Chennai: A major fire broke out in four wagons of a diesel-laden freight train near Thiruvallur in Tamil Nadu on Sunday (July 13) morning. The train was en route from Manali to Tirupati when the incident occurred. According to railway officials, the fire engulfed four coaches of the train, while the remaining wagons were quickly…
By any stretch of cricketing imagination, this wasn’t the kind of theatre Test cricket needed. Day Three of the third Test between India and England had all the ingredients of a classic—except, of course, logic. Or perhaps, a team huddle that didn’t resemble a kindergarten picnic. Let’s start with the Washington Sundar saga. Watching the…
London: A high-voltage drama between India captain Shubman Gill and England opener Zak Crawley ended the third day of the third Test between the two teams at Lord’s. Following a first-innings tie on the moving day at the home of cricket, Gill and Crawley were in a loggerhead-like situation with the English opener trying to…
London: India and England players were involved in a verbal spat to end Day 3 of the third Test at Lord’s. The incident happened on the final over of the day, when England opener Zak Crawley was spotted wasting time in the middle to delay the play. The hosts did not want to play more…
In 1975, Arthur Ashe made history by becoming the first African American to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title, defeating the heavily favored Jimmy Connors in a stunning upset. This victory wasn’t just a personal triumph—it was a monumental moment in sports history, breaking racial barriers on one of the world’s grandest tennis stages. Born…
The Congress party’s newfound obsession with “saving the Constitution” might have been mildly amusing if it weren’t so tragically hypocritical. The very party that trampled on India’s constitutional spirit time and again—from suppressing free speech during the Emergency to distorting the Constitution’s Preamble with ideologically loaded insertions—now claims to be its saviour. One might ask:…
In the days when dharma still wore the armor of kingship, the son of Daśaratha, Rāma the righteous, walked upon the shoulders of Mountain Suvela. Beside him strode Sugrīva, lord of the vānaras, and around them surged a multitude of monkey warriors whose forms shadowed the earth like clouds before a storm. From the circled…
Ranchi Nag Mandir is located atop the Tungri Hill (locally known as Pahari Mandir) in Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. To reach the temple, devotees must climb about 468 steps to the top of the hill. The main deity of the Nag Mandir is Nag Devta (Serpent God), worshipped in the form of a…
London: Iga Swiatek, nicknamed as ‘Queen of Clay’, has finally cracked the grass as she bagged her maiden title on the surface by winning the Wimbledon 2025 women’s singles on Saturday, July 12. Swiatek bossed the final at SW19 as she squashed the American Amanda Anisimova in straight sets without dropping a single game. Swiatek…
Thiruvananathapuram: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the opposition Congress-led UDF alleging the regimes steered by them only created corruption, followed appeasement politics and made Kerala a haven for “anti-national forces”, like the Popular Front of India (PFI). Addressing party workers here, Shah said only the BJP-led…
