Chennai: A human chain and sloganeering marked day nine of the ban-NEET protest organised by the Anti-NEET Federation in Koyambedu on Sunday.More than 50 protestors, including students and activists, held up placards and formed a human chain along Ayyappa Nagar first main road in Koyambedu seeking exemption for the state from NEET and urging the…
L-R: Basant Kumar Meghwal, Ashish Yadav and Shahnavaz Khan (AFI Photos) India’s campaign at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Oregon, USA, ended with three medals after high jumper Pooja Singh finished seventh in the women’s final, falling well short of the national senior record that had raised expectations around her title bid.The 19-year-old Pooja…
Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: In a decisive push to safeguard the state’s cultural identity, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution making it mandatory for the state anthem, “Tamil Thai Vazhthu”, to be sung at the beginning of all official programmes across educational institutions, government offices, public sector undertakings…
India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak believes the team gained more from its warm-up match against Sri Lanka than it could have from several additional days of conventional training, as the visitors completed a six-wicket win ahead of the Test series.Team India wrapped up its only practice…
Puducherry: Union home minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen on strengthening Union territories and the union govt was committed to development of Puducherry.Conferring the President’s Colours upon the Puducherry police on Sunday, Shah said successive Union govts had provided only ₹3,500 crore to Puducherry for developmental works from 1950 to 2014….
Jannik Sinner’s US Open preparations have suffered another setback after the world No. 1 withdrew from the Cincinnati Open with a right knee injury, leaving his return to competitive tennis uncertain with the hard-court Grand Slam just weeks away.Sinner, who has not played since successfully defending his Wimbledon title last month, announced his withdrawal from…
Chennai: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s onward journey from Puducherry to Delhi was briefly disrupted on Sunday after two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters carrying him were diverted to Tambaram Air Force Station due to adverse weather conditions at Chennai airport.The Home Minister was scheduled to arrive at Chennai airport from Puducherry by two IAF…
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, left, with BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman. (PTI Photo) BENGALURU: VVS Laxman has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to succeed Rahul Dravid as India head coach in 2024, choosing instead to continue his work at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) and citing family considerations as…
Dr Agarwal’s Health Care chairman Amar Agarwal with CEO Adil Agarwal Chennai: After Africa, eye care chain Dr Agarwal’s Health Care is looking to enter the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Initially, it will launch facilities in the UAE.“We are evaluating GCC as a market and, particularly, to begin with, we will start in the…
After a hugely successful IPL where his pace paved the way for Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s fine title run through the season, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is currently sweating it out in the nets here for the upcoming UPT20 league, where he will spearhead Lucknow Falcons’ charge.En route to becoming the first pacer to take 200 wickets in…