Hooch tragedy rocks TN assembly as toll rises to 48; HC slams govt

The toll from the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi has risen to 48, state health minister Ma Subramanian said on Friday. IMAGE: Family members mourn near mortal remains of a victim who......

Tamil Nadu Shatters Mo-Sha's Dream Again

The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion, which is personal, and politics that is in the public sphere, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Senior......

How BJP Uses Influencers To Win Over Voters

'While other parties generally need support directly from their central leadership to get influencers or celebrities to endorse their party, the work of identifying and contacting such influencers......

'Bomb attack' rocks busy Istanbul street, 6 killed

Six people were killed and 53 injured after an explosion rocked the busy Istiklal pedestrian street of Central Istanbul in Turkey on Sunday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called it a 'bomb......

How Jio, Airtel are fighting the data war

The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science. Recently, Airtel announced a tie-up with Amazon under which all its......

7 lessons on innovation from David Bowie

If 'innovation' were a person, he or she would have looked like David Bowie, says Bhaskar Chakravorti. Image: David Bowie performs during the Fashion Rocks concert at New York City's Radio......

A peek into Creative Vado camcorder

Creative Vado HD Price: Rs 19,999 Creative is no newcomer in the consumer electronics market -- they have been making audio and video products for ages -- but it still doesn't take an expert eye......

The hottest touch phones in India

India is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market and a booming mobile user base, relatively unaffected by the economic crisis. Thus it's not surprising that the world's latest phones are......

Meet Jawan's Ritooja Shinde

Shah Rukh Khan's Jawan features quite a few women in strong roles. Among them is Marathi actor Ritooja Shinde. Ritooja has been an active theatre enthusiast having won several awards and accolades......

When Jugal Hansraj Was Paid More Than Priyanka Chopra

'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.' Photograph: Kind......

What Makes Marriage Work? Varun Tells Us

'Before you get married, you should know each other's secrets.''You should know all the things that could cause problems later on.' IMAGE: Varun Dhawan with Kiara Advani. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

The Official Timekeeper Of Beating Hearts

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our......

Impact Player Rule: Ashwin counters Kohli and Rohit's concerns

Impact Player rule gives a little more value for strategy and makes the game fairer: Ravichandran Ashwin IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin argued that the rule can play a significant role in balancing......

Ronaldo's influence off the charts; Messi hot on his heels

IMAGE: Cristiano Ronaldo’s dominance hasn’t ever been restricted to just the football pitch. Photograph: Kind courtesy Cristiano Ronaldo/Instagram Cristiano Ronaldo has yet again left......

Watson on why he called it quits

IMAGE: Shane Watson retired from international cricket in 2016 and bid adieu to the Australian Big Bash league last year. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Top Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Tuesday......

Just who is Dhanashree Verma?

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal announced his engagement in the midst of the pandemic to Dhanashree Verma. The Royal Challengers Bangalore spinner posted a photograph of Dhanashree and him, and......

Why Watson believes CSK 'have a great chance' to win IPL

'We believe we've got a great chance of having a great year because of the quality of players and the experience we've got.' IMAGE: Shane Watson during Chennai Super Kings' practice session in......