NEW DELHI: A record 85.96 per cent of Assam’s 2.50 crore electorate cast their votes in the April 9 Assembly elections, the Election Commission said on Saturday, marking the highest turnout in the state’s history.The figure surpasses the previous high of 84.72 per cent recorded in 2016, when the BJP first came to power. Turnout…
Dianna Russini is reportedly the subject to an internal review launched by The Athletic after photos of the popular NFL reporter ‘holding hands with’ New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel at an Arizona resort leaked this month. The New York Times cited sources to report that its sports platform has temporarily removed Russini from reporting…
HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. said its board will consider a proposal to raise funds through a preferential issue of equity shares at its meeting scheduled on April 16. The company said the proposal is subject to shareholder approval and necessary statutory and regulatory clearances, according to an exchange filing on Thursday. The board will…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court judge Justice B V Nagarathna on Saturday said that arbitration and mediation had become integral parts of a modern and responsive justice system and should not be viewed merely as alternatives to traditional litigation. She, however, highlighted the absence of a forum to deal with complaints against arbitrators who, in most…
NEW DELHI The polls in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry – which recorded impressive turnouts, including an all-time high for two of the three states/UT – have drawn global attention with 38 international delegates from 22 countries who witnessed them firsthand, voicing their admiration for the high voter participation, meticulous planning and seamless execution of the…
Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old San Francisco resident, has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged attack on the home of OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, according to US law enforcement officials and court records.Police allege that Moreno-Gama threw an incendiary device, described as a Molotov cocktail, at Altman’s residence in the city’s…
India’s largest IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), reported a rise in headcount in the March quarter (Q4 FY26), marking the first increase in three quarters after a period of workforce rationalisation. The company’s total employee base stood at 584,519 at the end of FY26, compared with 582,163 at the end of Q3 FY26,…
NEW DELHI: Govt is likely to allow wheat export to Egypt, Indonesia and Myanmar considering surplus stock, while shipments of rice may start for countries, including war-hit Iran, on humanitarian grounds, officials said. Food Corporation of India is sitting on a huge surplus of rice and wheat, and there is a dire need to free…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday exchanged pleasantries and talked briefly at an event, a rarity in the otherwise cold and indifferent equation between them. It is not often that Rahul joins ministers and high functionaries like Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to…
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is one of the most awaited movies of the year and Karan Johar had a fanboy moment as he interviewed Meryl Streep. Anne Hathaway was also a part of this chat as the duo promoted their upcoming film in Tokyo. A teaser from their conversation is now out and it…
