Chennai: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd on Wednesday achieved its 24th tunnel boring machine breakthrough in the Phase II project, with ‘Nilagiri’ completing tunnelling on the 819m up-line section between Madhavaram High Road and Moolakadai stations.This is the 11th breakthrough on the 9km underground section between Madhavaram Milk Colony and Kellys on Corridor 3, being executed…
Kolkata: Wading into the escalating controversy over remarks made about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose by Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj, veteran BJP neta Tathagata Roy has launched an attack on his own party’s Bengal leadership. Questioning whether BJP’s central leadership was even aware of the matter, Roy warned that continuous insults to one of Bengal’s…
The Bombay High Court found Tarun Tejpal guilty of rape after thirteen years. PANAJI: Thirteen years after the arrest of a high profile founder in chief of Tehelka magazine, Tarun Tejpal, for rape in an elevator of a starred hotel, the Bombay high court on Thursday found him guilty of rape and sentenced him to…
Government is likely to permit banks and payment service providers to levy a merchant discount rate of between 0.25% and 0.4% on UPI transactions exceeding Rs 2,000. In a step closer to possibly introducing Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI transactions, the Lok Sabha on Thursday approved a Bill amending the Payment and Settlement Systems…
Ajinkya Rahane and Sachin Tendulkar (X) Former India captain Ajinkya Rahane has picked Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest Indian cricketer of all time, shortly after bringing the curtain down on his playing career.Rahane, who recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket during an episode of Stick to Cricket, was asked to name India’s…
As Ranbir Kapoor prepares for the release of Nitesh Tiwari’s much-anticipated ‘Ramayana’, few may remember that Salman Khan was once reportedly set to play Lord Ram in an earlier adaptation of the epic. The ambitious project, was to be directed by his brother Sohail Khan in the 1990s, had even gone on floors before it…
FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a news conference, May 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File) An Indian-origin landlord, Venkatachalam Mani, has been sued in Pennsylvania for sexually harassing a female tenant and then retaliating against her when she refused her advances. The incident…
The skull and brain case of a newfound ancient snake species were still intact. Image Credit: Agustin Martinelli/ScienceNews Snakes represent one of the most successful groups of vertebrates on Earth, with over 4,200 living species accounting for one-third of all scaled reptiles. Despite a long history going back to at least the Middle Jurassic, the…
Zendaya has spent the last few years becoming one of the most familiar faces in Hollywood, appearing in back-to-back big-screen projects. That growing presence has now become the focus of a viral online debate. A social media video comparing scenes from several of her films and shows has prompted people to ask the same question:…
Your loved one is admitted in the hospital and you don’t have any idea how to heal that person because medications are going according to the disease but you too want to do something for your person so that the person get well as soon as possible. No worries, as we are here to explain…
