Sri Lankan minister resigns over death threat to Tamil prisoners

Sri Lanka's Minister of State for Prisons Management Lohan Ratwatte tendered his resignation on Wednesday, days after he allegedly threatened to kill Tamil prisoners during his visit to the......

Rajapaksa concedes battle again, but the war may still remain

Unlike in the presidential polls, victory might not have been complete, at least as yet, for Mahinda Rajapaksa’s electoral rivals. While his one-time aide and confidant, Maithripala Sirisena,......

Sri Lankan Tamil MPs meet PM

A delegation of Sri Lankan Tamil MPs Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and told him about the "pathetic and deplorable" condition of Tamil people in the island nation. The MPs of the......

Sri Lankan MPs seek India's help

A day ahead of their meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, five members of the Sri Lankan parliament on Thursday sought India's help in addressing the problems afflicting the island nation,......

Nayantara and Vikram team up for the first time

A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry. Nayantara is on a roll. She's had three hits in a row: Thani Oruvan, Maya and Naanum Rowdy Dhan. Sources claim that the......

Review: Venghai is tedious

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Tamil film Venghai is an overdose of rural action. Post YOUR reviews here!The standard formula for director Hari's film goes something like this: Take a couple of hundred......

Review: Bayam Ariyaan is amateurish

Jeyamathi Picture's Tamil movie, Bayam Ariyaan (He Who Knows No Fear), directed by Pratheesh is a classic example of a script that looks good on paper, has a reasonably good cast but ends up going......

Malaikkottai review

God save us from the eternally "brilliant" movies which have the hero beating up 100 baddies all at the same time with the heroine cringing behind him, looking bedraggled, and his sympathetic......