The upcoming 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election will be a close contest between two strong fronts and not a one sided battle like the 2024 Indian General Election, according to veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram. In an interview with The Hindu at his Pycrofts Garden Road residence in Chennai on...

3 min readNew DelhiMar 27, 2026 04:00 PM IST Malaika Arora, 52, recently reiterated that she swears by home remedies, so much so that she includes water therapies in her morning routine for immunity, with fresh haldi (turmeric) being non-negotiable. “Immunity is ginger, turmeric…not that haldi jo khaane me daalte hai (not the turmeric we use in...

A case has been registered against a self-proclaimed ‘godman’ from Maharashtra’s Vasai for allegedly raping and blackmailing a 35-year-old woman. During the crime, the accused presented himself as an incarnation of Lord Shiva and referred to the survivor as Goddess Parvati. The incident came to light after the woman gathered the courage to lodge a...

The accused, identified as Abdul Rehman Sharif BENGALURU: A medical college professor has been booked for allegedly proposing to a student during a lecture, an incident that sparked outrage, protests and violence on campus. The accused, Abdul Rehman Sharif, who is attached to the Department of Microbiology, was called for inquiry by police. “In the...

Bengaluru East City Corporation Commissioner D. S. Ramesh presented the corporation’s first annual budget with a total outlay of ₹3,889.98 crore, prioritising connectivity, infrastructure, and public health. The corporation has allocated ₹2.25 crore per ward, amounting to ₹112.50 crore in total, following demands by Bengaluru city MLAs for ₹5 crore per ward during a meeting...

3 min readMar 27, 2026 11:45 AM IST The opening match of the 2026 season of the Pakistan Super League featured a ball-change for a rather bizarre reason. The ball had visibly turned into a shade of pink by the end of the first six overs of the Hyderabad Kingsmen’s innings as they chased a...

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I are two people that get things done,” read a message from US President Donald Trump posted by the US Embassy in India on Friday amid the widening Middle East war that is nearing a month. In his message, Trump called for a stronger relationship with India, adding that “this...

Rupee extended its losing streak on Friday, tumbling 28 paisa in early trade, to hit a fresh record low of 94.24 against the US dollar. This comes after the currency fell sharply in the last session on Wednesday, when it slipped 29 paise to breach the 94 par US dollar mark to hit 94.05 amid...

Employees’ unions say that they are not opposed to the introduction of electric buses but want the buses operated directly by the APSRTC rather than by private operators. | Photo Credit: RAO GN As Mallikarjun Rao walked into the familiar odours of grease and diesel at the A.P. State Road Transport Corporation’s depot at Vidyadharapuram...

Investigators probing the Rs 590-crore fraud committed by officials of the IDFC First Bank have indicated a similar modus operandi in the Rs 150 crore “mismatch” in fixed deposit receipts (FDRs) detected at a Kotak Mahindra Bank’s Panchkula branch. The investigators are also not ruling out the possibility of involvement of the same set of...