Two Kovai snake catchers arrested for posting video of rat snake online

Coimbatore COIMBATORE forest range officials on Monday night arrested two snake catchers for illegally handling a rat snake and uploading the video in their social media handles.

PM to meditate at Vivekananda Rock Memorial

AFTER an intense and prolonged campaign for the Lok Sabha elections and ahead of the results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will delve deep into meditation at the 'dhyana mandapam' of the Vivekananda Rock Memorial located on a rock around 400 metres off the Kanniyakumari coast for over 45 hours (May 30 evening to June 1 evening).

Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc, kills 31 in N-E

Multiple landslides take Mizoram toll to 27

External and internal challenges keep Chandigarh candidates on their toes

Chandigarh FOR voters of Chandigarh constituency, Lok Sabha polls mean a familiar face or two on the ballot.

T20 World Cup ticket for even India-Pak match still available

THE International Cricket Council (ICC) may have a new problem in their hands.

Damon Lindelof, Chris Mundy to write Green Lantern

DAMON Lindelof, who is best known for Lost, and Chris Mundy, the showrunner of Ozark, have been brought on board to write the upcoming Green Lantern series.

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AN EMOTIONALLY DRENCHED JOURNEY ON STAGE

PR Durai speaks on his expertise as a comedian, the shades of roles he has played, learnings from his mentors, and his relationship with humour and theatre

‘There’s a bit of me in all the characters’

After All We Imagine As Light wins the coveted Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, director Payal Kapadia talks about the ideas behind the film, and how she managed to get funding for her independent film

COMING BACK. TOLIFEFT. PANT

With Rishabh set to represent India for the first time since his accident in the T20 WC, Swaroop Swaminathan takes a deep dive in understanding his surgery, the long rehab, comeback and more...

May drop one format in near future: Starc

KOLKATA Knight Riders pacer and player of the 2024 IPL final Mitchell Starc was pleased that his best came at the later stages of the league after beating Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the trophy on Sunday in Chennai.

Nadal exits in first round, isn't sure of future French Opens

Nadal's record-breaking French Open career came to its likely end on Monday when the 14-time champion slumped to a demoralising first round defeat against Alexander Zverev.

Data centre market to maintain upward trajectory: Experts

FROM Reliance, AdaniConnex to Sify and Amazon Web Services (AWS), many companies in recent times have announced their investment plans in data centres across the country.

Maran to seek ₹1,323 crore from SpiceJet, Ajay Singh

IN the on-going tussle between current and former promoter of cash starved airline SpiceJet, media baron Kalanithi Maran and his KAL Airways said on Monday that they will seek more than 1,323 crore in damages from SpiceJet and its chief Ajay Singh.

Wage hikes drag down LIC profit to ₹13,762 cr in Q4

Insurer reports better business performance, margin, asset quality

Sebi reins in virtual trading on fantasy game platforms

AFTER clamping down on unregistered financial influencers who were peddling unverified information on stocks, the Securities and Exchange Board (Sebi) is reining in fantasy game companies and virtual trading platforms by restricting them from sharing realtime market data and stock prices to third-party entities.

Adani Energy gets board approval to raise ₹12,500 crore from capital market

ADANI Energy Solutions, the largest integrated energy player in the private sector, will be hitting the capital markets with a 12,500 crore QIP or other fund raising activity.

10 killed as Cyclone Remal makes landfall in B'desh

15 m people in coastal areas hit; 5-6 ft sea waves compound woes.

BJP top guns pressed into action to increase PM's winning margin

WITH an eye on increasing the winning margin of its secondtime MP and the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi LS constituency, the BJP has pressed all its big guns into campaign mode in the temple city.

Rahul sees a wave in favour of INDIA bloc in Bihar & UP

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his \"God has sent me\" remark, alleging that the PM made the statement to purportedly avoid the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s questions about industrialists after the Lok Sabha elections.

Shah comes down heavily on Akhilesh over his party fund

Home minister says Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge would lose his job after June NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow LAUNCHING a broadside at the Samajwadi Party (SP) over its ties with the Sahara India group, BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday alleged that the SP used to run on the funds provided by the Sahara group.

Little ground support to main players in big battle for Ballia

BOTH the prime contenders from Ballia Lok Sabha seat of eastern Uttar Pradesh - which goes to polls in the last phase on June 1 - seem to be running short of the whole-hearted support of their senior party leaders.

It's battle of prestige for Rajbhar in NDA vs INDIA direct fight in Ghosi

THE poll temperature is competing with the sweltering heat in the Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Mau district as the BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) are at daggers drawn to snatch the seat from the BSP, which had won the seat in 2019.

Lalu's doc daughter in contest against 'chacha'

MISA Bharti, opposition INDIA bloc candidate in Patliputra Lok Sabha seat and eldest daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, exuded confidence about her victory after a rally addressed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, at Paliganj on Monday.

Mamata to skip INDIA bloc meet on June 1 in Delhi

WEST Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she will not be able to attend the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi on June 1 as Kolkata will go to the elections on that day and also she needs to be present in the state to ensure relief to the people affected by cyclone 'Remal'.

Naxal threats: 'Vaidyaraj' says he will quit practice & return Padma award

NOTED traditional medicine practitioner Hemchand Manjhi on Monday said he will return his Padma Shri award, after receiving threats from the outlawed Maoists in restive Narayanpur district, south Chhattisgarh.

'Priority is to form INDIA govt after June 4'

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav says Cong & his party are natural allies in UP and the coalition is working on the ground

'8 seats in Haryana, 3 in Delhi see dip in absolute number of voters'

NEARLY one-third of the constituencies in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw an \"unprecedented\" dip in the absolute number of voters compared to the 2019 polls, according to Praveen Chakravarty, chairman of the Congress Data Analytics department.

2 govt docs held for tampering with blood samples in Pune Porsche crash

THE Pune crime branch arrested Dr.