Athletes perform at the inaugural World Yogasana Championship, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India finished on top of the medal table at the inaugural World Yogasana Championships, winning 114 medals, including 102 gold, as the event concluded on Monday in Ahmedabad.Japan placed second with three gold, three silver and five bronze medals. Argentina…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) has suspended two more engineers in connection with the suspected irregularities in granting multi-crore worth approvals for wind and solar projects.Superintendent engineer RG Prasad and executive engineer K Radhakrishnan of non-conventional energy sources wing of the Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation have been placed under suspension.The suspension comes…
Ben Stokes (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: England’s preparations for the second Test against New Zealand have been overshadowed by controversy, with captain Ben Stokes and all-rounder Gus Atkinson under investigation for an alleged breach of team protocols.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Tuesday that it is looking into an incident involving the…
Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation has asked owners to remove vehicles, idling for months and years, from roadsides in three days or face seizure and auction. Officials have so far removed 279 abandoned vehicles. Another 236 are to be removed before June 15.The corporation notices, giving owners a 72-hour ultimatum to claim their vehicles, have been…
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak on Monday said he has not received confirmation on whether Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya have cleared their fitness tests ahead of the ODI series against Afghanistan, but added that he has heard both players are doing well.Rohit and Hardik have been named in India’s squad…
The lesser fish eagle was among the raptor species documented in Tamil Nadu From the forests of the Western Ghats to the grassy lowlands, Tamil Nadu’s first-ever raptor census documented 68 species of birds of prey across the state to establish baseline data for long-term conservation monitoring.Conducted simultaneously as diurnal and nocturnal surveys, the exercise…
All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey, and Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya NEW DELHI: Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday assured the Indian Super League (ISL) clubs that the upcoming 2026-27 season will go ahead as planned. But in a major development, the club proposal has been finalised for the next four…
NAMAKKAL: Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, who has recently been honoured with the Man Bahadur Singh Lahak Award for 2026, called on the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam govt to institute a dedicated Sahitya Akademi Award exclusively for the Tamil literature.Speaking to reporters in Namakkal on Monday, Murugan said the national Sahitya Akademi Award continued to honour writers…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian cricket fans will not have to stay up as late to watch the men’s team’s upcoming T20I series in England. In a move aimed at boosting television viewership in India, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has revised the start times for three floodlit T20Is during India’s…
: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday directed officials to ensure uninterrupted 24×7 drinking water supply in all 25 municipal corporations and provide at least three hours of daily water supply in all 146 municipalities and 479 town panchayats within the next five years…