Will These 5 Parties Survive After Defeat?

The parties which gave chief ministers and sent scores of MPs to Parliament drew a blank this time. IMAGE: Outgoing Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal chief Naveen Patnaik submits his......

If Congress Wins 90 Seats, Politics Can Be Rocked

If the Congress reached 90, it would have a pretty good chance of holding the BJP below the 272 mark.A hundred seats will rock national politics, argues Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Congress leader Rahul......

'Sheikh Abdullah Was Genuinely Secular'

'Sheikh Abdullah ruled the state with secular values. Post 1953, when he was sacked, corruption took over governance.' IMAGE: Sheikh Abdullah addresses a meeting in Gandhi Park in 1949.......

INDIA bloc PM will be...: Shashi Tharoor

'The PM who is first among equals, who has to listen to others, take their point of view into account and who would have to be a good manager' IMAGE: Congress candidate for Thiruvananthapuram Lok......

Investors In India Needs Red Carpet, Not Red Tape

'India needs many more job creators, both in manufacturing and services, to make it big.''For that, the red carpet must be rolled out fully and for all investors without holding back,' suggests......

'VinFast has committed $500 million to Tamil Nadu'

'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.' IMAGE: Pham Sanh Chau, CEO, VinFast India, and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin at the ground breaking......

Foxconn plans mobile component manufacturing arm in TN

Taiwan's Foxconn signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Tamil Nadu government on Monday to establish a new mobile component manufacturing facility for Rs 1,600 crore in Kancheepuram with......

Fraternity, prosperity and polarisation

Economic stagnation is the advance payment for polarisation, which extracts a terrible price. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com One of the most heartening and fraternal features of......

'We are telling the story of our tallest hero'

'The moment the Army approved the script, they told us that they will give their full support and asked us for our full dedication.' IMAGE: Meghna Gulzar's Sam Bahadur tells the life story of......

Why Are Chennai Fans Upset With Rahman?

Photograph: Kind courtesy AR Rahman/Instagram Traffic snarls, angry audiences who were denied access despite coughing up huge sums, crying children and jostling people -- these were the scenes at......

Indebted to MS Dhoni for the rest of my life: Ashwin

IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Cricket Association felicitated R Ashwin to celebrate his 100th Test and 500 Test wickets . Photograph: TNCA/X Overwhelmed by emotion and filled with gratitude at being grandly......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

HI Polls: Tirkey to face UP Hockey's Katyal, Jharkhand's Bhola Nath

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Dilip Tirkey/Twitter Former India captain Dilip Tirkey, who is the frontrunner for Hockey India president's post, will be up against Uttar Pradesh Hockey chief Rakesh......

Sports Shorts: Sharath Kamal sails into at WTT Contender semis

IMAGE: World No 41 Achanta Sharath Kamal is the lone Indian in the competition. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters Veteran Sharath Kamal finally made the men's singles medal round in a major......

Watch Out For These Ranji Stars!

IMAGE: Jharkhand's Kumar Kushagra celebrates his century on day one of the Ranji Trophy match against Nagaland at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, March 12, 2022. Photograph: ANI The Ranji Trophy --......