The rupee depreciated 14 paise to close near its all-time low at 94.82 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, pressured by rising Brent crude oil prices, hovering around $115 per barrel, and continued foreign capital outflows. Forex traders said the elevated crude oil price is likely to sharply impact India’s import costs, while the…
Voters queue up as they wait to cast their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026 at a polling station, in Howrah on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Kolkata: The special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll left several families across the city divided on poll day — while a chosen…
Kolkata: Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) Kolkata: Kolkata, which traditionally registers a low voter turnout, almost caught up with the rest of Bengal Wednesday.Election Commission data shows that till 9pm, Kolkata recorded over 88.4% voter turnout,…
Candace Owens breaks silence after Andrew Kolvet chat leak as Charlie Kirk show clip leaves viewers uneasy (Image via Getty) Candace Owens is once again in the middle of an online storm, and this time it started with a strange clip and a heated back-and-forth on X. A user questioned a segment from Charlie Kirk’s…
Autopsy reports into the deaths of Hollywood movie director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, have not yet been completed, a Los Angeles court heard Wednesday, as the couple’s son, Nick Reiner who has been charged with double murder, made a brief appearance. Nick Reiner makes court appearance Nick appeared Wednesday for a…
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell : Alphabet — Shares added almost 7% after the tech titan posted first-quarter revenue of $109.9 billion, beating the $107.2 billion analysts polled by LSEG had expected. Google cloud revenue surged 63% from a year earlier to $20.02 billion last quarter, while analysts had penciled in…
Adani Power reported a sharp rise in profitability for the March quarter, even as revenue growth remained muted and operating performance softened slightly. Net profit for the quarter rose 52% year-on-year to ₹4,017 crore, compared with ₹2,637 crore in the same period last year. However, revenue remained largely flat at ₹14,223 crore versus ₹14,237 crore…
IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, labelled ‘Singham’ Kolkata: Falta in South 24 Parganas woke up on the polling day with apprehensions of a major face-off. One man moved relentlessly across the constituency, while the other stayed stationed in a single room, monitoring every activity from a distance. The much-hyped ‘Singham vs Pushpa’ confrontation, built over…
Mamata Banerjee; Suvendu Adhikari Kolkata: Barely 50m separated CM Mamata Banerjee and her ex-confidant and BJP challenger Suvendu Adhikari in a narrow Bhowanipore lane in Kolkata – a fleeting moment that captured a bitter, personal contest. Neither acknowledged the other nor exchanged a glance. Fifty metres said it all.Banerjee, unbeaten in Bhowanipore since 2011, broke…
MacKenzie Scott has given away about $26.3 billion to charities since 2019, placing her among the most significant philanthropists of recent years. Yet despite this extraordinary level of giving, she remains one of the richest people in the world. This is because her fortune is still tied mainly to shares in Amazon, which can rise…
