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Cops committing grave offences will attract dismissal from service: HC

Police personnel committing serious offences, infringing the fundamental rights of citizens, would attract dismissal from service too, the Madras high court has said. Illustration: Dominic......

LTTE men denied bail in attempt to steal Rs 40 cr from dead woman's account

The Madras high court has refused bail to two persons, said to be the members of the banned organisation LTTE, who attempted to loot Rs 40 crore lying idle in the savings bank account of a dead......

Get well soon: TN prays for SP Balasubrahmanyam

From celebrities to general public, Tamil Nadu came together and prayed on Thursday for the early recovery of veteran playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, who continued to be critical and is on......

Jayalalithaa sworn-in as Tamil Nadu CM for the 6th time

The AIADMK supremo retained 13 of her ministers, who were in the previous cabinet, besides inducting 17 new faces including four women. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo J......

'She was Amma to all of us'

'Mrinalini Sarabhai was gracious, well-read, liberal, very secular, and very well informed,' recalls film historian S Theodore Baskaran of the celebrated dancer who passed into the ages last week.......

Rethinking our Westernised biases

Ajit Balakrishnan reflects on pariahs, small businesses, and blockchains.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Last weekend, on the way back from a weekend trip to Varanasi, my first trip there, we......

Tax evasion: I-T summons Nokia auditor PwC arm

The income tax department, probing a charge of Rs 2,500-3,000-crore (Rs 25-30-billion) tax evasion by the Indian arm of Nokia, the Finland-based telecom multinational, has summoned the company's......

Indian workers win landmark judgement in UK

Highly skilled Indian workers in the UKwon a landmark judgement on Tuesday when the high court ruled that it was 'not open' to the government altering the terms and conditions of an old scheme......

South Indian NRI docs head home

An increasingly large number of non-resident Indian doctors is returning home to south India, giving a third leg to the reverse brain drain phenomenon that mostly involved software engineers and......

For whom the torch burns

The business of image building does not mean plastering the streets with cloth banners sporting a corporate logo. Image building does not mean elbowing out the deserving by flashing a cheque book......

Review: Nannbenda is unremarkable

Tamil film Nannbenda is run-of-the-mill, says S Saraswathi.There is nothing new in Udhayanidhi Stalin starrer Nannbenda. The characters are familiar and the plot is a rehash of his......

Review: Ethir Neechal is an absolute delight

S Saraswathi says Ethir Neechal is a simple city-based romantic comedy that is guaranteed to provide some wholesome family entertainment. Actor-turned-singer, Dhanush turns producer......

Review: Settai, not a patch on Delhi Belly

S Saraswathi says Settai is sadly, a great disappointment. UTV Motion Pictures, one of the biggest production houses in the film industry today, presents Settai, a remake of the Hindi film Delhi......

Review: Oru Kal, Oru Kannaadi is tortuous

There's very little to Tamil film Oru Kal, Oru Kannaadi , writes Pavithra Srinivasan.After the runaway success of Siva Manasula Shakthi and Boss (E) Baskaran, director M Rajesh's latest, Oru Kal,......

Yuvan Shankar Raja: I'm not following in A R Rahman's footsteps

Yuvan Shankar Raja is among the cream of Tamil music composers today. But success hasn't come easily to maestro Ilaiyaraja's younger son. He's had to slog long and hard for it, waiting......

FIDE Grand Chess: Vidit crushes Niemann to jump into lead

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi recorded his fourth victory in last five games to join the leaders' pack on 4.5 points. Photograph: FIDE/Mark Livshitz India's Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the......

Paddler Sathiyan Gets Hitched

Table tennis star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran tied the knot with Subhiksha Baskaran in Chennai on Wednesday. India's highest-ranked table-tennis player looked dazzling on the day and was clad in a......

India eye podium finish in 2023 Hockey World Cup

'The team is in the good hands of Graham Reid and the support staff. I believe they have a sure shot at a medal' Photograph: Kind Courtesy Hockey India/Twitter India need to draw confidence from......

Julius Baer chess: Erigaisi on top, Praggnanandhaa 2nd

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tata Steel Chess/Twitter India's teenage Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi jumped to the top position with 17 points after eight rounds, while his compatriot R Praggnanandhaa is......

Online Chess Olympiad: Anand loses as India bows out in semis

IMAGE: The United States team beat India in the second and the Blitz tie-break 4.5-1.5 in the semi-final of the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Tuesday. Photograph: International Chess......

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