CHENNAI: Madras high court has imposed Rs 50,000 cost on joint secretaries of Union home and external affairs ministries for failing to assist the court in connection with a habeas corpus plea moved by the son of an Indian who was convicted in a narcotics case in Sri Lanka and later repatriated to India.A division…
India’s Chirag Shetty, left, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reached the men’s doubles final of the Singapore Open Super 750 tournament after defeating top seeds and world No. 1 pair Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea in straight games on Saturday.The fourth-seeded Indian duo beat the reigning world…
COIMBATORE: Members of the Coimbatore District Call Taxi Federation held a protest at Sivananda Colony in Tatabad on Tuesday, pressing the Tamil Nadu govt to launch a state-backed taxi booking app and rein in private aggregators.In the demonstration, call taxi drivers raised slogans and submitted a 12-point charter of demands. They demanded that the govt…
Chennai: An 18-year-old engineering student died in a road accident during a motorcycle race on the Tambaram-Maduravoyal Bypass Road near Kovur on Friday night. Police said the student suffered head injuries after losing control of the motorcycle.The deceased, Jai Harish, of Kadapperi in Tambaram, was a second year electronics and communication engineering student at Sathyabama…
Suryakumar Yadav wished the Indian team well after losing the T20I captaincy, sharing a message of support on Instagram following the announcement of India’s squads for the Ireland and England tours.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday named Shreyas Iyer as India’s new T20I captain, replacing Suryakumar Yadav. Soon after the…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the United States and Iran are expected to sign a peace agreement within the next 24 hours, marking a major step toward ending months of conflict in West Asia. According to Sharif, both sides have agreed on a framework and finalized the text of the deal, with an electronic…
The day moves at a middle pace, neither too exciting nor too heavy. That’s not a bad thing. With the Moon balancing your practical matters and Venus helping your social ease, you can keep things steady if you don’t expect miracles.Income and expenditure seem to balance each other, which means you can breathe, but not…
Namakkal: Electronic appliances in more than 100 houses at Agraharam in the Pallipalayam municipality conked out on Wednesday, owing to intermittent fluctuations in the power after electric poles were damaged in the two-day thunderstorms in the area.Residents of the area held a demonstration against Electricity Board (EB)officials, including assistant engineer Ramadurai, when they came to…
Fans of the ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Gilded Age’, ‘House of the Dragon’, ‘Lanterns’ series have a lot to look forward to this year as HBO, on Sunday, dropped a new “Coming Soon” trailer teasing first-look footage and release dates for some of its biggest upcoming web series. HBO debuts promo of 20 titles Harry Potter set…
Tilak Varma responds to criticism (Image: ANI) India’s T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma has hit back at criticism surrounding his strike rate during the recent T20I tours of Ireland and England, insisting that he always bats according to the team’s requirements rather than personal milestones.The left-hander faced scrutiny after scoring 178 runs in seven T20Is across…