Poet-lyricist and Jnanpith awardee ONV Kurup passes away

Jnanpith awardee and eminent Malayalam poet, lyricist and environmentalist Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup, popularly known as ONV, passed away at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram......

Padma Awards 2011: The winners

President Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment ofPadmaAwards 2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards, including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of......

Scrap dealers to take legal action for radiation

Two victims of exposure to cobalt-60 radioactive material are all set to be discharged from the Army hospital and are planning to take legal action against those responsible for their condition.......

Give us work, junior ministers tell PM

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spent around 75 minutes on Tuesday afternoon listening to his junior ministers unburden themselves and complain about the 32 cabinet ministers In his opening......

Why I remember every frame of Mani Ratnam's films

Movies, I have always believed, are ephemeral in their appeal. A lot of movies heralded as classics by my parents were overdramatic, unrealistic poetry for me. If ever I have to choose a 'first......