Indian table tennis earned the world’s respect in a watershed 2018 when the country won a historic two medals at the Asian Games after Manika Batra’s unprecedented showing at the Commonwealth Games.
Author: PTI
The Premier Badminton League (PBL), starting here on Saturday, is being held at the end of the year after a hectic season and at times it does affect the players’ bodies, feels star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal.
Viv Richards is happy that the current Indian team has come a long way in terms of aggressive attitude from the teams that he played against and credit should go to skipper Virat Kohli for infusing positive attitude.
The Congress Friday played down the opposition by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Left parties to DMK’s ‘Rahul Gandhi for Prime Minister’ call, saying they had only described the timing as inappropriate and accused the media of twisting the whole issue.
A 58-year-old senior faculty member of state-run Manonmaniam Sundaranar University here was sent on ‘compulsorily retirement’ Friday over allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by a woman student.
Customs department sleuths seized gold bars worth Rs 62 lakh allegedly smuggled in a flight that arrived from Riyadh here recently, officials said Friday.
IIT-Madras research scholars Friday staged a demonstration inside the campus here demanding a hike in fellowship amount, its timely and regular disbursal from various funding agencies.
Ashok Leyland of Hinduja group and Engine Factory, Avadi, near here, Friday donated Rs 3 crore and Rs 5 lakh, respectively, to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund towards rehabilitation work in cyclone Gaja-affected districts of Tamilnadu.
Accusing the state BJP of trying to create a divide in society over the Sabarimala issue, four leaders resigned from the party Friday and evinced interest in joining CPI(M), heading the ruling LDF in Kerala.