Day: December 24, 2019

“A specialist will be employed to help embattled India cricketer Rishabh Pant improve his wicket-keeping skills,” chief selector MSK Prasad said here on Monday. Not long ago, Pant had worked under former India keeper Kiran More, seeking to improve his glove-work.

Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni has been named as the captain of Cricket Australia’s ODI team of the decade. The line-up, announced by Cricket Australia on Tuesday, features Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as the two other Indians.

Actress Anushka Shetty is all set to play the female lead in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s next directorial. To be bankrolled by Vels Films International, the shoot will begin once Gautham completes Varun’s Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha.

Actress Shalini Pandey of Arjun Reddy fame was roped in as heroine for Arun Vijay starrer Agni Siragugal. However after shooting for 27 days, she opted out of the movie. Akshara Haasan had replaced Shalini Pandey in Naveen’s directorial. T Shiva, the producer of the film, has dragged the issue to court and has filed a case against the actress.

The Special Court constituted to hear complaints against MPs and MLAs has issued summons to DMK president and the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly, M K Stalin, Congress leader S Thirunavukkarasar, VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan, former Deputy Mayor Karate Thiyagarajan and three others in connection with staging a protest without permission and disrupting public life.

With just two weeks left for Rajinikanth’s ‘Darbar to hit the screens, the excitement among fans is on a high. Plans are on for a special first day first show at several screens across the State. Meanwhile, the makers have released few stills from the movie that is trending on social media.

T Sathya, a class twelve student of the Lady Sivaswami Ayyar Girls High School, Chennai made the Tamilnadu proud by clinching gold at the SGFI National Sports Meet held earlier this month at Sangrur, Punjab. The victory was also a special one as apart from winning the gold, she created a new national record in the Under-19 category by scaling 3.61 metres.

The Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly session will commence on 6 January, 2020 with the New Year address to the House by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.

Floral tributes were paid to AIADMK founder and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran, popularly called as ‘MGR’, on the occasion of his 32nd death anniversary today.

In his message, Governor Banwarilal Purohit said, “The festival of Christmas marks the birthday of Lord Jesus Christ and is celebrated with merriment and joy. On this happy occasion, I convey my heartiest greetings and best wishes to all our Christian brothers and sisters.”