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Early risers and morning joggers along the ECR are used to a fluorescent green helmet gliding down every day at 4am. Wearing it is Priya D, a member of WCCG (Chennai Cycling Group started by Divagaran Thiyagarajan), who cycles every morning down that stretch to the music of Sia’s ‘Unstoppable’ playing from the speaker attached to the cycle. Of late, the cyclist is more determined to put in extra kilometres as she trains for the Chennai Cyclists Aalam Deepam Duathlon organised by Aalam, the philanthropic wing of WCCG. . Just like Priya there are a number of other enthusiasts across the…
New Chandigarh: Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin with teammates celebrates the wicket of Punjab Kings’ Glenn Maxwell during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings, in New Chandigarh. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary) Former India opener and selector K Srikkanth was not impressed with veteran spinner R Ashwin’s bowling performance during Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) nine-wicket loss against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.“What is Ashwin doing? He has turned completely defensive,” Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel ‘Cheeky Cheeka’.”He is not looking to take wickets. It’s like, ‘Let me just get through these…
NEW DELHI: A trainer aircraft crashed in Gujarat’s Amreli on Tuesday. The pilot was killed in the incident, police told PTI.The aircraft belonged to a private aviation academy crashed. The accident occurred around 12:30 pm near the Giriya Road area of Amreli town. According to Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kharat, the pilot, who was flying solo, took off from Amreli airport before the plane crashed due to unknown reasons.The aircraft reportedly struck a tree before crash-landing in an open plot near the Shastri Nagar area, which helped prevent further casualties. The plane was engulfed in flames, but no other injuries…
The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military officials. Source link
Sailboats taking part in the Unifi Capital Offshore Regatta 2023 It has only been half an hour since the last of the sailboats has arrived at Chennai harbour after the finals of the second edition of the Unifi Capital Offshore Regatta on April 7. The famished participants who have been at sea for over 10 hours are drinking tea at the Royal Madras Yacht Club (RMYC). Among them are Praveen Kumar (29) from Rajasthan and Imo Lemnok (25) from Nagaland. They come from states in India that do not have massive water bodies, but are among those with the best command…
New Delhi: The competition for a spot in the IPL 2025 playoffs is heating up massively, with teams looking to pull off dominant wins in order to boost their NRR. Gujarat Titans (GT) are currently on top of the table with 12 points in eight matches and a NRR of +1.1.04. Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) occupy the second, third and fourth positions. DC have accumulated 10 points in seven matches at a NRR of +0.589. RCB and PBKS currently have the same number of points as the Axar-Patel-led side. However, their NRR stands…
NEW DELHI: Gauhati high court on Tuesday received bomb threat via email, Assam Police said.According to official, police has launched a search operation and experts are checking every corner of the premises.”We have immediately rushed a team to the high court after getting the threat message. Our experts are checking every corner of the premises, and nothing has been found so far. We believe it is a hoax,” senior police official told news agency PTI.He added the details will be known only after the search operation is over.Meanwhile, according to a senior official of the high court said the email…
Mr. Hilton is the second prominent Republican to enter the wide-open race. He faces difficult odds in the Democratic-led state. Source link
Access to the city’s first medical cannabis clinic is via a steep, winding staircase, leading from a busy tattoo studio. It feels appropriately niche, given the tumultuous history and notoriety of marijuana in India.However, Cansaa, which its CEO Naveen Kumar calls “India’s first integrative healing clinic”, since it combines functional medicine, Ayurveda, acupuncture and medical cannabis, is attempting to change how doctors and patients use what is often dismissed as just a recreational drug, although it is a legal and even ancient form of therapy in India. In fact, manufacturers of CBD (cannabidiol or CBD is derived from the cannabis…
File photo of cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle. Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle has addressed recent speculation about his absence from the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens on Monday, clarifying that it was due to pre-planned roster scheduling and not because of any complaint from the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).The controversy emerged after media reports revealed CAB’s letter to BCCI, sent by secretary Naresh Ojha about 10 days ago, requesting the removal of Bhogle and Simon Doull from commentary duties in Kolkata. The request came after their comments about the Eden Gardens pitch not…