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Cong mouthpiece slams Tharoor for praising Kerala govt

Veekshanam Daily, Congress party's mouthpiece in Kerala, on Monday published an editorial criticising Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, without naming him, for praising the entrepreneurial growth of......

Trump pardons 1,500 supporters charged for Capitol riots

Just a few hours after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump granted pardons and commutations to about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the January......

IIT Madras director's cow urine remark sparks row; apology demanded

The director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, V Kamakoti, has sparked controversy after making a remark about the "medicinal value" of cow urine, or gomutra. IMAGE: IIT-Madras......

China plays down flu outbreak, says country safe for travel

China on Friday played down reports of a massive outbreak of flu in the country overwhelming hospitals, saying that cases of the respiratory diseases which occur during the winter were less severe......

Kerala nurse faces execution in Yemen despite blood money payment

Family members and human rights activists in Kerala are clinging to hope for a last-minute pardon for Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse whose death sentence was confirmed by Yemeni President Rashad......

Govt may use reserve oil funds to finance fertiliser subsidy gap

For the first time, the government is likely to dip into the Oil Industry Development Fund (OIDF) to finance part of its fertiliser subsidy programme for 2025-26, according to official sources.......

Higher tax will drive capital away, says CEA V Anantha Nageswaran

Nageswaran said the reduction of poverty, and not income inequality, is the litmus test of equitable growth. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Taxing capital less may not lead to more......

SAP to step up hiring in India: CEO

German technology major SAP views India as the fastest growing market, where it plans to embark on an aggressive hiring spree, a top company executive said on Wednesday. Photograph: Ralph......

Nara Lokesh pitches Vizag to Google for setting up data centre

Andhra Pradesh's IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh has pitched port city of Vizag in his state for setting up a data centre to Google Cloud CEO, saying the new government in the state has......

Why Ratan Tata Really Fell Out With Cyrus Mistry

Ratan Tata: A Life, the much awaited biography, reveals that after a year of 'parallel running', Tata began having second thoughts about Cyrus Mistry's 'suitability'.'Mistry targeted Ratan, the man......

Bromance Review: Mindless, Loud Comedy That Entertains

Bromance is a fun film that doesn't take itself too seriously, observes Arjun Menon. In a relatively short career, Arun D Jose has made a name for himself as the go-to man for multiplex comedies......

Bollywood's Cutest V-DAY Messages

From Sonam Kapoor to Shilpa Shetty Kundra to Kajol, Namrata Thakker checks out how our favourite celebrities have expressed love on Valentine’s Day. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sonam......

BAFTA 2025: Mikey Madison, Adrien Brody Win

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light lost out the BAFTA to France's Emilia Perez, but the evening saw many more expected wins and losses at the BAFTAs at London's Royal Festival Hall on February......

Lots Of Romance In Theatres This February

February is the month of Valentine's Day and expectedly, there are quite a few romantic films coming up. But there's some variety in the non-romantic films too, which makes this month really......

Ready For Moana 2 On OTT?

Allu Arjun's biggest blockbuster, Satyajit Ray's story and Spidey's exciting new avatar, Sukanya Verma lists her recommendations on OTT this week. Moana 2Where to watch? Rent on Amazon Prime......

Can India bring home gold at Asia Mixed Team C'ships?

While India have never won the gold at the Asia Mixed Team Championships, they did secure mixed team gold and silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 and 2022. IMAGE: Satwiksairaj......

19-year-old Meena shatters pole vault record to win gold

IMAGE: Dev Kumar Meena bettered the previous National record of 5.31m set by Subramani Siva while winning the gold in the 2022 Games in Gujarat. Photograph: Athletics Federation of India/X Madhya......

LeBron James makes history in Lakers' win

IMAGE: Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) reacts after scoring against Golden State Warriors during the second half of their NBA match at Crypto.com Arena on Thursday. Photograph: Gary......

PICS: Arsenal thump City to stay in title race

IMAGE: Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly celebrates scoring their third goal against Manchester City at Emirates Stadium, London, Britain, on Sunday. Photograph: David Klein/Reuters Arsenal delivered......

SA20: MI Cape Town rout Capitals; set new record

IMAGE: MI Cape Town's Sediqullah Atal celebrates his half-century against Pretoria Capitals in SA20 match on Sunday. Photograph: SA20 MI Cape Town underlined their status as the SA20 table-toppers......

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