Ennore port to get LNG terminal
The pre-project activities are going on at full steam at the Ennore port for construction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regasification terminal that would help ease the energy problem in the state. W
Artillery is Army’s tour de force
Demonstrating a 105mm gun, currently being phased out, to visiting journalists at Mendhar camp, in Jammu, last week, the artillerymen were in high spirits. With Indian Army commemorating the first art
Vikramaditya to join Navy soon
While China commissioned its first aircraft carrier Liaoning on Tuesday, experts believe that India would be able to integrate INS Vikramaditya into its Navy much quicker than it took for the Chinese.
Serene Srinagar looks grey in the shadow of a curfew
Surrounded by beautiful gardens against a backdrop of lofty mountains, picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar looked serene last Friday, the day the valley saw protesters up in arms against the US-made film
Board queen keen to conquer the world
It is an unlikely setting in which to find a chess champion. An asbestos-sheeted single-room house in a slum at Erukkancheri with the family struggling to make ends meet.
However, the tough condition
Young long jumper aims high
For K. Prem Kumar, 19 from Thanjavur, nothing is more important than long jumps which he practices every day.
Sleeping on a mat in a small room with five others is not a deterrent for this youth who
Cycling champ wants training in velodromes
Serving tea and bajjis at his father’s tea stall every afternoon may be his routine today, but his aspirations are sky high.
The 24-year-old national cyclist, V. Murugan, wants to traverse the hills
Narmada aims to follow in Mary Kom’s footsteps
Mary Kom may have been slightly disappointed by not getting the gold but her bronze medal at the Olympics has inspired a boxer in Chennai to follow in her footsteps and represent the country in future
12-year-old aims to be world carrom champ
Twelve-year-old N. Arun Kumar can hardly afford a carrom board for himself, but is the under-12 state carrom champion.
The family of Arun, who was born and raised in Chintadripet, is not well-to-do.
‘Proud to be part of armed forces’
Wing Commander Subramaniam Srinivasan from Kumbakonam was on cloud nine when the defence ministry chose him for the Vayu Sena medal and made the announcement during Independence Day celebrations on We