Cultural teams perform duff ahead of the cabinetprocession to Praja Soudha at Padil, Mangaluru, on Friday MANGALURU: DK Shivakumar cabinet, at its first meeting in Mangaluru Friday, approved a Rs 32,611-crore development push for coastal and Malnad regions, alongside a new Sustainable Data Centre Policy that targets 1GW of cumulative IT load by 2031 and…
A longtime friend of US President Donald Trump and special White House envoy once asked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain the mother of his child during a custody dispute, according to reporting by The New York Times. 56-year-old Paolo Zampolli, a former modelling agent and presidential special representative for global partnerships, made…
US President Donald Trump stepped back late Tuesday from his threats of devastating strikes on Iran, announcing a two-week ceasefire just hours before the deadline he had set for Tehran. The agreement includes the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for global oil shipments, and sets the stage for talks between…
NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand may not figure high among states ranked by political weight but it warrants enough importance in the BJP’s scheme of things for its president Nitin Nabin to spend three days touching base with booth-level members, MPs and MLAs and brainstorming with them over winning seats that the party lost narrowly in 2022.While…
The government has exempted all customs duties on cotton imports for five months till October 30, 2026, in a move aimed at improving cotton availability for the domestic textile industry and reducing input costs for manufacturers, PTI reported.According to a finance ministry notification, the duty exemption will come into effect from June 1, 2026.The government…
United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions targeting Iran’s military-linked oil trade network, despite reports suggested that Washington and Tehran have reached a tentative agreement to extend their ceasefire and ease restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.The US Treasury Department said it has sanctioned eight vessels involved in transporting Iranian crude oil and…
Goldman Sachs maintained its neutral rating on Jubilant Foodworks with the target price cut to Rs 460 from Rs 480 earlier. Analysts said that in the Jan-March quarter (Q4FY26) the company’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was slightly ahead of estimates due to Dunkin’ classification as discontinued operations.Analysts flagged near-term margin pressure…
AI-generated image used for representation (Source: ChatGPT) NEW DELHI: West Bengal is marching into Phase 2 of its assembly elections with the political temperature rising as sharply as the summer heat. After an unprecedented 93.2 per cent voter turnout in Phase 1, despite scattered violence, the state is now set for what could be the…
Fact check: Did Big Show die? Viral rumor takes over WWE talks as Paul Wight truth feels unexpected (Image via Getty) Paul Donald Wight II, better known as Big Show, is alive. A viral Facebook post recently claimed that the former WWE star had died, and it spread quickly, leaving many fans confused and worried….
At first glance, the continued absence of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, looks like a sign of deep instability. In most political systems—especially one as centralized as Iran’s—the disappearance of the top authority would trigger chaos. But in Iran’s current moment of crisis, that very absence may be doing the opposite – helping the regime…
