Indian athlete Jay Meena, winner of the Bronze Medal in soft tennis at the Asian Games 2026, arrives at the IGI Airport, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo/Neeraj) NEW DELHI: Weeks before the 2026 Asian Games, Jay Meena was bedridden with typhoid and a severe infection, losing eight kilograms in the process. Sent home…
Raiza Dhillon of India (AP) India secured a bronze medal in the women’s skeet team event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan combining for a total of 331 points.Raiza and Parinaaz both shot 111 out of 125, while Maheshwari contributed 109 to the team’s overall tally.China took the…
Simon Pegg joins ‘The Rings of Power’ as the voice of Balrog. (Image Credits: Instagram) The stunning debut look of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. Along with announcing the much-anticipated ensuing episodes, the makers revealed that Simon Pegg will join the cast…
Christopher Nolan‘s ‘The Odyssey’ has finally made its way to theatres in spectacular IMAX, and while critics have largely embraced the ambitious adaptation of Homer’s epic, social media users are far more divided.Early reactions on X (formerly Twitter) paint a far more contrasting picture, than the glowing critics reviews that flooded social media ahead of…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was recently called out by a social media influencer for promoting a shampoo from his men’s healthcare brand, although he himself is bald. The Rock himself had a hilarious comeback to her comments online. Dwayne Johnson replies to influencer’s criticism about his brand Johnson was recently ‘called’ out by a popular…
Sanju Samson added his name to a list long dominated by MS Dhoni after the Chennai Super Kings wicketkeeper-batter broke Dhoni’s record for most runs scored by a designated CSK wicketkeeper in a single IPL season during the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk on Monday.Dhoni had scored 461 runs in 16 innings during the…
India had last hosted a F1 Grand Prix at the BIC in Greater Noida in 2013 (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry has formed a task force led by NITI Ayog’s Yugal Kishore Joshi and to work on revival and development of Formula 1 and motorsports in India. The objective of the task…
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu govt on Wednesday announced a new interest subsidy scheme for women self-help groups (SHGs). Under the scheme, women SHGs that repay loans on time would receive an interest subsidy, benefiting loans to the tune of Rs 38,000 crore this year, said state finance minister N Marie Wilson while presenting the 2026-27…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss flayed successive state govts for their alleged failure to protect Pallikaranai marsh and asked if the govts were `unfit’ to do conserve the marshland.Anbumani Ramadoss who led an awareness rally in Chennai demanding the notification of Pallikaranai marsh, questioned the reason for not `protecting’ the marsh. “Will you adopt the…
Sub-inspector Prakash walked through a maze of lanes and bylanes in Otteri last week searching for Munniyan, a ganja peddler. He had passed the suspect, but returned empty-handed. Reason: Munniyan tonsured his head and changed his appearance to escape the officer’s eye.A week later, police returned to the locality carrying a smartphone with IDENTIX app….