MS Dhoni (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: Former Chennai Super Kings player Sam Billings has shared an interesting behind-the-scenes story about MS Dhoni during his time in the IPL. Billings recalled how Dhoni created a relaxed, social environment within the team despite his superstar status.Speaking on a podcast, Billings revealed that Dhoni had a unique setup…
Bengaluru: Unseasonal rain accompanied by hailstorms swept across several parts of Karnataka, including north Bengaluru, Tuesday, bringing much-needed relief from scorching heat but also disrupting daily life.India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientists issued a forecast of thundershowers at isolated places in districts along with strong, gusty winds at a speed of 30-40 kmph till the weekend….
Mangaluru: At a time when efforts are underway to secure recognition for Tulu as the second official language of the state, Prathamesh Devadiga, an eighth-semester BTech (CSE) student at PES university, Bengaluru, is working towards strengthening the language’s digital future, by working on a project that enables large language models (LLMs) to generate Tulu.Prathamesh told…
Karoline Leavitt issued a point-by-point rebuttal to Joe Kent’s resignation letter. The White House issued a statement reacting to Joe Kent’s resignation from the post of the director of the National Counterterrorism Center over Iran war and called it laughable and Kent said Iran posed no imminent threat to the US. Kent, a top aide…
OpenAI has signed a new agreement to sell access to its AI models to US defence and government agencies through Amazon Web Services (AWS), covering both classified and unclassified operations. The deal marks an escalation in the ChatGPT-maker’s ambitions in the government sector even as its rival Anthropic has been declared supply chain risk.Anthropic, whose…
Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is set to launch its new Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, for updated guidelines on a cleaner, greener city.Key features of the new rules include four-way waste segregation, implementation of Polluter Pays Principle, online solid waste management audits, smart monitoring, and a special focus on large-scale waste producers. Hereafter,…
Host Conan O’Brien appears during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) The 98th Oscars hosted by Conan O’Brien saw a dip in ratings after several years of gains. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said that just under 17.9 million viewers tuned into Sunday’s…
India’s men’s and women’s hockey teams have learned their group-stage opponents for the upcoming FIH Hockey World Cup, with both sides placed in Pool D of their respective categories for the tournament to be co-hosted by the Netherlands and Belgium later this year.The Indian men’s team has been grouped with Pakistan, England and Wales. The…
Bengaluru: Over 8.6 lakh students will appear for SSLC exams starting Wednesday. Students will write first language test — Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, English and Sanskrit — on the first day in 2,871 exam centres across the state.Urging students to appear for examinations without fear, chief minister Siddaramaiah said: “On behalf of the…
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with Karamvir Singh Boudh, who was elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of attempting “vote chori” and “murdering democracy” in the Haryana Rajya Sabha elections, even as the party asserted that it would take the “strictest possible action”…
