Warner Bros. Discovery has once again turned down a takeover offer from Paramount, telling shareholders that the rival bid does not serve their interests and reiterating its recommendation to support a proposed $72 billion transaction with Netflix.In a statement on Wednesday, the company said its board had reviewed Paramount’s latest proposal and concluded that it…
Jammu and Kashmir seamer Auqib Nabi picked up 60 wickets in 2025-26 Ranji Trophy season. (PTI) NEW DELHI: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia credits Jammu and Kashmir’s Ranji Trophy triumph to the sub-committee appointed by the cricket’s governing body in 2021 to run the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), and to the panel led by…
NEW DELHI: Expelled Samajwadi Party MLA Pooja Pal on Saturday claimed that she was removed from the party for publicly praising UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and calling Atiq Ahmed a “mafia,” alleging that her removal boosted the gangster-turned politician’s supporters.Her remarks came a day after she wrote to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, expressing fear…
MUMBAI: Most tech-driven financial services platforms faced outages during Friday’s high-intensity late session due to tech-glitch at Cloudflare, one of the companies that runs the internet globally. Traders in India faced issues with trade execution and cancellations on a day when the RBI policy and weekend considerations led to higher trading intensity than most other…
J-K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday tabled the Jammu and Kashmir Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill-2025 in the assembly, becoming the first non-BJP CM to introduce the legislation that seeks to amend certain enactments of the Union Territory of J&K for decriminalising a range of offences and…
After ten days of mourning his father’s demise, actor Nikitin Dheer has broken his silence. The actor, who lost his father and veteran performer Pankaj Dheer on October 15 due to cancer, took to social media to share an emotional tribute. Pankaj, remembered most fondly for his portrayal of Karna in Mahabharat, was 68. His…
Namrata Shirodkar marked the end of 2025 with a heartfelt social media post, sharing a Reel filled with unseen pictures and intimate family moments. Taking to Instagram on December 31, Namrata reflected on the year gone by with glimpses of cherished times spent with husband Mahesh Babu, children Sitara and Gautam Ghattamaneni, close friends and…
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India now accounts for about 16% of global economic growth and is positioned to become a key driver of world expansion in the coming years.Speaking at the ET Now Global Business Summit, Modi said the current decade has marked a phase of unprecedented development for India despite multiple…
Indian companies are likely to see higher wage bills as they adjust HR policies and compensation structures to comply with the new four labour codes. Experts estimate manpower costs could rise 5-10%, or even more for some firms.The increase in wage expenses is largely driven by higher costs for benefits such as gratuity, overtime, bonuses,…
MUMBAI/BENGALURU: RBI has ordered Simpl, a Bengaluru-based buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firm, to shut its payments operations with immediate effect. The platform, which works with 26,000 merchants and lets shoppers defer payments at checkout, had been running a payments system without the central bank’s blessing. Under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act of 2007, no company can…
