CHENNAI: The headline-grabbing turnout of 83.7% masks a quieter reality — actually, fewer people voted than the last two assembly elections.In percentage terms, data till 9.30pm (excluding postal ballots) showed that the city logged a sharp jump from 60% in 2021 and 61.2% in 2016. But in absolute terms, only 23.7 lakh votes were polled…
Mangaluru: Police have arrested three people, including an absconding accused and a habitual offender with 30 cases against him, in connection with a robbery reported near Tannirbhavi Beach earlier this month.According to the complaint filed by Ajay K, 29, a resident of Somwarpet in Madikeri, he came to Tannirbhavi Beach with his friends Ramesh and…
Pradeep Ranganathan‘s latest film ‘Love Insurance Kompany (LIK)’ is seeing modest collections in its second week. The Pradeep Ranganathan and Krithi Shetty starrer has crossed Rs 57 Cr worldwide. Directed by Vignesh Shivan, the futuristic romantic drama continues to attract audiences despite not creating a major buzz at the ticket windows.Love Insurance Kompany Movie Review…
MUMBAI: Mobile phone financiers will face restrictions on “mobile lock” practices under RBI’s amended rules for loan recovery. Under the reworked draft regulation, lenders can restrict financed devices only under explicit contractual consent and after a 90-day default cycle with a staged 60-day and 7-day notice regime, while mandating that core functions such as incoming…
Suryakumar Yadav (BCCI Photo) CHENNAI : May seems to be the month of inconsequential Clasicos. While the protagonists of the original — Barcelona and Real Madrid – play next Sunday at Nou Camp with the Catalan giants having all but wrapped up La Liga, the Indian version at the MAC this Saturday, too, is probably…
NEW DELHI: Amid the recent surge in Ebola virus cases across several parts of Africa, Chhattisgarh has reported three suspected cases involving foreign nationals who were isolated in Durg and placed under a 21-day quarantine as a precautionary measure.State health minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal on Saturday announced that the state is fully prepared to handle…
NEW DELHI: Public sector banks recruited 50,552 employees in the last financial year, 33% higher than 37,860 hired in the previous financial year, as they expanded their operations.In a statement, the finance ministry said that offer letters were sent to over 50,000 candidates in 2025-26 after the recruitment exercise conducted through the Institute of Banking…
Ajinkya Rahane‘s career will always leave Indian cricket wondering what might have been.On paper, his numbers are respectable rather than extraordinary: an average of 38.46 across 85 Tests, 5,077 runs, twelve hundreds, twenty-six fifties. For most cricketers that would count as an outstanding career. For Rahane it somehow feels short of the mark. The figures…
Frankie Valli, the ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ hitmaker, has officially cancelled his ‘The Last Encores’ farewell tour of 2026. Focusing on his health, the 92-year-old has decided to take a short pause from live performances. The singer announced his decision on social media, adding that he looks forward to meeting his concertgoers again…
Udupi: During the construction of a well, a landslide trapped a worker in the soil at Madhvanagar in Uddinahithlu near Malpe on Friday.Prabhat Shetty from Sanoor in Karkala had brought five labourers from Koppala to work on well construction at the property of Chethan in Madhvanagar. Removing soil from the well commenced on Thursday. Around…
