NEW DELHI: With Nitish Kumar tipped to quit as Bihar chief minister on Apr 14 after chairing his last cabinet meeting, the process for the first BJP-led govt to take over in Bihar kicked in on Sunday as Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was named the party’s central observer for election of the leader of…
BENGALURU: Global venture funding hit a record $300 billion in the Jan-March quarter, the highest ever for a single quarter, according to Crunchbase data. The surge, driven largely by artificial intelligence deals, has reignited the debate on whether venture markets are truly recovering or if capital is concentrating in a narrow set of companies.Nearly 80%…
R Vaishali (Photo by Niki Riga) NEW DELHI: A round-robin format like the Candidates was always going to have a fair share of surprises for every player, and India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu was served a cold one on Sunday evening at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Cyprus.Just twenty-four hours earlier, we were celebrating…
After launching its first major asset, the ‘Rama’ glimpse, in Los Angeles and New York, producer Namit Malhotra and leading man Yash have reportedly headed to CinemaCon 2026 wih their magnum opus ‘Ramayana: Part 1′. The event which takes place in Las Vegas from April 13 to 16, had posters, including a large banner-style reveal,…
Asha Bhosle, whose voice foregrounded the rebellious notes of desire and abandon in Hindi film music at a time when such attributes were frowned upon in cinema and society, who overcame the looming shadow of her peerless sister Lata Mangeshkar to become the empress of a versatile music universe, and whose voice is sub-consciously part…
Jasprit Bumrah (BCCI/IPL Photo) NEW DELHI: It’s unusual to see Jasprit Bumrah without his usual bite in the Powerplay – the toe-crushing yorkers, the rattled stumps, and early breakthroughs that have defined his IPL career. But IPL 2026 has been a rare struggle for the Mumbai Indians spearhead.Bumrah has now gone five matches without picking…
Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton transformed Coachella into their date night as they attended good friend, Justin Bieber’s gig. The couple, who only recently made their romance Instagram official, had all eyes on them as they made an appearance at Bieber’s show. Twinning in all-black ensembles and face masks, the couple walked into the event…
Asha Bhosle was never just a voice; she was a presence – one that entered a moment and made it eternal. Voices fade, but hers has only withdrawn into a deeper chamber of memory, where it will continue to resonate for those who have known longing through song. Each time she sang, something unseen was…
MUMBAI: Consumers seem to be cutting back on discretionary spends, allocating more budgets to essentials and value purchases as a mix of war-driven uncertainty and layoffs have nudged people to tighten their purse strings and save more. Even as the US and Iran agreed upon a two-week ceasefire last week, the prospects of a peace…
Tim David (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Tim David left the umpire slightly annoyed with a playful act during their IPL 2026 clash against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.The incident unfolded in the 18th over of the RCB innings when David smashed a towering six off Hardik Pandya…
