Mumbai: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti Tuesday, renowned names from the Indian film fraternity, including Chiranjeevi Konidela, Ram Charan, Anupam Kher, and B Praak, among many others, extended their wishes. Superstar Chiranjeevi Konidela wished everyone a happy Hanuman Jayanti on X (formerly known as Twitter). The actor said: "Hanuman's incessant initiation, efficiency, intelligence, and bravery are...

Mumbai: India's economic activity surged close to a 14-year high this month on the back of a strong performance of the manufacturing and services sectors, according to an HSBC survey released Tuesday. The HSBC composite purchasing managers' index compiled by S&P Global for India, increased to 62.2 in April from the final reading of 61.8 for March....

New Delhi: Significant progress has been made in the construction of various stations for India’s first bullet train and we are geared up to run the first train in one section in 2026, Union Railways and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. In an interview with IANS, the Union Minister said the work on bullet trains is...

New Delhi: A week after India captain Rohit Sharma said he was not a fan of impact player rule and is hampering the growth of all-rounders, Delhi Capitals duo of Axar Patel and Mukesh Kumar have expressed their displeasure with the ruling currently being used in IPL 2024. The impact player ruling was introduced in IPL 2023...

Mumbai: Allu Arjun-starrer Sarrainodu has clocked eight years, prompting the star to celebrate the Telugu-language vigilante action film directed by Boyapati Srinu on social media. Thaman, the music composer for Sarrainodu, took to his Instagram stories and shared a film poster featuring the Pushpa star. He wrote: "What a transformation for the mighty Allu Arjun brooooooo… Masssss...

New Delhi: World no. 1 Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at a ceremony held in Madrid to tie another record, with his fifth Laureus Award (he won in 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2019). Djokovic had a remarkable 2023, winning three of the four major titles -- Australian Open, Roland...

Kuala Lumpur: Ten people were killed following a mid-air collision involving two Malaysian military helicopters Tuesday morning in Perak state, the country's Navy said. The incident occurred at 9:32am local time over the Lumut Royal Malaysian Navy base while undergoing a flypast rehearsal, the Royal Malaysian Navy said in a brief statement. One helicopter carried seven personnel...

Jaipur: Sandeep Sharma announced his comeback from an injury with brilliant figures of 5-18, the best by any bowler in this season’s IPL before Yashasvi Jaiswal returned to form with a 59-ball century as host Rajasthan Royals ended their home leg with a nine-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians at Sawai Mansingh Stadium Monday night. The Royals concluded...

Sydney: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has hit out at Australia over the country's attempts to ban footage of a Sydney church stabbing on his social media platform X. The Australian court Monday evening granted a two-day injunction, ordering the platform to hide videos of the April 15 stabbing for all users globally. "Our concern is that if...

Jerusalem: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched about 35 rockets toward northern Israel while Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement. The rockets triggered air raid sirens in the city of Safed and other communities in northern Israel, but no injuries have been reported, Xinhua news agency reported. The Israel Defense...