In 2010, I was asked to teach French conversational skills to nine-year-old twins. I reached the address and rang the bell. When I entered, an elderly lady in a pastel sari was making calls from a landline and humming. I froze. The voice! I was all ears until Anuja Bhosle came out and greeted me,…
Bengaluru: The final electoral roll for upcoming elections to 5 city corporations under Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has pegged the electorate at around 88.95 lakh voters, setting the stage for elections in 369 wards across the city. From the previous draft list published on March 9, which stood at 88.92 lakh voters, the count has…
DMK is facing a ‘double-engine’ referendum in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar constituency. The constituency was represented by Thayagam Kavi alias P Sivakumar in the assembly and R Priya as mayor in Greater Chennai Corporation. Taking on DMK is AIADMK’s Porkodi Armstrong, who is working on a caste consolidation and rekindling memories of her husband’s murder….
Hyderabad: A technology company based in the British Virgin Islands has approached Cyberabad police after hackers allegedly breached its cryptocurrency wallet, siphoning off digital assets worth Rs 9 lakh and placing a further Rs 29 lakh at risk.Police said the complaint was filed by the company’s representative, a Gachibowli resident who had access to the…
The unidirectional flyover is being developed to facilitate connectivity between NH-352W and Dwarka Expressway According to GMDA, the expressway’s alignment was extended beyond permissible limits and shifted from the designated 150-metre centre line, departing from the sanctioned design The unidirectional flyover is being developed to facilitate connectivity between NH-352W and Dwarka Expressway According to GMDA,…
Kolkata/Durgapur: Ahead of the upcoming polls, law enforcement agencies across Bengal have intensified their crackdown on the movement of illegal arms and unaccounted cash, resulting in a series of major seizures in Kolkata and Durgapur. On Saturday, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police arrested an alleged arms trafficker close to the Rajabazar Science…
Noida is a large export hub, employing around 13 lakh people in its industrial units, according to industry estimates Workers troop to factories in Sector 63 on Saturday, with police deployed to keep watch after the April 13 protest One-room sets in colonies are available for a minimum Rs 7,000 a month but turn into…
Calangute: Two persons who were wanted in connection with the murder case of Gujarat native Rajbhar Ravinarayan Ramdarshanbhai, 29, on March 28 at Calangute, were arrested in Chattisgarh and brought to Goa on transit remand on Friday evening. Aditya Prasad and Bhavdeep Sahu, were produced before the Mapusa JMFC on Saturday and have been remanded…
Slug: World Liver DayAhmedabad: Between 2021 and 2025, the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) carried out 367 liver transplants. Such transplants are required when the liver fails and standard medical treatment is no longer able to sustain the patient. An analysis by IKDRC experts showed that nearly one in four transplant patients,…
Ludhiana: Even as last year, the maximum temperature in Ludhiana had reached 40°C on April 24, it seems that it might reach the same value this year ahead of that date as the met department predicts the day temperature will be recorded at 40°C on Monday. Meanwhile, the day temperature in Ludhiana was recorded at…
