Yechury's body handed over to AIIMS amid 'Lal Salaam' chants

Wrapped in the red flag of the Communist Party of India-Marxist veteran Sitaram Yechury's body was donated to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences authorities in New Delhi on Saturday for......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

'They snatched her away from us'

'I want the country to know what's happening to our daughter.' IMAGE: Hadiya alias Akhila Ashokan. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff Archives For K M Ashokan, known to the world as 'Hadiya's......

Abuse of PM derogatory but not seditious, says HC, quashes case against school

The Karnataka high court has said abusive words used against the prime minister was derogatory and irresponsible but it does not constitute sedition, while quashing a case of sedition against a......

Senior family members step down from The Hindu

K Balaji, managing director of Kasturi and Sons Ltd that publishes The Hindu newspaper, and five other senior members of the Kasturi family will step down from their respective positions in the......

How to provide for parents, kids and still save

Naval architect Jayanta Roy, 44, lives with his family in their Kolkata home. There's wife Rupa, 39, son Deepro, 10, and parents, Kalyan Kumar, 65, and Kana, 65. In October 2007, Kalyan had to be......

'China is 20 years ahead of India'

Akhila Srinivasan is the managing director of Shriram Life Insurance Company Ltd, which is part of the Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) Shriram Group. She is also one of the key board-level......

Profiling 21 top Indian women CEOs

Debashish Ghosh, a final year MBA student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, met Nischinta Amarnath, a second-year Economics graduate student at Stella Mary's College, Chennai, last......

Review: Inimey Ippadithaan is monotonous

Director Muruganand's Inimey Ippadithaan is a poorly-written, uninspiring romantic comedy that revolves around a young man's quest to find the perfect bride, says S Saraswathi. There......

PIX: Look who Shilpa Shetty turned up with at a filmi birthday bash

You'll agree he's quite the cutie too...T-Series head Bhushan Kumar and his actress-director wife Divya Khosla Kumar ushered in their son Ruhaan's birthday over the weekend in Mumbai.Several of......

Review: Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam is interesting

R Parthiepan’s Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam has an entertaining story and is definitely worth a watch, writes S Saraswathi. As actor or director, R Parthiepan has always attempted......

Review: Pade Pade is a neat entertainer

Srikanth Srinivasa says Pade Pade is a decent attempt by a debutant director. Nagaraj Peenya, directing his first film, Pade Pade, has chosen a time-tested story that has been told again......

Nanavati submits slap row report to BCCI

BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, who investigated the slapping row between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth, submitted a 14-page report to the BCCI in Mumbai on Tuesday. "I have come to......

Top seed Gomes shocked

Top seed Ngyuyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam and G Rohit, Abhijeet Gupta and Rahul Sangma of Inidiawon their first round matches in the Under-14 boys section, while top seed Mary Ann Gomes lost her......