Time spent away from the cricketing arena is enabling M. Vijay freshen his mind before he attempts a comeback from a ‘forced’ injury break. The ‘stage-by-stage’ recovery from a major fitness concern can be rather frustrating but the Indian opener wants to look at the brighter side. Vijay, who

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday described as “baseless and totally false” the allegation that his son Yathindra was involved in benami property transactions. In a complaint to the Income Tax Department, a Varthur Kanaka Das has alleged that Mr. Yathindra, along with Matrix Imaging Solution

State Bank of Mysore was merged with State Bank of India over a month ago, but their database was integrated as recently as Saturday May 6. Customers, who have been facing problems with their transactions, can now heave a sigh of relief. On Monday, operations were carried out without any major hitch

Meerut: Some people today tore posters and banners of the BJP here, claiming that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath did not garland the statue of B R Ambedkar, the police said. The protestors in Gadhi also vandalised a liquor shop, they said. However, the police restored order. No

Bengaluru: Bengaluru’s former independent corporator V. Nagaraj, evading arrest since April 14 after seizure of demonetised currency from his office-cum-residence, on Tuesday offered to surrender before Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara. “My (other) condition for surrender is that police

Indians make 50 million minutes of video calls daily via WhatsApp, the highest compared to users in any other part of the globe. WhatsApp, a popular messaging app that competes with the likes of Hike, Google’s Allo and Viber in India, started offering video calling feature in November last year

Sanaa: Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks in Yemen, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. “There have been 34 cholera-associated deaths and 2,022 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in nine governorates, inc

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday announced its decision to stop hiring foreign dentists to provide job opportunities for locals. The decision, announced by the Labour Ministry, aims to encourage the private sector to hire more locals in the medical area, Xinhua news agency reported. The lates

Sivaganga: A petrol bomb was hurled at the residence of BJP leader Muthuraman at Devakottai in the district by some unidentified persons early this morning, but none of the inmates were injured, police said. Some window panes were damaged, they said Muthuraman is the State secretary of the p

New Delhi [India]: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confidently said on Tuesday that it needed just three days to hack all Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) across Delhi. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia said no government in power other than the AAP has shown the courage to q

Sharjah: A Gulf Cooperation National in Sharjah was injured by three other women, breaking her thumb and afflicting minor cuts on her body, when she demanded them to delete the selfie. According, to the Sharjah police, the woman was in a Beauty Salon. Three other women customers visited the sal

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah Trust to remove encroachments in a 500 square metre area in the historic shrine within four weeks, while lauding its efforts in this regard so far. The apex court said if the encroachers failed to comply with the order to remove

Islamabad: Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan’s party has said it would sue Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for allegedly taking money from Osama bin Laden to promote jihad in Kashmir. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Khan has been demanding resignation from Sharif for alleged corruption.

Hyderabad, May 8, 2017: After a message got viral on WhatsApp, communal riots erupted in Utnoor, Adilabad district. Persons from two communities indulged in violent activities. According to the details, an abusive message against the Muslims got viral on WhatsApp. In response to it, a youth poste

Bengaluru, Press Trust of India, May 9 2017 The Karnataka Government today said it has granted Rs 10.70 crore to 26 startups in the BioTech sector to bolster innovation. The 26 winners of the Idea2PoC (proof of concept), an initiative organised by the Karnataka Startup Cell, received cheques ran

Washington, Press Trust of India, May 9 2017 To evaluate its performance, the team conducted an online study in which they asked 4,509 people to use it to create a password. File Photo Scientists have unveiled a new, state-of-the-art password meter that offers real-time feedback and advice

Washington, Press Trust of India, May 8 2017 Scientists have identified the cells responsible for hair growth as well as the mechanism that causes them to turn grey, a finding that could lead to new treatments for balding and greying hair. "Although this project was started in an effort to under

RUPERT WRIGHT | 9 May 2017 MONTPELLIER: The Arab world and Muslims living inside France heaved a collective sigh of relief with the news that Emmanuel Macron had defeated Marine Le Pen to become president. “I feel like I have been holding my breath for the past few weeks but can now breat