Representative image: India lost to Japan in men’s quadrant semifinal. (Pic credit: X) NEW DELHI: India added another bronze to their swelling medal tally at the Asian Games on Friday as their men’s sepaktakraw team bowed out in the semifinal at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Gymnasium.India went down 0-2 to hosts Japan in a…
CHENNAI: The world of a granite baron, who had his corporate footprint in about 22 countries, has now shrunk to a 10X15 feet prison room, a bed, a chair, an English business newspaper and brief walks along a CCTV-monitored corridor at Puzhal prison in Chennai. First arrested on Aug 29 in connection with a child…
Nihal Sarin looks back at his Chess Olympiad loss to Uzbekistan NEW DELHI: World champion Dommaraju Gukesh was patiently following the game between his compatriot Nihal Sarin and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev in Round 6 of the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand.The other three boards had already ended in draws, Gukesh’s own game against Shamsiddin Vokhidov…
Puducherry: CPM Tamil Nadu state secretary P Shanmugam on Friday lashed out at the political landscape in TN and the Union territory of Puducherry, accusing major political parties—including the TVK—of distributing cash for votes in ongoing assembly byelections.Speaking to reporters in Puducherry, Shanmugam targeted TVK founder and Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, questioning…
India women’s hockey team won their first Asian Games gold medal in 44 years. (Reuters Photo) NEW DELHI: India have moved into the top five of the Asian Games 2026 medal tally after a stunning day of gold-medal performances across sports.India now have 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze medals, taking their overall tally…
Chennai: Today, a ‘wall of hope’ built of 20,000 Post-it notes, each carrying a young person’s raison d’etre, will come together at IIT Madras Research Park in Taramani. ‘To become an IAS officer,’ says a yellow 3×3 inch note from a 15-year-old. ‘For my younger brother,’ says another. ‘There is no one to care for…
India’s players pose for photographs after winning gold medal in the women’s final Hockey match at Asian Games 2026, in Gifu, Japan. (PTI Photo) India produced a stunning six-gold haul on the penultimate day of the Asian Games on Friday, with the women’s hockey team, three boxers, archers and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal leading a late…
Chennai: Saturn will put on one of its best shows of 2026 on Oct 4, when it reaches opposition—the point at which Earth lies between the Sun and Saturn—giving skywatchers an opportunity to see the ringed planet through most of the night.The alignment will occur at 5.30pm, when Saturn will be about 126,000,000km from Earth….
India face Brazil in a historic Kolkata friendly, with Vinicius Junior, Endrick and Carlo Ancelotti headlining a star-studded Brazilian side. India are set for one of the biggest football nights in their history when the Blue Tigers face five-time FIFA World Cup champions Brazil in Kolkata on Saturday. The match will bring Vinicius Junior, Endrick…
Chennai: Pasumai Thaayagam president and Dharmapuri MLA Sowmiya Anbumani has launched a social awareness movement titled “Madhu Illa Tamilagam” (Liquor-Free Tamil Nadu) in a simple function in Chennai on Friday. She released a comprehensive manifesto detailing the devastating socio-economic, medical, and generational impacts of alcoholism across the state during the launch of the movement.The campaign…