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Glasgow: India’s Raja Muthupandi secures a silver medal during the men’s 65kg weightlifting final at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_27_2026_000017B) Raja Muthupandi won the silver medal in the men’s 65kg weightlifting event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, adding another podium finish to India’s strong start in the sport.The…

Chennai: Senior TVK ministers on Sunday defended chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s approach in Cauvery row stating that Tamil Nadu govt would never let Karnataka build Mekedatu dam.A day after DMK president M K Stalin said Vijay should reconsider his plan to visit Bengaluru to hold talks on Cauvery, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna said TVK…

Glasgow: India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam, right, after defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman during the men’s 55kg boxing round of 16 at the 23rd Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, Scotland. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)(PTI07_27_2026_000003A) India’s Jadumani Singh Mandengbam produced another assured display at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, defeating Pakistan’s Sumama Rehman by unanimous decision to book his place in…

Chennai: Every year, roads in Goodwill Nagar and nearby areas in Tambaram face waterlogging after a few hours of rain. Several other low-lying areas within Tambaram City Municipal Corporation limits also experience flooding during heavy rain. With the northeast monsoon just months away, the civic body has proposed a ₹111.08-crore stormwater drain (SWD) project to…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Paraguay in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s travel during the 2026 World Cup has come under renewed scrutiny after reports detailed the extent of his use of…

Valedictory function of new Congress district presidents Chennai: AICC general secretary (organization) K C Venugopal said on Sunday that Congress leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to visit Tamil Nadu on Aug 1.Speaking to reporters in Chennai airport, Venugopal said Rahul was visiting TN to participate in the valedictory function…

India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Zimbabwe with a 35-run win in the third and final T20I in Harare on Sunday, thanks to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 81 and a disciplined bowling effort led by Mayank Yadav.The series victory also marked a turnaround for India after losing their previous two T20I series against England (0-4) and…

Sow data, reap better returns on the field S ChandramohanIndia’s farmers are among the hardest-working entrepreneurs in the world. Yet they make some of the most consequential business decisions with the least information. Manufacturers know their inventories, demand forecasts, financing options and customer pipeline. Retailers track sales in real time. An airline uses predictive analytics…

Star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu gave India its first gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games after winning the women’s 48kg title in Glasgow on Sunday.The 31-year-old lifted a Commonwealth Games record 85kg in the snatch before registering a Games record 105kg in the clean and jerk. She finished with a total lift of 190kg…

RTI appeals pile up as info panel’s disposal rate slumps Chennai: The number of pending RTI petitions and appeals by the Tamil Nadu Information Commission has shrunk in the last six months compared to last year, despite the panel working with its full complement of nine commissioners.According to the latest data available, the commission said…