Reshuffle: Modi snubs AIADMK again

AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam is said to be upset at his son Raveendranath Kumar, a Lok Sabha MP, being denied a ministerial chance for a second time in a row, beginning with the formation of......

EPS does a Jaya but like her, can he keep the BJP at bay?

In the absence of the over-arching ‘Jaya charisma’, EPS has to convince the AIADMK’s traditional constituencies, including those in his western districts, that his leadership......

Modi Sarkar has a 'strong pro-West tilt'

  'If you look at the relationship with Pakistan, or the relationship with China, both are today, more uncertain than they were when this government came into power.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com......

How Jallikattu protests left the State on the backfoot

The governments at the Centre and in the state were unprepared to handle the massive response to the large numbers of people, as they were not aware of the groundswell of public admonition that was......

US bank curbs may hit fund-raising by PEs

Fund-raising may become tough for Indian private equity players if US President Barack Obama's proposal to curb the role of commercial banks in hedge and PE funds is implemented. But the move could......

TCS to create 1,000 jobs in US

Tata Consultancy Services America was awarded a $2.5 million Rapid Outreach Grant by the Ohio government on Tuesday to aid the growth of businesses and the creation and retention of jobs in the......

Golden Globes 2019: Rami Malek, Glenn Close win

Who won at the Globes? We tell you! The 76th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were a few surprises and some expected nods. Jeff Bridges won the Cecil B Demille Award. A quick......

Music and Lyrics is hillarious

Music and Lyrics kicks off with the video of a suspiciously Wham-esq looking 1980's Brit band (puffed sleeves, big hair, pelvic thrusts and all) called Pop. Back in the day, Pop sold a zillion......

Star power fails at USBO

With a hat-trick of flops that lost about $200 million inone single year, Eddie Murphy, who gets $15million to $20 million per movie, became the costliest loser in Hollywood last year.Among the......

Grant Fisher smashes 3,000m World indoor record

IMAGE: Grant Fisher of the United States clocked 7 minutes 22.91 seconds, lowering Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma's World mark of 7:23.81, set in 2023, at the Millrose Games, in New York, on Saturday.......

US set 4x400m mixed World mark; Cheptegei wins 10,000

IMAGE: Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei celebrates winning the Olympics men's 10,000m final at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, in Paris, on Friday. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters World record holder Joshua......

Athletics delivers thrills, records and upsets in Paris

IMAGE: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of United States crosses the line to win gold and set a new World record in the Olympics 400m Hurdles final at Stade de France, Paris. Photograph: Sarah......

Olympics: Russell takes 100m hurdles gold by a whisker

IMAGE: Masai Russell of the US in lane No 5 crosses the line to win the gold medal in the women's 100m hurdles ahead of France's Samba-Mayela and Puerto Rico's Camacho-Quinn at the Paris Olympics......

ECB grants annual central contracts for Foakes, Livingstone

IMAGE: England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and batsman Liam Livingstone were given annual central contracts for the first time. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes and......