In June, C Vijayabaskar (Viralimalai constituency) became the fifth legislator to resign and join TVK K ChandruElection Commission of India (ECI) recently made a submission before Madras high court, which was hearing a public interest litigation seeking to prevent byelections necessitated by the resignation of AIADMK MLAs. The petitioner apparently pleaded before court that if…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday (September 15, 2026), including exit bans on those deemed to endanger the country’s “industrial or technological security”. Citizens who violate technology import and export regulations could be banned from leaving China, the State Council…
Deepak Chahar dismissed Priyansh Arya after setting him up with a planned sequence of deliveries, during the IPL 2026 match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings in Dharamsala on Thursday.In the 58th match of the tournament, Mumbai Indians were led by Jasprit Bumrah, who stepped in as captain with Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav unavailable….
A final-year law student was arrested by the Shankar Nagar All Women Police in Chennai for creating and uploading morphed obscene images of a fellow student on social media. During the investigation, police found that he had similarly altered photographs of other women, including students, professors and a few of his nieces too, using his…
Norwegian fans cheer after victory in the round of 16 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway during the 2026 World Cup, in Oslo, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Javad Parsa/NTB via AP) Erling Haaland delivered when Norway needed him most, scoring five minutes from time to seal a 2-1 victory over Côte d’Ivoire and send…
Neeraj Chopra (PTI Photo) India’s star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has described missing the Asian Games because of injury as difficult but said the biggest lesson for an athlete is to “accept” the setback and focus on making a comeback.The 28-year-old was set to chase a third straight Asian Games gold medal before suffering a…
SLIP OF THE TONGUE: Most Irula speakers are bilingual or multilingual and often mix Tamil or Kannada with their daily speech When languages are silenced, a process called phonocide, the passing down of knowledge is broken, and much oral wisdom is lost forever, says K Ganesh, former head of the department of English at Madras…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File picture | Photo Credit: AP The UN rights chief said on Saturday (June 20, 202he deeply regretted the European Union’s new migration rules, which allow much broader detention powers and the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. The rules, approved on Wednesday (June 17, 2026),…
The V. Shantaram biopic featuring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Tamannaah Bhatia has been delayed to 2027. Shooting is now set to begin in April next year, with production planning to complete the outdoor portions early and use the monsoon window for indoor shoots. Deshpande moves on to ‘Kambli‘ as his next project While the V. Shantaram…
England’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge celebrates reaching her century. (AP Photo) England rewrote the history books in emphatic fashion at Edgbaston, posting the highest team total in Women’s T20 World Cup history — 219/1 — before cruising to an 87-run win over Sri Lanka in their tournament opener.On a sunlit evening in front of 14,865 fans, England’s…