Spread the love 4 min readHyderabadMay 8, 2026 04:22 PM IST Vijay congratulates Tamil Nadu’s Class 12 students after result every year since he entered politics. He has done it the same way each time, a warm message to students, encouragement for those who did not make it, and the same closing line at the end. On Friday , when...
‘Damn, my testing strips are over’: Aishwarya Sakhuja on the hidden exhaustion of work with diabetes
Spread the love Creating awareness about issues that people with diabetes face at work, actor Aishwarya Sakhuja, who is a type 1 diabetic, recently listed some of them: *Was my dose enough to cover my morning meal?*I hope I am not going to go low.*Do I need to calibrate?*Damn, my testing strips are over*This scene requires me to run. Will I...
The Vijay question: Should governor ascertain majority before inviting govt formation?
Spread the love TVK chief Vijay NEW DELHI: Actor-politician Vijay is set to meet Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for the third time to stake claim to form government, after the May 4 verdict placed his TVK as the single-largest party in the state.From silver-screen superstardom to the edge of Chennai’s Fort St George, Vijay has caused the biggest...
Hantavirus scare on cruise ship: ICMR says no immediate threat to India
Spread the love File photo: The MV Hondius cruise ship departs the port in Praia, Cape Verde (Picture credit: AP) NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals reportedly infected with hantavirus aboard a cruise ship appear to be isolated cases and there is “no immediate public health threat” to India, director of the ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) Dr Naveen Kumar...
Suvendu Adhikari PA murder case: No trace of gunmen, police draw blank from seized bike
Spread the love According to probe findings, the gunmen allegedly followed Chandranath Rath’s Scorpio SUV before launching the attack. KOLKATA: Police stations in border districts of West Bengal intensified surveillance and searches as cops suspect the involvement of professional shooters from neighbouring states in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath Rath, news agency PTI reported quoting...
Vijay passes 1st political test with 118 marks – how TVK got the numbers in Tamil Nadu
Spread the love NEW DELHI: TVK has finally achieved the numbers needed to form the government in Tamil Nadu after days of intense political uncertainty, strategic negotiations and shifting alliance equations in the aftermath of the hung assembly verdict. The breakthrough came after Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) formally extended...
After $6.25bn ‘gift’ to Trump Accounts, Michael & Susan Dell donate $750m to Texas University
Spread the love Michael Dell and Susan Dell are donating $750 million to University of Texas at Austin. This donation will be used to build a new AI-focused medical centre and research campus. The major philanthropic move from the Dell couple comes shortly after their $6.25 billion pledge tied to “Trump Accounts” to fund investment vehicles introduced under policies linked...
‘Changed political circumstances’: DMK seeks separate seating in LS after break-up with Cong
Spread the love Kanimozhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a letter addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change the seating arrangements in the Parliament so that they don’t have to sit near the Congress MPs, considering the recent rift after Tamil Nadu poll results.“I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement...
Crude timing: $7 billion ‘unusual’ oil bets placed ahead of Iran war announcements
Spread the love A few billion-dollar bets on oil markets were placed just before major Iran-related announcements by US President Donald Trump and the timing is now raising eyebrows across global trading floors. According to traders, market experts and a Reuters analysis of exchange data, oil positions worth as much as $7 billion were placed across March and April on...
How Canada’s Khalistan report backs India’s long-standing concerns
Spread the love For more than two years, India-Canada relations have been dominated by one deeply contentious issue: Khalistan. What started in September 2023 as a diplomatic standoff over the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada soon escalated into one of the most serious diplomatic crises the two countries have faced in decades.Now, the issue has returned...
