Day: August 5, 2018

The first and only Indian boxer with three consecutive Asian Championships medals – a gold (2013), silver (2017) and a bronze (2015), Shiva would be competing in his second Asian Games, scheduled from August 18 in Jakarta and Palembang.

The Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine at Tambaram will get a facelift with Health Minister C Vijayabaskar inaugurating the work recently.
According to sources, the rooms and halls on the premises of the hospital will be spruced up at a cost of Rs 8 crore.

As part of the monthly Sunday Kutcheri in the Park organised by Sundaram Finance, 12-year-old Raam Manikandan, a Class VIII student of PSBB School, Siruseri presented Mikeless Kutcheri at the Nageswara Rao Park at Mylapore, between 6.30 am and 7.30 am.

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu on Saturday said the Centre was willing to sanction a new mega leather clusters for Tamilnadu.

P V Sindhu finished second best yet again in a major tournament final as she went down tamely to Carolina Marin in the World Championships’ women’s singles title clash, adding to the Indian’s tale of woes here today.

Swami Somanandaji Maharaj, the senior most monk of the Ramakrishna Order in the Math here, attained mahasamadhi on Saturday. He was 98.

Rain had just stopped and there was stagnant water near his house. When he stepped on the water, where a live cable wire fell then, he was electrocuted.

Search continues for the second day to rescue a 22-year-old youngster who jumped into Adyar river, after police seized his two-wheeler for drunken driving.

Angered at his aunt chiding him for loving her daughter, a 10th standard student killed her in Aminjikarai. She was martyred by the boy for having scolded him for loving her daughter who is studying in eighth standard.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli is now the number batsman in the world, according to the latest ICC rankings for Test batsmen announced on Sunday.