Day: January 16, 2020

 Shreyas Iyer on Thursday said the current competition in the Indian team demands one to bat at any number after he did not get to play at his usual number four spot in the first ODI against Australia.

Four women were killed after a car hit them when they were walking on the road at Vallam, Thanjavur. According to police, the four-wheeler driven by one Sathyanarayan lost control and ran over a group of devotees killing four persons identified as Selvi (48), her daughter Keerthy (22), Kavitha (25) and Kanniyammal (50). The incident left many injured including Sathyanarayan.

Skipper Virat Kohli is set to be back at his regular number three position after the strategy of coming two-down boomeranged in the lung-opener as India take on a resolute Australia in the must-win second ODI here on Friday.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today dropped from the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted players, raising fresh doubts on the future of the former India captain who has not played since the World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand last year.

India’s Sumit Nagal suffered a straight-set loss in the first round to crash out of the men’s singles qualifiers of the Australian Open here on Thursday.

After a scintillating show in Asuran, Dhanush is back to please the gallery in Pattas. As the title suggests, Pattas by Durai Senthilkumar is a cocktail of action, humour and romance. A regular revenge drama with a martial arts background, the movie has a plethora of artistes. After an intense drama in Asuran, Dhanush takes to a commercial pot-boiler and does it with ease in dual roles.

Arignar Anna Zoological Park management has said that special arrangements have been made for the visitors to view the new born animals in a special exclusive large LED display exclusively arranged on Kannum Pongal day.

Driver of a suburban train in Eastern Railway’s Sealdah-Shantipur section was manhandled by passengers in West Bengal’s Nadia district for not stopping the train at a station, officials said today.

Chennai City Police Commissioner A K Viswanathan took part in Pongal celebrations conducted by the police department at various places in the city Wednesday.

A 50-year-old man died after he allegedly jumped in front of a moving train at Dwarka Mor metro station today, police said.The incident happened on platform number 1 around 10 am when the train was going towards Noida from Dwarka. He was rushed to DDU Hospital but could not be saved. His identity is yet to be established and an investigation is underw