Bangladesh’s Hasan Mahmud, second left, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Australia’s Travis Head during their test match in Darwin, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP) Bangladesh’s bowlers outperformed Australia’s returning Big Four on the opening day of the first Test in Darwin, bowling the hosts out for 198 on Thursday.Hasan Mahmud took…
Chennai residents face property tax reassessment notices affecting individual demands (AI image used for representational purpose only) CHENNAI: After the Greater Chennai Corporation issued reassessment notices to some 3.5 lakh properties, property tax is fast becoming one of the biggest civic talking points in Chennai today.Some local residents have been confused about the development and…
Kuldeep Yadav, Manav Suthar and Ravindra Jadeja India could field three left-arm spinners in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, with bowling coach Morne Morkel saying Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Manav Suthar offer different skills and can form an attacking bowling combination.Kuldeep brings left-arm wrist spin and an attacking option, Jadeja relies…
Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested Ponneri sub-registrar Sankar and two private document writers after they were caught accepting a ₹15,000 bribe from a man for releasing registered property documents on Wednesday.The complainant, Natarajan, had registered two properties at the Ponneri sub-registrar’s office. Sankar, along with private document writers Ramesh and Nithya,…
Back-to-back Hockey World Cups on home soil, and sixth- and ninth-place finishes in those, still rankle India’s men’s team captain Harmanpreet Singh. As India begin their campaign against Wales on Saturday, the focus is firmly on ending a 51-year medal drought at the quadrennial event.With hard lessons learnt from the FIH Pro League, Harmanpreet’s squad…
The chief minister Joseph Vijay at the Vetri Tamil Nadu investment conclave Chennai: In the first major investment conclave of the newly elected govt in Tamil Nadu, the state exchanged memoranda of understanding with 97 companies for investments totalling Rs 67,000 crore, according to the government. This includes 56 greenfield projects.The projects are spread across…
Shubman Gill and Gautam Gambhir (Image credit: SLC) NEW DELHI: Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh has backed Gautam Gambhir amid the criticism the India head coach has faced since taking charge of the national team. India won the T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup under Gambhir. However, the Test team suffered heavy defeats…
In this screengrab from a video posted on Aug. 12, 2026, Tamil Nadu Assembly LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin speaks during the state Assembly session, in Chennai. (@tamilnaduassembly/Yt via PTI Photo)(PTI08_12_2026_000112B) Chennai: Leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and AIADMK chief whip Agri S S Krishnamurthy moved special call-attention motions over the murder of a college student…
Former India spinner Murali Kartik believes Manav Suthar has the qualities required to eventually take over from Ravindra Jadeja in India’s Test side.Jadeja and Suthar are both part of India’s squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, with the two left-arm spinners expected to feature in the playing XI for the opening Test…
Chennai: State finance minister Marie Wilson said on Wednesday that the previous DMK govt made an unrealistic projection of state’s own tax revenue (SOTR) in the interim budget presented by then finance minister Thangam Thennarasu in Feb this year. Thangam Thennarasu responded that they were ‘ambitious estimates’, not unrealistic projections.In his reply to the debate…