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Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Time for Aung San Suu Kyi to step aside?

Some believe she should no longer be the face of the struggle to free Myanmar from the new military dictatorship, observes Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: A Myanmar anti-coup protester holds up a three......

Who after Anbazhagan in DMK?

The front-runner of course is party treasurer and long-serving party legislator, S Duraimurugan. A Vanniar by caste from the rival PMK-strong northern belt, Duraimurugan makes up for his weak......

Why BJP and AIADMK got swept away in TN

The DMK combine has won 37 of the 38 LS constituencies that went to polls in Tamil Nadu, and bagged 13 of the 22 assembly bypolls. What swept away the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the southern state was......

Are we any closer to knowing Who Killed Sheena Bora?

After 800 days, is it a little clearer that Accused No 1 through 4 are responsible for her death?Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the Sheena Bora murder trial.Illustration: Dominic......

A 94-year old bank is part of history now; Lakshmi Vilas Bank becomes DBS India

Tamil Nadu-based Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with pre-independence lineage on Friday lost its identity after its merger with the Indian subsidiary of Singapore's DBS Bank. The debt-ridden 94-year old......

LVB to become DBS Bank India from Nov 27; Rs 25,000 withdrawal restriction to go

Crisis-hit Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) will merge into the Indian arm of Singapore-based DBS Bank on Friday, leading to removal of all restrictions, including withdrawal cap of Rs 25,000, which the......

Time is running out for Lakshmi Vilas Bank

'It's a toss-up between a fire sale of equity or merger with a strong bank,' points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. After the Reserve Bank of India rejected Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd's plan......

When parents are delighted to have a start-up son-in-law

For the new millennium generation, slowly and at an accelerating pace, it is attractive to harbour a start-up ambition, says R Gopalakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com When I......

Family and Rs 500 crore: How a Chettiar community is reviving entrepreneurship

Some decades ago, nearly 90 per cent of Nattukottai Chettiars were entrepreneurs; this has dropped to 15 per cent. The community plans to reverse the numbers through know-how, family support,......

'People called Amitabh 'camel''

'Not many know I am a Rajput from Jodhpur.''My ancestors shifted to Kolhapur as my great grandfather and grandfather were both engineers.''They were called by Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj to build the......

40 years and the Rajini mania still continues

S Saraswathi traces the movie Supernova's journey in show business. Rajinikanth began his acting career in 1975. As Kabali releases, a look at how an ordinary bus conductor in Bangalore grew to be......

Best films of Rajinikanth

How Rajinikanth became a Superstar. For 40 years, Rajinikanth has remained the undisputed Superstar of Tamil cinema. Four decades ago, in August 1975, Rajinikanth made his acting debut with......

PIX: Amala Paul and Vijay's grand wedding reception

The South actress got married on June 12.Amala Paul and noted South filmmaker Vijay's traditional wedding ceremony was followed by a star studded reception for industry friends and family at......

PIX: Actress Amala Paul ties the knot

Here's looking at Amala Paul's wedding album. South actress Amala Paul tied the knot with noted director AL Vjay at a lavish ceremony at the Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Hall at MRC Nagar,......

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