High drama unfolded on Thursday at the send-off ceremony for the Indian contingent headed to the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games, with several para-shooters protesting outside the venue and alleging corruption and manipulation in the selection process.The protesters were met by senior Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) officials, including president Devendra Jhajharia, who tried to persuade…

India’s 99th chess Grandmaster Rathanvel VS (Designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, felt as though the wait was almost over. Nearly a decade after the end of the ten-year Trojan War, he and his crew were finally within reach of home, only to find themselves on the verge of losing all…

CHENNAI: Former chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday slammed the TVK government for unleashing the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to raid the residence and properties of DMK Principal Secretary K N Nehru. Terming the search operations “politically motivated”, Stalin alleged that they were staged to deflect attention from the alleged horse-trading of…