First woman elephant mahout among 34 unsung heroes awarded Padma Shri

India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah famous as Hasti Kanya, tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu, social worker Sangthankima who runs Mizoram's largest orphanage and plastic surgeon......

HC bench deletes single judge's adverse remarks against actor Vijay

A division bench of the Madras high court on Tuesday expunged the adverse remarks made by a single judge against top Tamil actor Vijay on the issue of entry tax over the import of a luxury car from......

Congress is not worthy of an alliance: Kumaraswamy

Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday made a sharp attack on erstwhile ally Congress, saying it was not a party worthy of an alliance and it does not honour coalition dharma. A day......

Sasikala was given VIP facilities in jail, reveals RTI

Ousted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V K Sasikala was given special treatment in a prison in Bengaluru, where she is serving imprisonment in a corruption case, according to the......

Wipro Enterprises moves HC against Heinz

Wipro Enterprises and Heinz India are locking horns over the trademark of their glucose-based chewable tablets. Wipro, which owns Glucovita Bolts brand of chewable tablets, has filed an appeal in......

FM to consider tax plea of coop banks

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has promised a delegation of urban cooperative bankers that their demand for some relief from payment of 30 per cent income tax on the profits made by their banks......

The sound of southern music

After news channels, music channels are singing local tunes on television in south India. In a span of five months, two new channels are making music.After Southern Spice Music and Sun Network's......

Chiranjeevi's son's film Magadheera in trouble

Telugu star Chiranjeevi's son Ram Charan Teja's new film Magadheera may be creating box office records in India and abroad but the film has been a target for some people in Andhra Pradesh and......

'I was 100 percent sure I would win an award'

Less than two years ago, K Sathyanarayana [Satish] made his debut film Hope, a Telugu film, based on a student's suicide, which was brought to attention by his daughter, who was studying in the......

Goodbye, Shobhan Babu

It happens very rarely. If there is one actor in the Indian film industry who preferred to retire at a time when he was much in demand, it is the Telugu actor Shobhan Babu. Though he had made a......

Malayalam cinema dominates Indian Panorama

The International Film Festival India at Goa starts onNovember 23. As usual, there is a lot of excitement about the Indian filmsselected to be shown at the Indian Panorama. Here's a look at the......

What's Laxman Praying For?

Photograph: Kind courtesy VVS Laxman/X   V V S Laxman is currently at the helm of Team India's coaching duties for the five-match T20I series against Australia. In the series opener in......

Police question Paralympian in connection with man's death

Paralympic gold medallist T Mariyappan has been questioned following the death of a man with whom he had allegedly got into a quarrel, police said on Tuesday. However, the athlete was allowed to go......