Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday as renewed geopolitical tensions around the Strait of Hormuz and a record-low rupee weighed on investor sentiment, PTI reported.In a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex fell 251.61 points, or 0.33 per cent, to close at 77,017.79. During the day, it dropped as much as…
Udupi: Six persons, including minors, sustained injuries after a car lost control and rammed a coconut tree near Moodalkatte in Udupi taluk on Sunday.Mohammad Maheen,18, a resident of Uchila in Muloor village, in a complaint stated that he was travelling with his relatives Matseya Banu, 22, Ayesha Naz,12, Mannat Fatima,3, and Muskan M,12, in a…
Magnus Carlsen’s table-slam outburst against D Gukesh in Norway Chess 2025 (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: World No. 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen suffered his first classical chess defeat in almost a year after losing to Jorden van Foreest at the TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2026 in Malmo on Monday. Carlsen, who rarely…
Green Card applications will now get a stronger FBI background check. Checking the FBI database to vet immigration applications is not new, but now the USCIS has gained greater access to the FBI’s criminal history database as a new enhanced security checking begins. CBS News reported that the administration has asked to pause some cases…
NEW DELHI: A nine-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJI Surya Kant on Tuesday said the SC in 2006 should have outrightly “thrown in the dustbin’ the original PIL that led to quashing of Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple custom restricting entry of women in the 10 to 50 age group. “All India Young Lawyers Association’, which…
Amit Shah and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Pitting Suvendu Adhikari — who defeated CM Mamata Banerjee in his turf, Nandigram, in 2021 — against her in Bhabanipur was only the beginning of Union minister Amit Shah’s determined bid to take down the TMC supremo in her backyard. What followed was precise execution of gruelling…
‘It Ends With Us’ co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni surprised all when they settled their high-profile lawsuit, just two weeks before going to trial.Amid rumours that a lot of money exchanged hands in the ‘settlement’, new reports indicate that this buzz is actually far from the truth. As per a report on TMZ, and…
Karachi Kings captain David Warner has questioned the absence of his team’s players from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Season 11 Team of the Tournament, raising doubts over how the selections were made.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the team on Monday. Babar Azam was named captain after leading Peshawar Zalmi to the title and…
US stock markets moved closer to record levels on Tuesday as easing oil prices shifted investor focus back to strong corporate earnings, AP reported.The S&P 500 rose 0.6 per cent and was on track to surpass its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 248 points, or 0.5 per cent, while…
Udupi: An elderly man from Belman near Karkala has allegedly been cheated of over Rs 12 lakh by fraudsters who promised to cure his ailing wife through ayurvedic treatment. A 68-year-old resident of Belman village has filed a complaint alleging that he was duped by a group of individuals who assured him of curing his…
