Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: India will begin its Asian Games 2026 campaign today, two days before the official opening ceremony in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with teqball providing the country’s first action at the continental multi-sport event. Declan Marshall Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Imran Beg will make history as the first Indian athletes to compete at…
Chennai: DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant on Wednesday hit out at VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan for his remarks expressing displeasure over allocation of 10 seats to DMDK in DMK-led front for the assembly poll.Premallatha said VCK changed its political stand for the sake of a ministerial post, but was blaming DMK and DMDK for the…
Rashid Khan on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Rashid Khan has been around the India-Afghanistan rivalry long enough to have seen the balance shift. Afghanistan are no longer the side simply hoping to push the bigger teams; there is now a belief within the group that they can beat them.That belief, though, comes with some unfinished work. Ahead…
Chennai: After several days of short, isolated spells, rain activity may intensify over the city and neighbouring districts in the coming days. The IMD has forecast moderate rain at one or two places in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengelpet, Kancheepuram and other north Tamil Nadu and interior districts on Thursday and Friday. Heavy rain has also been…
Passersby rescued occupants trapped inside the auto Chennai: Four people suffered minor injuries after an autorickshaw overturned into an unfinished rainwater drain on Valasaravakkam-Arcot Road on Sunday night.The injured were identified as autorickshaw driver Murugan, 40, of Choolaimedu, and his relatives, Gopi, Revathi and Selva. Murugan had travelled to Porur with his family to attend…
Chennai: City police arrested Nakheeran reporter Damodaran Prakash, 58, on Wednesday following a complaint from a 38-year-old woman YouTube host over a video that contained derogatory remarks and personal allegations against her. Police said the video had been uploaded in Jan 2026.According to the complaint, the video used the woman’s photograph and made false claims…
Chennai: A day after the announcement of a 0.4% MDR on select UPI transactions, city traders expressed concern that the cost could eventually be passed on to customers.Large retailers said they could absorb it as the charge was too small to affect prices. Retailers in some sectors, however, said they were awaiting clarity on how…
Chennai: A major fire broke out at the 11th floor of an apartment complex in Thaiyur near Kelambakkam on OMR on Wednesday night following an LPG leak. No casualties were reported.The complex has around 1,500 flat sacross 18 floors, with more than 4,000 residents. Around 9pm, residents of a flat on the 11th floor noticed…
COIMBATORE: In a joint operation, anti-terrorism squads (ATS) of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh arrested a 19-year-old youth from UP in Coimbatore on Sept 14 on charges of attempting to radicalise youth.The youth, identified as Maqsood Ali, son of Abdul Kuthus of Madhwapur in UP’s Siddharthnagar district, was secured from the Hope College area in…
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday directed the Union govt to complete, within two months, the process of granting sanction to prosecute two IAS officers – K S Kandhasamy and M K Vijaya Karthikeyan in connection with the alleged tender irregularities case involving former AIADMK minister S P Velumani.Justice N Anand Venkatesh passed the interim…