Day: February 4, 2020

India are set to field two debutant openers, Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal, in the first ODI against New Zealand here on Wednesday after skipper Virat Kohli confirmed that K L Rahul will continue to bat in the middle-order.

A 13-year-old girl jumped from the third floor of her school building in a bid to end her life. According to police, Sindhu (name changed) is a resident of Third Street, Virugambakkam.

Opener Prithvi Shaw on Tuesday made a comeback into the Indian Test team for the two-match series against New Zealand while Mayank Agarwal replaced injured Rohit Sharma in the ODI squad for the series beginning here on Wednesday.

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Chennai will host its 5th edition of Vibrance 2020 between 6 and 8 February. VIT vice-president Sekar Viswanathan launched the Vibrance 2020 T-Shirt at a press meet held here Monday.

Injuries to key players has opened the door for exciting youngsters such as Prithvi Shaw to make an impression in the Indian line-up against a low-on-confidence and depleted New Zealand in the three-match ODI series starting here on Wednesday.

If you happen to step into S Ramakrishnan’s office at Saligramam, you are greeted by walls of shelves hoarding hundreds of books, several stacks of paper, a computer nestled over a desk and a noticeboard with sticky notes. Here is where the prolific Tamil writer crafts a world of his own with inks of creativity.

Even as the whole country is waiting for the day when the punishment would be served on Nirbhaya convicts, five of the 15 convicts in the sensational case of sexual assault of a minor child at Ayanavaram in Chennai were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court on Monday.

Actor Vikram plays a dual role in his upcoming film with Ajay Gnanamuthu titled Cobra. Former international cricketer Irfan Pathan is making his debut in Kollywood with this project. The film features an ensemble cast including Srinidhi Shetty, Mirnalini Ravi and KS Ravikumar in important roles.

The Hindi remake of 2019’s Tamil blockbuster Kaithi will be bankrolled by Reliance Entertainment and Dream Warrior Pictures.
The action thriller, starring actor Karthi in the lead, was written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.

The Crime Branch CID has taken into custody a police Constable and his wife, who is a government employee, into custody in connection with the Tamilnadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) scam.