Chennai: Madras high court has quashed a criminal case registered against 14 persons for alleged unlawful gathering and raising slogans in support of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being perpetrated against them.If the entire materials collected by the prosecution taken as a whole, would not constitute any offence, then, directing the parties to…
Magnus Carlsen and Javokhir Sindarov (GCL Photos) BENGALURU: Saturday was the final day of the preliminary stages of the 2026 Global Chess League (GCL). Two teams, Viswanathan Anand‘s PBG Alaskan Knights and Alireza Firouzja’s Triveni Continental Kings, had already been eliminated. Javokhir Sindarov’s American Gambits had an outside chance of qualifying for the finals on…
A government bus lost control, plunging into a river in Tenkasi. CHENNAI: More than 20 passengers were feared trapped after a Tamil Nadu government bus overturned and fell into the Azhutha Kanni river near Vettaikarankulam in Tenkasi district on Sunday, police said.The bus was operating on the Tenkasi-Tirunelveli route when it overturned and plunged into…
Harmanpreet Kaur and Nigar Sultana (Pic credit: ACC) Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana’s decision to skip the traditional handshake with India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur at the toss of the Women’s Asia Cup semi-final has left her own cricket board distancing itself from the gesture.The incident came before Bangladesh’s 40-run defeat to India, with Nigar refusing to…
In 1639, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak, an influential Nayak under the Vijayanagara rulers, granted the English a piece of land between the Cooum river and the Egmore river for trading purposes. The English established Fort St George on this land. Construction of the fort was completed in 1644. What began as a trading settlement gradually became…
Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka reacts during her US Open women’s singles final match against Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina Aryna Sabalenka may have lost the US Open final and her world No. 1 ranking, but the support she received from the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium left her with a special feeling.“Actually, at some point I felt like,…
CPI staged a street protest on Saturday, near Loop Road junction bus terminus in Pattinapakkam, Chennai. The demonstration opposes the TN govt’s proposal to construct a new ₹1,200-crore Secretariat-Assembly complex in Foreshore Estate area. Chennai: Opposition to the TVK govt’s proposed ₹1,200 crore secretariat complex at Foreshore Estate gathered momentum on Saturday, with the CPI…
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami’s chances of returning to international cricket for India appear uncertain, with the pacer having not played for the national team for one-and-a-half years. Now 36, Shami has dealt with recurring injuries in recent years, and the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI selection committee appears to have moved towards…
Chennai: Chief minister and TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Saturday appointed senior leaders as election in-charges and observers for the upcoming bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, and urged party functionaries and cadres to work together to ensure a resounding victory in both constituencies.Vijay appointed ministers N Anand, K A Sengottaiyan and R Nirmal Kumar…
MUD TO METAL: 1962 Asiad gold winner Maruti Mane (L-R), the legendary ‘Master’ Chandgi Ram and Hangzhou bronze medallist Antim Panghal Ever since wrestling made its Asian Games debut at the 1954 Manila Games, the continental arena has served as the battleground where India’s ancient combat tradition found its voice.For centuries, the sport had lived…
