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BMC results: Congress reduced to marginal force

In what is being described as a collapse of its urban base, the Congress on Friday touched a new low in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, expecting to win a mere 19 out of the......

SC seeks Karisma Kapoor's response on divorce settlement copy plea

The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response of Karisma Kapoor on a plea of Priya Sachdev Kapur seeking a certified copy of the divorce settlement arrived at in 2016 in the top court between her......

Kashmir sees pro-Iran protests, slogans against US and Israel

Amid the deadly protests challenging Iran's theocracy and threats by the US to intervene militarily in the country, peaceful demonstrations were taken out at several places in Kashmir in support of......

8-yr-old brings mother's body for autopsy after HIV-related death

An eight-year-old boy found himself alone at a hospital as he arranged the postmortem examination of his mother, who died of HIV-related infection, until local police stepped in to help him with......

Rise beyond...: India thrashes Pak at UN over Kashmir

India called out Pakistan for misusing United Nations platforms to drive its “divisive agenda” after Islamabad's envoy raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the General Assembly. IMAGE:......

Stock markets end higher on rally in Infosys shares

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Friday, driven by a sharp jump in Infosys after the company raised its revenue growth guidance for FY26. Photograph: Shailesh......

New Labour Codes drag Wipro's Q3 net profit to Rs 3,119 crore

IT services major Wipro on Friday reported a 7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,119 crore in the third quarter of FY26, weighed by a one-time provisional impact of Rs 302.8 crore......

Electric buses to drive UP's public transport revolution

From EV bus expansion to airport-like terminals and rural connectivity, Uttar Pradesh is overhauling public transport to cut pollution and ensure every village has modern, affordable travel,......

Sebi calls for sharper IPO disclosures on risk factors, valuation rationale

Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday called for sharper disclosures in IPO (initial public offering) offer documents, particularly around risk......

Why Govt Bonds Won't Enter Bloomberg Index Yet

India was being evaluated for a potential weight of around 1 per cent in the index, an allocation that could have translated into $25 billion of inflows, spread over roughly 10 months.......

SRK's In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones Goes To Berlin

Arundhati Roy's 1989 film, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, which won two National Awards for Best Screenplay for Roy and Best Feature Film in English, is among the 10 films for the Berlinale......

Rahu Ketu Review: Varun Sharma-Pulkit Samrat's Comedy Falls Flat

Rahu Ketu crams in a clumsy social commentary on corruption and social evils, along with flashy dance numbers, trying to do everything and too much all at once, before ending up as khichdi, notes......

Vaa Vaathiyaar Review: Karthi's Swashbuckling Entertainer

Vaa Vaathiyar ends up a bland yet fascinating iteration of a masala film funnelled through the prism of a quirky humorist, notes Arjun Menon. The MGR factor in Vaa Vaathiyaar The name MGR......

AR Rahman Blames 'Communal Thing' For Lesser Work

A R Rahman feels a power shift may have happened in the past eight years, as 'people who are not creative have the power now to decide things.' Photograph: Kind courtesy AR Rahman/Instagram Less......

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos Review: Vir Das Deserves Better

Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos is not supposed to make sense, and doesn't even pretend to, observes Deepa Gahlot. What Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos is about If a fictional British intelligence......

ICC team heads for Dhaka amid T20 World Cup standoff

The possibility of moving the matches to a different Indian city, possibly to the southern parts, or to Sri Lanka will be pondered over in the parley, which might take place at the Sher-e-Bangla......

'Find it difficult to see how a World Championship could be held here'

'At first, you try to laugh it off, but in the end, it is neither funny nor fair to the players or anyone participating in this event.' IMAGE: Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt has called for apex body......

Kohli-Anushka buy 5-acre land in Alibaug for Rs 38 crore!

Photographs: Virat Kohli/Instagram Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma completed a major deal by purchasing a five-acre land parcel in Alibaug -- a coastal town located around 100 kms from Mumbai.The......

VHT semifinals: Anmolpreet ton, Prabhsimran fifty lift Punjab to 291

IMAGE: Punjab's Anmolpreet Singh stroked a composed hundred against Saurashtra in the second semifinals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Bengaluru, on Friday. Photograph: ANI Photo Anmolpreet Singh......

De Grasse targets LA 2028 as final Olympic hurrah

IMAGE: Andre De Grasse, who anchored Canada to men's 4x100m relay gold at the Paris Olympics, plans to work on reducing his time. Photograph: Tata Mumbai Marathon/X Seven-time Olympic medallist......

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