V Narayanasamy sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister V Narayanasamy was on Monday sworn in as the tenth chief minister of Puducherry. Lt Governor Kiran Bedi administered the oath of office and secrecy......

Kapu quota stir: After violent protests, leader threatens indefinite fast

Agitators belonging to the Kapu caste set fire to Ratnachal Express when it halted at Tuni railway station in East Godavari district on Sunday afternoon, they were protesting to demand their caste......

'There is a problem in the way the Congress party is run'

‘I have no grievance against P Chidambaram also. No grievance against anyone.’ ‘When I say the high command is responsible, I don't mean Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi.’......

Several killed after major blast at GAIL pipeline in Andhra Pradesh

Fifteen people were killed and 18 injured when a massive blaze raged through a village in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district following a blast in an apparently leaking gas pipeline on Friday......

Review: Lakshmi is a shocking eye-opener

Lakshmi is the kind of story that we don’t want to hear, which is exactly why we must hear it, writes Paloma Sharma. Chinna Reddy is a violent man. As a pimp, it is his job to keep his......

Prasthanam is too long

Director Deva Katta sets the Telugu film Prasthanam against a political backdrop but infuses it with a bit of everything -- father-son relationship, children-stepfather relationship, sibling......

Boni: Quite a mish-mash

The Telugu film Boni has all the commercial staples -- action, songs (two shot in foreign locales), a bit of romance -- of a potboiler.It's technically pretty slick too with good camera work by......

Goodbye, Shobhan Babu

It happens very rarely. If there is one actor in the Indian film industry who preferred to retire at a time when he was much in demand, it is the Telugu actor Shobhan Babu. Though he had made a......

Anand, Humpy shine in 2006

Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by. Anand led the way by winning the Corus Super......