R Sai Kishore with captain Shubman Gill CHENNAI: Through the highs and lows, R Sai Kishore has remained unfailingly humble.After finishing as the Ranji Trophy’s highest wicket-taker in the 2023-24 season and then emerging as one of Gujarat Titans’ standout performers in 2025, the left-arm spinner endured a difficult spell. Injuries, Tamil Nadu’s disappointing domestic…
Chennai: IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation is aiming to train 10 lakh school and college students in the next three years in artificial intelligence from foundational concepts to advanced tools that would prepare learners for new roles through online.At its Centre for Human Centric AI, IIT-M Pravartak is developing AI systems that augment human expertise…
Chennai: Four passengers, including a woman, suffered injuries after two Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses collided near the War Memorial on Rajaji Road in Chennai on Friday. The injured were admitted to the Govt Omandurar Medical College Hospital.According to police, an MTC bus en route 102-B was travelling from Perumbakkam to Broadway when it collided…
Chennai: BJP state president Nainar Nagenthran on Saturday rejected electricity minister R Nirmalkumar’s remarks that the governor had no role outside Lok Bhavan, asserting that the governor was empowered to review Union govt schemes being implemented in the state.Speaking to reporters, Nagenthran said the governor had acted magnanimously by facilitating the formation of the TVK…
First-ever brick stepwell from Sangam Age found in Karivalamvandanallur near Tenkasi Chennai: A little more than 10 years after Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found the largest-ever brick structure from the early historic period (Sangam age) at Keeladi in Tamil Nadu dated to 2,500 years, excavators from the state archaeology department have found another major…
More heart attacks treated, but deaths and costs climb too Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s state-run network for treating STEMI — the most severe form of heart attack, caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery — handled 19,623 cases in 2025, up from 11,379 in 2019, as the number of hospitals equipped to perform emergency…
Chennai: A breezy five-minute drive has become a daily test of patience on Nelson Manickam Road, where motorists often spend 25 to 30 minutes crawling along the 2.1-km stretch between Ampa Skyone Mall and Loyola College. They blame the congestion on poor traffic management, encroachments and roadside activities.The busy corridor branches off Poonamallee High Road…
Chennai: In the present-day scenario, with India as a nation, unified in heart and soul, if anyone speaks about dividing Tamil Nadu into a separate nation, they will certainly be considered as having mental health issues, Madras high court has said.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observation while quashing a criminal registered under Section 124…
Chennai: TNCC president B Manickam Tagore on Saturdaycondemned the Union govt for its mandatory three-language policy for CBSEschools, calling it a “cruel attack” on students and parents.In a statement, Tagore alleged that the three-languagepolicy amounted to indirect imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi-speaking states.“The mandatory three-language policy is a cruel attack on students and parents.It threatens…
Dr S M Balaji with Prime minister Narendra Modi and others CHENNAI: Dr S M Balaji, director and craniofacial surgeon at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital in Chennai, attended the 50th Independence Day celebrations of Seychelles as an official invitee of the Seychelles govt.Prime minister Narendra Modi, who was the chief guest at the event,…
