Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir, interacts with selectors RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Shiv Sundar Das and Ajay Ratra during the practice session ahead of the second ODI cricket match between India and West Indies, in Guwahati. NEW DELHI: The India men’s senior selection committee is likely to meet in the next 48 hours to…
(Representative) Sushil Kumar Garg, serving as a deputy director at the DGCA, along with Sachin Keshav Bhane, the director of Ekvi Air Training Organisation, has been taken into custody CHENNAI: The CBI has arrested Sushil Kumar Garg, deputy director (airworthiness) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Chennai, and Sachin Keshav Bhane, director of…
Lionel Messi will play his final game for Argentina (File Photo) Lionel Messi has joined the Argentina squad ahead of what is expected to be his final international appearance on home soil. The 39-year-old forward arrived at the team’s Ezeiza training base on Sunday and took part in his first session before the squad gathered…
Chennai: Secondary-grade teachers have renewed their demand for ‘equal pay for equal work’, urging the TVK govt to resolve a long-pending pay disparity.According to the Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers’ Association (SSTA), teachers appointed after June 1, 2009, receive a basic pay that is ₹3,170 lower than that of those appointed before that date. After accounting…
West Indies’ Amir Jangoo. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) The West Indies have added wicketkeeper-batter Amit Jangoo to their squad for the upcoming T20I series against India. He has been brought in as cover for Jewel Andrew, who suffered a finger injury during the third ODI in New Chandigarh on Saturday.Andrew was injured while taking a catch…
Chennai: Kasimedu fishermen have sought the Union govt’s intervention to recover eight boats seized by Andhra Pradesh coastal authorities. They said the state govt had failed to resolve the issue.Andhra Pradesh authorities impounded seven mechanised trawlers belonging to Chennai fishers off the Nellore coast after the fishing ban ended on Jun 14. The AP Coastal…
Qatar will host the 2030 Games. (Image credit: X) NAGOYA: It has been a testing three weeks for Japan. Accommodation woes, transport and logistical nightmares, mismanagement and weather that refused to cooperate – the challenges the Asian Games organisers faced were plenty.Yet, as the Games drew to a close, there was enough to celebrate. Records…
Chennai: Several youths raced motorcycles and performed dangerous stunts on city roads late Saturday night. Kodambakkam residents blocked a road and demanded action against recurring weekend bike races.Groups of bikers were seen speeding through Nungambakkam, Gemini Flyover, Royapettah, Kodambakkam and Valluvar Kottam. At the Valluvar Kottam signal, more than 25 youths gathered with motorcycles and…
Two-time FIFA World Cup champion Uruguay play cricket at Eden Gardens (Screengrabs) The Uruguay football team has been exploring Kolkata ahead of its international friendly against India on October 6.The two-time FIFA World Cup champions visited some of the city’s famous landmarks and even tried their hand at cricket at the iconic Eden Gardens.The players…
Chennai: A 61-year-old autorickshaw driver from Vyasarpadi died by suicide on Saturday night. In a video later found on his phone, the man talks about his debts and the financial distress auto drivers face. He also appeals to the govt to revise meter fares. The video has since been widely circulated among auto drivers.Police identified…