Himanshu Dhillion bagged silver in the 10m air rifle individual men’s event. India’s Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil added an individual silver and bronze, respectively, to the country’s shooting haul at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday, capping a memorable morning after the duo had earlier helped India win silver in the men’s 10m air…
Chennai: Playing drums, percussion instruments and devotional songs atop mini vans and trucks, hundreds of devotees took out to the sea on Sunday for immersion of Vinayagar idols.The idols, several of which towered over 8ft from the base, were lowered using cranes as devotees danced and raised slogans around. Within the city, idol immersions were…
Praggnanandhaa outwits Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: When it was finally revealed that Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa would play Board 1, meaning he would face the toughest oppositions — like his oppoennet in Anish Giri in India’s match against the Netherlands on Sunday — at the 46th Chess Olympiad…
Chennai: Young sailors from fishing communities in Nagapattinam created history at the FOTNA Sailing Cup 2026, clinching the Optimist Green Fleet Trophy after barely two months of training.The two-day regatta, organised by the Indian Navy and Royal Madras Yacht Club (RMYC) on Sept 19 and 20, brought together around 80 sailors competing across six classes…
Dehradun: From left to right, Maharashtra’s Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Rakesh Mane (PTI Photo) India’s shooting medal streak continued at the Asian Games on Monday, with Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane clinching silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event. The trio shot a combined 1890.1 points to secure India’s first medal…
Chennai: Three unidentified men stabbed a 29-year-old water can supplier and snatched his three-sovereign gold chain in a busy street in Zak Bazaar on Sunday.The victim, Anand, a resident of Damodharan Nagar in Vyasarpadi, was returning on his motorcycle after supplying water cans to shops in the Anna Salai area when the incident occurred.When he…
Asian Games: Mairaj Ahmed Khan As Mairaj Ahmad Khan prepares for his fourth Asian Games, the medal occupying most of his thoughts isn’t the one on offer in Japan.It is the one that has stayed out of reach for more than two decades.“Olympic gold, which I haven’t got yet. The fight is for that. I…
Torsten Schmidt, CEO & MD of DICV, who will also function as the president of the Mercedes-Benz Trucks customer region ISEAA Recently, Daimler Truck has announced the establishment of the Mercedes-Benz Trucks segment’s ISEAA (India, South-East Asia and Australia-Pacific) customer region. The development comes amid Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) committing an additional investment of…
Tamil Nadu has emerged as an electric vehicle production hub, backed by its long-established automotive manufacturing ecosystem Tamil Nadu has strengthened its electric mobility infrastructure, but the state needs to accelerate commercial EV adoption and further improve charging readiness, according to Niti Aayog’s India Electric Mobility Index (IEMI) 2025 report.Tamil Nadu ranked sixth overall among…
This is Indian grandmaster Aarav Dengla’s latest column for TOI The latest Chess Olympiad began in Samarkand, a historic city in Uzbekistan, this week. Uzbekistan has been making huge strides in chess. The current challenger to D. Gukesh’s world championship title is Javokhir Sindarov, a young phenom from Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan won gold in the 2022…