NEW DELHI: As results take clearer shape on Monday, the 2026 assembly elections are delivering a political jolt few had fully anticipated. From a cinematic upheaval in Tamil Nadu to a decisive saffron surge in West Bengal, the verdict is throwing up headline-grabbing shocks and unsettling long-held assumptions about who holds power and how.What is...
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JP Morgan CEO wants companies to get rid of some managers; here’s why
America’s largest bank JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has called on companies to eliminate managers who foster bureaucracy. Dimon warned that such practices can undermine organisations from within. According to a report Fortune, speaking at the Norges Bank Investment Management’s investment conference, Dimon described bureaucracy as a ‘silent killer’ that breeds complacency, arrogance, and internal...
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Researchers build synthetic materials that ‘learn’ to change shape
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Saffron spreads, a splash of new colour: How India’s power map has changed
In a dramatic twist to India’s political landscape, West Bengal has begun its tryst with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), marking a seismic shift from decades of regional dominance by the Trinamool Congress.Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu witnessed a major upheaval as new entrant TVK won over 100 seats, reshaping southern politics, while Kerala’s Congress-led United Democratic...
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Dhamne takes ‘confidence’ from first ATP Challenger final run
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From Sarkar to CM? How Vijay’s ‘biggest’ role came true in real life
4 min readHyderabadMay 4, 2026 06:07 PM IST In November 2018, Vijay walked into Tamil Nadu’s political imagination through a film called Sarkar. The character Vijay played, Sundar Ramaswamy, was a successful NRI businessman who flies back home for one reason: to vote. He arrives at the polling booth and is told his vote has...
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Tharoor, Venugopal or Satheesan? Cong’s CM dilemma in Kerala after big win
NEW DELHI: With Congress-led UDF set for a comeback in Kerala after a decade, the focus has now shifted to its chief ministerial face. The alliance has so far decided not to reveal the name for the top post.“Our elected MLAs will come to Thiruvananthuram and hold a Legislature Party meeting and talk to our...
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‘Massive victory’: Manchu Lakshmi, Radikaa Sarathkumar wish Trisha Krishnan as Vijay’s TVK leads
3 min readHyderabadUpdated: May 4, 2026 05:11 PM IST Birthdays usually come with cake and flowers. Trisha Krishnan‘s 43rd came with an election result. As counting got underway across Tamil Nadu on Monday morning and Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) began leading in constituency after constituency, Manchu Lakshmi posted a birthday wish for Trisha that...
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Tamil Nadu shocker: 5 factors that powered TVK Vijay’s political blockbuster
NEW DELHI: Lights, camera, action — and it’s a blockbuster.Tamil Nadu assembly poll results have propelled actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay to the centre stage, with TVK emerging as the single largest party — a dramatic debut that has upended the state’s familiar political script.According to Election Commission trends, TVK is leading in 106 of the 234...
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Vijay smashed MGR’s 35-year record in 2004, foreshadowed a political upheaval in 2026
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