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HDSC said that, excluding treasury performance, profit after tax showed a growth of 12.6% year-on-year. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters HDFC Bank on Saturday (October 17, 2026) reported a 5.55% rise in consolidated net profit to ₹20,700 crore in the September quarter from ₹19,611 crore in the year-ago period. On a standalone basis, net profit…
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Vaisakh Chandran’s five-wicket haul was one of the bright spots in Kerala’s opening encounter against Jharkhand in the Ranji Trophy 2026. | Photo Credit: File photo Kerala will look for an early course correction as it returns to familiar home terrain against Odisha in a second round match of the Ranji Trophy at the Sports…
“Every music composer has a style of his own and is associated with a genre of music. I hail from Chennai, and gaana is inseparable from Chennaiites… It may sound raw, but the musicality of this genre is very deep,” the composer, popularly known as Thenisai Thendral Deva, had told The Hindu in an interview….
Trainer D. Netto’s Espionage, ridden by Mukesh Kumar, won the Bold Venture Plate, the main event of Saturday’s (Oct. 17) races here. The winner is owned by M/s. Prakash Babu, P. Ranga Raju, Donald Anthony Netto & Tripuranenivenkata Aditya Chowdary. 1. PEDDAPALLI PLATE (Div. I) (1,200m): EQUINE POWER (P. Sai Kumar) 1, Lion’s Gate (Kuldeep…
The three-year-old filly Lady Scarlet, who ran second in her last outing, should make amends in the Mayor Baburao Sanas Memorial Million Powered by SRS Group, the feature event of Sunday’s (Oct. 18) races. Rails will be announced one hour before the first race. 1. NATIONALISTIC PLATE (1,600m), Cl. V, 4-y-o and over, rated 1…
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Aravana production in progress at the mechanised plant at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam. (File photo) Keralam Devaswoms Minister K. Muraleedharan on Sunday said the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) had informed him that there was no need to worry about the availability of ‘aravana’ prasadam for devotees during the upcoming annual Sabarimala pilgrimage. Speaking to reporters, Mr….
Mystica shone when the horses were exercised here on Saturday (Oct. 17) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Sacred Flash (Aditya), Silver Dynamite (app) 39. Pair moved level freely. 800m: El Moran (rb) 56, 600/42. Easy. Shivalik Superstar (S. Kamble) 55, 600/42. Moved freely. Horizon (S.J. Sunil) 55, 600/42. Worked freely. 1000m: Dash (Aditya), Rogue (Zeeshan) 1-6,…
Sheikh Nawab inspecting wigs made for Durga idols. | Photo Credit: Senjuti Sengupta Maa Durga’s thick black, wavy hair always catches the eyes of spectators across pandals in West Bengal during the puja festival every year. However, not many are aware that these tresses are woven by Muslim artisans from Howrah’s Parbatipur village in the…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday (October 17, 2026) said an oil tanker was on fire in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a mine in the waterway at the heart of the West Asia war. Tehran seized control over Hormuz after the start of the…
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Sri Lanka suffered an islandwide power outage from around noon on Saturday (October 17, 2026), with the blackout continuing for more than three hours, power officials said. Water supplies, internet services and mobile connectivity were affected as authorities worked to restore electricity across the island in stages. The outage disrupted essential services, with the water…