India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Sineth Jayawardena. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India produced a dominant all-round performance to crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs in the second men’s cricket semifinal of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, setting up a mouth-watering gold-medal clash against arch-rivals Pakistan…
The secretariat at Fort St George K Ashok Vardhan ShettyFor a quarter-century, successive govts have sought to relocate Tamil Nadu’s secretariat from Fort St George. Every proposal provoked controversy and was eventually abandoned; even the one completed complex was repurposed into a multi-speciality hospital.The secretariat is best retained at Fort St George. Its congestion-related drawbacks…
Image credit: Hockey India NEW DELHI: India survived a huge scare against Pakistan before Abhishek scored with just 45 seconds left to give the defending champions a dramatic 4-3 win in the Asian Games hockey semifinal on Thursday.The victory sends India into the hockey gold medal match, while Pakistan will play for the bronze medal.India…
Madurantakam: TVK and its allies launched an attack on DMK in a joint campaign for the bypoll organised at Madurantakam on Thursday. Lauding chief minister C Joseph Vijay for establishing a coalition govt in the state, the leaders said it was essential for TVK candidates to win the bypoll for the “secular, corruption-free” govt to…
Veer Chotrani competes in the men’s singles quarterfinal Squash match against Pakistan’s Irfan Muhammad in the ongoing Asian Games 2026, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) India’s men’s squash team signed off with bronze medal after losing their semifinal match against Malaysia at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday.The men’s team lost 1-2 to Malaysia,…
Alleges decline in GST collections for 3 consecutive months Chennai: Former finance minister Thangam Thennarasu on Thursday accused chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led TVK govt of mismanaging Tamil Nadu’s economy and alleged there was a decline in GST collections for three consecutive months.“During DMK regime, Tamil Nadu’s financial position, which outshone other states in the…
Nitesh Siwach (Image credit: X) India remained in eighth place in the Asian Games medal standings on Thursday after adding more medals across sailing, wrestling, squash and archery.India’s overall medal tally rose to 64 medals – 10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze.China continued to lead the standings by a huge margin with 288 medals…
Cuddalore: Tension briefly prevailed at C Kandaswami Naidu College for Women in Cuddalore on Thursday after police were forced to push back and disperse VCK cadres who tried to breach security barricades to meet party president and Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalavan.The commotion occurred during the institution’s annual graduation ceremony, which functions under the Pachaiyappa’s Trust….
KOCHI: 811 runs were scored in 93.3 overs in the second ODI between India and West Indies at Guwahati on a ridiculous day of batting, when bowlers were reduced to mute spectators. Once, a match like this would have been celebrated like a historic event. Now, it’s just another game of cricket. A game like…
High court Madras High Court Chennai: Madras high court on Thursday reserved its orders on a plea moved by former minister and DMK MLA E V Velu seeking to quash an FIR registered against him in connection with the highway tender scam. It was alleged that Velu, as a public works minister during the previous…