Chennai: Every govt event chaired by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay will be preceded by a folk performance for at least 30 minutes, School Education and Tamil Development Minister Rajmohan said on Saturday. The decision, which will be implemented through a govt order, will promote folk artists of the state and boost their employment.At a…
Indian women’s hockey captain Salima Tete For Indian women’s hockey captain Salima Tete, the message ahead of their World Cup opener against China is simple — stay confident, stick to the plan and fight until the final whistle.India begin their campaign on Sunday against World No. 4 China in Pool D at Wagener Hockey Stadium…
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that a mere pendency of a criminal case does not automatically require departmental disciplinary proceedings against a govt employee to be kept in abeyance till the disposal of the criminal case.“The purpose of departmental inquiry and of prosecution is two different and distinct aspects. The criminal prosecution is launched…
Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool celebrates (Getty Images) London: A consortium headed by British-Indian entrepreneur Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of billionaire Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has agreed to buy a 30% minority equity stake in Liverpool FC in an investment understood to be worth around £1.7 billion.Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG), which bought the…
Chennai: A 29-year-old man was arrested by the Chitlapakkam All Women Police for repeatedly sexually abusing a Class 6 girl in Selaiyur.Police said the man lived with the girl’s mother, who had separated from her husband. The man repeatedly sexually abused the girl over a period of time.The girl informed her mother about the abuse,…
India’s Devdutt Padikkal (ANI Photo) Soon after pushing Sri Lanka debutant off-spinner Keshara Nuwantha to mid-off for a single, Devdutt Padikkal leapt in joy. He had just scored his maiden Test century — in his third Test and fourth innings — and earned a warm hug from India captain Shubman Gill, along with applause from…
Indigenous musical and percussion instruments and ancient martial arts equipment such as ‘palagai parai’, ‘vaal silambam’ and ‘Gadhayudham’ presented by more than 300 students from 38 Govt Model Schools across the state took the centre stage at a student-artist confluence at Victoria hall in Chennai on Saturday. The event was organized by the Tamil Nadu…
Australia vs Bangladesh Live Score: Bangladesh moved closer to one of the biggest wins in their Test cricket history after Australia slipped to 161-4 at stumps on Day 3 of the first Test in Darwin on Saturday. Australia remain 67 runs behind, with Cameron Green unbeaten on 43 and Alex Carey on 19. The hosts…
Chennai: A 28-year-old construction worker from West Bengal died after an iron rod fell on his head while demolishing the Metrowater’s water tank in Kodungaiyur.The deceased was identified as Jameer Hussain, a native of West Bengal, who was employed in the demolition of an unused one-lakh-litre water tank on Second Main Road in R V…
Investigators said that the Class XI student and his friends confronted Dhanush in a vacant plot behind Thiruvottiyur bus terminus, where the assaulted him Chennai: Twelve juveniles were detained and questioned in connection with the murder of a Class XII student, who was assaulted by a gang of schoolmates in Thiruvottiyur. Police said the juveniles,…
