Kurumbur in gold-loving Tamil Nadu was once a thriving centre for goldsmiths.Today their number is down to two.A Ganesh Nadar finds out why. IMAGE: Armugam in his smithy. Photograph: A Ganesh......
The calling out of actor Dhanush by the Tamil Film Producers' Council, for accepting advance but not giving dates, has not gone down well for the Tamil film industry, creating quite an uproar.......
The decision to award Bharat Ratna to former prime ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh and green revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan has taken the number of recipients of the country's......
Most politicians and even non-politicians have been honoured because of what they were purported to be electorally worth for the ruling party of their time, argues N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......
The decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur has taken the number of recipients of the country's highest......
Sebi on Monday lifted restrictions imposed on 16 entities, including some former employees of Infosys, in a case pertaining to alleged insider trading activities in IT major shares. Photograph:......
K Krithivasan, chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of TCS, took home a salary of Rs 25.4 crore in 2023-24 (FY24), less than chief operating officer and executive director N......
For the first time in 19 years, Tata Consultancy Services reported a fall in the net headcount for a financial year, witnessing its total employee base shrinking to 601,546 at the end of FY24.......
'Midcap and smallcap indices are trading in the expensive zone.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Valuations for the benchmark Nifty are in the comfort zone but small and midcaps are......
Despite the uncertainties created by rising bond yields and oil prices, fund managers have been proactively deploying fresh flows into the equity market. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Maharaja is an audacious attempt that breaks down the tropes of a crime film with a brilliant Vijay Sethupathi in the lead, notes Arjun Menon. Nithilan Swaminathan's sophomore directorial outing......
Vineeth Sreenivasan deserves applause for striving to blend the past with the present and revoking your memories, states Divya Nair. For any Malayalee, think bromance in cinema, and two names that......
As the curtain come down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's newsmakers and events... A: ALIA ALL OVER IMAGE: Alia Bhatt at the Berlin film festival. Photograph:......
'I owe so much of what I am to Shiva Dada.' IMAGE: Shiv Subrahmanyam with Anil Kapoor in Parinda. Photograph: Kind courtesy Vidhu Vinod Chopra Films/Instagram Actor-writer Shiv Subrahmanyam passed......
'The script of Shyam Singha Roy was so mainstream and yet so unique.''I could visualise what a spectacular experience it would be on the big screen, and I am glad it came true.' IMAGE: Nani in......
'It is not just D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi.''There are another 20 players just behind them. Nobody imagined this was possible 5 years ago.' IMAGE: Team India after......
IMAGE: After M S Dhoni got angry, no one in the team dared to look at him. Photograph: BCCI While Mahendra Singh Dhoni is renowned for his calm demeanour on the cricket field, former......
He was born to play Test cricket: Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramaniam IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin is going strong at 37, claiming a bagful of wickets with his absolute control......
IMAGE: R Ashwin is set to play his 100th Test in Dharamsala. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramanian wished the experienced off-spinner ahead of his......
IMAGE: As captain, Virat Kohli scored 5,608 runs in Tests at an average of 53.40, with 18 centuries and 18 fifties in 111 innings and a best score of 254*. Under his leadership, India was also the......