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Pakistan volleyball team (Pic credit: Murad Jehan’s Instagram post) Pakistan’s volleyball team was taken to the wrong venue ahead of its crucial Pool A match against Uzbekistan at the Asian Games 2026, adding to growing complaints over logistical arrangements at the multi-sport event in Aichi-Nagoya.Pakistan captain Murad Jehan took to Instagram to express his frustration…

Chennai: The DVAC has booked former DMK minister E V Velu, his son E V Kumaran, several govt officials and contractors for illegally excavating sand and other material from a lake in Tiruvannamalai, causing an estimated loss of ₹8.2 crore to the exchequer.An FIR was registered following a complaint by anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam. Describing…

Bronze medalists Pincky Balhara of India (AP Photo) Three family deaths in quick succession could have brought Pincky Balhara’s sporting journey to a halt. Instead, the Delhi athlete carried her grief into the competition arena, turned her father’s dream into motivation and went on to win an Asian Games medal.Eight years after her historic silver…

Chennai: Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) police searched four premises in Kallakurichi district on Saturday and seized 30 documents, including bank records, as part of their probe into a multi-crore cheating case involving the alleged illegal collection of money from private school managements upon promise of approvals and renewals during the previous DMK govt.The searches…

NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker will return from the Asian Games 2026 without a medal after competing in four events in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan — an unexpected outcome for one of India’s biggest medal hopes and another indication of the shooting contingent’s struggles to match its record haul from the previous edition.India had won…

Chennai: This Diwali, the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) will monitor pollution levels using 60 stations that were set up last year across all 15 zones for a study in collaboration with IIT-Madras.The stations, equipped with low-cost sensors, were set up at four locations in each zone and collected ambient noise levels in the…

India’s Rahi Sarnobat competes during the rapid stage of the women’s 25m pistol qualification event. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India were left ruing a costly and extraordinary lapse by experienced shooter Rahi Sarnobat after a rare miss in the women’s 25m pistol team event derailed their medal hopes at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya…

Chennai: Enraged over his school friend sending obscene messages and videos to his girlfriend, a 20-year-old man, along with another friend, got him drunk and beat him to death near Mangadu on Saturday night. They, however, surrendered to police on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Yuvanesh, 20, of Raj Nagar in Kozhumanivakkam. Police arrested Vicky…

India continued its medal charge at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, adding seven medals on September 27 before Esha Singh opened India’s medal account on September 28 with a silver in the women’s 25m pistol. The latest additions have taken India’s overall tally to 38 medals: 4 gold, 17 silver and 17 bronze. India entered…

Chennai: A 34-year-old woman, who was set ablaze on Sept 19 by a man in Washermenpet after she stopped speaking to him, succumbed to burns at Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital on Saturday.The deceased was identified as M Mohana of Srinivasapuram First Street in Washermenpet. Police arrested M Babulal, 40, on Sept 19, a day…