Several stars from the Tamil film industry including actors Vikram, Dhanush, Ajith and music director Anirudh Ravichander were among those who turned up early on Thursday morning to cast their votes in the intensely contested elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Suspension of goods transport has triggered a shortage of edibles and fuel in Pakistan's Rawalpindi and Islamabad and traders and good transporters have urged the district administration to reopen the roads, local media reported on Thursday. Oil Tanker Contractors' Association spokesperson Noman Ali Butt said that supply had been impacted due to no oil tanker movement.
Superstar Rajinikanth and his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth on Thursday joined scores of others from the state and exercised their right to vote in the intensely contested elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
With just six games to go, Barca are brilliantly poised to win a 29th Liga title, but nothing is decided yet.
Actor and political party leader Vijay, who exercised his right to vote at the Neelankarai polling station in Chennai, on Thursday appealed to the Election Commission to direct state transport authorities and district election officers to immediately press additional government buses into service exclusively for ferrying stranded voters from bus terminals to polling stations.
The off-screen tensions between 'Seher Hone Ko Hai' actors Rishita Kothari and Parth Samthaan has garnered a lot of attention among fans on social media. Amid gossip surrounding this, the actress took to her Instagram handle on Thursday (April 23) and share a long note reflecting on her silence.
A female social media influencer has been accused of blackmailing a city-based clinic owner for Rs 1.5 crore after allegedly befriending him under the pretext of promoting his clinic, police said on Thursday. According to police, the complaint was filed by 31-year-old Karthik Putha, owner of HK Permanent Make-Up Clinic, at the Jayanagar Police Station in Bengaluru.
An entire family of five lost their lives in a span of a few hours in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. A man killed his wife and mother and later died by suicide by placing his head on a railway track. His two children, who tried to save him, were also crushed to death under the same train.
Petroleum Ministry on Thursday dismissed media reports regarding petrol and diesel price increase after the assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, calling such reports as “mischievous and misleading”. In a social media post on X, the ministry clarified that "there is no such proposal under government consideration."
The Indian equity markets posted sharp losses early on Thursday tracking cautious global cues and sustained foreign institutional selling, after the recent rally. As of 9.25 am, Sensex lost 671 points, or 0.85 per cent, to reach 77,845 and Nifty dipped 179 points, or 0.74 per cent, to reach 24,198.
Voter turnout reached 18.76% in West Bengal and 17.69% in Tamil Nadu by 9 am, ECI said. Polling began at 7 am for 152 constituencies across 16 districts in Bengal’s first phase, with long queues at booths indicating strong voter enthusiasm.
MahaYuti candidate and Maharashtra Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar cast her vote for the Baramati Assembly by-election on Thursday. She cast her vote at a polling station in Gangubai Kante Zilla Parishad Primary School. The by-election was necessitated following former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash near Baramati airport in January this year.
IT Secretary S. Krishnan said on Wednesday that prediction market apps have come under the scanner of the government, as the country announced to bring into force a comprehensive set of rules to regulate the fast-growing online gaming sector from May 1. Platforms such as Kalshi, Polymarket are being used for betting on election outcomes, IPL and many other events.
Iran on Wednesday attacked a ship in the Strait of Hormuz that was on its way to Mundra Port in India, hours after US President Donald Trump announced an indefinite ceasefire. It was one of the two ships that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) announced it had attacked and taken over, according to the government-run PressTV.
A leading minority rights organisation on Wednesday brought to light the brutal killing of a young Hindu businessman in Pakistan’s Sindh, raising concerns about the safety of the minority communities across the country. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Vishal Kumar was shot dead in “cold blood” in Sukkur city of Sindh in front of horrified onlookers.
Pakistan continues to operate as a host and an operational hub for several terror networks with regional and global networks. These groups include Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and sectarian as well as domestic extremist factions, a report has detailed.
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said at a news conference at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland that “Roman will give the Earth a new atlas of the universe.” The 12‑metre, silvery contraption with large solar panels will be moved to Florida for a launch into space by a SpaceX rocket in September at the earliest.
India will bring into force a comprehensive set of rules to regulate the fast-growing online gaming sector from May 1, the government said on Wednesday. The new framework, notified under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025, reflects the Centre’s dual objective of protecting users .
US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, on Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of Pahalgam terror attack and expressed Washington's support for India in fight against terrorism. The heinous terror attack, that took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, witnessed Pakistan-backed terrorists gunning down 26 innocent tourists after identifying their religion.
Shocking details have emerged in connection with the rape of an American tourist. In her complaint, the victim stated that the accused, Vrijesh Kumar, allegedly spiked her drink and sexually assaulted her after she lost consciousness. Following the incident, the homestay owner reportedly prevented her from contacting anyone for three days, police said on Wednesday.
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