BFI president Ajay Singh and Pramod Kumar The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has suspended its secretary general Pramod Kumar with immediate effect over alleged financial irregularities, failure to cooperate with investigations and misuse of authority. BFI president Ajay Singh issued the suspension order on Tuesday, pending an inquiry into the allegations against Kumar. These…
State board examinations for class 12 will take place from March 3 to March 27, 2027. CHENNAI: State board exams for 2026-27 academic year will begin in Mar 2027, school education minister Rajmohan announced on Wednesday.Releasing the timetable, the minister said that class 12 state board exams will held from Mar 3-27 and class 10,…
WFI president Sanjay Singh India’s chances of winning medals at the U23 World Wrestling Championships 2026 in Las Vegas have been affected after nine Indian wrestlers were denied US visas.Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh blamed the US Embassy, saying the wrestlers were rejected because they were under 20 and did not have…
Sabyasachi Ghosh, co-founder & CEO, Arushi Sharma, co-founder & CTO, ThinkMetal Chennai: Material science and manufacturing technology startup ThinkMetal has raised Rs 27 crore in a funding round led by IAN Alpha Fund, with participation from 3i Partners and other investors.The company is developing indigenous precision manufacturing technologies for sectors such as aerospace, defence, space,…
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli has made his debut on LinkedIn, using the professional networking platform to share his plans to build Indian sports businesses and brands for a global audience.In his first post, published on October 13, Kohli spoke about his ambitions beyond cricket and his desire to help India become a…
CHENNAI: Less than 50% of in-service teachers who took the special Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) (papers 1 and 2) in Tamil Nadu have cleared the exam — with 1.08 lakh out of 2.17 lakh teachers clearing the test.Sources in the Teachers Recruitment Board said 47,594 out of 58,902 candidates who appeared for TET paper 1…
Mandeep Singh (Image credit: X) For some of India’s Olympic medallists, the Asian Champions Trophy could be one last march in national colours. With international hockey returning to Punjab after 17 years, the tournament later this month is set to usher in a change of guard, with at least four senior players facing the exit…
01-08- 2018 Photo B A Raju Chennai: More than 2,000 MBBS seats, including more than 1,000 in govt colleges across India and 100 state-run colleges, will go to the stray round because counselling rules let students block seats they never intended to take. Students who secure a new allotment are allowed to decline it and…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: Instagram) India will look to seal the five-match T20I series when they face the West Indies in the fourth match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. With India leading the series 2-1, the possibility of 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi getting a chance has once again become a major…
Chennai: At the end of round 3, closing ranks for MBBS admissions in Tamil Nadu’s deemed medical universities slid to 11 lakh range, a drop of around six lakh places compared to 2025. Allotments by state authorities to govt medical colleges, however, did not show a comparable shift.The divide, experts say, raises a question: Are…