India’s Preeti Pal dedicated her second silver medal at the Asian Para Games to her training partner Chirag Tyagi, who was shot dead in May. The sprinter remembered Chirag as a younger brother who dreamed of winning medals for India. She believes he would have reached the podium in Nagoya, Japan, had he been alive.Preeti…

Peelamedu police have registered a case involving a teacher, headmaster, and two students related to a student’s suicide COIMBATORE: Peelamedu police have registered a case under three sections against a teacher, the headmaster of a government-aided school and two students in connection with the death by suicide of a Class X Scheduled Caste student on…

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar (Image credit: World Archery) India’s Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the gold medal in the compound mixed team event at the Asian Para Games on Thursday. The Indian pair defeated Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang 151-148 in the final.The top-seeded Indian team stayed ahead for most…

En route to Ooty for the2000km drive CHENNAI: In the 1970s, when rising petrol prices pushed Tamil Nadu to explore alternatives, engineers at the College of Engineering, Guindy, modified petrol engines to run on 100% ethanol. They tested the technology on city roads, took two cars on a 2,000km journey across the state and demonstrated…