For families in the city, it’s not just chopping onions that brings tears to their eyes. The retail prices of essential commodities such as rice, dhal, pulses, cooking oil, and spices rose by nearly 20% in Aug. This has left families across income groups spending more on the same basket of everyday staples, forcing some…
The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed as withdrawn an appeal filed by former India cricketer and Lok Sabha MP Yusuf Pathan against a single-judge order that had described him as an “encroacher” on a piece of government land in Vadodara.Pathan’s lawyer, Shalin Mehta, sought permission to withdraw the plea before a division bench comprising…
Chennai: A city court awarded ₹1.41 lakh compensation to RTI activist C Selvaraj, holding that a criminal prosecution launched against him in 2016 was malicious and instituted without reasonable and probable cause.In its order dated Sept 1, the first assistant city civil court directed the state govt, the then official in the land administration department,…
Michael Atherton has questioned the authority of Babar Azam and the role Pakistan’s captains are allowed to play after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) made sweeping changes to the Test squad midway through the England series.Pakistan suffered defeats in the opening two Tests and responded by sending seven players home. Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services will recruit women firefighters for frontline duties and implement a modernisation programme involving new fire engines, drones, high-rise rescue vehicles and specialised equipment during 2026-27, as part of measures to strengthen emergency response and rescue operations.Govt will replace ageing vehicles with 50 water tenders at a cost of…
Argentina began paying tribute to Lionel Messi after the football great announced his retirement from international football earlier this week.The first tribute came during the Copa Argentina match between Velez Sarsfield and Boca Juniors on Wednesday, when play was stopped in the 10th minute for a round of applause at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes.Fans…
Chennai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday carried out searches in Chennai, Nagapattinam and Ramanathapuram in places linked to three accused in narcotics and drug smuggling cases pursued by the narcotics control bureau (NCB), as part of the operation covering entire south India.In the city as well as Nagapattinam, at least 10 properties linked to…
Herbal Supplemets (Representational Image) Bengaluru: With Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) officials conducting random checks on India’s elite athletes preparing for the Asian Games, experts are concerned that the use of herbal supplements by top athletes could result in Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) when samples are tested for performance-enhancing substances at WADA-accredited laboratories abroad.According to experts,…
Chennai: A smart glass that tracks the sign language of people with hearing and speech disabilities and converts it into audio in any Indian language was one of the innovations on display at the Vellore Institute of Technology’s (VIT) tech festival.VIT Chennai’s two-day international technical festival, technoVIT’26, was inaugurated on Thursday, with this year’s edition…
Naomi Osaka, of Japan (AP Photo) Naomi Osaka has called for better management of influencers attending the US Open, saying their presence can help grow tennis but should not come at the expense of respecting the sport’s rules and etiquette.The four-time Grand Slam champion spoke about the issue after advancing to the third round with…
