CHENNAI: DMK treasurer and Lok Sabha member T R Baalu has moved the Madras high court seeking a direction to the special investigation team (SIT), constituted to probe the child rape case involving granite baron R Veeramani and other ‘related matters’, to summon and question Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and TVK ministers…
Parveen Hooda prepares ahead of the Women’s 65kg quarter-final boxing match against England’s Sacha Hickey at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: As Parveen Hooda unleashes fury inside the ring, she is fighting battles far beyond it. The Rohtak boxer is punching at more than an opponent now. Every…
CHENNAI: The Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police on Tuesday conducted searches in five locations, including the houses of former Tamil Nadu school education minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi’s aides, as part of a probe into an alleged fraud involving private school administrators.Police had registered a case following complaints that money was collected from private school…
Gold medalist team India pose on the podium following the women’s 4×400-meter relay final. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Neeru Dhanda delivered India’s first-ever Asian Games gold in the women’s trap event despite heavy rain and chilly conditions, before the women’s 4x400m relay team added another gold in the evening to make Tuesday a fruitful Day…
CHENNAI: Senior IPS officer Santosh Hadimani has been posted as the joint commissioner of police, intelligence, Greater Chennai Police, filling an existing vacancy, as part of a reshuffle of 12 senior police officers ordered by the Tamil Nadu home department on Tuesday.Additional chief secretary (home) K Manivasan issued the transfer and posting orders.Additional commissioner of…
Indian athletes continued their medal-winning run in track and field at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with the team of Kiran Pahal, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi, Vithya Ramraj winning gold in the women’s 4x400m relay on Tuesday.The Indian quartet clocked 3:29.69 to finish first in the event.Kiran had a slow start and handed over the…
Edappadi K Palaniswami has openly criticized Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for his apparent inaction regarding the Mekedatu issue CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami hit out at Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for remaining silent on the Mekedatu issue and questioned whether he was scared of his Karnataka counterpart, D K Shivakumar.Strongly condemning…
Gulveer Singh keeps running into medals. Well, he really does. The Indian athlete added a third medal to his tally at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, winning bronze in the men’s 5000m on Tuesday.The Indian long-distance runner had earlier won silver medals in the men’s 1500m and 10,000m events.With his latest bronze in 5,000m,…
CHENNAI: Liquor buyers can hope for tidier and better-maintained Tasmac shops soon. The state-run liquor retailer is enhancing the monthly maintenance provision for its outlets by nearly seven times, from the existing Rs 750 to up to Rs 5,000, as part of a series of welfare measures aimed at improving the working atmosphere for employees…
Vithya Ramraj with her coach Nehpal Singh Nehpal Singh is basking in the glory as the coach of Vithya Ramraj who bettered PT Usha’s 42-year-old record, three years after equalling that elusive record in the women’s 400m hurdles at the last Asian Games in Hangzhou.Asked about the five-year plan, which took Indian athletics to a…