9th candidate enters fray to succeed Johnson, Rishi Sunak frontrunner

British Indian former Cabinet minister Rishi Sunak maintained his lead as the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and next UK prime minister widened on Sunday with a total of......

Why Stalin is Tamil Nadu's CM with a difference

From social engineering to bearing the cost of Covid-19 treatment to financial reconstruction of Tamil Nadu's debt, the debutant chief minister is emerging as a leader with a difference, says Shjne......

Star-studded economic panel marks Stalin's break with past

Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and......

My take aways from the Jaipur LitFest

'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised......

Elon Musk says he 'killed' Twitter's 'official' label just hours after rollout

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, said he has "killed" the new 'official' label for certain verified Twitter accounts just hours after the feature was visible on multiple handles of governments,......

US Fed hikes interest rates by 75 percentage points to combat inflation

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday (local time) raised interest rates by 75 basis points (bps) or three-quarters of a percentage point in the boldest move since 1994. IMAGE: US Federal Reserve......

'As finance minister, it is very difficult to do as much as one should'

'Since the NDA took office in 2014, and aggressively since 2019, the Union government seems hell bent on centralising all power and resources, only to fail spectacularly,' Tamil Nadu Finance......

Duflo, Rajan, Dreze on TN economic panel to advise CM

An economic advisory council to the chief minister would be constituted with leading experts, including Nobel laureate Prof Esther Duflo, Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit said in Chennai on......

Mohanlal: An Emperor Defeated By Love

'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the......

'Mohanlal can play anything!'

"Every actor's life is short. It exists only between 'Action' and 'Cut'," Mohanlal once told Subhash K Jha. In a career of 41 years Mohanlal has been there, done it all. His range of roles and......

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The curse of stardom, especially in a country like India -- which wants its Gods to be tidy and punctilious -- is that stardom forces you to stop exploring the frozen sea inside you, and instead......

Why Drishyam was a curse

'I don't know whether this curse will be lifted or not. It's in the hands of the audience.' IMAGE: Mohanlal, Meena, Ansiba and Esther Anil in Drishyam 2. Director Jeethu Joseph says he was......

Lydia Ko wins women's golf gold; Aditi finishes T-29

IMAGE: India's Aditi Ashok, with rounds of 72-71-79-68 over four days, tallied 2-over 290 at the Paris Olympics, which was a far cry from the 15-under she carded in the Tokyo Games where she......

'I am a bit fat and...'

IMAGE: Mitchell Marsh won his first Allan Border medal; Ashleigh Gardner with her second Belinda Clark Award. Photograph: Cricket Australia/X   Mitchell Marsh won the prestigious Allan Border......

Women's World Cup PIX: Spain, Sweden enter semifinals

IMAGE: Salma Paralluelo celebrates scoring Spain's second goal against the Netherlands during the FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final match in Wellington, on Friday. Photograph: Amanda......

Women's WC: Spain crush Costa Rica in group opener

Dominant Spain crush Costa Rica 3-0 in World Cup group opener IMAGE: Spain's Alexia Putellas and Alba Redondo celebrate after the match. Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters Spain began their......

Brazilian sensation Maia makes Grand Slam history

IMAGE: Beatriz Haddad Maia reacts during a match against Sara Sorribes Tormo. Photograph: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports/Reuters Beatriz Haddad Maia became the first Brazilian woman in 55......