NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday have urged CJI Surya Kant to urgently intervene after an Andhra Pradesh HC judge decides to send a young lawyer to 24-hour judicial custody, despite his repeated pleas for mercy over a purported misdemeanour.BCI president Manan Kumar Mishra…
The Malayalam comedy drama ‘Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros’ has completed a highly successful theatrical run and is now preparing for its digital release. Directed by Savin SA, the film hit theatres on April 2, 2026. Soon after its release, the sequel received positive reactions from both audiences and critics.‘Vaazha 2’s worldwide collectionAccording…
Samsung Electronics saw its market value surge past the $1 trillion mark for the first time on Wednesday, riding a powerful wave of demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips.The rally comes as the global race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, boosting chipmakers that supply high-performance memory and processors.Samsung has emerged as a key player in…
Mangaluru: Uncertainty continues over the state govt’s promise to supply free notebooks along with textbooks to students in govt and aided schools from the coming academic year, with no official clarity just weeks before schools reopen.The state govt had announced in Sept last year that students in 46,000 govt schools and 7,000 aided schools would…
Bengaluru: As the Art of Living completes 45 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak at the celebrations and during the 70th birthday of its founder, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, on May 10 at the Art of Living International Center on Kanakapura Road.PM Modi will inaugurate the newly constructed Dhyan Mandir (meditation hall) along…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethell (ANI Photo) Former England captain Alastair Cook has responded to criticism from ex-teammate Kevin Pietersen over his remarks on Jacob Bethell, after suggesting the youngster should consider leaving the Indian Premier League 2026 midway to play County cricket due to limited opportunities.The debate began when Pietersen strongly…
A social media post by US entrepreneur James Blunt claiming that H-1B visa holders make up less than 0.5% of the American workforce has triggered an online debate over immigration, tech jobs and data interpretation.Blunt shared a chart on X suggesting that around 700,000 H-1B workers form a “tiny orange cluster” compared with roughly 160…
Nitish Kumar, son Nishant Kumar (File Photo) PATNA: Nishant Kumar, son of JD(U) patriarch Nitish Kumar, is tipped to join the Bihar govt in CM Samrat Choudhary’s first cabinet expansion Thursday, barely eight weeks after his entry into politics as the reluctant heir to his father’s decades-long legacy.News of Nishant transitioning from political rookie to…
KOLKATA: Life in minority pockets across Kolkata has changed overnight after the election results. With bikeborne miscreants riding through Muslim neighbourhoods chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, a sense of fear and unease has gripped residents. In the south Tangra neighbourhood, the situation turned volatile on Tuesday night when a mob chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ attacked a…
Priyanka Chopra is on a roll. Just a day after the release of her spy thriller, ‘Citadel’ Season 2, the actress landed her next film.Priyanka has reportedly been cast opposite Orlando Bloom in the upcoming survival thriller, ‘Reset’, directed by Matt Smukler, Deadline reports. The film that is scheduled to go into production in August…
