CHENNAI: The headline-grabbing turnout of 83.7% masks a quieter reality — actually, fewer people voted than the last two assembly elections.In percentage terms, data till 9.30pm (excluding postal ballots) showed that the city logged a sharp jump from 60% in 2021 and 61.2% in 2016. But in absolute terms, only 23.7 lakh votes were polled…
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 170,169 vehicles in the US due to loss of drive power, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday. The recall affects multiple models including Range Rover, Discovery, Range Rover Sport, Defender, etc., NHTSA said. A failure of the DC-DC converter will stop the vehicle’s 12-Volt system from…
BEHRAMPORE/SHAMSHERGANJ: Around midnight on the eve of polling in Murshidabad, cops visited the homes of many voters struck off under SIR, warning them not to go near booths on Thursday. On poll day, many defied those warnings and turned up to protest their exclusion.Clutching his voter ID, Aadhaar and documents, Behrampore toto driver Imtiaz Khan…
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NEW DELHI: India and Qatar on Thursday held discussions on ways to boost bilateral trade and strengthen supply chain resilience, which has been disrupted due to the West Asia crisis. The meeting was held between commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal and Qatari minister of state for foreign trade affairs Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed….
NANDIGRAM: In the 2021 Bengal polls, a wheelchair-bound Mamata Banerjee chose Nandigram’s Boyal as her anchorage, scripting one of the defining moments of a razor-edge contest that she lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari before winning a bypoll from Bhowanipore.In 2026, it was Adhikari — once her opponent, now facing aide-turned-foe Pabitra Kar — choosing the…
Global oil prices rose on Friday amid renewed fears of escalation in the Middle East after Iran released footage showing commandos boarding a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz and reports of heightened military activity in Tehran.Brent crude futures rose $1.23, or 1.17%, to $106.3 per barrel by early trading, while West Texas Intermediate…
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MUMBAI: The ceasefire in West Asia has provided “a breather to the global economy”, but RBI cautioned that “downside risks to the global outlook” have increased even as “upside risks have increased” on the inflation front, signalling a more fragile balance for the Indian economy in its latest State of the Economy assessment.The report adopts…
NEW DELHI: The record-breaking polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, at 92.9% and 85.1% respectively, is yet another vindication of the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise, notwithstanding the constant doubts raised by some political parties, as well as of the people’s unshakeable faith in the electoral processes, according to EC officials.The overall turnout surpassed…