Senior IPS officers A Arun and N Kannan CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt on Thursday placed two senior IPS officers — additional director-general of police and director of Tamil Nadu Police Academy A Arun, and inspector-general of police and Coimbatore city commissioner of police N Kannan — on compulsory wait.A notification to this effect, issued by…
Quote of the day by Bob Dylan: ‘People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent,’ a powerful life lesson about the gap between values and actions(Image Credit: Instagram) Knowing what we believe is one thing; actually sticking to it can be much harder when the situation gets uncomfortable. That…
NEW DELHI: India made a strong start to its athletics campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on Thursday, winning two medals. The mixed 4x400m relay team won silver, while Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m. Seema’s medal was India’s first athletics medal at these Games.The relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK…
Anant Ambani. File | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Britain’s Newcastle University faced criticism Thursday (September 24, 2026) for awarding a sustainability professorship to Anant Ambani, the son of Asia’s richest man and owner of a scandal-hit giant wildlife centre in India. Vantara, which calls itself the world’s largest rescue centre, last month announced a major…
Students complained of vomiting and dizziness. Chennai: Forty students, were treated at a hospital on Thursday after consuming breakfast in which a dead lizard was found at a govt middle school near Mappedu in Tiruvallur district. They had complained of vomiting and dizziness.The incident occurred at the Govt Middle School in Kottaiyur village, where 55…
General:You’ll notice the pressure easing a little today. Work conditions become more supportive, like clouds finally parting after a sticky morning. Saturn steadies your routine, and the Moon helps people around you cooperate instead of complicating everything. That alone can calm your mind.There is also relief connected to family. The health of your father shows…
COIMBATORE: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) has registered a case against seven people, including a former panchayat president, a former councillor, and two retired block development officers, over alleged irregularities in govt housing schemes in Sultanpet block in Coimbatore district.The case is related to the Chief Minister’s Solar-Powered Green House Scheme and the…
Govinda thanks Diljit Dosanjh for calling him ‘legendary’; says, ‘Maine kaha tha ki ye ek din world-level star banenge’ Veteran actor Govinda has thanked Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh after the latter called him “legendary”. The actor said he had predicted Diljit’s rise to global stardom when he first met him and wished him even greater…
India’s Hriday Vipul Chheda competes in the Equestrian Dressage Individual Final event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China. (PTI File Photo) NEW DELHI: A horse declared “unfit” by the Equestrian Federation of India’s (EFI) ad-hoc committee in Germany has now been declared fit by Asian Games organisers in Japan, putting the spotlight on…
The strategically-located Bashiqa base has long been an issue of contention between Turkiye and Iraq, with Turkiye failing to fully withdraw forces, despite previous discussions for their removal. File | Photo Credit: AP Turkiye has agreed to gradually withdraw forces from a strategic military base in northern Iraq and hand over its control to the…
