Tamil Nadu Headlines

Opting to bat, India were 104 for 3 at lunch on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here today.

Opting to bat, India were 104 for 3 at lunch on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka here today.

அமெரிக்க அதிபர் ஜார்ஜ் புஷ், ஒலிம்பிக் போட்டிகளின் தொடக்க விழா நடைபெற உள்ள நிலையில் சீனா கருத்து சுதந்திரத்திற்கு மதிப்பளித்து நடக்க வேண்டும் என்று கூறியுள்ளார்.

Colombo, Aug 8 : India have been dumped for a paltry 249 in their first innings but opener Gautam Gambhir believes his team still had a chance to make a match out of it, if bowlers rise to the occasion. The left-handed batsman from Delhi top scored for India scoring 72 but middle-order cut a sorry figure yet again in the three-match series.

Dhammika Prasad is on cloud nine having scalped Sachin Tendulkar, the ''greatest'' batsmen of modern era, on his debut.

New Delhi, Aug 8: Aiming to create skilled workforce to handle the work of metro rail network, the IIT Delhi will launch a specially designed course from this year.

Tirunelveli, Aug8 : DMK should decide on an electoral understanding with the left independent of the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, CPIM Tamil Nadu state secretary N Varadarajan said today. Highlighting the CPI-M''s efforts for floating a non-Congress and non-BJP front, he said the left parties were having only an electoral understanding with DMK in the state.

Chennai,Aug 8 : Madras High Court today ordered issue of notices to DIG (Prisons) of Chennai range on a petition filed by a warden of Puzhal Central Prison seeking to quash an order, dismissing him from service.

Chinese President Hu Jintao officially declared open the 29th Olympic Games as triple gold medallist gymnast Li Ning lit the Olympic cauldron at the National Stadium, popularly known as the "Bird''s Nest" here today.

Noted film actor Aamir Khan is to be the brand ambassador for Incredible India''s Atithi Devo Bhava campaign for the Union Tourism Ministry.

Jaws dropped and eyeballs popped out of the socket as Beijing defied umpteen doomsday predictions and shimmered in a breathtaking display of fireworks, colour and cultural soirée at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the Bird''s Nest stadium here tonight.

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Celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host, china hosted a stunning inaugural ceremony with display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open the Summer Games.

Beijing, Aug 7: India''s ruling coalition UPA Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi -- accompained by her daughter Priyanka and son Rahul -- today arrived here to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Tiruchirapalli, Aug. 8: Tight security arrangements have been made in all railway station falling under the Tiruchirapalli division to ensure the safety of passengers, in the aftermath of the bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, S R Gandhi, Divisional Security Commissioner, Tiruchirapalli division, Railway Protection Force (RPF), said today.