Vidarsa Vinod, Sonam Maskar and Elavenil Valarivan pose after winning silver medals. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India opened their medal account at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals on Sunday, both coming in the women’s 10m air rifle competition, as Elavenil Valarivan emerged as the standout performer on a day that also brought…
Chennai: A male tiger trapped in Gudalur in the Nilgiris safely reached the Vandalur zoo early Saturday morning and has been placed in isolation, zoo officials said. The animal is in good health and remains active despite its ordeal, they added. The zoo’s tiger population has now risen to 28.The animal had killed two men…
India’s women’s hockey team will play Indonesia in its second Pool B match India will look to add to its medal tally on Day 2, of the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi and table tennis among the key events on the schedule.After winning two silver medals in shooting…
Chennai: In the 2026 assembly polls, TVK was the most aggressive in pushing its campaign on Instagram. Five months later, Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypoll candidates across parties have adopted the same playbook, with dedicated teams, hyper-local pages, influencers and even war rooms for the four-week campaign. They are courting younger voters, who make up more…
India’s double Olympic medalist from Paris 2024 Manu Bhaker and kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat lead the contingent at the athletes’ parade, during the opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker wore a borrowed ceremonial kit at the opening ceremony in Nagoya after the kit issued to…
Indian men’s hockey team at the Asian Games (Photo/ Hockey India) The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams wore saffron jerseys in their respective opening matches at the Asian Games on Sunday, despite Hockey India’s pre-event announcement that the teams would return to their traditional blue kits.Both teams wore saffron in their opening matches against…
Chennai: Pre-teen students taking part in high-intensity outdoor sports such as football have higher levels of self-esteem and self-competence, better sleep cycles, and healthy dietary practices compared to those who don’t, a city-based psychosocial impact assessment study has found. Sports also reduced hyperactivity, made them spend fewer hours in front of TV/mobile screens.The seven-month study…
Medallists after the 10m Air Rifle Women Team Final. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India ended the opening day of medal competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with two silver medals in shooting, leaving the country joint 10th in the medal standings after a day that also saw assured medals, big wins in hockey and cricket,…
BCCI office bearers at the 95th Annual General Meeting BENGALURU: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to introduce a policy defining the scope of the Ombudsman and preventing its office from entertaining complaints concerning local or state-level matters, the TimesofIndia.com has learnt.The move is understood to aim at drawing a…
The accused, identified as Vijayaraja (50) (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A self-styled godman, who allegedly duped people by claiming to perform occult rituals, was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing women and minor girls, filming them in an obscene manner and selling the video clips, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Vijayaraja (50), was running…