The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas......
Giving economic aid to Kashmir is like giving TB medicine to a patient suffering from cancer and expecting it to work, says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd). > Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com......
After spending nine years in a prison in Pakistan, Indian prisoner Khushbu Paswan has reached his native village in Bihar's Rohtas district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. Paswan, 40,......
IMAGE: The Mettur dam on the Cauvery river. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vvenka1/Wikipedia Commons Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar travels to the Cauvery delta in Tamil Nadu and finds farmers there......
Organised players have been the biggest beneficiaries after the lockdowns were lifted. Given real estate is not as expensive now, players want to take advantage of the trend. IMAGE: A visitor......
The company plans to collaborate with stopover management consolidators, who will participate in the bids to develop food courts and rest areas along the highways. Such stopovers will house......
S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 2% and 1.6% respectively Markets continued their bull run to settle at fresh closing highs on Friday with the S&P BSE Sensex scaling past the......
Metal stocks were trading under pressure while IT, auto, realty stocks gained in today's deals Indian shares continued their record-setting spree, closing all-time highs for the fourth time in......
US fast food chain Burger King Worldwide will open about 12 outlets in India over the next 60-90 days, Rajeev Varman, chief executive of the hamburger chain's India unit said on Saturday. The chain......
Despite its minor flaws, lack of logic, and lecture-style moral narrative, Vettaiyan should be enjoyed in a theatre amid Rajini fans and their wolf whistles, endorses Divya Nair. Gone are the......
IMAGE: Zarin Shihab in Aattam: The Play. Malayalam film Aattam: The Play has won the award for Best Feature Film. Sooraj R Barjatya was judged Best Director for the Hindi movie Uunchai at the......
The saving grace of Shankar's expanded universe is the masterful precision with which Kamal Haasan drops himself into a messy setup, only slightly to elevate the pulpy tendencies of Shankar's......
I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence.This is an altogether different version of a brutal......
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from......
Indian tennis star Somdev Dev Varman created history on Monday by winning his second consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association singles title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over J P Smith in the......
Teenager Somdev Varman created a sensation by upsetting top seeded Bulgarian Todor Enev while compatriot Vinod Sridhar got past Japanese youngster Noriaku Sugiyama to romp into the semi-finals of......
India's Somdev Varman upset sixth seeded Febi Widhiyanto of Indonesia while Vinod Sridhar got past compatriot Vijay Kannan to move to the quarter-finals of the ONGC ITF Futures tennis tournament at......
Indian wild card Somdev Dev Varman caused the biggest upset of the ITF Futures tournament when he shocked third seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan, who had won the Dehra Dun and Delhi legs, 6-3, 6-3 in......
IMAGE: Gold medallist Shreyasi Singh of India poses during the medal ceremony for the women's double trap. Photograph: Phil Walter/Getty Images Shreyasi Singh held her nerve and produced some......