The women conduct every part of the funeral from carrying the body to digging burial pits When Saraswathi R first carried a body all the way to the cremation ground, relatives scolded her, villagers asked why she was doing it. “I asked them why only men were allowed to do it.” Twenty-five years later, says…
Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the third T20 cricket match between India and Afghanistan, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) Shai Hope struck another century as West Indies beat India by 24 runs in the fourth Twenty20 in Hyderabad on Wednesday to level the five-match series at 2-2.Chasing 248, India got off…
Gig workers lounge in Perambur Chennai: Gig workers delivering food and other essentials will soon have a place to rest between deliveries, with a 24/7 air-conditioned lounge coming up on GNT Road in Erukkanchery in chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency. This is among four development projects worth ₹1.45 crore coming up in the…
Parveen Hooda won gold in the women’s 65kg category at the Asian Games (Image credit: TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: “Sports ek tapasya hai,” says Indian boxer Parveen Hooda, reflecting on a period that saw her miss the Paris Olympics because of a 22-month ban, deal with her father’s battle with cancer, and eventually return to the…
Chennai: AIADMK whip Agri S S Krishnamurthy on Thursday said that party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami was ready to make “any sacrifice” to safeguard the party and was open to suggestions from all leaders for the growth of AIADMK.Senior leaders such as C Ve Shanmugam could meet Palaniswami any time and convey their views…
Zimbabwe’s ODI and T20I captain Sikandar Raza has made it clear that his country’s possible entry into the World Test Championship (WTC) for the 2027-30 cycle will not change his plan to retire after next year’s 50-over World Cup in Africa.Zimbabwe will co-host the 2027 ODI World Cup with South Africa and Namibia. For the…
SALEM: Water resources department officials on Thursday night stopped release of water from the Mettur dam for instigation after the reservoir level fell below 60 feet, raising concerns over samba cultivation in the Cauvery delta districts. The water level stood at 59.13 feet on Thursday morning, with storage of 24.04 tmcft. Inflow into the reservoir…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presented a jersey by Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur during an interaction programme with the athletes of the Asian Games 2026, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) Present at the event were the entire men’s T20 team, led by Shreyas Iyer, which played the fourth T20I against West Indies…
Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a ₹3,108.55 crore ring main pipeline project, a circular water infrastructure network expected to transform water distributed across the city. Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a ₹3,108.55 crore ring main pipeline project, a circular water…
The meeting was attended by Minister of State for Sports Raksha Khadse, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President P T Usha, Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao and NSF representatives. NEW DELHI: India’s sub-par medal haul in disciplines like athletics and badminton came under scrutiny during the Sports Ministry’s review of the country’s Asian Games performance on…