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The focus has been turned on the CM’s son-in-law P.A.Mohammed Riyas, who was elevated as the State Minister for Public Works soon after his wedding with Veena Vijayan.Riyas married Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan at the height of Covid in 2020 and since then his stock has had a meteoric rise baffling many in the party.Riyas rose through student politics and was the top youth wing leader when the wedding (second for both) took place. Soon, he was granted a sure seat in the 2021 Assembly polls for the CPI(M) at Beypore in Kozhikode district, which gave him an easy win.The…

This promotional price will be available for customers from August 24 through September 2, the company said in a statement.This Rs 7,500 discount on PS5 will be available at Amazon, Flipkart, Shopatsc, Reliance, Croma, Vijay Sales and select retailers.Last month, Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, revealed that the company sold more than 40 million PS5 consoles to gamers since launch.In April this year, the company revealed that it had sold 38.4 million PS5 gaming consoles, shipping 6.3 million PS5 in the March quarter alone.Also, the company had shipped 19.1 million PS5 in fiscal 2022.In July last…

The accident took place on August 9. Two children were killed on the spot and another succumbed to injuries three days later.The latest victim has been identified as seven-year-old Jnaneshwari.Jnaneshwari was the daughter of Raju-Shantakumari couple and she was being treated at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases hospital in Bengaluru. The child succumbed to injuries on Sunday night. The family, relatives and locals staged a protest by placing the body of the girl on the Ramanagara-Magadi road. The protesters demanded that the authorities should come to the spot and provide suitable compensation.Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D.…

Cincinnati (US), Aug 21 (IANS) The 23-time Grand Slam champion, Novak Djokovic defeated world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in one of the all-time great Masters 1000 matches, with the Serbian saving championship point to win the Cincinnati Masters 5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4).The 36-year-old rallied from a set and a break down against the World No. 1 and saved a championship point at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break to earn a record-extending 39th ATP Masters 1000 title.Djokovic was visibly struggling with the intense Cincinnati heat and was unable to find an answer against the top seed. But one poor Alcaraz…

London, Aug 21 (IANS) James Ward Prowse had a memorable West Ham United debut, assisting twice in their 3-1 triumph over Chelsea.The England international, recently signed from Southampton, set up Nayef Aguerd’s seventh-minute opener with a corner. Later, he provided the assist for Michail Antonio’s 53rd-minute goal, restoring West Ham’s lead after Carney Chukwuemeka’s 38th-minute equalizer for Chelsea, reports Xinhua.Lucas Paqueta secured the victory for David Moyes’ team in injury time, converting a penalty.In a robust response to their opening-day loss to Newcastle United, Aston Villa thrashed Everton 4-0. John McGinn, Douglas Luiz (who converted a penalty after Everton’s Jordan…

The shoe slipped the target and the youth, Akash Saini was immediately overpowered by the people and thrashed before he was handed over to the police.The police immediately whisked him away.More details are awaited.On Sunday BJP leader Dara Singh Chauhan faced an ink attack in Mau from where he is contesting a by-election.–IANSamita/dpb

This is another move, to firm up her electoral presence in the constituency in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections due next year.The development comes close on the heels of Congress’ newly appointed state chief Ajay Rai’s claim that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Amethi.Sources said that Rai’s claim alerted the BJP that Rahul would return to his constituency in 2024.BJP’s Amethi district president Durgesh Tripathi said that as per a tentative plan, Irani is expected to soon hold the public dialogue programme in Amethi assembly segment, which is represented by SP…

Balakrishnan Govindasamy, a commercial executive with Sembcorp Marine, was accused of obtaining “gratifications” worth S$ 202,877 in cash between 2015 and 2021, according to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).The bribes and attempts allegedly involved nine contractors representing different companies, the Channel News Asia reported, citing CPIB. “These gratifications were meant as an inducement or reward for advancing the business interests of these contractors with Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard,” said CPIB. Govindasamy faces 14 charges for his offences, punishable under the Prevention of Corruption Act, of which five charges are punishable under the Criminal Procedure Code. Sembcorp Marine, which rebranded…

A video on Instagram featuring Amol Kamble, shows him dancing on the track with social media artiste Shreya Singh to ‘Kaavaalaa’, sung by Shilpa Rao.The video features Kamble and Singh matching steps to the song Kaavaalaa. They even gave their quirky spin to the choreography before breaking into the hook step.Crediting Shreya for the choreography, Kamble captionedit : “#kaavaalaa must be banger.”The track, which is from the film ‘Jailer’, is originally picturised on Tamannaah Bhatia and Rajinikanth, has been trending since its release.‘Jailer’ is a Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. The film also stars Vinayakan, Ramya Krishnan,…

Brightcom Group shares were trading at Rs 24.14, down 5 per cent on the BSE.Brightcom Group, the AdTech major, said it has put forward strong first quarter results for the quarter ended June 30.The company reported a strong quarter ended June 30, 2023 with consolidated revenues of Rs1,690.32 crore and PAT of Rs 321.47 crore for Q1 FY23-24.Consolidated revenues for Q1 rose by 14.16 per cent Y-o-Y and PAT for Q1 rose by 15.96 per cent Y-o-Y.Notably, EBITDA for Q1 also rose by 14.49 per cent Y-o-Y.The EPS is 1.59 for Q1 2023-24 compared to1.37 in Q1 2022-23, about 16…