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India captain Shreyas Iyer (Video grab) NEW DELHI: India’s preparations for their historic T20 International against Japan were disrupted by rain and stormy conditions on Monday, with Typhoon Dujuan approaching eastern Japan and preventing the Shreyas Iyer-led side from training on the eve of the landmark fixture.The powerful typhoon was moving towards Japan’s Pacific coast,…

Tamil Nadu researchers discover plant in Western Ghats. (pic for story) Chennai: Researchers from Tamil Nadu have discovered a new plant species, a wild coriander, in the Western Ghats in the Munnar hills of Idukki district in Kerala. The plant is named Tetrataenium munnarense. It belongs to the Apiaceae family, known for aromatic and medicinal…

India’s women’s hockey team thrashed Indonesia 17-1 (Image: ANI) India’s women’s hockey team continued its goal-scoring spree at the Asian Games 2026, thrashing Indonesia 17-1 in their second Pool B match. After opening their campaign with a 19-0 demolition of Uzbekistan, the Women in Blue have now scored 36 goals in two matches, underlining their…

Chennai: A probe into the suspicious death of an armed reserve sub-inspector at his Nungambakkam residence took a turn, with police arresting his wife for setting him on fire with petrol.Raji, 58, was found dead with burn injuries at his residence in Lake Area on Saturday. Nungambakkam police registered a case of suspicious death and…

Himanshu Dhillon, centre, Rudrankksh Patil, left, and Parth Rakesh Mane (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally climbed to six at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooters delivering three medals and Suchika Tariyal adding a historic bronze in mixed martial arts.Teenager Himanshu Dhillon won silver and former world champion Rudrankksh Patil claimed bronze…

Chennai: Police arrested two persons on Sunday in connection with the murder in Kundrathur, where a 25-year-old man was hacked to death on Saturday. The accused were identified as Prabhu, 32, of Kovur and Sarathi, 23, of Kolappakkam.The deceased, V Vignesh alias Vicky of Sirukalathur, was found dead with a severe head injury at a…

Suchika Tariyal (Video grab) NEW DELHI: The medal will go down in Indian sporting history. The manner in which it arrived, however, left Suchika Tariyal in tears.Twenty-four years after an episode of eve-teasing at the age of 12 prompted her to learn how to fight, the 36-year-old from Haryana became India’s first Asian Games medallist…

Chennai: A 42-year-old man was arrested after fellow passengers caught him for making obscene gestures and harassing a 17-year-old schoolgirl and her mother on a Chennai-Gummidipoondi suburban train.Police said the girl, a Class XI student at a govt school, regularly travels by train from Minjur to Ponneri along with her 38-year-old mother. On Saturday, a…

India’s Suchika Tariyal (PTI Photo) India’s Suchika Tariyal broke new ground in mixed martial arts at the Asian Games, but the historic moment came with heartbreak. The 36-year-old secured India’s maiden MMA medal at the continental showpiece on Monday, settling for bronze after losing a gruelling women’s traditional 60kg semi-final to Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo…

Woman killed by speeding bike Chennai: Two people, including a 64-year-old woman, were killed in separate road accidents in Tiruvallur and Chengalpet districts.In the first incident, Muniyammal, 64, of Melapudi Colony near Pallipattu, was crossing Pallipattu Road near Vanivilasapuram Colony on Saturday morning when a speeding bike heading from Podaturpet towards Pallipattu knocked her down….