Sensex soared nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaimed the 24,000 mark Benchmark equity indices rebounded sharply on Wednesday, with the Sensex soaring nearly 800 points and the Nifty reclaiming the 24,000 mark, driven by falling crude oil prices, strong buying in banking and IT stocks, and optimism over a potential India-US trade agreement.The 30-share…
Mangaluru: A 54-year-old man from Ullal has allegedly been cheated of Rs 5.6 lakh in an online fraud, after attempting to purchase a motorcycle advertised on an online marketplace platform.According to the complaint registered at the Ullal police station, the complainant and his son came across an advertisement on the platform for the sale of…
Harry Kane and Ghana witch doctor England’s goalless World Cup draw against Ghana sparked attention both on and off the pitch after a Ghanaian witch doctor claimed he had placed a curse on England captain Harry Kane and later “released” it following the match.Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a self-proclaimed spiritualist who previously claimed responsibility for a…
UAE, one of the oil market’s heavyweight players, stepped out of OPEC and questions are rising over what the move could mean for the group’s energy production.The United Arab Emirates’ departure from OPEC has already trimmed the group’s share of global crude oil output and production capacity, according to data released by the US Energy…
Norton Motorcycles has rolled out the first Atlas motorcycle from TVS Motor Company’s manufacturing facility in Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The development comes ahead of the model’s official global debut scheduled for next month, with customer deliveries expected to begin later in the third quarter of this year.The event highlighted the growing collaboration between Norton and…
Mangaluru: Contrary to initial concerns over a decline in passenger traffic after Kerala launched the Priyadarshini scheme on June 15, Karnataka RTC data on the Mangaluru-Kasaragod route indicates an increase in revenue.Data from June 1 to 14, and after June 15 shows that earnings per kilometre stayed almost the same. Before the scheme, buses earned…
The flat owner at Sai Green Apartment told police that Kenneth and Shwetha (in picture) had introduced themselves as a married couple. BENGALURU: Bengaluru police on Wednesday traced murder suspect M Shwetha to a hotel room in Puducherry, while her partner and co-accused J Kenneth continues to remain on the run.Software engineers and live-in partners…
England’s Ben Stokes (Mike Egerton/PA via AP) NEW DELHI: England captain Ben Stokes has admitted he apologised to his teammates after returning for the series-deciding third Test against New Zealand cricket team. Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson missed the second Test after being investigated for allegedly breaking the team’s midnight curfew following England’s win…
NEW DELHI: India paddler Manika Batra has warned the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) of legal action if she is not provided with a “factual explanation” for what she alleges to be an arbitrary decision to exclude her from India’s squad for the upcoming Asian Games.The two-time Olympian expressed her intentions on Wednesday, saying…
Have you ever wondered why you feel anxious when you face the unknown? The answer lies in evolutionary biology, which dictated that those who maintained a healthy scepticism survived while those who went poking for trouble shuffled off their mortal coil. Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt; it actually gives us a warm feeling. Football fans sadly…
