after the FIFA U-17 World Cup final in Kolkata. In the 2017 tournament, the Spain winger was in sublime form all through the tournament, but it all…

Long before interstate highways and steel suspension bridges transformed American travel, a modest stone crossing in Philadelphia quietly connected some of the earliest colonial settlements. That bridge still exists today. Known as the Frankford Avenue Bridge, it has remained in continuous use for well over three centuries, carrying modern traffic across Pennypack Creek while preserving…