Vijay campaigned for TVK candidate P Sathyabama in Dharapuram DHARAPURAM: In a clear shift in his campaign pitch, chief minister C Joseph Vijay sharpened his attack on AIADMK, in Dharapuram on Wednesday, while continuing to target DMK.Campaigning for TVK candidate P Sathyabama, Vijay accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of betraying party icons M…
Nagoya: Gold medallist, from left, India’s Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi and Jyothi Surekha Vennam during the medal ceremony for the (PTI Photo) India’s medal tally at the 2026 Asian Games climbed to 56 medals on Wednesday, with the country adding three gold medals and a bronze. India now have 9 gold, 21 silver and 26…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has invited bids to supply cloth bags to 105 vending machines across 17 districts under a one-year contract valued at ₹67 lakh.As a continuation of the state govt’s ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme launched in 2021 to enforce the blanket ban on single-use plastics, the bags will be supplied…
File photo of Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao. (ANI) NEW DELHI: The higher-ranking Sports Ministry officials, including Sports Secretary Hari Ranjan Rao, have cancelled their plans to travel to Aichi-Nagoya for the ongoing Asian Games. It has been reliably learnt that the top brass will remain in the country to oversee the BRICS Traditional and…
Chennai: A special court for corruption cases on Tuesday granted bail to B T Arasakumar, the prime accused in ₹100 crore private school recognition cheating case. The bail is granted ‘as the indefeasible right to release on bail accrues in favour of the accused following non-filing of final report by the police within the legal…
Srinath Narayanan, captain of the silver-winning Team India in the Open section NEW DELHI: “Don’t blame me for keeping the board order in suspense. I had it on chess-results right from September 1.” The message, though posted with a playful emoji from Srinath Narayanan’s own social media handle the moment India’s board order for the…
Chennai: Just because developed countries do not have label disclosing presence of micro plastics in water sold in PET bottles, such a rule cannot be termed as unnecessary in India, the Madras high court has said.“In developed countries, water flowing from taps is potable and is consumed, whereas in our country, it is considered to…
India had its best day of the Asian Games (Image credit: Agencies) India had its best day of the Asian Games so far as compound archers won all three team gold medals, while shooters Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai also finished on top in the mixed trap event.Three bronze medals in boxing and wrestling took…
Driverless mode from mid-2027 Chennai: The first stretch of Chennai Metro’s Phase-2 network, from Poonamallee Bypass to Vadapalani, covering 14.64km, will be inaugurated on Oct 11, but trains will not run in driverless mode until mid-2027.CMRL officials said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the line and is expected to take a ride on one…
Image credit: Hockey India It is Day 12 of the Asian Games 2026 and the first day of October, with India looking to build on a strong outing on Day 11 when they won three gold medals in archery and another gold medal in shooting.The Indian contingent will have several medal opportunities on Thursday, with…