Archana Puran Singh’s first television outing, Mr Ya Mrs, aired on Doordarshan in 1987 and turned out to be strangely prophetic. Directed by Jalal Agha, the show centred on a working woman married to a house husband, played by Jayant Kripalani. Just a year later, Archana met actor Parmeet Sethi, whom she married in 1992….
Pune: Facing strong opposition from residents, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s standing committee on Wednesday referred to the general body a proposal to lease out a plot reserved for an educational institute in Punawale to a private organisation.The proposal seeks to allot the land to a private educational institution on a 30-year lease to set…
Hyderabad: A 23-year-old man was arrested within hours after allegedly attacking a woman shopkeeper and snatching her gold chain in Kompally on Sunday evening. The incident occurred around 6 pm at Jayabheri Park under the limits of Pet Basheerabad police station. According to police, the victim, Bijjam Malleswari (40), who runs an oil store, was…
MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: The absence of MS Dhoni from the Chennai Super Kings dugout in IPL 2026 has sparked widespread curiosity, but batting coach Michael Hussey has now revealed the selfless reason behind the veteran’s decision to stay away.Speaking ahead of CSK’s marquee clash against Mumbai Indians at Chepauk, Hussey explained…
Shoriful Islam became the first left-arm fast bowler in 140 years to take a seven-wicket haul in a Test innings against Australia, producing Bangladesh’s standout performance in the second Test in Mackay.The 25-year-old pacer from Panchagarh returned figures of 7/48 from 15 overs as Bangladesh bowled Australia out for 210 in their first innings at…
The convicts are Venkatesh M, B Vijay alias Kari Vijay, R Vinod Kumar, Gerald Arokiya Raj, R Kiran alias Dikky, I Vikram, James Kumar and S Vijay alias Kotanguchhi, all residents of Viveknagar, central Bengaluru Bengaluru: A local court held eight men guilty of hacking a 32-year-old man to death after he objected to some…
Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking In a single sentence, Stephen Hawking manages to make you feel very small and very important at the same time. First he cuts us down to size. We are clever apes, he says, living on an unremarkable planet, circling an ordinary star, in a universe almost too vast…
Bengaluru: A late-evening outing turned into a distressing ordeal for a 30-year-old private firm employee after bike-borne miscreants snatched her phone and fled near Biere Club on Lavelle Road on April 20.Roopa (name changed) stepped out around 7.30pm to meet a friend at a cafe. Hours later, around 10.52pm, she and her friend were waiting…
GST collections (AI image) GST collections: The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections touched a new high in April, reflecting continued strength in economic activity even in the midst of the ongoing Middle East conflict.According to government data released on Friday, gross GST revenue for the month reached a record Rs 2.43 lakh crore,…
MacKenzie Scott has spent the past several years doing something few billionaires have attempted at such scale: giving away vast amounts of wealth as quickly as possible. That approach has now earned the Amazon co-founder and former wife of Jeff Bezos a place on Forbes’ Iconoclast 50 list, which recognises people reshaping industries and challenging…
