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UAE stops giving visas to Pakistani nationals

The United Arab Emirates is not issuing visas to Pakistanis, a senior interior ministry official told a parliamentary panel on Thursday, revealing that the country narrowly escaped a passport ban......

HC rejects interim relief for Abu Salem, says 25-year jail term not over

The Bombay high court on Monday said it was of the prima facie opinion that gangster Abu Salem has not yet completed 25 years in jail in India as mandated under the terms of his extradition from......

Downpour swells Chennai reservoirs; schools, colleges shut

Rain continued to batter Tamil Nadu causing a sharp rise in the water levels of the reservoirs and in Chennai, tree branches fell due to overnight downpour. IMAGE: Heavy rain lashes parts of......

Bomb threat at Vijay's Chennai home days after stampede

Chennai Police received a phone call claiming that a bomb had been planted at the ECR, Neelankarai residence of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief and actor C Joseph Vijay, officials said.......

'Killing Of People In Gaza Has To Stop'

'Stage five of this catastrophe has begun: Starvation.' IMAGE: Palestinian children sit next to the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza. Photograph: Mohammed......

Chinese steel inflows via Nepal raise alarm

The matter has now been escalated and the ministry has written to Customs, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to investigate it thoroughly. Kindly......

How Tamil Nadu Is Becoming A Global Hub

After Chennai, it is Coimbatore, Madurai, and Tiruchirappalli, that are emerging as manufacturing hubs. Coimbatore is India's top Tier-II city in terms of the number of GCCs, according to a report......

From Tata Motors-JLR to Ford: Tamil Nadu's EV ecosystem expands in 2024

Tamil Nadu -- often dubbed as India’s own Detroit due to its thriving automobile manufacturing ecosystem -- is in no mood to miss the EV bus either. Recent developments attest to it.......

Quick-commerce companies expand Tier-II ops ahead of festival season

After making the model work in metro cities, players in the quick commerce sector are rapidly expanding their footprint into smaller tier 2 cities and markets beyond that ahead of the festival......

Wamiqa-Varun Can't Wait For Christmas

Bhumi feels pretty... Jackie Shroff with the 'asli' Bidhu...Huma-Saqib go to a wedding... Photograph: Kind courtesy Wamiqa Gabbi/Instagram Wamiqa Gabbi goes red hot for Baby John! The actor is all......

It's All Khel Khel Mein On OTT This Week

It's an Akshay Kumar special on OTT this week. Of course, there's tons more as well. Go ahead and take your pick. Sukanya Verma gives you some interesting options. Khel Khel MeinWhere to......

'While Others Experimented With Drugs, I Was In Love'

'When you are in love, you are preoccupied just with that.''Nothing else registers. It's like being drugged.' IMAGE: Rekha in Sheshnaag. The youthful Rekha turned 70 on Thursday, October 10. The......

Malayalam Cinema In No Mood To Slow Down

'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.' IMAGE: Jyotika and Mammootty in Kaathal: The Core. At 72, Mammootty is in no mood to slow down. The Malayalam......

'Call Me Chucky': The Max Show At Qatar F1 Grand Prix

'I didn't expect to win today, that's for sure.' IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates after winning the Qatar Grand Prix in Doha on Sunday. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters Formula One......

F1: Piastri wins Qatar sprint to trim Norris's lead

IMAGE: Oscar Piastri's victory was his first of any sort since the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August. Photograph: Rula Rouhana/Reuters McLaren's Oscar Piastri ended a long win drought with a......

Vidit Gujrathi dumped out of World Chess Cup

There are five Indians left in the fray after the first three rounds. IMAGE: Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi was eliminated from the FIDE World Cup after losing the second 10+10 game to Sam Shankland......

WC: Erigaisi logs third straight win; Gukesh held

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi beat Shamsiddin Vokhidov in the 3rd round of the Chess World Cup in Panaji on Friday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Chess.com/X Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi continued with his......

World Champ Gukesh knocked out early

IMAGE: D Gukesh lost the second game of the third round under normal time control against a seasoned opponent known to be a fierce competitor.Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE World champion D......