Abhishek Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: Abhishek Sharma continued his love affair with explosive batting on Friday, rewriting the T20I record books during India’s opening match against Ireland in Belfast by becoming the first batter from a Full Member nation to score five half-centuries in 20 balls or fewer.The left-handed opener reached his latest…
Chennai: The death toll in the car accident near Poonamallee rose to two after a 27-year-old police constable succumbed to injuries at a government hospital on Thursday.The deceased, Arur Kumar ,27, along with Tamil Selvan ,32, and Saravanakumar ,28, all natives of Melur in Madurai district, were serving in the Armed Reserve Police in Chennai.The…
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says airstrikes were carried out targeting the new Hamas leader, Mohammed Odeh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel carried out a pair of airstrikes in Gaza City late on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), killing at least three people and injuring 12, hospital officials said. The strike took place on the…
The 2009 deluge caused landslides and damaged roads in Ooty Has the Nilgiris become safer from landslides, or are officials misreading data? Nilgiris collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru recently said that a scientific reassessment by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has reduced the number of vulnerable locations from 283 to 156, almost half. Environmentalists and…
Chennai: With hardly a day left to apply for revaluation, parents of CBSE Class XII students continued to face issues with the web portal on Sunday — from pages freezing to unending reloading. “The deadline is likely to be extended to another day,” a school head said. CBSE regional office said that the issues were…
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Chennai: A 56-year-old mattress trader drowned after his autorickshaw plunged into Krishna canal near Uthukottai in Tiruvallur district on Saturday.Police said Murugesan, 56, of Surapet near Puzhal, and his associate, Suman, 44, travelled from village to village selling mattresses. On Saturday, they finished work at Ponthavakkam near Uthukottai and stopped near Krishna canal. While Suman…
The week opens on a bright note, Libra, almost like a window being pushed open after a stuffy afternoon. Early in the week, things move in your favour with unusual ease. Small efforts bring visible results, people respond warmly, and even the children around you, whether your own or younger family members, give you a…
Rajinikanth dismissed speculation that he was “jealous” of C Joseph Vijay’s political rise, saying he felt “exhilarated” seeing someone from the film industry become chief minister and take on both Dravidian majors and the BJP-led Union govt. CHENNAI: Rajinikanth dismissed speculation that he was “jealous” of C Joseph Vijay’s political rise, saying he felt “exhilarated”…
Serhii Koretskyi, head of state energy company Naftogaz. File | Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday (July 16, 2026) approved Serhii Koretskyi, the head of state energy company Naftogaz, as the country’s new Prime Minister, as part of a major government reshuffle initiated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mr. Zelenskyy nominated Mr. Koretskyi, citing…