CHENNAI: Veteran filmmaker and actor Bharathiraja, one of the most influential figures in Tamil cinema, passed away in Chennai on Wednesday, June 10. He was 84.The celebrated director had been battling health issues for several months. According to sources close to the family, Bharathiraja had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments and respiratory complications, including…
COIMBATORE: A male elephant was found dead near a transformer close to the Thadagam reserve forest boundary in Coimbatore district on Tuesday afternoon.Acting on information, forest personnel rushed to a parcel of land owned by Arul Antony in the 24 Veerapandi village limits in Coimbatore North taluk and found the decomposed carcass of a tusker…
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt is planning to move the state secretariat out of the 17th-century Fort St George to a new administrative complex to be built outside the core city, sources told TOI.Meanwhile, chief minister C Joseph Vijay, who is in agreement with several ministers on the space constraints in the heritage building, is likely…
Image credit: Major League Cricket NEW DELHI: Veteran spinner Sunil Narine produced a brilliant spell with the ball after half-centuries from Andre Fletcher and Matthew Tromp helped Los Angeles Knight Riders beat Washington Freedom by 18 runs in the Major League Cricket (MLC) clash at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Friday.The victory earned…
England Thrash India by 125 Runs (Image: X) England produced a ruthless all-round performance to crush India by 125 runs in the third T20I at Trent Bridge on Tuesday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series after the opener was washed out.The defeat was one India will want to forget in a hurry….
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss has urged the need for conducting caste survey in Tamil Nadu.Anbumani who convened a multi party meeting, said that the survey was not about welfare of any caste, but concerned the development of the state. BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran, former AIADMK minister Agri Krishnamurthy, Tamila Vazhvurimai Katchi founder Velmurugan…
Tejas Nandakumar barred from 2026 Commonwealth Games NEW DELHI: For Tejas Nandakumar, India’s national record holder in the Men’s S7 100m backstroke, the past 24 hours have been a whirlwind of disbelief.The 20-year-old from Bengaluru was supposed to compete at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, starting July 23, and everything had been building towards…
Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill (Agency Image) TimesofIndia.com in Lucknow: After a rain-curtailed opening ODI in Dharamsala, India’s top-order batters — Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer — went through the paces during the net session at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.Throughout the 90-odd-minute session, split equally between pace and…
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police on Tuesday evening arrested a 43-year-old school van driver on charges of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.The girl, who lives with her grandparents, studies in a private school here. Her mother works in Bengaluru after the death of her husband. The woman recently came here and took her daughter to…
Erode: Two young men died and two others suffered grievous injuries after two motorcycles collided head-on near KMS Garden on the Amman Koil Division to Sikkarasampalayam village road, on Monday.The deceased were identified as Sathiyamoorthi, 24, and Sakthivel, 21, both from Sathyamangalam. Both were riding the two bikes involved in the collission.“The accident took place…