East Zone’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays a shot during the Duleep Trophy match. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Former India opener Kris Srikkanth believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has the potential to become one of the biggest names in world cricket, with the teenage sensation already generating an unusual level of excitement around the game.Sooryavanshi, just 15, has continued…
Chennai: For scores of bonded labourers who have struggled to establish their identity after being freed, a document certifying their release is set to act as an identity document and become a gateway to welfare schemes.Commissioner of revenue administration and disaster management N Muruganandam has issued an order recognising ‘rescue-release certificates’ issued to bonded labourers…
Heavy traffic congestion on Sardar Patel Road between IIT-Madras and Madhya Kailash in Chennai. Chennai: Despite having a wide carriageway and a flyover, the Madhya Kailash-IIT-Madras stretch of Sardar Patel Road remains choked throughout the day as changing traffic arrangements, conflicting vehicle movements, and last-minute lane switching create bottlenecks on a corridor that handles at…
Krishna Janmashtami (Pic credit: Sehwag’s X post) Star Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant, former India stars Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina, Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah extended festive greetings to fans and devotees on the occasion of Krishna Janmashtami on Friday. Kohli, Pant, Sehwag lead cricketers’…
Chennai: Riding against the flow of traffic to save a few minutes has become routine among commuters. Two-wheelers and autorickshaws frequently enter one-way stretches from the wrong end or travel against traffic even on busy arterial roads. With traffic police enforcement lackadaisical, wrong-side driving and riding has become a scourge on several stretches, putting other…
British journalist Piers Morgan calls Messi’s GOAT ad the ‘most arrogant’ and ‘shameless’ bragging ever Lionel Messi may have just retired from international football, but apparently the Messi-Ronaldo GOAT debate did not get the memo.The Argentina legend has been at the centre of the argument for years, and his latest appearance in a Michelob Ultra…
Wilson was accused of forcibly entering his brother Claude’s residence by breaking open the door and allegedly assaulting Claude and his wife, Caroline Puducherry: Tamil Nadu finance minister N Marie Wilson appeared in person before the Puducherry second judicial magistrate on Friday in connection with an ongoing assault case involving his brother Marie Claude. The…
In 2006, Marius Cioara moved from UT Arad to Regal Hornia for 15kg of pork sausage, then quit football/ Image: The Sun Transfer fees in football have reached eye-watering levels, with clubs happily throwing around millions for the right player. But back in 2006, one Romanian defender discovered that a transfer could also be settled…
First TVK allies meeting on June 1 Chennai: TVK has planned to conduct its second meeting with leaders of coalition partners and allies on Sept 9. The meeting is expected to take forward the discussion on floating a political front formally and give it a name.TVK ministers N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, R Nirmalkumar and A…
Indian powerlifter Keyaa Kunal Banerji’s remarkable 140kg deadlift was supposed to be a moment of sporting celebration. Instead, the viral attention surrounding her silver-medal-winning performance at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships has exposed her to a deeply disturbing side of online fame.The 21-year-old powerlifter has revealed that she has faced…
