Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister-designate, C. Joseph Vijay, Thursday moved a step closer to assuming office after meeting Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Lok Bhavan and formally apprising him of the support backing his bid to form the government in the state. The crucial meeting came amid days of intense...

Dubai: Iran has said it is reviewing the latest American proposals on ending the war, as US President Donald Trump threatened the country with a new wave of bombing unless a deal is reached that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. Hope that the two-month conflict could soon end buoyed international markets Thursday,...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal by May 10, according to the European weather model. Various weather models have also indicated the possibility of a low-pressure area forming near the Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu coasts, though its intensity and path have not yet been clearly predicted. At present, a...

Los Angeles: English film industry actress Scarlett Johansson is set to star in the upcoming film helmed by Ari Aster, the favourite of the cinephiles. The film is titled Scapegoat, and is written by Ari Aster. He will reunite with A24, who has released his past four films, as the distributor, reports ‘Deadline’. Aster, whose satire Eddington...

New Delhi: The 79th Festival de Cannes is celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Fast and the Furious by hosting a special Midnight Screening of the movie that became a cultural phenomenon worldwide when it released in 2001. The screening May 13 at the Grand Lumiere Theatre of the Palais des Festivals, the Festival de Cannes, will...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other top Union ministers Thursday changed the display pictures on their social media profiles to mark the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, Union Women and...

Kolkata: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police, Thursday morning, took over the probe of the ghastly murder of Chandranath Rath, the long-time personal assistant of Suvendu Adhikari, who was shot dead by a bike-borne man. Initial investigation revealed that while Rath was returning home Wednesday night from a programme of the BJP, his vehicle...

Paramaribo: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, currently on a visit to Suriname, held a series of talks with top leadership and other officials of the South American nation to discuss ways to further strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries. As he arrived in Paramaribo Wednesday (local time), EAM Jaishankar was warmly welcomed by his...

Chennai: Amid continuing uncertainty over the formation of the next government in Tamil Nadu, TVK President C. Joseph Vijay has convened a crucial meeting of all newly elected party legislators at the TVK headquarters in Panaiyur Thursday. The meeting comes at a politically sensitive moment, with the party still short of the majority mark required to form...

Port of Spain: Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP's historic electoral victory in West Bengal Assembly elections. Kamla Persad-Bissessar took to social media 'X'  Wednesday (local time) and said, "The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago extends sincere congratulations to Shree Narendra Modi, Honourable...