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Solisai Sistahs may have started as a one-woman army. But now, this all-women rap group from the city has four rappers who want to bring about a change in society through their meaningful lyrics and foot-tapping beats
Pant doing what Pant does best
ON the evidence of the Indian Premier League's first month, Rishabh Pant will be on the flight when India departs for the T20 World Cup late next month.
Advantage Mumbai: Chhangte nets two late goals to stun Goa in semis
FC GOA were following the script to the T.Boris Singh Thangjam had scored the opening to hand them the lead against Mumbai City FC in the first leg of the ISL semifinals at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Narsingh chairman of WFI's Athletes' panel
FORMER Commonwealth Games gold medallist Narsingh Pancham Yadav was elected chairman of the Athletes' Commission of the Wrestling Federation of India on Wednesday during the ongoing Federation Cup in Varanasi.
We have made our people proud: Arteta
KAI Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City.
Tesla likely to postpone India plan
Carmaker was expected to announce a multi-bn dollar investment till last week in the country
Axis Bank profit at ₹7,130 cr on margin uptick, loan sales
THIRD-LARGEST private sector lender Axis Bank on Wednesday reported a growth in net income at ₹7,130 crore as against a one-time loss of ₹5,728 crore in the year-ago period after it bought out the retail banking unit of Citi India.
'Inheritance tax a needless debate, not suited for India'
ON April 23, Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, supported the Congress party's stance on wealth redistribution and proposed implemention of an inheritance tax law in India, drawing on the model in the US.
HUL profit dips 1.53% on decline in commodity prices
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Wednesday reported a 1.53% fall in consolidated net profit to ₹2,561 crore for the fourth quarter of FY24 on account of deflation due to softening of commodity prices.
Ultraviolette eyes global leadership in electric motorcycle market in 5 years
BENGALURU-based Ultraviolette Automotive wants to become the global leader in the electric motorcycle market over the next five years, Narayan Subramaniam, CEO & CoFounder of the company told TNIE in an interaction.
Russian deputy def minister arrested for taking bribe
A top Russian military official arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe was sent to pretrial detention on Wednesday after appearing before a court in central Moscow, court officials said in a statement.
IDF readies 2 reserve brigades for Rafah attack
THE Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday said it was readying to deploy two reserve brigades for missions in the Gaza Strip, as the military appeared to move ahead with plans for an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as it seeks to remove the Hamas terror group from its last major redoubt in the enclave, The Times of Israel reported.
Senate OKsaid, Ukraine to get US weapons in hours
President Joe Biden signs legislation that earmarks $61 billion of the $95 billion war assistance for Kyiv WASHINGTON PRESIDENT Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
RLD ONBOARD, BJP LOOKS FOR DOMINANCE
HAVING acquired more political muscle through Jat support by taking Jayant Chaudhury-led RLD onboard, the BJP is aiming for a dominance on the eight seats-Amroha, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Aligarh and Mathura-set to vote on April 26, while the Opposition bloc is ready to put a stiff fight.
After series of flip-flops, Akhilesh to contest from Kannauj & file papers today
AFTER a series of flip-flops, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday officially declared Akhilesh Yadav as the party candidate from Kannauj.
What defines Gujarat poll narrative? Slip of tongue
THE BJP sprang to damage control in Gujarat after statements of its two leaders triggered controversies.
After house for Rahul, Vadra posters don Amethi landscape
WHILE the ongoing suspense over the Congress's candidate for Amethi persists, posters seeking the candidature of Robert Vadra, husband of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have cropped up outside the local offices of Congress in Amethi and Gauriganj, here on Wednesday.
Wrong to say Cong taking away OBC quota & giving it to Muslims: K'taka CM
SLAMMING PM Narendra Modi and the BJP, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said that they (BJP) feared losing the elections and that is why they are spreading lies saying Congress is snatching the reservation given to Backward class and Dalits and giving it to the Muslims.
Will HC order on teacher job scam have an impact?
3 seats - Darjeeling, Balurghat & Raiganj - go to polls in 2nd phase
Cong says no inheritance tax plans, rather former BJP minister endorsed it
THE Congress on Wednesday hit out at PM Narendra Modi over his barbs on Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on inheritance tax and asserted that it has no plans to introduce such a tax.
SC reserves order on VVPAT cross-verification petitions
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre to ensure that voters are able to verify through VVPATS that their vote has been \"counted as recorded\".
MHA unit for real-time mitigation of online fraud, banks to link database
THE Ministry of Home Affairs is working on forming a new wing called Cyber Fraud Mitigation Centre under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to deal with cyber financial fraud in real-time to save the victim's money, sources said on Wednesday.
I've embraced Indian thought, says Dalai Lama
HIS Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has been living in India for over six decades now and says that he is a follower of the Nalanda tradition.
Three Class 12 govt school students drown in check dam in Coimbatore
THREE Class 12 students from a village in Coimbatore drowned while taking a bath in a check dam near Alandurai in the district on Wednesday.
Edu department refuses to send govt school students for B.Ed practical exam
THE faculty members of the Government College of Education For Women in Coimbatore have alleged that the district school education department refuses to send government school students to attend the practical examination of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) course students.
Will uplift lives of OBCs, dalits when INDIA gets power: CM
CHIEF Minister MK Stalin expressed his optimism in the ability of the INDIA bloc to fulfil its pledges for uplifting OBC, SC, and ST communities when it comes to power in the centre.
Disability rights group seeks infra changes to make polls accessible
WITH accessible elections still a long way to go, Disability Rights Alliance has released a report to help the Election Commission of India (ECI) implement the best practices in the state.
'PM has no bias, he had only reacted to Cong manifesto'
FORMER Governor and BJP's South Chennai candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not discriminate against minorities and he had only reacted to the Lok Sabha election manifesto of the Congress party.
Dindigul, Salem on top in stopping child marriages
RTI reply says CSR and FIR filed are far less than the actual number of marriages stopped in past three years
Speed up processing applications of solar scheme, Tangedco officials told
TAMIL Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) has issued directives to all superintending engineers to complete the inspection with regard to PM's Surya Ghar (rooftop solar) scheme.