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The complainant, Anish TA, 31, a native of Tamil Nadu. The arrested accused are Ashirwad, Sujan, Sanjay, Lakshmi Narayan, Shahid, (In Picture) Aishwarya, Rehan, Arif, Dhruva, Charan and Aslan. BENGALURU: Eleven people were arrested for allegedly abducting a film director, brutally assaulting him and robbing him of gold ornaments and cash in a case linked…

Finance Minister O Panneerselvam greets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the release of “Vision Tamil Nadu 2023” document in Chennai on March 22, 2012. (Times Content Photo/ TOI Archive Image) CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam on Friday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), marking a dramatic shift in the…

Several methodological improvements have been made in the way GDP is calculated. (AI image) India has retained its tag of the world’s fastest growing major economy in the third quarter of the financial year 2025-2026, with a better-than-expected GDP growth of 7.8%. This is despite the third quarter being the first full three months of…

Recent remarks by US president Donald Trump about releasing government files on aliens and unidentified flying objects have once again pushed Area 51 into the spotlight. Trump said he would direct the Pentagon and other federal agencies to begin disclosing information.His comments came alongside criticism of former president Barack Obama, whom Trump accused of improperly…

COBOL is in the headlines again, and this time it is because of artificial intelligence (AI) – sparking conversations with tools emerging that claim to translate legacy code and, with it, solve the modernization challenge. On February 23, IBM’s stock suffered its worst single-day drop in over 25 years after AI startup Anthropic claimed its…

Now, it’s a very common scene: A man driving in a car, slows the vehicle, pulls down the windows and bam, throws a handful of orange peels in the middle of the road. But what happens next is not quite common: local authorities stop the car, ask the man to step out of his vehicle,…

Amazon has announced that it will invest $50 billion in ChatGPT maker OpenAI. With this investment, the e-commerce major is deepening its partnership with the Sam Altman-led artificial intelligence (AI) company as Nvidia reportedly reconsiders its own funding strategy. Amazon’s move contrasts with Nvidia’s reported shift from a previously proposed $100 billion infrastructure investment in…

England vs New Zealand (Screengrab) There was a light-hearted moment before the high-pressure clash between England and New Zealand in Colombo when New Zealand’s national anthem accidentally played in fast forward. The unexpected goof-up left players smiling and laughing, easing tension ahead of the must-win Super Eight match at the R Premadasa Stadium. India beat…

The standoff between the Pentagon and AI company Anthropic has now has a new party – the US Congress. Senators from both sides of the aisle are reportedly calling on the Department of War to withdraw its Friday 5pm ultimatum against Anthropic, arguing that the decision of this magnitude cannot be made without legislative oversight,…

The Kerala High Court Division Bench on Friday cleared the way for the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2’ by lifting the temporary ban imposed earlier. The Bench, comprising Justices S A Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan, put on hold the interim order passed by Single Bench judge Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, which…