Jaden.Thomas@timesofindia.com Saving the murals Highlighting severe damage from natural weathering and human vandalism, the centre for heritage and ecological research through arts and literature (Cheral) has urged the Tamil Nadu govt to declare the prehistoric rock paintings at Moonandipatti in Theni district a protected archaeological monument. The group sent a request to the district collector…

India’s Shapath Bharadwaj (PTI Photo) India’s Shapath Bharadwaj booked his place in the men’s individual trap shooting final after surviving a tense three-way shoot-off at the Asian Games on Tuesday.Shapath finished joint-seventh in qualification with 117 points, forcing him into a shoot-off against Qatar’s Mohammed Al-Rumaihi and Kazakhstan’s Alisher Aisalbayev for the two remaining places…

Dharapuram: DMK MP Kanimozhi on Monday appealed to voters in Dharapuram not to vote for AIADMK, which was “incapable of safeguarding its own MLAs”, or TVK, which “poached MLAs” from other parties.Kanimozhi said there might be sympathy towards AIADMK because the party had lost its MLA elected from the constituency to TVK. “You may think…

Nihal Sarin replies to troll on social media NEW DELHI: Indian grandmaster Nihal Sarin didn’t need more than three words to shut down a troll on X. After India’s open team wrapped up their campaign at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand with a silver medal, Nihal posted a simple message of celebration, penning, “Happy…