Explained! The DMK-Congress showdown

'How come?', 'why now?', 'what next?' Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanabhan answers all your questions on the DMK-Congress drama!The Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam seat sharing talks, which......

DMK pulls out of UPA over Congress's seats demand

The seven-year-old Congress-Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam alliance virtually ended on Saturday with the DMK ministers deciding to withdraw from the Union Cabinet. "We will extend issue-based support......

Take 60 seats or end alliance, DMK to tell Cong

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is expected to pass a resolution in its high-level meeting to be held on Saturday evening that 60 seats is the final number it can allot the Congress party. The party......

TN: Greedy Congress upsets DMK, split imminent

As a further indication of deteriorating ties between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly election, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi issued a post-midnight......

Shankar, Rajnikanth make Endhiran work

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil movie Endhiran.Dozens of directors claim that they have the commercial formula down pat but none can be compared toShankar who belongs to the rare breed of......

When superstar Rajnikanth met superstar Big B

Saturday evening saw the audio release of Tamil film director Shankar's Robot (Endhiran in Tamil), starring superstar Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Present on the occasion were a galaxy......

Sri Lanka overcome Kiwi zeal to enter final

- Scorecard | Live Update Sri Lanka self-tested its fragile middle order ahead of the big match, as they stuttered to a five-wicket win against New Zealand in Colombo on Tuesday. The ask was......

Murali cloud over Lanka ahead of quarters

Going into the quarter-final match against the erratic England, Sri Lanka have their own set of problems in both the batting and bowling departments. What they wouldn't want over and above the......

We haven't played very well: Prior

Though England have fought brilliantly in the World Cup so far, they haven't played very well, the team's wicketkeeper and makeshift opener Matt Prior said in Colombo ahead of the quarter-final......

Clinical Pak snap Australia's unbeaten run

Pakistan turned up their class as they thumped Australia by fourwickets to end the defending champions' unbeaten World Cup run stretching 12 years, four tournaments and four continents. -......

I'm here because of affection of my fans: Shoaib

With a moving farewell speech, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar announced on Thursday that he will retire from international cricket after the World Cup. "I have entered the most significant phase......