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Security personnel patrolling near Jantar Mantar on October 10, 2026 | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The mobile internet shutdown, from 10 p.m. on Friday (October 9, 2026) through Saturday evening, compounded the disruption caused by the massive crackdown on attempts to protest in the capital. Digital payments all but ground to a halt —…
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Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at his residence in Neelankarai. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi arrived in Chennai on Saturday to participate in ‘Voice of Students – Chhatron ki Goonj’, a student interaction event that…
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The Hyderabad and Tripura Ranji teams will be the first to play at the ‘new’ Gymkhana. | Photo Credit: File photo: K. Ramesh Babu Before Hyderabad had a Test venue, it had Gymkhana. Cricket has been played on this ground for more than 150 years, ever since British army personnel first took to it in…
Ayush Badoni will be hoping to lead from the front. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: ALLEN EGENUSE J On the eve of a new Ranji Trophy season, Delhi’s Ayush Badoni faces a daunting test. The 26-year-old will be expected to not just score a heap of runs in the middle-order and guide Delhi’s young batting…
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Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Many were doubtful whether a government could function without corruption, but Tamil Nadu has shown that it can, thanks to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, said Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar at the School Voice Educational Conference on Saturday in Chennai. Highlighting the telecast of Assembly proceedings he…
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Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar Dressed in a dark blue blazer and white trousers, her hair gathered in a tight ponytail and her hands clasped behind her back, Harmanpreet Kaur is looking at the famous balcony at Lord’s. The camera has captured the moment from behind, as she stands there at cricket’s best-known venue, situated in…
Swapnil Asnodkar. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar Eighteen years later, Swapnil Asnodkar still remembers that loose shot he played against Sreekumar Nair at Palakkad. It is, after all, not every day that you get a chance to score a double-hundred. After opening the innings for Goa, he was dismissed for 191 against Kerala in…
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A moving car was gutted in a fire near Sparsh Hospital on the busy Infantry Road close to City Police Commissioner’s office on Saturday morning. The driver of the car managed to escape on time, averting a major mishap. No casualties were reported. According to the traffic police, smoke and flames began emanating from the…
Mike Schloesser did the star turn for Mighty Marathas in an APL match. | Photo Credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR Mighty Marathas registered the first clean sweep of Archery Premier League season-2, beating Chola Chiefs 6-0 at People’s Plaza here on Saturday. Led by Mike Schloesser and anchored by Dhiraj Bommadevara under time pressure, Marathas brought up…
Image uses for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan has established a “robust nuclear security regime” for protecting nuclear material and facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said after completing its first physical protection advisory mission to the country. A seven-member IAEA team concluded a 12-day International Physical Protection Advisory Service…
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