It was now or never for Sasikala

Whether or not OPS wanted it, possibly after a time, there might be pressure from within the AIADMK legislature party that he should not quit.In turn, it would have meant that Sasikala, already......

Why Jaya has not stepped out of her house for five months

Five months since her conviction by a Karnataka court and being forced to step down as Tamil Nadu CM, Jayalalithaa has not been out of her house. However, she continues to run the Tamil Nadu......

'Our farmers are second to none'

A memorial service for Nobel Laureate Norman Borlaug will be held at the Texas A&M University in Texas today, October 6. Dr M S Swaminathan, who worked closely with Dr Borlaug on India's Green......

Noose around NRI tax evaders, charitable trusts tightens

At present, the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, covers only resident Indians. The Finance Bill has expanded the definition of assessees to......

Venkatarmanan quits, Noel, Jehangir inducted in Tata Trust

While the entry of 62-year-old Noel Tata, half brother of Ratan Tata, into Tata Trusts is being seen as a significant departure from the past within the salt-to-software conglomerate, Jehangir, a......

How Tata Trusts uses big data to gauge consumption, production

In keeping with the Trusts’ objectives, the initiative was underpinned by an attempt to determine how over-nutrition was impacting citizens at a mass scale.  There’s a new......

The man who is caught in the crossfire between Tata and Mistry

R Venkataramanan, the managing trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust who is responsible for all Tata-run trusts, prefers to keep a low profile but has emerged as a power centre in the group - with......

Rushmi scores a grand double

Top seed Rushmi Chakravarthi scoreda grand double when she won the $10,000 Bhavna Swarup ITF women's tennis tournament singles title and topped it by bagging the doubles crown, pairing Sai......

Rushmi to meet Heli in ITF final

India's Rushmi Chakravarthy and Heli Bargil of Israel won their semifinal matches in contrastingstyleson Fridayto set up the title clashat the Bhavana Swarup ITF Women's tennis tournament in......