Import duty hike leads to rise in smuggling Chennai: Smuggling of gold seems to be making a return to Chennai airport after a hiatus, as customs officials have made the second seizure within a week. In the latest case, a middle-aged Myanmar couple was arrested for smuggling nearly 2kg gold worth ₹2.65 crore from Bangkok…
Calafiori makes Community Shield history with a stunning 23-second goal for Arsenal. Riccardo Calafiori needed only 23 seconds to put Arsenal ahead against Manchester City in the 2026 FA Community Shield, producing an extraordinary opening to the traditional curtain-raiser for the English football season. The Italian defender’s finish in Cardiff did more than give Mikel…
Fee fixation files of pvt schools pile up as committee remains headless Chennai: At least 700 applications for fee revision from private matriculation schools are yet to be processed, as the committee to fix the rate has remained headless for more than 40 days.While the tenure of the previous Tamil Nadu Fee Determination Committee chairperson…
India’s 2-2 draw against world No. 4 China in their Hockey World Cup opener was a major positive, especially with 11 players making their tournament debuts, head coach Sjoerd Marijne said on Sunday.India took the lead twice, but China, the 2024 Olympic silver medallists, fought back to earn a point. Marijne was pleased with the…
Southern Railway will operate 112 services this Onam Chennai: Southern Railway will provide laminated covers along with paper season tickets to prevent printed details from fading, following complaints from suburban commuters who said their tickets became illegible within days.Southern Railway ADRM (Additional Divisional Railway Manager) I Senthil Kumar said the move was aimed at addressing…
(Pic credit: Salman Akbar’s X post) Pakistan’s 1-4 defeat to England in their opening Pool D match at the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2026 was compounded by an embarrassing moment involving captain Abu Bakar Mahmood, who was shown a green card after his team failed to produce the required protective gear for a penalty…
Indian players celebrate after scoring a goal against China in the FIH World Cup. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India began their Women’s FIH Hockey World Cup campaign with a hard-fought 2-2 draw against Paris Olympics silver medallists China on Sunday, twice taking the lead before being forced to settle for a point at…
Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna for Bharatanatyam CHENNAI: Indian classical and Bharatanatyam dancer Sudharani Raghupathy has been conferred the Akademi Ratna Sadasyata.President Droupadi Murumu conferred the honour upon her at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Aug 13.Akademi Ratna Sadasyata (The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship) is India’s highest honor in the…
Sri Lanka’s captain Dhananjaya de Silva takes a catch to dismiss India’s Dhruv Jurel during the second day of the first Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and India in Galle, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) TimesofIndia.com in Galle: The build-up to the second day of the Test focused on how…
Udhayanidhi Stalin, CM Vijay CHENNAI: LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday called Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay a “dummy CM” and accused the TVK government of merely renaming and putting stickers on schemes introduced by the previous DMK government.“They came to power promising change and a clean, corruption-free govt. But what have they done?…
