CHENNAI: After a two minute endoscopic procedure at the Government General Hospital on Tuesday, 14-year-old Balaji sighed in relief, literally. Doctors had just removed a whistle that remained stuck in his windpipe for nearly two years. Read More

Chennai: Rajesh Kannan guided IOB ‘A’ to a thrilling last over victory over Rail and Wheel Factory with an unbeaten 58 in their ICICI-YSCA Trophy match here on Friday. IOB ‘A’, India Cements, Chemplast Sanmar ... Read More

CHENNAI: The South Asian Centre for Journalists Reporting Conflict (SCJRC), a joint venture of the Press Institute of India (PII) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), was inaugurated here on Friday. It was the need ... Read More

Udhagamandalam: P. Lokesh of Chennai edged out citymate S. Siddarth to emerge the sole leader in the boys’ section with eight points after the ninth round of the Tamil Nadu State sub-junior chess championship here on ... Read More

HYDERABAD: Sports Training Centre (Chennai) recorded a hard-fought 3-2 win over STC (Bangalore) in the south zone inter-SAI STC hockey tournament for boys at Begumpet Police Stadium here on Friday. The winner was trailing 0-2 at the ... Read More

Chennai, July 4 (IANS) Local teenager Dipika Pallikal played a flawless match to enter the semi-finals at the $8,000 ICL Chennai Open squash tournament, defeating top seed and World No. 33 Christina Mak from Hong Kong here Friday. Read More

Chennai, July 4 (IANS) The Indian National Rally Championship (INRC), that is already running on a near-empty tank, received a further blow with the postponement, a euphemism for cancellation, of the second round of the 2008 series scheduled for July 16-18 at Nashik. Read More

In a bid to enter the Indian television space, Hyderabad-based DQE is opening two production centres in Mumbai and Chennai. It will enable the co to get into full scale TV production. Read More

Chennai, July 4 Now that many manufacturers are ready with their ‘Mobile Internet Devices’, India may soon see the introduction of the product. Last month, Samsung, Acer, Lenovo and Compaq showcased their MIDs in Vietnam and it is learnt that a dozen other manufacturers are soon to launch their own. Read More

ANNOUNCEMENTS DuPont launches two herbicides Chennai, July 4 E.I. DuPont India Pvt Ltd has launched two herbicides for rice and sugarcane crops. These will be followed up with the launch of a range of crop protection chemicals including Rynaxypyr, a broad spectrum insecticide that ... Read More