SURGING CRUDE oil prices and supply disruptions triggered by the conflict in West Asia have hit the financial markets hard, with the rupee sliding 68 paise below the psychologically crucial 92-mark to 92.15 against the US dollar and the BSE’s benchmark index Sensex plunging another 1.40 per cent for the third successive session and ending...

A family of two found gold jewellery worth Rs 4 lakh after mistakenly dropping their purse in Puducherry’s Thavalakuppam, because of a water vendor who found the purse and handed it over to the local police station. The incident came to light on Tuesday, when the family was roaming around the town. While visiting a...

Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into...

File picture of NCP (SCP) leader Jayant Patil. | Photo Credit: PTI The Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Chandra Pawar) on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) formally scotched speculations about a possible merger with the Nationalist Congress Party, saying that such talks were no longer under consideration and that its allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)...

2 min readMar 5, 2026 01:25 AM IST Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been given a 15-month suspended sentence over a nightclub scuffle on the Greek island of Mykonos in August 2020. Maguire originally was handed a 21-month suspended sentence shortly after the incident, but he appealed the ruling, which triggered a new trial...

The Bombay High Court has overturned a divorce decree granted by the Nashik Family Court, saying a wife must get a chance to respond before a court decides if she was cruel to her husband. DIVORCE GRANTED ON WHATSAPP EVIDENCE Earlier, the Nashik Family Court had allowed the husband’s divorce plea. The court relied on...

A ruthless New Zealand rode on a record-breaking 33-ball century from opener Finn Allen to outclass South Africa by nine wickets and storm into the T20 World Cup final in Kolkata on Wednesday. Allen smashed 10 fours and eight sixes to chase down 170 in just 12.5 overs, leaving the entire South African side stunned.The...

AIADMK leader M. Thambi Durai. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The AIADMK on Wednesday (March 4, 2026) announced the renomination of its senior leader, M. Thambi Durai, for the lone Rajya Sabha seat that it would contest. This was announced by the party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami in a release. In another release,...

4 min readNew DelhiMar 4, 2026 10:00 PM IST Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda’s wedding has taken the internet by storm. The Geetha Govindam co-stars tied the knot as per Telugu-Kodava customs on February 26 in Udaipur, staying true to their traditional roots while exuding royal elegance. For their reception in Hyderabad on March 4,...

A group of tourists from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stranded in Bahrain have made an urgent appeal to the Government of India and their respective state governments, saying they are trapped in a “very dangerous situation” after chaos erupted at the airport amid reported missile and bomb incidents. In a video message circulating online, one...