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Port Blair gets a name change: Sri Vijaya Puram it is

Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. IMAGE: President Droupadi......

Will Rajeev Chandrasekhar Upset Shashi Tharoor?

I hope those who underestimate Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be proved wrong in this fight for Thiruvananthapuram's future, notes Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the Bharatiya Janata......

President Murmu Visits Savarkar's Cell

President Droupadi Murmu is on a five-day visit to the Andaman and Nicobar islands. In her first engagement in Port Blair, the President laid a wreath at the Martyrs Column and visited the Cellular......

Pakistan Poll Results Stun Army

The result is a big blow to the military establishment, revealing the limits of 'political engineering'. It reflected the anger of the electorate, especially its younger voters, who have spoken......

'In life as well as in politics, nothing is black or white'

'There was trust, but perhaps there was also this apprehension that given the supreme post of prime minister, Sonia Gandhi felt her authority may be a challenged.' IMAGE: Pranab Mukherjee makes a......

The story behind the spectrum war

When it was under scrutiny for selling spectrum cheap to new operators in 2008, the department of telecommunications or DoT submitted in its defence that the policy directives were to improve......

6 qualities that make you a crorepati

"The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from the shore." That's Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), failed farmer, teacher,......

What? You haven't been to Andamans yet?

Have you had enough of hill stations? Ooty, Kodaikanal, Simla, Nainital, Mahabaleshwar, Matheran must have figured in your itinerary at some time or the other.The scenic beauty of the hills have......

Kangana Pays Homage To Savarkar

A day after she received the award for Best Actress at the National Awards in New Delhi, Kangana Ranaut flew to Port Blair to pay homage to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at the cellular jail in the......

The worst onscreen accents in Hollywood

A new poll by a US ticket agency has revealed the top three actors with the worst onscreen accents of all time. At third position is Tom Cruise, who put on an Irish lilt for his......

Shahid reaches out to young fans

A short film scripted, directed and enacted by school children was recently screened in Mumbai. It was produced under the banner Amol Gupte Cinema and made by the young talents of......

Images: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st ODI, Tri-series

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan looks back as the ball hits the wickets in the opening match of the tri-series against New Zealand in Colombo on Tuesday. After winning the toss and opting to bat......

Spotted: The great Sir Vivian Richards in Sydney

Reader Rajiv Pai sent us this picture with the great Sir Vivian Richards. Thank you, Rajiv, for sharing this...

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