Sanju Samson and MS Dhoni (Agency Image) Sanju Samson has offered a candid glimpse into life at Chennai Super Kings, admitting that the move has brought a sense of responsibility and a noticeable shift in mindset. In a video shared by the franchise, Samson spoke about the pressure and pride of representing one of the…
NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a letter addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change the seating arrangements in the Parliament so that they don’t have to sit near the Congress MPs, considering the recent rift after Tamil Nadu poll results.“I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed Blackstone-backed AirTrunk’s proposed investment programme of Rs 3 lakh crore in India by 2030 to expand digital infrastructure capacity, signalling one of the country’s largest proposed investments in data centres, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.He said that the investment plan reflected the growing strength…
Bengaluru: The department of school education and literacy has announced an intensive statewide inspection programme to monitor school preparedness, enrolment, infrastructure, and learning standards ahead of 2026-27 academic year.In a circular issued by the commissioner of school education Monday, the department directed officials to conduct surprise school visits, review teaching-learning readiness, and ensure institutions are…
Mangaluru: Zoologist and tiger conservationist Dr K Ullas Karanth unveiled ‘Naturalistic Tiger dance models’ at the Kodialguthu Centre for Art and Culture, Ballalbagh, on Monday. The initiative seeks to bring greater realism and authenticity to Pilivesha, the traditional tiger dance of Dakshina Kannada.The dance models comprise two art sculptures representing a tiger and a leopard,…
In a first since fuel price deregulation, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have moved to pay discounted rates to refineries for petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and kerosene to limit mounting losses arising from a self-imposed freeze on retail fuel prices, sources told PTI.OMCs on March 26 fixed rates for petroleum products at discounts…
The man alleged that the woman later began demanding Rs 1.5 crore, claiming she had recorded their private conversations and intimate moments. (Representative AI image) BENGALURU: What began as an Instagram business contact spiralled into an alleged honeytrap, with a 31-year-old Jayanagar entrepreneur claiming he was forced to pay Rs 10 lakh and hand over…
Rising oil prices and renewed tensions involving Iran weighed on US equities on Wednesday, but Wall Street remained close to record levels as investors continued to bet on a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and drew support from strong corporate earnings.The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% from its all-time high, while the Dow Jones…
AI-generated representative image BENGALURU: Hallucinated citations in scientific papers have exploded since the rise of AI tools. At least 1,46,932 fabricated references generated by artificial intelligence entered the scientific record in 2025 alone, and the vast majority of those detected in preprints survived peer review into journal articles.That is the central finding of a large-scale…
For a brief moment in medieval England, a poor boy stood at the centre of a royal rebellion and wore a crown meant for kings. Lambert Simnel was only around 10 years old when Yorkist supporters presented him as a claimant to the English throne during the turbulent years after the Wars of the Roses….
