TN varsity deletes Arundhati Roy's book after ABVP protest

A state-run university in Tamil Nadu has removed noted writer Arundhati Roy's Walking with the Comrades, book from the syllabus of MA English course following complaints, including......

Muslim woman trolled for singing Hindu devotional song

A young Muslim woman has come under online attacks by fundamentalists for singing a Hindu devotional song in a Kannada reality show. A post on Facebook by a group called 'Mangalore Muslims' accused......

Jaya restructures AIADMK apex team

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday restructured the party's apex body, retaining trusted loyalists, including Finance Minister......

'She was a medium to reach the almighty'

M S Subbulakshmi passes away | Obituary: 'Nightingale' of Carnatic music Name:JayakumarMessage:Great loss to the entire world. Pray God to take similar birth in India and carry the legacy of......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

Economists in India: Endangered species?

The pipeline for well-qualified and experienced policy economists at senior levels of government has broken, leading to a growing dearth of suitable candidates for top economist positions, says......

Birth of a new super king

Chennai Super Kings, one of the most charismatic teams in the Indian Premier League, is also its most controversial. N Sundaresha Subramanian & Urvi Malvania examine how it is reinventing......

Manmohan and the hand of destiny

Twice in the last 13 years, the helping hand of destiny has picked out Manmohan Singh when it could have been someone else. It happened first in 1991, when he became the country's finance......

Vamsam suffers from overkill

Pavithra Srinivasan reviewsthe Tamil movie,Vamsam. Very few people can take up the tried-and-tested village formula, infused with scythes, knives and violence, and show something new that......

Pattalam satisfies only briefly

"Back to School!" screams the tagline for N Lingusamy's Pattalam (Gang) and, as expected, this Tamil movie is all about the laughter and tears, magic and despair of the wonder years in school. It's......

Katrathu Thamizh review

Only two kinds of people can stomach the harsh, in-your-face cruelty of real life -- the stinking rich and the starving poor. To the majority of the masses, which hangs somewhere in between......

25 years, 25 landmarks

1978.September 4.Mohanlal the actor is born. Though heacted in school and college plays, his baptism asa film actor comes aboutbecause somecollege seniors get together to makeThiranottam and ask......

PICS: CSK's Dhoni felicitated for completing milestone

It's a special day for Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.  The legendary skipper plays his 200th match for CSK on Wednesday, and to mark the milestone, Dhoni was presented with......

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Karthik, Shankar in TN probables

IMAGE: Dinesh Karthik. Photograph: BCCI Out-of-favour India players Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay and Vijay Shankar were on Wednesday named in a 26-strong probables list by Tamil Nadu for next......

Everything you want to know about the World T20 venues

The world's biggest T20 spectacle is being played in India for the first time. As the country hosts the ICC's cricket carnival, here's a look at the eight grounds that will host the 58 matches......

BCCI award cheques to former cricketers ahead of IPL final

The BCCI on Sunday distributed the remaining installment of its one-time benefit payments to the country's 20 former international and domestic players ahead of the IPL final between Kolkata Knight......

Gambhir to lead Board President's XI against Aus

A fit-again Gautam Gambhir will lead a 14-member Indian Board President's XI against the touring Australian team in a three-day practice match from September 25 in Chandigarh. The BCCI's selection......