Life term for 10 in Periya twin murder case; CPM ex-MLA gets 5-year jail

A Central Bureau of Investigation court in Kochi on Friday sentenced 10 persons to life imprisonment, while four others, including a former Communist Party of India-Marxist MLA, received five years......

Cong lodges complaints with EC against Modi, Shah

The Congress has lodged complaints with the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing them of making 'false, divisive, malicious and slanderous'......

Who Will Vote For Vijay, And Why?

Where do Vijay and his TVK expect to get their votes from?Vijay has a huge fan following among women, but will they automatically become his voters like they had done for MGR's AIADMK, asks N......

Tamil actor Sarath Kumar merges his party with BJP

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, veteran Tamil actor R Sarath Kumar on Tuesday merged his Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) with the BJP. IMAGE: veteran Tamil actor R Sarath Kumar with BJP......

Veteran Actor Sarath Babu Passes Away

Veteran Telugu actor Sarath Babu passed away at a private hospital in Hyderabad on Monday, May 22. He was 71. He was undergoing treatment and the end came in the afternoon following multiple organ......

2023's 7 Jewels From The South

It's been a good year at the movies. Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from down south.   Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A Language: KannadaWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

'Today's heroes do anything they want'

'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.''Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.''Now we have got bigger scope.'......

Varisu Review: Packed With Vijay Magic!

This is a film written for an audience that thrives on Vijay's stardom and it satisfies them thoroughly, observes Divya Nair. In the last few years, I have realised one thing: There are few......

Messi's victory celebrations turn violent in Kerala

IMAGE: Thousands of people across Kerala celebrated Argentina's win Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from various parts of the state on Sunday night as celebrations in the wake of......

Mirabai brightens disappointing day for India

If only the shooters had found their targets, the story would have been so different! sighs Raj Kishore Mishra. IMAGE: Mirabai Chanu competes in the weightlifting women's 49 kg category in the......

Sarath Kumar to represent Mahindra Racing in Italian GP

The language was definitely a problem. His spoken English was not too good and only a couple of the assembled media understood Tamil. Sarath Kumar had no options. The 19-year-old, the first......

'Spinners must make friends with 'keepers first'

Former India spinner Venkatapathy Raju explains the mysteries of spin bowling.A Joseph Antony listens in. IMAGE: Then India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni celebrates with off-spinner Ravichandran......

India Open: Ashwini-Sikki stun Chinese pair

IMAGE: India’s Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy in action during their women’s doubles match against China’s world No. 18 pair of Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu at the India Open, in......