When A Former CEC Took The RSS Salute

Some of our leaders were busybusy over the weekend.   IMAGE: Former chief election commissioner Om Prakash Rawat, left, takes the RSS salute with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarkaryavah......

A Last Christmas for Santha Bakery

December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.Will fortunes change, wonders Shyam G Menon. Photograph:......

Storm crosses TN coast, 14 killed in heavy rains

Intense showers battered Chennai and other northern regions of Tamil Nadu on Thursday while the depression over Bay of Bengal crossed the coast by evening. IMAGE: Commuters wade through a......

Stalin Needs to Think Fast, Act Faster

Good intentions and elaborate roadmaps apart, there is an urgent need for the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come up with branded schemes like MGR's meal scheme, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......

How to stay financially fit after 60

After retirement, the pressure on finances increases in the absence of regular income. Here are a few suggestions to ensure a smooth post-retirement life The first fear after retirement is: Do I......

When it comes to business, he's Quickr!

Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy. An eight-year-old firm......

'New breed' Indian Diaspora has its heart in the right place

Indians all over the US are going beyond being human and are learning to be humanitarian and expand their philanthropy activities finds Ajailiu Niumai. 'The raising of extraordinarily large sums of......

When the parent comes out of sub-brands' shadows

UTC India is playing up the umbrella brand of Carrier and OTIS to push integrated services. When early in 2010 the diversified US manufacturer, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) set the ball......

Guntur Kaaram Review: Mahesh Babu Goofs Around

Guntur Kaaram doesn't deliver on its basic promise: Entertainment, sighs Mayur Sanap. The opening frame of Guntur Kaaram, the latest festive offering from Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu, comes......

Jailer Review: A Rajinikanth You Have Never Seen Before

I don't remember Rajinikanth beheading anyone so brutally in any of his previous films. Or glamourising so much of blood and violence.This is an altogether different version of a brutal......

10 Political Dramas To Watch On OTT

There is so much political drama going on in our country that even the most imaginative scriptwriter would not be able to match reality. Still, the shenanigans of our political leaders find their......

Meet Shah Rukh's Gorgeous Family

Samantha meets Varun in England... Trisha gives her heart... Salman has a request... Photograph: Kind courtesy Gauri Khan/Instagram Gauri Khan promotes her coffee-table book My Life In Design,......

Sports Shorts: Indians win five medals in Asian Indoors

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday IMAGE: Sourav Kothari poses. Photograph: Twitter Indians added five medals, including a gold through cueist Sourav Kothari,......

India at the Asian Games: Day 4

Ashish Kumar creates history in gymnastics Gymnast Ashish Kumar on Tuesday opened a new chapter for India in the little followed sport by clinching the country's first ever medal, a bronze, in the......

No rivalry with SRK or Preity: Shilpa

Champions Rajasthan Royals got a timely boost ahead of the second season of the Indian Premier League after Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her UK-based beau-entrepreneur Raj Kundra picked 12......

Cretois referee for India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie

France's Stephane Cretois has been appointed referee for the India-Pakistan Davis Cup zonal play-off encounter, to be played at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, on specially-prepared grass......

'Shastri, Gavaskar ideal'

Readers' take on the newly-formed panel to select the new coach.*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*MVP WorldHi !What do u mean by the right coach? Are u saying that John Wright was not a right coach?I don't......