Rafael Nadal back on court (Photo by @RafaelNadal on X) NEW DELHI: Tennis legend Rafael Nadal made a special return to the tennis court, but not in a usual setting. The Spanish legend stepped onto a temporary court set up inside Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, creating a unique crossover between tennis and football. Nadal…
It is a piece of cloth, a gesture of respect among Tamil people. But over the years, the melthundu — ‘mel’ meaning upper, ‘thundu’ meaning cloth — has come to mean much more than that. Forbidden at one point for particular communities, later reclaimed as a mark of protest, and now reimagined in party colours,…
The AIADMK has nominated M. C. Sampath from Cuddalore for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026, where he will take on TVK candidate V. Rajkumar in the electoral contest.Cuddalore is the headquarters of the Cuddalore district and is a coastal urban-centric constituency. It has traditionally seen a direct face-off between the DMK and AIADMK.In the…
Mumbai Indians Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Danish Malewar, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Naman Dhir, Sherfane Rutherford, Shardul Thakur, Krish Bhagat, Ashwani Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, AM Ghazanfar, Raj Bawa, Will Jacks, Mayank Rawat, Rohit Sharma, Corbin Bosch, Deepak Chahar, Trent Boult, Ryan Rickelton, Raghu Sharma, Keshav Maharaj, Mayank Markande, Robin Minz, Mohammed Salahuddin Izhar…
Delhi Capitals could not bring in Dushmantha Chameera as a concussion substitute for injured pacer Lungi Ngidi during their IPL 2026 match against Punjab Kings because of the IPL rule allowing only four overseas players in a match.Ngidi suffered a head injury while trying to take a catch of Punjab Kings opener Priyansh Arya at…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday slammed the PM Modi-led Centre over the recent increase in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that the government was burdening common people despite stable international crude oil prices.In a post on X, Kharge said, “The Daily Assault of FUEL LOOT is not over yet! 4th hike in…
A senior Tamil Nadu police officer is facing backlash after a video showed her laughing before a press briefing on a brutal girl’s rape-murder case. COIMBATORE: A senior Tamil Nadu police officer has landed in controversy after a video showing her laughing moments before addressing the media on the Coimbatore girl rape-murder case went viral…
Apple is doubling down on India, with the country emerging as a key growth engine across product categories, from iPhones to Macs and iPads, according to comments from CEO Tim Cook during the company’s latest earnings call. Cook flagged India as part of a broader surge in emerging markets, where Apple recorded double-digit growth. “We…
The Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund was launched in November 2019 as a government-backed initiative to provide last-mile financing to stalled housing projects, with financial support from the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.Homebuyers do not apply to SWAMIH directly. The fund operates at the project level, and applications…
The Centre has ordered the historic Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate its 27.3-acre Lutyens’ Delhi premises by June 5, citing urgent need for defence infrastructure and public security. NEW DELHI: The historic Delhi Gymkhana Club, long regarded as one of the country’s most exclusive institutions frequented by bureaucrats, defence officers, politicians and business elites, is…