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File photo NEW DELHI: Annamalai Kuppusamy (K Annamalai), who not so long ago was BJP’s biggest face, and also its biggest hope in Tamil Nadu, has quit the party. The former IPS officer, who joined BJP in 2020 and made the party visible in the state like never before, is all set to form his...

Tennis legend Maria Sharapova steals the French Open spotlight with stunning Roland Garros return that sparks huge reaction (Image via Getty) Maria Sharapova reminded tennis fans why she remains one of the sport’s most talked-about stars after making a surprise appearance at the French Open on Tuesday. The former World No. 1 was spotted at...

Representative Image. In pic: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meta recently laid off 8,000 employees to push for a broader AI-focused restructuring. Meanwhile, the company has reassigned around 7,000 workers to new AI teams as CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeks to strengthen Meta’s position in the AI sector. According to an internal memo reviewed by Business Insider...

Iran on Wednesday launched strikes on US military bases in Kuwait in retaliation for what it described as American “hostile actions” in the Persian Gulf, Iran’s state-run broadcaster IRIB claimed.“Following the hostile actions of the US in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and Qeshm Island, American bases in Kuwait were hit,” it said.The...

NEW DELHI: Shots were fired outside the coaching institute of educator Khan Sir in Patna on Tuesday.A security guard was injured in the incident and rushed to the hospital, news agency ANI reported.According to officials, the incident is suspected to be linked to an alleged rivalry between operators of coaching institutes in the area.“This is...

KOLKATA: Two suitcases, stashed with currency notes, most of them destroyed by termites, were recovered from a locked storeroom at Surendranath College on Tuesday. The college authorities alerted the police, who discovered a firearm in the union room, which was also locked.The college authorities lodged a complaint at the Muchipara Police Station.A college official said...

AGRA: An IIT Roorkee graduate, who previously worked at a private company in Delhi NCR before moving to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, to become a self-styled spiritual guru, has been arrested for allegedly luring young women into a spiritual group and sexually exploiting them under the pretext of performing religious and social rituals.Mathura (Rural) SP Suresh...

Ranveer Singh‘s Dhurandhar franchise has rewritten the box-office record books, with Dhurandhar and Dhurandhar: Revenge together earning more than Rs 3,000 crore worldwide. But according to producer Jyoti Deshpande, the journey to creating one of Indian cinema’s biggest franchises was far from straightforward.Speaking to ET Digital, Deshpande revealed how the makers navigated ballooning budgets, reimagined...

The fall to seventh rank is not just about the rallies in South Korea and Taiwan. It is also about the record exodus of foreign capital from Indian stock markets. (AI image) In a span of just over a week, the Indian stock market has gone from being the world’s fifth largest to the seventh...

NEW DELHI: Has the “fake signature” controversy pushed Mamata Banerjee‘s TMC to the brink of an internal crisis? A complaint lodged at assembly secretariat by two TMC MLAs, Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, has not only embarrassed the party leadership but also put it in a difficult spot.The state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has summoned...