Chennai: Local body elections will be held in eight months, public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna has said, challenging DMK to “win even a single mayoral post in the upcoming local body elections”.Aadhav, while addressing a public meeting at RK Nagar on Friday night, said TVK had taken on the challenge after Chennai mayor R…
Photo credit: X/@TheHockeyIndia Ashish Purti scored a hat-trick as India beat hosts Japan 4-1 in the final on Friday to win the men’s Under-18 Asia Cup title.Purti found the net in the 2nd, 28th and 34th minutes, while captain Ketan Kushwaha scored in the 30th minute as India took control of the contest. Numada Gaku…
Chennai: Madras high court has quashed as “unconstitutional and illegal” a 2024 order issued by the regional transport authority ordering all south bound omni buses to operate only from Kilambakkam bus terminus (KCBT). The order also prohibited south bound omni buses from entering Chennai city with passengers beyond KCBT.Justice V Lakshminarayanan passed the order on…
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the selectors’ decision to drop Suryakumar Yadav from India’s T20I setup, calling it a “landmark” and “ruthless” call and suggesting that the World Cup-winning captain deserved more time to prove himself.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced India’s T20I squads for the tours…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Mahesh Kumar Agarwal issued an internal circular directing police officers to accept complaints from the public without causing hardship regarding police station jurisdiction. He warned that departmental action would be taken against officers who refuse to do so.The circular was issued to subordinate police officers across the…
Russia’s Mirra Andreeva celebrates after winning the final women’s tennis match against Poland’s Maja Chwalinska at the French Open in Paris, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP) Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday, defeating Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open women’s singles final, becoming the first Russian…
Chennai: Two third-year medical students died, and two of their classmates suffered injuries after their car crashed into a median and overturned near Karanodai flyover in Tiruvallur district during the early hours of Saturday.Police said P Amrish, 23, of Madurai; S Saran, 23, of Dharmapuri; A Mukesh, 21; and R Aban, 23, studied at a…
Ricky Ponting, Shreyas Iyer MUMBAI: Having worked in close tandem with Shreyas Iyer at Punjab Kings, where the duo formed a successful captain-coach combination over the last two IPL seasons — PBKS reached the IPL final last year and narrowly missed out on the playoffs this time — Australia’s former captain Ricky Ponting was naturally…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking to direct the authorities to restore the long-standing practice of starting govt functions in the state with ‘Tamil Thai Vazhthu’.The petitioner, Ananya Radhakrishnan of Chennai, wanted the court to direct the Union and the Tamil Nadu govt to condemn the relegation of Tamil…
India’s Sai Sudharsan celebrates his fifty (AP Photo) TimesofIndia.com in Mullanpur: On the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, head coach Gautam Gambhir had said that Sai Sudharsan would get a “longer rope” and that the management had complete faith in him to succeed at No. 3. Sudharsan, who received two reprieves but missed…