For decades, sport in India came with a familiar soundtrack — English commentary, occasionally accompanied by Hindi. Today, however, a six from Shivam Dube can evoke a dialogue from a Tamil blockbuster, a Sanju Samson century can trigger a Malayalam movie reference, and a last-ball thriller can be narrated in colloquial Kannada. Regional commentary is…
Bharathiraja with Revathy Chennai: “Bring anyone from the street, and I can make her a heroine,” Bharathiraja is known to have said. It may have sounded like arrogance. Not to those who knew him.When Tamil cinema was obsessed with glamour and established faces in the late 1970s, Bharathiraja scoured the land for ‘ordinary women’, whom…
Hyderabad: Conducting surprise inspections at several skin and hair clinics in Kondapur, the Telangana Medical Council (TGMC) said it found multiple irregularities, including treatments being provided without qualified specialists and concerns over unauthorised medical practices.According to the council, Neoskin Clinic was allegedly offering skin and hair treatments without the presence of a qualified dermatologist and…
After repeated complaints from residents and market associations over public nuisance, safety concerns and traffic disruptions, a joint anti-encroachment drive by GMDA, HSVP and the police on Wednesday cleared illegally developed slum clusters from government land around Jail Chowk Gurgaon: A joint anti-encroachment drive by GMDA, HSVP and police on Wednesday cleared illegally developed slum…
Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief executive Anit Thapa met Centre-appointed interlocutor Pankaj Kumar Singh on Wednesday. The meeting assumed significance because Thapa’s party — Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) — has been an ally of Trinamool and Thapa had previously refused to meet the interlocutor.Singh, whom Centre appointed interlocutor in Oct last year, had visited…
Fire at RentoMojo warehouse in Badalpur Noida: Three fire incidents were reported in GB Nagar on Wednesday — a blaze that destroyed a furniture warehouse in Badalpur, another fire that gutted two cars near Central Park in Sector 55, and a flat fire at a high-rise in Sector 75. No injuries were reported in any…
Panaji: Goa University (GU) has introduced a bachelor of vocation (BVoc) degree programme in electronics at its School of Physical and Applied Sciences (SPAS) for the academic year 2026-27.The programme will offer specialization in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), AI-embedded product development, networking and IT consumer hardware, refrigeration and washing machine, GU has…
Varanasi: Manager of an illegally operated madrassa `Madarsatul Nishan Niswan’, Anis (85), was arrested by Kotwali police on charges of embezzlement of govt funds on Wednesday. SIT probe found Anis was siphoning govt funds by uploading fake records on the madrassa portal. He was absconding, hence, cash reward of Rs 25,000 was announced on information…
Ahmedabad: The haze of unanswered questions has not been cleared even on the first anniversary of one of the deadliest aviation disasters in history. For Parth Patel of Anand, June 12 is not merely the date on which Air India Flight AI 171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 260 passengers and people on…
Ludhiana: A local court has halted the autopsy of a Ludhiana Central Jail inmate who died by suspected suicide after authorities failed to locate any trace of his family.Security staff had found the body of Sukhwinder Singh, of Batala, Gurdaspur, inside a prison washroom at about 6.30am on Tuesday and claimed it hanged from a…
