India’s PV Sindhu (ANI Photo) India’s women’s badminton team bowed out of the Asian Games after Japan secured a 3-1 victory in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, with the singles players unable to match the impact of the country’s World Championships bronze-winning doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.India were handed a difficult start when two-time…
Chennai: As the Left parties intensified their attack on TVK, school education minister A Rajmohan said TVK govt was not dependent on anyone for its functioning.“We are relying on the people’s support, no one else,” Rajmohan told reporters. However, he downplayed the criticism by Left party leaders and said their ties with TVK were firm.Rajmohan…
Alexei Shirov believes chess should rethink the way it uses the term “World Champion”, suggesting the sport could adopt a system similar to tennis.The Spanish grandmaster made the comments while discussing India’s D Gukesh and the status attached to the classical world title.“Nothing against Gukesh, maybe we shouldn’t use words like World Champion. Chess should…
Serving pongal, sambar and sweet at the launch, chief minister also had breakfast with the students. CHENNAI: It was all smiles for students of classes 6-8 at Gandhi Gramam Middle School on Tuesday as chief minister C Joseph Vijay kick-started the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Breakfast scheme.Serving pongal, sambar and sweet at the launch, chief minister also…
Chetan Bhatt misses bronze after 1-1 draw, loses Kumite playoff to Chinese Taipei on Senshu (Reuters) India’s Chetan Bhatt suffered heartbreak at the Asian Games 2026 after losing the men’s Kumite 84kg bronze medal playoff to Chinese Taipei’s Meng-yu Chung on Tuesday.The bout at the Toyohashi Gymnasium ended 1-1 after regulation time, but Chung walked…
Police apprehended Prakash in Tiruvallur after he attacked officers attempting his arrest (Representative image) CHENNAI: A 24-year-old woman, working as a data entry operator at Ponneri govt hospital, suffered 48% burns after a man allegedly doused her with petrol and set her ablaze just outside the emergency ward of the hospital on Monday evening.The incident…
Nihal Sarin at Chess Olympiad (Photo by Michal Walusza from FIDE) NEW DELHI: On Monday, India’s open team was paired against hot favourites and tournament hosts Uzbekistan in Round 6 of the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.The anticipation around this fixture had been building since before the tournament began, perhaps because these two nations have…
Chennai: Governor R V Arlekar is yet to decide on prosecution-sanction requests concerning former DMK ministers V Senthilbalaji and Anitha S Radhakrishnan, despite Enforcement Directorate (ED) approaching the state govt in May.Union govt has introduced a provision in Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) that provides for “deemed consent” if sanction is not granted within four…
India vs Japan Live Score, T20I: India’s one-off T20I against Japan is more than an unusual fixture on the international calendar. It carries echoes of a cricketing tradition that dates back nearly a century. On their way to England for the 1930 Ashes, Australia stopped in Ceylon, where touring teams traditionally played a day of…
Cartoon illustration of customs officials at Chennai International Airport escorting a suspected passenger to an x‑ray screening room to check for internally concealed contraband such as gold or narcotics as part of an airport security investigation. Chennai: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a novel gold-smuggling racket at Chennai airport, involving two customs havildars…