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High-voltage meeting in prospect at Chinnaswamy

AS the Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers arrived at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday evening, they were greeted by typical gloomy weather synonymous with the Garden City.

Hardwork behind Reddy's success in IPL

ALL-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has been a revelation for the Sunrisers Hyderabad this season.

VIJAY SETHUPATHI'S NEXT TITLED ACE

ACTOR Vijay Sethupathi's upcoming film with director Aarumuga Kumar has been titled Ace.

Chaotic assembly of random ideas and weak humour

INGN Naan Thaan Kingu begins with a prologue detailing terrorist serial bombings.

Generic plot and lively animation serve up a moderately fun watch

THE Garfield Movie is a harmless, enjoyable ride.

Parveen's Olympic dreams over after ITA ban

PARVEEN Hooda, who had secured a boxing quota in the 57kg category during the Asian Games, has been handed a 22-month suspension by the International Testing Agency (ITA) for whereabouts failure, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) confirmed on Friday.

AFI fires warning to coaches

THE Athletics Federation of India (AFI) could be one of the first National Sports Federations to announce that they would ban coaches of athletes who test positive for doping.

Tennis: Rethin clinches TK Ramanathan Award

RETHIN Pranav bagged the prestigious TK Ramanathan Award at the Annual Day function of the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association here at the SDAT Nungambakkam stadium here on Friday.

JSW Steel profit falls 62%, total income declines 2% in Q4FY24

JSW Steel has reported a 62% I drop in consolidated net profit in the quarter ended March 2024.

Vodafone to prioritise 4G network growth over 5G; to spend ₹55,000 crore

EVEN as other telecom service providers have been rolling out 5G, Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), the country's third-largest telecom operator, is still prioritising expanding its 4G networks.

An INDIA alliance victory will lead to de-rating of markets: Brokerage report

IF Congress-led INDIA alliance comes to power, it will lead to de-rating in markets and in specific sectors such as defence, capital goods, tourism, PSU's (including banks), drones, AMC, wires and cables, plastic pipes and EMS, said brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher in its 'India Strategy Report Mandate 2024, Brace of Volatility' report on Friday.

SpiceJet gets relief from paying ₹270 cr to Maran

ENS ECONOMIC BUREAU @ New Delhi LOW-cost carrier SpiceJet received a major relief on Friday as a division bench of the Delhi High Court overturned its previous ruling that directed the airline to refund over 270 crore to its former promoter Kalanithi Maran of the Sun Group.

SBI increases short-term retail FD rates

SIGNALLING better returns for depositors, going forward, country's largest lender State Bank of India has increased the pricing on short-term retail fixed deposits (FDs) by 25-75 basis points, taking the peak offering to 6.25%, a move other banks also likely to follow amidst rising credit demand and falling liquidity.

Shibulal's family member sells stake in Infosys

INFOSYS co-founder SD Shibulal's daughter-in-law Bhairavi Madhusudhan Shibulal has sold a portion of her holding in the company on the stock exchanges.

'India to corner 18% of global GDP'

FM says country is poised to become the world's fastest-growing economy in the years ahead

Recommendations on OTT communication apps soon

THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is in the process of finalising its recommendations on whether overthe-top (OTT) communication apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal need to be regulated.

Israel tells ICJ it's doing all it can to protect civilians

ISRAEL strongly denied charges of genocide on Friday, telling the UN's top court it was doing everything it could to protect the civilian population during its military operation in Gaza.

French police kill man attempting to set fire to synagogue in Rouen

FRENCH police on Friday shot dead an Algerian man armed with a knife and an iron bar who tried to set fire to a synagogue in the northern city of Rouen, adding to concerns over anti-Semitic violence in the country.

FATE OF 5 MODI MINISTERS AT STAKE IN 14 UP SEATS

INDIA bloc partners Cong contesting on 2, SP 12; BSP going it alone

Learn from Yogi where to run bulldozers: PM to Oppn

CLAIMING that if the opposition alliance, especially, the Congress had the intention to reverse the Supreme Court verdict over Ram temple if they came to power, Prime Minister Modi said that they would get the Ram temple bulldozed.

Uddhav says BJP will surely be out of power on June 4

SHIV Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally of the opposition INDIA bloc in Mumbai which was also addressed by NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

EC notice to Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his 'improper' remarks on Mamata

THE Election Commission on Friday issued a show-cause notice to BJP's candidate from Tamluk constituency Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his alleged personal attack on West Bengal CM and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee and asked him to submit his response by 5pm on May 20.

In a 1st, 2 OBC candidates lock horns in Hazaribagh

FOR the first time in Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat, two candidates of backward caste (OBC) have locked horns against each other making the contest interesting besides making it unpredictable also.

8th Naval veteran's return from Doha rests on clearing travel ban issues

THE onus of the return of the eighth Indian naval veteran, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, from Doha rests on him as he has to clear formalities that led to a travel ban, an official said.

'INDIA bloc will get 300 seats, all set to form govt after June 4

People are fed up with BJP government which doesn't talk about real issues such as jobs, price rise, farm distress, claims AICC general secretary Venugopal

Time to redraw logistical map of world: Jaishankar

THE time has come to start reengineering the logistical map of the world, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said while speaking at an event organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry on Friday.

No relief for Soren as SC refuses to pass order on interim bail petition

THE Supreme Court on Friday refrained from passing an order on the interim bail petition of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren.

IMD predicts severe heatwave days in north India

THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast severe heatwave over plains of northwest, Bihar, east and central India in the next five days.

Claim, counter-claim fly thick and fast as Maliwal, AAP lock in fierce fight

FOLLOWING a case of molestation and attempt to commit culpable homicide registered against Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar on the complaint of AAP MP Swati Maliwal, the Delhi Police on Friday carried out investigation with Kumar filing a counter-complaint in the evening.

Speeches by BJP CMs, union mins abusive: Naveen

Odisha CM calls BJP leaders political tourists, says they will have no impact on his people