SIVAGANGA: In the end, every vote made it count, literally, in Tirupattur constituency in Sivaganga district when TVK candidate R Seenivasa Sethupathy defeated DMK minister K R Periyakaruppan by just one vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly election. While Sethupathy secured 83,375 votes, Periyakaruppan polled 83,374 votes.The fight, which dragged on till 1.30am, was between…
KOLKATA: ‘Bhadralok’ neighbourhoods of north and south Kolkata – considered impenetrable fortresses of TMC for over a decade – decisively flipped these elections, revealing a metropolitan electorate that traded its traditional allegiance for a “new beginning” under BJP.Professor Maidul Islam said, “There has been a demographic shift in 15 years. Non-Bengali vote share has increased…
Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) There was a time when Jasprit Bumrah’s slower ball wasn’t just a variation, it was sorcery. A carefully disguised trick, delivered with identical arm speed, that forced even the best batters into indecision. He didn’t just use it. He used it like the latest smartphone and toyed with…
Bella Ramsey, best known for her role in ‘The Last of Us’, is back with a brand new film, and it already has reviewers buzzing. ‘Sunny Dancer’, a British coming-of-age comedy drama co-starring James Norton and Neil Patrick Harris, has confirmed its UK release date of 14 August alongside a first-look trailer. The film received…
Michael Bloomberg was being fired from Salomon Brothers. Image credit – Wikimedia Facing a sudden career exit can lead to mental frustration and whatnot. However, the story was completely different for businessman and politician Michael Bloomberg. In 1981, he faced a low point in his life that became a turning point in his career. As…
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Former India cricketer and outgoing Trinamool Congress MLA Manoj Tiwary on Tuesday said his association with the party has ended. He alleged that he was denied a ticket from Howrah’s Shibpur constituency because he refused to pay Rs 5 crore.The 40-year-old, who is Bengal’s highest run-scorer in first-class cricket with 10,195 runs, served as minister…
NEW DELHI: Big political personalities were humbled in the latest round of assembly elections, with voters across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala delivering a “vote for change” that swept aside as many as 50 ministers – including two sitting chief ministers – alongside several high-profile challengers in other states and a Union Territory.In West…
FILE – Usain Bolt from Jamaica celebrates winning the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) “I don’t think limits” is a short line, but it carries more…
A man in England returned medieval floor tiles he took as a child over sixty years ago, stored in a biscuit tin. Image Credits: via Wikimedia Commons Not many people can boast about how a biscuit tin led to an ethical awakening. Yet, there was one anonymous person from England whose metallic tin was carrying…
