IN THE DARK: Several neighbourhoods had no power from around 10.30pm to 3.30am on Oct 8 Chennai: Residents of the city’s western suburbs, including Valasaravakkam and Porur, have been enduring power cuts lasting up to five hours, disrupting sleep and leaving students, office-goers and families struggling with heat and mosquitoes.On Thursday night, several neighbourhoods had…
Australia A beat India A by 69 runs in the second match. (Pic credit: X) India A’s top-order woes continued to haunt them as Australia A registered a 69-run victory in the second one-day match on Friday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.Josh Philippe and Sam Konstas struck aggressive half-centuries to…
CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: Ruling TVK’s candidates, Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama, on Friday won the Madurantakam and Dharapuram byelections in Tamil Nadu respectively. Maragatham won with a margin of 19,241votes while Sathyabama emerged victorious with a margin of 9,471 votes.In Madurantakam, Maragatham secured 70,916 votes while DMK candidate I Paranthaman came second with 51,675 votes and AIADMK’s…
Sahil Jadhav, left, and Chikitha Taniparthi, right, celebrate with coach Dave Cousins after winning the compound mixed team archery gold. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India’s compound archers made history at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by becoming the first nation to secure an Olympic quota in the discipline. But while the team celebrated a landmark achievement…
TVK candidate P Sathyabama with party president and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay COIMBATORE/CHENNAI: TVK candidate P Sathyabama on Friday won the Dharapuram byelection by a margin of 9,471 votes, securing 66,841 votes.DMK candidate S Suganya came second with 57,370 votes, while AIADMK’s K Banumathi secured 45,280 votes.The bypoll was necessitated after Sathyabama,…
AB de Villiers of South Africa during day 3 of the 3rd Test match between South Africa and Australia at PPC Newlands on March 24, 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. (File photo) Australia and South Africa began their three-Test series in Durban on Friday, renewing a rivalry that has been marked by the Sandpapergate…
When Nic Maddinson told his four-year-old son August that he was heading to South Africa, the youngster began listing the animals he knew lived there. The family even squeezed in some cricket in the hallway of their Byron Bay home before Maddinson left for what could become one of the most significant chapters of his…
Australia’s Nic Maddinson is bowled on day one of the first cricket test match between South Africa and Australia. (AP Photo) Nic Maddinson’s return to Test cricket after nearly a decade got off to a disastrous start as the Australia opener endured a 33-ball duck against South Africa in the first Test at Kingsmead, Durban,…
Chennai: A woman and her 15-year-old son suffered severe burns after their relative poured boiling water on them during a property dispute at a village near RK Pet in Tiruttani.Murugan, a mason from Sellathur village, and his elder brother Devaraj, 40, a vegetable vendor, had been involved in a property dispute for some time. On…
Mukesh Kumar celebrates a wicket during the Duleep Trophy. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The last time Mukesh Kumar played for India, he claimed a four-wicket haul against Zimbabwe in Harare. Since then, he has been out of the national setup. More than two years later, the Bengal pacer is back on the selectors’ radar after being…