Day: January 10, 2019

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a cyberstalker to 24 years in jail for blackmailing 200 lady doctors and nurses through their social media accounts – the maximum punishment awarded to a convict in the offence related to social media crimes in the country’s history.

Chettinad Vidyashram’s boys and girls basketball team won the title in the 20th Kumararani Meena Muthiah Invitation basketball tournament for boys and girls which was conducted recently.

Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu (HUTN) began its campaign with a 4-2 win over Central Industrial Security Force (CSF) in the 9th Hockey India Senior National Championship (Division B) here on Wednesday.

A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for circulating photoshopped images of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other politicians, including former Indian premier Manmohan Singh, amid criticism that her government is using tough Internet laws to silence dissent.

Nidhish Rajagopal’s century wasn’t enough for Tamilnadu to avoid follow-on against Mumbai in the Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) Elite Group A match at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in Mumbai.

In a major trouble for India players Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul, the Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai today recommended a two-ODI ban for both the players for their controversial comments on women in a popular celebrity chat show.

The men’s final of 67th Senior National Volleyball Championship at the Nehru indoor stadium here Wednesday will see the hosts Tamilnadu take on Karnataka for the title.

Talks between Donald Trump and the Democrats to end a partial government shutdown have collapsed after the President stormed out of the White House meeting as the Opposition leaders refused to allocate $ 5.7 billion funding for his controversial US-Mexico border wall.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today countered media reports on the government’s intention of making Hindi compulsory. He said that no language is being given a compulsory status in the new National Education Policy (NEP).

The Tamilnadu Fisheries Department with the help of the Indian Coast Guard today seized around 80 banned fishing nets from fishermen here, officials said.