India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo) NEW CHANDIGARH: Seldom does Gautam Gambhir shed his game face. Friday morning, the eve of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, was no different. At the outset, this Test, which is not even a part of the World Test Championship cycle, is largely a relationship-building exercise by ‘big brothers’…
TNNChennai: Tension prevailed at the Quaid-e-Millath memorial in Triplicane on Friday when DMK cadres raised slogans against TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai and Congress functionaries when they visited the place to pay tribute to the freedom fighter on his 131st birth anniversary.DMK functionaries had gathered in large numbers and were waiting for DMK president M K…
Ramp encroaching pavement and road space on Vijayaraghava road, T Nagar in Chennai Chennai: Residents of many affluent neighbourhoods in Chennai are encroaching upon public land to build staircases, gardens and ramps, which eat into pedestrian space. As the discourse around walkability and pedestrian-friendly streets gains momentum, house owners in RA Puram, Boat Club Road,…
India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) India’s Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo) India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) India’s Shreyas Iyer (PTI Photo) India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill (PTI Photo) Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has strongly backed Shreyas Iyer as the ideal candidate to take over India’s T20I captaincy if…
NLC India has already announced Rs 1.01 lakh crore investment plan through 2030 Chennai: NLC India (NLCIL), the lignite-cum-power major, is planning a capital expenditure (capex) of about Rs 23,600 crore, including its joint ventures, in FY27.In FY26, the company’s capex spending stood at about Rs 9,131 crore, its highest-ever annual capex, representing an 18%…
Chennai: Sivani K, a second-year BSc student of Queen Mary’s College, and Santhosh Kumar S, a first-year MSc student from the University of Madras have been recognised among the top performers from more than 20,000 participants in Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) 2025, a technology skilling programme focused on emerging fields such as artificial intelligence (AI),…
Chennai: Arappor Iyakkam, a city-based anti-corruption organisation, has demanded Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University (TNTEU) to implement the directions of the state information commission and publish the bio-data of all teaching staffers of all 680 affiliated colleges on its website.Arappor Iyakkam, which had exposed discrepancies in some engineering colleges with fake list of professors to…
World Champion D Gukesh faces a crucial final-round clash against Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2026. Currently last with eight points, Gukesh must defeat Carlsen in their classical game to move ahead of the Norwegian and avoid finishing at the bottom. Meanwhile, Wesley So, Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja remain locked in a thrilling three-way battle…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the need for conducting caste survey in Tamil Nadu.Anbumani who convened a multi party meeting, said that the survey was not about welfare of any caste, but concerned the development of the state. BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran, former AIADMK minister Agri Krishnamurthy, Tamila Vazhvurimai Katchi founder Velmurugan…
Unite8 Sports’ Bavesh Janavlekar is upbeat ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. (Special arrangement) In 2002, backed by Abdulrahman Bukhatir, Ten Sports made a splash in the sub-continent’s broadcast market with the FIFA World Cup. Numerous other properties followed and the company built a strong subscriber base in competition to ESPN Star Sports.Before its…