High office does not confer immunity from judicial process, but legitimate practical difficulties may justify judicial accommodation Srimathi VenkatachariOn Aug 28, a Madras high court judge asked counsel for Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson a question: “Are you the King of England?” The minister was facing criminal proceedings before a Judicial Magistrate in…
Koneru Humpy, her daughter Ahana, and husband Dasari Anvesh BENGALURU: While her father sat in the VIP lounge at the Lalit Ashok on Sunday, talking through what it means to be married to one of India’s most respected grandmasters, nine-year-old Ahana wasn’t interested in any of that. Her mind was only on the playing arena…
Puducherry/New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth & Sports Mukul Wasnik has written a letter to higher education secretary Deepti Gaur Mukerjee expressing serious concern over eviction notices served to residents of Annapurna Farms by the Auroville Foundation.Wasnik in the letter highlighted that the Auroville Foundation recently directed residents of Annapurna Farms…
MC Mary Kom is the only Indian woman boxer to have won more than one medal in the Asian Games. (Right) Ojas Pravin Deotale claimed three gold in Hangzhou, but will be missing in action in Aichi-Nagoya. NEW DELHI: India’s Asian Games stories are often written in gold, silver and bronze. But behind the numbers…
CPM state secretary P Shanmugam making the announcement in Trichy TRICHY/CHENNAI: CPI and CPM have decided to contest the Oct 6 byelections in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, emphasising their position of political non-alignment with TVK while backing its govt to “keep BJP away”.CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Sunday announced his party would contest in Madurantakam…
Gautam Gambhir with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during practice session; Sanju Samson during the first T20I vs Afghanistan. (PTI/ANI Photos) NEW DELHI: India T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer called having to pick between Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryanshi and Abhishek Sharma as a “luxury to have for any side.” More often than not, the challenge is to pick between…
Ishwarya, whose father is a construction labourer and mother a domestic helper, joined CKL in Season 4 while studying at a government school in Vyasarpadi. CHENNAI: For 14-year-old A Ishwarya, football began as something she did not even know existed. Today, the beautiful game has provided the Class IX student from Namakkal the chance to…
Alexander Zverev poses with the trophy after he won the men’s singles final of the US Open against Ben Shelton. (AP Photo) Alexander Zverev finally got his hands on the US Open trophy that once seemed destined to be his, overcoming American hope and his own painful Grand Slam history to beat Ben Shelton 6-3,…
S B P Pattabhi Rama Rao (PRR), MD of Chennai-based Gourmet Popcornica In the Bastar-Kondagaon region of Chhattisgarh, gunfire once defined life; it has now been replaced by the sound of popcorn popping.For S B P Pattabhi Rama Rao (PRR), MD of Chennai-based Gourmet Popcornica, the transformation exemplifies an unusual proposition: agriculture can be organised…
Ben Shelton net worth (Getty Images) Ben Shelton is 23 years old, ranked No. 9 in the world, and heading into a US Open final against Alexander Zverev — the first American man in that position since Andy Roddick in 2003. His career prize money has crossed $15 million. But the real story of Shelton’s…