Fans cheering during day 6 of the BWF World Championships 2026 being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. (BAI) NEW DELHI: Outside the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Saturday, the thermometer read 33 degrees Celsius. It wasn’t difficult to break into a sweat. The road that had been largely empty throughout the week was…
Chennai: In a major organisational overhaul following its setback in the 2026 assembly polls, DMK on Saturday capped the maximum age of district secretaries at 70 and limited their tenure to three terms. The move is expected to see several former ministers, including E V Velu, Anitha R Radhakrishnan, S Muthusamy, S Regupathy and R…
Serena Williams to team up with Carlos Alcaraz in US Open mixed doubles (Agency Images) Serena Williams is set to make her return to the US Open in a blockbuster mixed doubles partnership with Carlos Alcaraz. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Saturday that Williams and Alcaraz have received a wild card into…
Fort museum at Fort St. George in Chennai. Old light house in Chennai during(1796-1843).Photo:A.Prathap Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon restore the 230-year-old colonial-era exchange building, which currently houses the Fort Museum inside Fort St George. It also plans to upgrade the Fort Museum, which exhibits more than 3,500 artefacts from the colonial…
Image credit: Hockey India The Indian men’s hockey team are out of the FIH World Cup semifinal race after losing 1-3 to reigning Olympic champions Netherlands in their second-round match on Saturday.India needed a win to keep their last-four hopes alive, but a strong first half was followed by a difficult final quarter. The Netherlands…
TN’s GATE, JAM training programme for college students sees huge surge in interest this year Chennai: Following the success of Tamil Nadu’s residential training programme for basic science students to crack entrance tests for prestigious institutions such as IITs, NITs and IISERs, there has been a huge surge of interest this year. As many as…
India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopich (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand’s run to a historic bronze medal at the BWF World Championships was no accident. It was the result of six weeks of targeted work, tactical tweaks and an unwavering emphasis on patience, said chief national coach Pullela Gopichand on Saturday.The…
Chennai: India must become a creator of artificial intelligence rather than just a consumer, Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta said at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) on Saturday.Delivering the 41st convocation address in Vellore, she said the Union govt was investing substantially in the fields of semiconductors, computing infrastructure, defence and robotics through the India…
Japan’s Kento Momota has booked his place in the BWF World Championships final after completing a stunning comeback against Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen. Chou took the opening game 21-17, but Momota responded brilliantly, winning the second 21-11 before sealing the deciding game 21-10. The Japanese star turned the semifinal around after falling behind early,…
A dilapidated washroom at Kasimedu fishing harbour, with peeling walls and poor maintenance, raises concerns over the lack of basic public amenities for visitors and fishermen Chennai: Fishermen and visitors to the bustling Kasimedu fishing harbour say they are being forced to pay ₹10 for a bucket of water at a washroom that has remained…
