New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) BJP National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, on Friday expressed strong confidence in the party’s performance, saying the NDA alliance is heading towards a decisive win across multiple Assembly constituencies.He said, “In all five Assembly constituencies, the Bharatiya Janata Party alliance is moving forward rapidly and appears to be heading towards victory. In particular, in Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is receiving strong public support and blessings from th…

Gandhinagar, May 1 (IANS) Gujarat has begun enforcing helmet rules within its own government offices as part of a month-long statewide drive aimed at reducing road accidents and improving compliance with traffic laws.The ‘Helmet Enforcement Special Drive’, running from May 1 to May 31, marks a shift in strategy by placing initial responsibility on public servants, with traffic police deployed at the entrances of government offices to check adherence.Officials and employees arriving without helme…

Ahmedabad, May 1 (IANS) Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, on Friday outlined a growth strategy centred on worker welfare, local employment and entrepreneurship, as the conglomerate accelerates capital expenditure (capex) backed by strong liquidity.Addressing the workforce across the Group on International Labour Day, Gautam Adani said the organisation, which operates more than 700 assets across 24 states and engages nearly 4,00,000 employees, partners and contractors, will measure its p…

Madrid, May 1 (IANS) Alexander Zverev maintained his impressive consistency at the ATP Masters 1000 level at the Madrid Open, where he eased past Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-4 inside Manolo Santana Stadium to book his place in the semi-finals. With his 90-minute victory, the German became just the fourth man to reach the semi-finals at each of the first four Masters 1000 events of the season since the series began in 1990, joining Roger Federer (2006), Rafael Nadal (2010, 2011) and Jannik Sinner (2026…

Ahmedabad, May 1 (IANS) Former West Indies cricketer Ian Bishop has given his take on Jason Holder’s controversial catch in the dismissal of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Rajat Patidar during the IPL clash against Gujarat Titans (GT), saying that there was sufficient evidence to rule it not out and the umpire must have taken a second look before making the final decision. During the first innings when RCB were trying to build a solid platform, in the eighth over, Patidar, who was bat…

Chennai, May 1 (IANS) The makers of director Sathya Siva’s eagerly awaited Tamil film ‘Arivu’, featuring actor Vijay Kumar of Uriyadi fame and actress Kayal Anandhi in the lead, on Friday announced that shooting for the film had been wrapped. Taking to his X timeline to make the announcement, director Sathya Siva shared a making video of the film and wrote, “#Arivu Shoot Wrapped. From vision to reality — here’s a glimpse of the making.”The making video showed the unit shooting in mountainous…

Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) As her film “Retro” completed one year in cinema on Friday, actress Pooja Hegde reminisced about the whirlwind journey behind its making and said that by all accounts, it should’ve been chaos. However, it wasn’t. Pooja shared an album full of videos and pictures from the shoot of the Karthik Subbaraj romantic action film starring Suriya.The clips and pictures featured the actress in the character of Rukmini, along with glimpses of her ligament tear, the boat catching…

Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) As he is all set to showcase his jabs and crosses as a boxer in the show “Glory”, actor Pulkit Samrat has shared that he feels that he’ll know he’s achieved glory when people stop comparing him to others. In an industry driven by visibility and numbers, what does “glory” mean in his dictionary?“When people stop comparing me with others and start comparing others with me, I think that is where I will say that I have achieved glory,” Pulkit, who gained fame by …

Chennai, May 1 (IANS) If rumours doing the rounds in the industry are to be believed, director Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian’s musical horror comedy ‘Karakkam’ is now slated to hit screens on May 8 this year. The makers of the eagerly awaited film, which is being billed as Malayalam cinema’s first musical horror comedy, have so far been maintaining that the film is slated for release in May this year. However, they haven’t announced the date yet. Under these circumstances, well known distributi…

Boston, May 1 (IANS) India’s emergence as a global pharmaceutical powerhouse is entering a new phase, driven by innovation, vaccine leadership and expanding clinical capabilities, according to Dr Elias Zerhouni, former Director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).Zerhouni said the India-US relationship in healthcare and biotechnology has steadily strengthened over the years, moving beyond manufacturing to innovation-led collaboration.“There’s a tremendous amount of exchanges and …