More than 20 lorries carrying relief materials worth Rs 2 crore from all districts in the state was today flagged off to flood-ravaged Kerala.
Author: PTI
Special prayers were conducted today at the famous Shrine Basilica at Velankanni in the district for rain-ravaged Kerala to return to normalcy.
Tamilnadu Local Administration minister S P Velumani today handed over a solatium of Rs 6 lakh each to the families of six people, who were killed after a car mowed them down near a bus-stand here on 1 August.
A constable has been arrested on the charge of stealing an ‘expensive’ mobile phone that was seized from a group of North Indians taken into custody in connection with betting on a local cricket match here, recently, police said today.
Madhya Pradesh batsman Ashutosh Singh made a patient, unbeaten 57 as India Red reached 230 for six on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against India Green here.
The Indian men’s hockey team crushed Bangladesh 7-1 in a practice match here to enter the 18th Asian Games on a confident note.
Vedanta welcomed the Supreme Court’s refusal to entertain Tamilnadu government’s plea against the NGT’s order allowing the mining major’s access to the administrative unit inside its closed Sterlite copper plant at Tuticorin and said its appeal is already scheduled for hearing before the National Green Tribunal on Monday.
Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 1500m runner Monika Chaudhary were dropped from the Asian Games squad after their performance in the confirmatory trials were found to be unsatisfactory by the selection committee, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said.
India skipper Virat Kohli said his players don’t feel threatened because of his chop-and-change policy and called it “quite a bizarre thought to have,” taking a dig at those questioning the trend.