Ram ki baat ho gayi, ab...: Uddhav targets Modi

Shiv Sena-UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday invoked king Vali from epic Ramayana to launch a veiled attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde whom he accused of "stealing" the party......

Does Siddha medicine have a Covid cure?

IMAGE: A sample being collected for COVID-19 testing at a government hospital in Bengaluru, August 7, 2020. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc......

What the Ramayana, Mahabharata tell us

'We often assume that Ayodhya is Ram's property and Hastinapur is Yudhishthira's property when, in fact, it is their responsibility.''A king exists, as per Hindu philosophy, only to ensure that......

Name changes: BJP's revenge on Muslims

'What the Hinduisation of Muslim names by the BJP suggests is that the party's anti-Muslim outlook matches the virulence of almost any other far right outfit such as the Ku Klux Klan,' argues......

Sebi busts scam involving investment tips on SMS

Using its newly-granted powers to access call data records and conduct surprise visits, capital markets watchdog Sebi has unearthed a large-scale SMS scam wherein fraudsters were luring gullible......

Saudi group plans big for South

The Saudi Arabia-based Al Batterjee Group, a diversified business group with an annual turnover of Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion), plans to set up a manufacturing plant for its Nunu range of babycare......

Branding hartals, Kerala style

Indian Rubber Dealers' Federation's call for a Rubber Hartal, which is now withdrawn, is another step in a new trend - branding hartals.Called Rubber Hartal, the protest was apparently against the......

Realty blooms in the city of oranges

An investment boom is shaking the city of oranges, with IT majors acknowledging it as one of the "probables", and the ambitious multi-modal international project at Nagpur fuelling speculation.Five......

Gangubai Kathiawadi Review

Something in Alia has surely changed after Gangubai.Her entire performance is about proving to herself and not to the world what she can do, feels Sukanya Verma. A Ghalib ghazal fills the rotten......

Which Tamil film will you watch this weekend?

Eight Tamil films coming up in theatres near you! Here's a look at the films. Which one are you looking forward to?   En Vali Thani Vali Image: R K and Poonam in En Vali Thani Vali......

Raavanan is better than Raavan

Saisuresh Sivaswamy reviews both Raavan and its Tamil version,Raavanan. Ever since Roja, Mani Ratnam has wanted to go pan-Indian. And I am not talking only in terms of the plot, but the audience......

A gem in Achamundu! Achamundu!

Project East-West-ALLC's Tamil movie Achamundu! Achamundu! directed by Arun Vaidyanathan has already made waves for the awards it has won in film festivals. Aside from this, it comes with another......

Steady Ireland outscore PNG

Ireland gained its first points of the ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup 2004 with a70-run victoryagainst Papua New Guinea at the Khulna Divisional Stadium.Having run West Indies to the wire and......