Mirabai Chanu won her third straight Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event in Glasgow on Sunday, setting new Commonwealth and Commonwealth Games records despite revealing that she had not eaten or drunk water for days to make weight.The 31-year-old from Manipur lifted 85kg in the snatch and 105kg in the clean…
UT Exploring Feasibility Of Two Busy Lots Chandigarh: In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at easing chronic parking congestion, the municipal corporation (MC) Monday moved a step closer to introducing robotic multilevel parking in Chandigarh by sending detailed survey plans of two of the city’s busiest parking sites to the UT administration’s urban planning department for…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday will launch the Land Port Management System (LPMS), a state-of-the-art platform that will enable end-to-end digital workflows for cargo processing and passenger movement at all land ports, on par with the systems at airports and seaports, and enable interoperable, efficient and transparent border management.LPMS is being unveiled…
Nitya Pandey (Special Arrangements) Nitya Pandey’s parents are both differently abled.Her father, Birendra Kumar, a retired govt school teacher, suffered a head injury in his youth after a fall and underwent surgery, which left his right arm and leg impaired. Her mother, meanwhile, has had a physical disability affecting one of her legs since birth….
Gujarat rains wreck havoc NEW DELHI: Around 1,200 people have been rescued and hundreds more relocated as heavy rains battered south Gujarat, with Umbergaon taluka in Valsad district receiving over 1,100 mm of rainfall in just 16 hours, officials said on Thursday.One rain-related death was reported in Tapi district. The Indian Air Force and Coast…
The corridor is also expected to reduce congestion at seven major junctions including Eldams Road, SIET College Road, Cenotaph Road CHENNAI: One of Chennai’s most ambitious road infrastructure projects is coming up on Anna Salai, directly above an operational underground Metro tunnel. A 3.2-km elevated corridor is being built on Anna Salai, and authorities are…
MUMBAI: RBI has come out with a Digital Payments – Emandate Framework, 2026 which seeks to make recurring digital payments simpler, safer and more user-centric by reducing friction while retaining safeguards, marking a shift towards a consent-driven autopay ecosystem.The guidelines mandate a 24-hour pre-debit notification, requiring issuers to inform users in advance about the merchant…
Top stocks to buy today (AI image) Top stock market recommendations: Anant Raj, Sobha Ltd, and PNB Housing Finance have been identified as the top stocks to buy by Aakash K Hindocha, Vice President – Research, Nuvama Professional Clients Group/Nuvama Wealth Management for July 16, 2026. Views on Nifty and Bank Nifty have also been…
Nayanthara and Kavin’s Tamil film ‘Hi’ has been getting attention following its release. Directed by debutant Vishnu Edavan, the film brought together a fresh creative team with two popular actors in the lead. The team recently held a success meet in Chennai on September 2 to thank the audience for their support. Actress Radhika was…
YouTuber Maridhas (File Photo) CHENNAI: YouTuber Maridhas was arrested on Monday for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and some state ministers during an interview on a YouTube channel.Police arrested Maridhas from his residence in Kadachanendhal in Madurai at around 8am. He was taken into custody by a team…
