It is thanks to the policy of liberalisation conceived by Manmohan Singh and enforced by P V Narasimha Rao that the Indian economy has now become the world's 5th largest economy by nominal GDP,......
Would Ukraine be such a pushover if it had that nuclear stockpile?, asks Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier drives an armoured vehicle in the separatist-controlled village of Bugas in the......
Superstar Rajinikanth, tennis icon Sania Mirza, former US Ambassador Robert D Blackwill and actor Priyanka Chopra were among the 56 eminent persons who were honoured with Padma awards on Tuesday.......
Days after a sitting Madras High Court Judge was denied entry into a club in Chennai for wearing a dhoti -- the state's traditional attire, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday said it would look......
IMAGE: The beached whales in Tuticorin. Photograph: A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com 'The whale stranding-earthquake link is almost a certainty. I have seen it happen too often and frequently in the last......
The central government plans to increase the number of highly beneficial neem trees in the country from the existing one tree for every 50 Indians to one tree for every 10 Indians to meet the......
Yet another first week of December brought familiar scenes of rain, storm, flooding, power outages, and fallen trees. Photograph: ANI Photo When Cyclone Michaung wreaked havoc, leading to the......
The development comes after the shareholders of Ambadi Investments, the holding company of the Rs 38,100-crore Murugappa Group, voted against the induction of 59-year-old Valli Arunachalam, the......
The world is full of family businesses that withered away with the passing of generations, creating much bitterness and ill will.Entire clans that used to be household names have become pale......
Valli Arunachalam had alleged that the group promoters have a gender bias against women getting into the family business and, hence, she and her sister were denied a berth on AIL’s board.......
If you are looking for an average political thriller with good performances, Thalamai Seyalagam may interest you, suggests Divya Nair. Director Vasantha Balan, known for making films with a......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Swara Bhaskar/ Twitter After a flash wedding announcement on February 16, Swara Bhaskar and her husband Fahad Ahmad are all set for two days of wedding celebrations in......
IMAGE: Twinkle Khanna, second from right, with Producers Atul Kasbekar, left, Tanuj Garg, second from left, and Sameer Nair, right, with Sonal Dabral, seated, who will film Twinkle's story Salaam......
Ask any true Rajini fan and they'll agree that it's been 20 years since the superstar has produced anything bigger or better than Padayappa. And Darbar, at least going by the trailer, doesn't seem......
Darbar's music, the direction, sets, props, the rest of the cast are all there with one single purpose: To make Rajinikanth look like the superstar he already is, says A Ganesh Nadar. I was......
IMAGE: Periods are normal, said PV Sindhu. Photograph: PV Sindhu/Instagram The PadMan challenge, which has spread like wildfire on the social media, is related to the upcoming film 'PadMan'......