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The Karmapa breaks his silence

In the Dalai Lama, both Tibet and Buddhism have their poster boy, though a triad governs the spiritual leadership of Tibetan Buddhism with the Gyalwang Karmapa and the Panchen Lama as important......

Will Congress allow Parliament to function? No, seems to be the reply

Party justifies total washout of day’s proceedings in Rajya Sabha, citing Dalit atrocity, insult to Congress CMs and the GST bill, reports Kavita Chowdhury. The Congress said the......

Banning dams won't solve the problem

The uproar over 'dams' following the Uttarakhand disaster is ill-informed & potentially counter-productive, says Anand Sankar The environmentalist lobby has been predictably up in arms in......

When MPs talked about milk fortification

Cutting across party lines, it was an unusual gathering of 15 Members of Parliament. Amar Singh, Jaya Bhaduri [Samajwadi Party], Ravishanker Prasad, Manvendra Singh [Bhartiya Janata Party], and......

India's flawed disaster management story

The successful effort to combat Cyclone Phailin threatens to put disaster mitigation, and a fundamental overhaul of how disaster management in India is structured, on the back-burner, says Anand......

Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen among investors for US' first T20 league

In a significant push to popularise cricket in the US, a $120 million funding has been secured from prominent Indian-American business leaders, including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO......

New tariff regime for hydel power

India's electricity regulator, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, has proposed a new tariff scheme for power generated from hydroelectric stations, whereby the risks associated with......

Reactor shortage to sour India's nuclear dream

In the 1980s, there were about 400 nuclear suppliers and 900 nuclear-certified companies in the US. These have shrunk to fewer than 80 suppliers and 200 certifications. The euphoria of the nuclear......

Karnataka's Golden Chariot ready to roll

Officials of the Karnataka Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) had a new spring in their step when they headed to the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) at Berlin. They could finally show off......

An audio haven at Chandni Chowk

You can definitely smell the nostalgia when you enter New Gramophone House. Climbing up the narrow staircase into the store is the proverbial trip down memory lane. There is no long line of......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 75 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

Mammootty's Varsham releases today

In filmmaker Ranjiith Sankar’s Varsham, which will hit the screens worldwide today, Mammootty plays a businessman named Venu. The director, who shot to fame with Passenger and made the hit......

Review: Mammootty shines in Varsham

Varsham carries the stamp of Ranjith Sankar which is enhanced by Mammootty's presence, says Paresh C Palicha. There is an intrinsic goodness in every human being. It takes just one event in a......

First Look: Revathy and Prithviraj in Molly Aunty

Revathy and Prithviraj play the lead in director Ranjith Sankar's forthcoming film, Molly Aunty Rocks, the shooting of which will start soon. According to the director, the film narrates the story......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Krunal stars as Baroda kick-off campaign with a win

IMAGE: Tamil Nadu opener C Hari Nishanth's unbeaten 92-run knock and Dinesh Karthik’s 46 helped them crush Jharkhand. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Krunal Pandya's all-round show......

Top seeds have it easy at All India Open Chess

Barring two surprises when higher seeds K Visweswaran and C J Aravind were held by lower rated Uttam Sharma and Hari Babu respectively, the second round of the Dr Mahalingam Sathabishekam FIDE......

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