COIMBATORE: A 20-year-old engineering student was assaulted by a 10-member gang here on Saturday night after accusing him of stealing a gold chain belonging to his friend.According to police, the complainant, S Vinothkumar, 20, of Karaikudi in Sivaganga district, is pursuing his third year of B Tech in the city and is staying at a…
Quote of the day by Agatha Christie: ‘Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more,’ a life lesson on prioritising self-preservation from the ‘Queen of Crime'(Photo: X/@agathachristie) Agatha Christie is one of the world’s most well-known authors….
Zaheer Khan, CSK’s MS Dhoni NEW DELHI: Five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Monday appointed former India pacer Zaheer Khan as their head coach.“Left Arm ‘Taking’ Over! Welcoming Zaheer Khan as the Head Coach of Chennai Super Kings,” CSK said in a post on X. Zaheer Khan will take over…
A view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court. | Photo Credit: AP The Netherlands is preparing for the United States to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court in the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the global tribunal. Dutch officials have been told by the United States that potentially devastating…
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a novel modus operandi of gold smugglers who colluded with two customs havildars. The havildars — Arun and Karthik — aided the smuggling cartels by producing fake x-ray reports to declare that the couriers did not conceal gold in their body and let them escape with…
More than 20 people from tribal hamlets attended the training. COIMBATORE: The ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI), Coimbatore, has launched a training programme to increase sugarcane farming among tribal communities in the Sittilingi Valley in Dharmapuri district.The training programme, titled “Improved Sugarcane Technologies for Tribal Farmers (TISTT),” was held at the institute on Sept 17 and…
India Under-19 team (Photo/screengrab) There was no stopping Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan as he followed his Player of the Match performance in the series opener with a century to help India Under 19 beat Australia Under 19 by 103 runs in Rajkot and seal the three-match Youth ODI series with a game to spare.Chauhan hit 122…
‘Lust Stories 3’ director Vikramaditya Motwane says ‘gatekeepers’ are behind backlash to bold films as Shakun Batra discusses sex, desire and morality: ‘It’s not like none of these things have ever happened in India’ Filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane and Shakun Batra have opened up about the criticism surrounding Hindi films that explore sex, desire, intimacy and…
NEW DELHI: India’s MMA fighter Varun Sanyal has broken his silence after being forced to withdraw from the Asian Games following a blackout during a sauna session, admitting that his attempt to cut weight on his own was “quite foolish” but saying he felt he had no choice.Sanyal, who was due to compete in the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s ruling United Russia party easily won a Parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine, the Central Election Commission said on Monday (September 21, 2026), after over 95% of votes had been counted. United Russia…