Day: December 28, 2019

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly feels beating Australia on their home soil will be a bigger challenge for India next year compared to the one in 2018-19 when Steve Smith and David Warner were not present in the opposition ranks.

Six-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg category) defeated Nikhat Zareen in an intense trial bout here on Saturday to make the Indian team for next year’s Olympic qualifiers in China.

Chennai Corporation has launched the “GCC Smart Parking” App which will help the vehicle drivers to find the nearest empty parking slot and pay the fee either with cash or by card to the parking attendant.

Keeping the commercial hubs, industries and other IT companies aside, what brings real happiness to people is a peaceful place, where the residents can sit back and relax. There are many such chilling places in the locality that is fondly visited by the locals every day.

In the field of education, there has been an increase in students opting to study in Russia. There was a 30 per cent jump in students with over 1,200 Indians opting to study in Russia for higher studies in 2019, said Consulate General of Russian Federation, Consul-General, O Avdeev.

There were reports that Yuvan Shankar Raja had been finalised to compose music for Ajith’s Valimai. However sources say that D Imman has been confirmed as the film’s music director.

Prime Media in association with Kal Raman and G2G1 International is all set to premiere Rajinikanth’s Darbar, bankrolled by Lyca Productions and directed by AR Murugadoss in USA on 8 January

A police officer says a car bomb has detonated at a security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, killing at least five people.

Tamil Maanila Congress president G K Vasan turned 55 today.

A rocket attack in northern Iraq killed an American contractor and wounded several military personnel on Friday, the US-led coalition against the Islamic State jihadist group said.