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'3-Language Formula Is A Burden On All Students'

'Why should children, who are already burdened with so many subjects, be over-burdened with three languages?' IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, January......

Will Udhayanidhi's Elevation Backfire On Stalin?

Udhayanidhi's 'untimely' elevation as deputy CM may be used against the party, for critics to argue that the DMK's 'first family's is not concerned about anything else but their clan's welfare. If......

Not angry but...: BNP leader on Hasina's stay in India

'New Delhi has to make up its mind whether it wants to be a friend of the Bangladeshi people or they want to be a friend of a section of people, or one party or one leader' SPECIAL......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Transformed Ayodhya turns a page with temple pivot

Security barricades, barbed wires and frequent frisking by police personnel have been a common sight in Ayodhya. But the holy city has now undergone a paradigm shift fuelled by massive......

Net credit card additions down 48% to 2 mn in Q1

The net credit card additions in the banking sector nearly halved to 2 million in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY25) from the previous quarter due to seasonal and regulatory......

'I have no sympathy for Byju's'

'What has happened at Byju's is no surprise to anyone.' Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters The web of crisis at Byju's, India's leading edtech firm, has reached a crescendo as the......

The State Has Rolled The Dice Of Growth

After bumbling for years since 2014, the Modi government seems to believe that massive government expenditure will lead us to prosperity supported by 'seat-of-the-pants' decision-making, observes......

Let's Hope India Gets Lucky With Growth

Tax Torture And Taxtortion

The tax department will remain a source of endless nightmares for citizens and 'transparent taxation' will remain an empty slogan and a cruel joke, observes Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam......

Why Satya Continues To Sting And Sing

While Satya's pleasures are palpable -- among them the poetry of the coarse language, the mercifully rough-hewn texture, the oh-so-familiar underdog story -- these pleasures hit you at a completely......

Mithun: The Outsider We Love To Watch

Mithun Chakraborty started from scratch in bit roles and had no Godfather backing him. Yet, remarkably, his career now straddles six decades and he continues to win acclaim, observes Dinesh Raheja.......

'Directors Weren't Noticing Me'

'Sushma Swarajji confessed that almost the whole Parliament had tried to dissuade her from coming on the show, but her daughter insisted Movers & Shakers was the best show in the country so she......

Varshangalkku Shesham Review: Magical Bromance

Vineeth Sreenivasan deserves applause for striving to blend the past with the present and revoking your memories, states Divya Nair. For any Malayalee, think bromance in cinema, and two names that......

The Best South Songs of 2023

No film gets by without an adequately popular song album. Even though there is a growing misconception about the kind of songs and music that get people interested, with a tendency to focus more on......

We just want to not give it up: Rohit

'You know, there is still a game to go. If we can play that game well, you know, with 2-2, it is a draw. It will be really nice.' Scorecard IMAGE: Rohit Sharma walks off after another poor......

End of an era: Wimbledon says goodbye to line judges

IMAGE: A line judge is looks down a line as Belarus' Victoria Azarenka serves during the fourth round match against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Wimbledon will......

Women's T20 World Cup moved to UAE amid Bangladesh unrest

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC T20 World Cup/X The ICC on Tuesday moved the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE, saying it "wasn't feasible" to conduct the event there after......

PIX: Marchand makes swimming history with golden double

Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Wednesday. IMAGE: France's Leon Marchand reacts after winning the Olympics men's 200m Breaststroke final and setting an......

Dhoni's Warm Hug With Gambhir

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy KKR/X The electrifying atmosphere at Chepauk reached its pinnacle as the Chennai Super Kings orchestrated a masterful performance, clinching their third......

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