Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during India A’s Tri-nation series in Dambulla, Sri Lanka. (PTI Photo) In Belfast this week, men with measuring tapes have been solving a small architectural problem. India needed a second dressing room. Not the usual communal affair where grown professionals peel off their pads and discuss their hamstrings, but a separate one, because…
S Keerthana, State minister for industries, investment promotion and commerce Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ambitions to become India’s pre-eminent automotive manufacturing state are steadily extending beyond Chennai. Apollo Tyres, one of the country’s largest tyre makers, is exploring the establishment of a new greenfield manufacturing facility in the State, in addition to its existing unit at…
Your standing rises today. The Moon touches your career zone, and that often brings visibility, responsibility, and the sort of attention that can help your future if you handle it well. Superiors are more likely to listen, and your efforts won’t remain hidden.There is seriousness in the air, but also reward. If you stay composed,…
Chennai: Ahead of the local body elections, the state govt has asked state election commissioner Jothi Nirmalasamy to resign, sources told TOI.The move comes days after the govt asked chairpersons and members of several other state bodies to step down, fuelling criticism that C Joseph Vijay’s govt is seeking to purge institution heads appointed by…
Chennai city Cyber Crime Wing arrested YouTuber Maridhas in Madurai on Monday in connection with a case for making objectionable remarks about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and a few state ministers in a YouTube interview. Police also investigated allegations that he uploaded an AI-generated image of a woman minister in an offensive…
Taiwanese and Lithuanian flags displayed at Taiwan embassy in Vilnius. File | Photo Credit: Reuters New Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius said on Tuesday (July 14, 2026), the 2021 decision to allow Taiwan to open a de-facto embassy in the country was ‘maybe too brave’ as he sought to repair relations with China on his…
A woman walks past a banner with a picture of the late Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran on June 7, 2026. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters Iran’s state-run news agency said on Saturday (June 13, 2026) funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader Ali…
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. helicopter fired missiles on Tuesday (August 11, 2026) into the engine room of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that attempted to break the American blockade of Iran’s ports, the United States military said. The U.S. Navy MH-60 helicopter…
The Tamil Nadu Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) detained a US-based software engineer at Chennai International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday in connection with an investigation into more than 1,500 hoax bomb threat emails sent between 2023 and 2025 to airports, educational institutions, public officials and other high-profile targets across India. Chennai: For nearly three…
Amitabh Bachchan’s life-threatening accident during the filming of ‘Coolie’ in 1982 remains one of the most unforgettable moments in Indian cinema. The actor sustained a severe abdominal injury and a ruptured spleen after a mistimed action sequence with co-star Puneet Issar. He was briefly declared clinically dead before doctors performed emergency surgeries that saved his…