Chennai: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday criticised the state govt’s decision to release water from the Mettur dam for 45 days from Sept 1, saying the duration would be insufficient for samba paddy cultivation and could work to Karnataka’s advantage in the Cauvery water dispute.Water resources minister N Anand had announced that chief…
Mourinho picks Mbappé for the Ballon d’Or, insisting individual brilliance should outweigh major trophies/ Image: Real Madrid, AP José Mourinho has thrown his support behind Kylian Mbappé to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or, with the Real Madrid manager arguing that the award should recognise the best individual player in the world rather than simply going…
Chennai: A 46-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old Andhra Pradesh woman near Uthukottai in Tiruvallur district.The suspect, S Bharathi Raja of Othattur Kandigai in Tiruvallur, was arrested near Periyapalayam on Saturday morning. The deceased, Aruna, wife of Manjunatha and a resident of Chittoor district, had come to…
Real Madrid’s head coach Jose Mourinho sits on the bench before the La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) With the 2026 Ballon d’Or drawing closer, Jose Mourinho has offered a rather different way of looking at football’s biggest individual prize, arguing…
Chennai: The omission of references to Jawaharlal Nehru, ‘Periyar’ E V Ramasamy, B R Ambedkar and the Justice Party from the state govt’s policy note on backward classes welfare has triggered a political controversy, with minister V Sampath Kumar taking “moral responsibility” for the lapse and promising a revised publication. DMK accused the TVK govt…
Bengaluru FC’s Ryan Williams during a training session. (Instagram) Ryan Williams arrived in India as an Australian footballer looking for a new challenge. Three years later, the Bengaluru FC winger has become one of the Indian national team’s most vocal advocates, embracing both the club and the country as home.The 32-year-old has experienced near misses…
Chennai: CISF personnel recovered three live rounds and a magazine from the hand baggage of a woman passenger during security screening at Terminal 1 of Chennai airport on Saturday. The passenger, who was travelling with her family to Kochi, could not produce documents or authorisation for carrying the ammunition.During pre-embarkation screening of domestic passengers, CISF…
Palika Stadium in Kanpur in 2020. Maidans might be one of the most democratic institutions our world has invented without ever intending to. A maidan does not care much about your surname, class, or whether you can afford a membership at a club. If you have a bat, you can play. If you don’t, you…
Chennai: Three college students died and four others were injured after their car overturned near Maduranthakam on the Chennai-Tiruchy National Highway in the early hours of Saturday.The seven students from a private university in Pallavaram were returning to Chennai from Puducherry when their vehicle’s rear tyre got punctured. Harikrishnan, 19, who was driving, lost control…
Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on Saturday joined a growing list of cricketers expressing solidarity with the people of Nepal after devastating floods caused widespread destruction and left hundreds dead and thousands missing.Du Plessis, who visited Nepal last year, took to X to recall his experience in the country and praised the kindness…
