New Delhi: Voting for the Iran presidential runoff commenced on Friday morning, with two top contenders, Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili, in the run. Pezeshkian, a reformist and Iran’s former health minister, and Jalili, a principlist and the former chief negotiator in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, both have cast their votes
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has expressed grief over the demise of veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Minister Surendra Nath Naik who breathed his last at his residence here on Friday. Offering condolences to the bereaved family, CM Majhi said: “Naik was a very popular leader and efficient administrator. He was
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out raids in four cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad over alleged money laundering, in a case linked to Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The raids over alleged corruption in the STP resulted in a cash seizure of Rs 41 lakh
Los Angeles: At least 28,000 people are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving wildfire continued to burn in Northern California amid a severe heat wave. According to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the Thompson Fire, which erupted on Tuesday near the City of Oroville in Butte County, had already consumed
New Delhi: The overall securitisation volumes stood at Rs 45,000 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal (FY25), down 20 per cent from the same period last year, largely due to the exit of a large housing finance company (HFC) in 2023, a report showed on Friday. Excluding the HFC, the securitisation volumes
New Delhi: After the successful implementation of the Unified Payments Interface(UPI) for online ticket booking at Eiffel Tower, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), on Friday, enabled the acceptance of UPI at Galeries Lafayette’s flagship store in Haussmann, ahead of Paris Olympics. This is in
Chennai: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is now a household name in India and in the international chess circuit. The stock of the 18-year-old, currently in Romania for the Superbet Classical tournament, has been steadily rising. The Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, where he finished behind Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, was another chapter in his storied career.
Manchester: Manchester City women have announced the signing of Dutch international Vivianne Miedema on a three-year deal. The 27-year-old forward moved to Manchester after seven seasons at Arsenal. Miedema is the record goalscorer in Barclays Women’s Super League history and for the Netherlands, netting 80 and 95 times, respectively, for club and country – more
Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood, who is gearing up for his upcoming film ‘Fateh’, recently visited Dasari Sai Kumari, popularly known as Kumari Aunty on social media, at her roadside food stall in the Madhapur area of Hyderabad. Kumari Aunty gained fame on social media for running a food stall offering a variety of non-vegetarian delicacies.
Mumbai: Actress Shruti Haasan, who is known for her roles in films like ‘Gabbar Is Back’, ‘D-Day’, and ‘Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire’, has begun shooting for her upcoming film ‘Coolie’, which also stars Tamil megastar Rajinikanth. The actress took to her Instagram stories and shared a picture of herself updating her fans about the
New Delhi: Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has expressed his gratitude to the Mumbai Police for their dedicated efforts in ensuring that India’s T20 World Cup open-top victory parade was conducted smoothly. Lakhs of Mumbaikars gushed into a spirited celebration of the Men In Blue T20 World Cup victors on Thursday evening. The team’s victory
Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Bhatti Vikramarka, highlighted the increasing pharma exports from Hyderabad to foreign countries during his address at the Indian Pharmaceutical Conference held at Hitex in the city. He announced plans to establish pharma clusters outside the Outer Ring Road (ORR) and introduce new policies in the power sector. Minister Sridhar Babu