Asian markets mostly declined on Friday as investor optimism around artificial intelligence stocks faded amid rising concerns over inflation, elevated oil prices and uncertainty surrounding the Iran war.Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 61,880.04, while South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.2% to 7,727.34 after briefly crossing the 8,000 mark for the first time.The sharp reversal came…
‘Karuppu’ finally reached theatres on May 15 after facing major release delays and cancelled morning shows a day earlier. The much-awaited action drama starring Suriya and Trisha Krishnan was originally scheduled to release on May 14 with special early morning screenings. However, money and distribution problems delayed the release, disappointing many fans who had bought…
Fighting a rare form of cancer for nearly three years did not stop Adrija Gan from performing brilliantly in academics. The teenager from Nimta in West Bengal emerged as one of the top performers in the Higher Secondary examination results announced on Thursday.A student of Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Sister Nivedita Girls’ School in Bagbazar, Adrija…
AIADMK faction leaders with chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Four days after C Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the Tamil Nadu chief minister and 10 TVK MLAs were sworn in as ministers, the govt is yet to allocate portfolios or put in place a full cabinet of ministers.Lobbying by Congress MLAs aspiring for…
Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said repeated paper leaks had demonetised the future of students, expressing concern over the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination and the distress caused to lakhs of aspirants and their families.Reacting to the controversy, the CM said the credibility of national examinations must be protected at all…
Howrah: Aakash Singh, a key aide of the ex-Howrah North MLA Goutam Choudhary, who was feared in the area, was arrested by the Howrah City Police detective department on Thursday. An aide of his was also arrested. The arrested persons were apprehended with foreign-made firearms, police said. They were arrested from Kolaghat and have been…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), Gandhinagar, has extended the last date for online application and fee submission for the Class 12 supplementary examination 2026. The deadline, earlier set as May 14, has now been pushed by two days to May 16.The supplementary exams are open to students from General, Vocational,…
Kabaddi player Sonu Nolta Panchkula: Gopal Sukhomajri, who had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Kalka as an independent, has been arrested in the murder case of kabaddi player Sonu Nolta.According to Panchkula Police, Gopal — alleged to be the mastermind — had been absconding since the killing in the Amravati area last year….
Pune: State govt on Thursday approved the transfer of three land plots located along the Mula-Mutha river for the riverfront development project (RFD). A total of 52,851sqm of land will be handed over to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). The decision was taken at a state cabinet meeting held on Thursday.The plots include an 11,015sqm…
Lucknow: A 56-year-old man from Mainpuri, suffering from liver failure, was given a new lease of life in a rare bloodless liver transplant procedure undertaken at city based Apollomedics Super Speciality Hospital. His 45-year-old wife donated a portion of her liver for the surgerySharing details, senior director and head of liver transplant, Dr Abhishek Yadav…
