Chennai teacher hits Class 3 student for not reciting Hindi poem, suspended

A teacher of a popular Chennai school was suspended allegedly for hitting a class three student for failing to recite a poem in Hindi. Kindly note that this image has been posted for......

'Don't Compel Us To Study Hindi!'

'We are not opposed to any Indian language. We are against Hindi imposition.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The kerfuffle between the Union and Tamil Nadu governments over the New......

First Cauvery Aarati held in Bengaluru amid laser lights and Vedic chants

What a Friday it was for Bengaluru. If in the morning, the forceful evictions of 18 Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs at Karnataka Legislative Assembly had the city buzzing, in the evening, the attention......

BJP Hands 'Tamil Pride' On A Platter To DMK

If the DMK is able to sustain the momentum until the assembly polls, the AIADMK especially and the PMK and possibly the infant TVK too would find it hard to sign up with the BJP, explains N Sathiya......

When Raveena Danced With Aruna Irani

IMAGE: Aruna Irani and Raveena Tandon dance to Punjabi Munde. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Band, baaja... and a lot of star power, the makers of the upcoming Ghudchadi unveiled the......

'I wasn't after money, I wasn't chasing stardom'

'I don't celebrate my success and that's why I don't moan my failures.' IMAGE: Sachin, left, in Satte Pe Satta. When Sachin Pilgaonkar stepped on a film set at the age of four, he felt at home. As......

Now, watch Umrao Jaan on stage

'Umrao Jaan has a beautiful soundtrack, and has been very dear to us right from our childhood.''We felt it had the perfect story to recreate for a stage musical.'Text: Ronjita......

'K Balachander meant so much to my career'

Veteran actress Rati Agnihotri, who made her Bollywood debut with K Balachander's wildly successful romance drama Ek Duuje Ke Liye, remembers the late filmmaker.It's very hard to believe that he is......