Overnight spell of rain brings Bengaluru to its knees

Torrential overnight rains left India's IT capital struggling on Monday as inundation and waterlogging threw life out of gear, leading to a public outpour of anger against alleged misgovernance and......

The Chennai water train is here!

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com tracks the train from Jolarpettai carrying its precious cargo. IMAGE: A worker fills a tanker train with water, which was transported and supplied to water-starved......

A schizo polity called Tamil Nadu

Why did such a ‘socially conscientious’ people adapt to cash-for-votes and the like, as fish to water? N Sathiya Moorthy offers an explanation. IMAGE: A protest against the Tamil Nadu......

No-trust vote: Who supports whom

On Friday, the Narendra Modi-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha. In a House of 535 members, the ruling National Democratic Alliance has 313 members including 274......

Water treatment, access becomes fast-growing biz

Orders are flowing for the water and wastewater treatment industry, as leading players in the domestic market such as VA Tech Wabag, Larsen and Toubro, Thermax and IVRCL Infra have bagged over Rs......

How BPO is changing India

Business process outsourcing is about the biggest opportunity that has come India's way and has the potential to transform India in a manner which is not yet fully realised.It took software 25......

IPL Preview: CSK eye top spot in dead rubber against Daredevils

CSK will get to fine tune their game against Daredevils, a team which has been below par yet again IMAGE: CSK coach Stephen Fleming, right, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: BCCI......

HC demands MCA response over extra water usage for additional IPL ties

The Bombay High Court on Friday sought to know from the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) if it would seek additional water supply from the Pune civic body for ground and pitch maintenance for......

Massive anti-IPL protests; two detained for hurling slippers at Jadeja

IMAGE: Policemen take away a fan of CSK Skipper MS Dhoni before the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at MAC Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: R Senthil......

Will IPL matches be shifted out of Chennai?

Opposition over hosting of Indian Premier League matches in Chennai intensified on Monday, with a pro-Tamil outfit agitating over Cauvery issue threatening to hold protests outside the match venue......

'No shift in IPL match from Chennai'

'Chennai match has not been shifted so far. The match will take place in Chennai itself on April 10' Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla, on Monday, confirmed that the IPL match between......