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NEW DELHI: Iran on Wednesday mocked US President Donald Trump’s claim of “new regime” in Tehran as an “April Fools'” joke and denied his remarks that Tehran had sought a ceasefire, calling it “false and baseless.““On April Fools’ Day, it’s almost poetic that Donald #Trump still manages to outdo the jokes; talking about a “new”...

Intel has become the first major American technology company to respond after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened attacks on 18 US firms operating in the Middle Eastern region. The Guards said the US had “ignored our repeated warnings about the need to stop terrorist operations”, and that the companies’ offices are now a...

NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday participated in the self-enumeration initiative for the Census 2027 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to the President’s Office.Murmu entered her household details on the official portal in the presence of home secretary Govind Mohan, registrar general and census commissioner of India Mritunjay Kumar Narayan and other senior officials, the...

In a circular, University registrar R Gunasekaran announced the revised academic calendar for the academic year 2025-26, reducing the number of working days to 79 from 90 “due to administrative reasons.” PUDUCHERRY: Pondicherry University has decided to prepone the examinations from May 6 to April 21 and has directed the students to vacate the hostels...

Oracle has announced its biggest-ever layoffs, cutting thousands of jobs across its offices worldwide. The company sent layoffs email on March 31 informing Oracle employees that their role has been terminated, effective immediately. The email, sent as early as 6am EST yesterday, asks terminated employees to take “immediate action” to ensure they receive further communication...

Aryan Khan’s debut series The Ba***ds of Bollywood has sparked a strong conversation online ever since its release. While the Netflix show has found its fans, it has also drawn criticism for its dark portrayal of the Hindi film industry. One of the sharpest reactions has come from Viveck Vaswani, who shares a long-standing association...

BENGALURU: In the early hours of Wednesday, while most of India sleeps, four astronauts will ride a column of fire into a chapter of history that has been waiting 53 years to be written.At 3.54am IST on April 2, Nasa’s Artemis II is scheduled to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida — and...

NEW DELHI: A blast outside the Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Chandigarh on Wednesday evening triggered panic in the area, with police confirming that a crude explosive device appears to have been hurled at the site. No casualties were reported.The explosion occurred around 5 pm outside the party office in...

Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigninging in Sivaganga Constituency (Image taken from AIADMK’s X handle) NEW DELHI: At a rally in Sivaganga ahead of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on CM MK Stalin, accusing him of forging alliances out of “fear of defeat” and alleging a breakdown of law...

The makers of Ranbir Kapoor’s highly anticipated film Ramayana recently unveiled its teaser in Los Angeles. However, the preview has not yet been released in India and is expected to drop on April 2, a move that has left many of the actor’s fans disappointed. The decision has sparked a debate online, with several users...