Chennai: Social justice minister Vanni Arasu on Thursday said the department would retain the existing menu of chicken and mutton in govt hostels, seeking to end the controversy over a few students’ request to serve beef.“Beef will not be added to the menu,” Vanni Arasu said, alleging that some political parties were attempting to stir…
Gurindervir Singh hopes the Asian Games can produce sub-10 run. “For me, the medal is the most important thing at the Asian Games.”Gurindervir Singh said that two weeks ago. Today, he gets his first chance to back it up.The Indian sprinter will begin his Asian Games 2026 campaign in the men’s 100m today alongside compatriot…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Prison and Correctional Services department launched ‘Payanam’, a de-addiction and rehabilitation programme for drug offenders, as a pilot project at Central Prison-II, Puzhal.Sandeep Rai Rathore, Director General of Police and Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services, inaugurated the programme. It is designed to support inmates through de-addiction, counseling, psychological support, therapeutic…
India’s Pranati Nayak finished sixth in the women’s vault final in artistic gymnastics at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday.The 31-year-old, India’s only gymnast at the Games, scored 13.100 in the eight-woman final.Pranati scored 12.900 on both her first and second vaults. She attempted a difficulty score of 4.4 on both vaults and received…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu information commissioner has reiterated that it is the right of the citizens to know the status of their petitions submitted to the chief minister’s cell, district collectorate at the weekly grievance meetings as well as the Jamabandhi under the RTI Act.The commission has also said that Section 2(h) of RTI Act…
Seema Devi (left) during the Women’s 10,000m Final India’s 16-year wait for a women’s 10,000m medal at the Asian Games ended on Thursday as track and field athlete Seema Kumari ran her way to bronze medal in Nagoya.In a race that built slowly before coming alive at the finish, Seema stayed in the medal fight…
Expect a lot more check-in options in Chennai soon. Major hotel chains plan to set up shop along OMR, ECR, Egmore, and the industrial belts, boosting the city’s total room inventory by 40% by 2030. It’s not just tourism that is reshaping the city’s hospitality map – but predominantly business, wedding, and the MICE (meetings,…
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to its athletics campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, winning two medals. The mixed 4x400m relay team won silver, while Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m. Seema’s medal was India’s first athletics medal at these Games.The relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK…
Students complained of vomiting and dizziness. Chennai: Forty students, were treated at a hospital on Thursday after consuming breakfast in which a dead lizard was found at a govt middle school near Mappedu in Tiruvallur district. They had complained of vomiting and dizziness.The incident occurred at the Govt Middle School in Kottaiyur village, where 55…
India’s Hriday Vipul Chheda competes in the Equestrian Dressage Individual Final event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China. (PTI File Photo) NEW DELHI: A horse declared “unfit” by the Equestrian Federation of India’s (EFI) ad-hoc committee in Germany has now been declared fit by Asian Games organisers in Japan, putting the spotlight on…