Alagiri embarrasses DMK, meets Dr Singh

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was left embarrassed on Thursday when suspended Denied Member of Parliament and former Union minister M K Alagiri called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sources......

DMK renominates Raja, Maran; denies ticket to Alagiri

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo M Karunanidhi on Monday renominated former telecom minister and 2G scam accused A Raja for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. He also sent a strong......

MUST READ: How much ministers splurged on petrol

The information technology and telecom ministries spent a whopping Rs 53.14 lakh on fuel in two years, according to a RTI report.A look at what various other ministries spent on fuel. The petrol......

Sri Lanka war crimes: DMK to withdraw five Union ministers

The Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam is all set to withdraw its five Union ministers from the United Progressive Alliance-2 by the weekend to express solidarity with the Sri Lankan Tamil issue. The step......

How you can become a crorepati!

Thomas Stanley in his book The Millionaire Next Door wrote: "Save and become rich." Napolean Hill said: "Think and grow rich." Amitabh Bachchan and now Shah Rukh Khan say, "Kaun Banega Crorepati?......

How to avoid mistakes & make safe investments

Yet another fabulous year for the Indian stock markets comes to an end. Though the year has been the most volatile of the last three years, 2006 has several records to its credit namely thefive......

Crest is a bit speculative

toratora:Your advice on Balaji Tele. At 96 can we pick up?Ramesh S Damani:I remain bullish on it.radha:Sir Godrej Ind. has reported loss in first quarter due to maintance and forex. But why the......

Oye is a good film

Sidhdharth has been experimenting with new directors for quite some time. He has once again come out with a Telugu film- Oye directed by Anand Ranga, a first time director. Oyegot a lot of......

Vattaram: Avoid!

Saran's Gemini film production house has been credited with the production of Tamil film, Vattaram (locality). Saran has claimed that he has written the screenplay and directed this yarn about the......

Sky Captain disappoints at the BO

The high profile Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow flew to the top of the box office charts in North America but did not soar. Its three-day take of $16.2 million was disappointing considering......

Kamal, the creative innovator

Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan has proved he is a creative innovator. The invite for his new film Sandiyar is in the form of an FIR (First Information Report). The invite-- rather the FIR -- filed......

Virdhawal picks gold, silver in pool

For the second day running Virdhawal Khade had mixed luck. He won one gold and had to be satisfied with a silver medal in another event on the fifth day of the third edition of the Commonwealth......

Durand Cup: JCT beat TFA 3-1, book semis berth

JCT became the first team to move into the semi-finals of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup with a 3-1 win over Tata Football Academy (TFA) at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. This was the......

Mahindra United beat Air India 1-0

A determined Mahindra United wore down their traditional rivals Air India in a 17th round I-League 'local derby' to win by a solitary goal scored late in the day. Their first leg encounter had......

England stun champs Pakistan in warm-up

England and India set the trend of what is expected to be two weeks of high-quality action in this month's ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup when they defeated Pakistan and New Zealand respectively in......

Kohli captain, Whatmore coach

Delhi middle order batsman Virat Kohli was on Monday named by the junior national selectors to lead the India under-19 squad in the February 10-March 3 World Cup in Malaysia. Dav Whatmore, the......