TM Krishna row: Madras Academy 'not to change decision'

A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Article 370: Justice Kaul suggests a reconciliation panel

Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Monday recommended setting up of an 'impartial truth and reconciliation commission' to probe and report on human rights violations by both state and......

Same-sex marriage: How far can courts go, asks SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Parliament undisputedly has the legislative power over issues raised in pleas seeking legal sanction for same-sex marriage and pondered over the 'interstices' left......

NSEL case: CBI files criminal case against Jignesh Shah, Sebi officials

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday registered a criminal case against MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange) Stock Exchange; its promoter Jignesh Shah; senior Securities and Exchange Board of......

Women on night shift: A lesson from Tamil Nadu

The move to allow women to work the night shift, by amending the Factories Act, has been opposed in Delhi by the Mahila Congress, the Indian National Congress's women's wing, and the All India......

ICICI Holdings to offload 5% stake

ICICI Holdings, which will control the insurance and mutual fund business of ICICI Bank, will go in for private placement of a 5 per cent stake to raise around $500 million. It has appointed JP......

Consumers' drive for cars costs bikes dear

A quiet change in the preferences of urban consumers for passenger cars together with hardening of interest rates has been a key reason for the slowing down of two-wheeler sales, which has become......

Can you recognise this actor?

Here's a hint: He made Judi Dench go weak in the knees. Richa Chadha is directing a short film, starring her beau Ali Fazal, comedian Aadar Malik and Satyajeet Dubey. The short film -- produced by......

PHOTOS: Stars attend premiere of Ankur Arora Murder Case

The film Ankur Arora Murder Case saw a low turnout of stars at its premiere held at PVR Juhu, a western suburb of Mumbai. Based on a real life incident, the film has been directed by Suhail Tatari......

Priyanka Chopra, 12 times over!

Playing 12 characters in a single film is quite a mean feat, and Priyanka Chopra knows that. So she made sure she did her homework well for Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee. The actress......

Kalki: I will always have a connect with Anurag Kashyap

'I can’t talk to the media about why Anurag and I split because it would be like writing an entire book to understand and do justice to it,' Kalki Koechlin tells Sonil Dedhia. Kalki Koechlin......

'What we are seeing today is 'who the accused is' matters'

'The law is neither able nor willing to function the way the legal machinery is envisaged.' IMAGE: The Image That SHOCKED India: Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and her cousin Sangeeta Phogat being......

Sandeep, Vishaka claim AITA junior titles

Sandeep Kumar and Vishaka Sheoran claimed the boys and girls' under-18 titles respectively in the AITA Talent Series junior tennis championship in Delhi on Saturday.Sandeep defeated Nitish Raj 6-3,......

Sri Lanka breeze into WT20 final

Electing to field, the West Indies must have been quietly pleased watching the Sri Lankan openers struggle for the first three overs. But Tillakaratne Dilshan decided he had enough of playing with......

'Hockey sex scandal panel has no legal sanctity'

Legal experts feel that the five-member committee constituted to probe charges of sexual harassment against M K Kaushik, former chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, has no legal......

Ashutosh, Vivek in second round

Second seed Ashutosh Singh and fifth ranked Vivek Shokeen scripted identical facile victories to romp into the second round of the Indian Oil Servo National Grasscourt Championshipsin Kolkata on......