Rains lash Tamil Nadu, schools closed in many districts

Widespread rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, prompting authorities to declare a holiday for schools in Chennai and many other districts. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu deputy Chief Minister......

1971 War: How Mukti Joddhas Saved An IAF Pilot

Squadron Leader Kanwal Deep Mehra's daredevilry during the 1971 War brought down a Pakistani F-86 Sabre.But he had to bail out of his plane, was badly injured.Then a fierce band of armed guerillas......

11 militants killed in attack on police station, CRPF camp in Manipur

Eleven suspected militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with security forces on Monday after insurgents in camouflage uniforms, armed with sophisticated weapons, fired indiscriminately at a......

The Spy Who Became A Farmer

'I couldn't have asked for a better retired life.''Of course, it would have been better if I made some profit out of farming!' IMAGE: P K Hormis Tharakan, former chief, RA&W. All photographs: Kind......

How The Heat Wave Will Affect Your Kitchen

Apart from the human body, human food will bear direct repercussions. From staples such as wheat, to coffee, dairy, and even the great Hilsa face the threat of reduced supply due to the extreme......

Costly veggies push wholesale price inflation to 8-month high

Wholesale price-based inflation rose to an eight-month high of 0.26 per cent in November, driven by a sharp jump in food prices, especially onion and vegetables. Photograph: Danish......

Kharif crop prices will guide inflation fight in coming mths

The Centre recently released the first advance estimates of kharif crops that, barring tur dal, showed a dip in production due to uneven monsoon and other natural calamities including pest attacks......

Motown in slow lane; auto sales dip 7.73% in Oct: FADA

Retail sales of automobiles in the domestic market saw a 7.73 per cent year-on-year decline in October this year at 21,17,596 units, mainly due to dip in two-wheeler uptake with the inauspicious......

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 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......

Gukesh's secret weapons to dethrone Ding Liren...

If I do the right things, I have all the chances in the world: Gukesh IMAGE: While D Gukesh has been in fine touch, Ding Liren has struggled in the lead-up to the prestigious......

'There will never be another Bishan Bedi'

'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...' Cricket legend Bishan Singh Bedi passed away into the ages on October 23, 2023.Regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game,......

India is my favourite place in the world to captain: Smith

'India is a part of the world I love captaining. It's a game of chess, every ball means something' 'It's good fun moving people and trying to make the batter think and something different and just......

Qualifiers: Veteran Pandev sends North Macedonia to Euros

IMAGE: North Macedonia's Goran Pandev celebrates with teammates after scoring their first goal against Georgia at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday. Photograph: Irakli......

PIX: Germany crush Estonia 8-0; Italy, France win

Images from the Euro 2020 qualifying matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Germany's players celebrate after Serge Gnabry scored their sixth goal. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters Germany scored five......