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'Kongu Nadu' part of BJP's Grand Plan?

New Union minister L Murugan's declaration of Kongu Nadu as his native place, instead of Tamil Nadu, may be part of a grand BJP strategy to create new states out of existing ones, particularly......

A museum for General Timmy!

A museum celebrating the life of General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing, a variety of antique weaponry and war relics, was inaugurated in Madikeri on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind.......

Urgently needed: National coronavirus crisis council

'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.''Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate......

In the next two years, reveals says R Rajagopalan, Modi-Shah will make a strong effort to woo the south. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi is welcomed in Coorg, Karnataka, during his......

The truth about Tipu Sultan

'Tipu Sultan was no doubt a valiant fighter who vigorously opposed the British but that cannot mitigate the fact that he was also by all accounts a religious bigot -- a figure incompatible with......

Long weekend brings cheer to hotels, travel firms as demand picks up

While airlines are seeing improved demand and industry-wide seat occupancy has increased to over 60%, it is road trips which are generating higher traction. Booking trends show that customers are......

Homestays come to travellers' aid in Covid times

Intimate getaways offered in the form of homestays by hotels are proving to be the flavour of this extraordinary and difficult time. Not far from cities, they offer a pleasant respite from......

Natural calamities wreak havoc on spices and coffee plantations

Karnataka suffered a crop loss in around 97,365 hectares out of the total bearing area of 2,26,244 hectares of coffee and spices plantations. Floods and landslides in Karnataka and Kerala have......

Travelling India in a wheelchair

Travel companies Cox & Kings and Thomas Cook explore initiatives aimed at tapping the niche market of travel packages for kids and the disabled. IMAGE: Cox & Kings launched a division, Enable......

Vijay Mallya saga: SFIO seeks loan details from banks

As a multi-disciplinary organisation, SFIO probes cases of financial frauds that are referred to it by Corporate Affairs Ministry The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigative......

Raveena Gets Nostalgic!

Juhi's unique birthday gift for daughter... Patralekhaa thanks her fans... Bhumi wraps up a shoot... Please click on the images for a look at the stars. IMAGE: Raveena Tandon gets......

What's wrong with Naseer?

Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for DIFF Dilip Kumar and Naseeruddin Shah have found themselves in hospital simultaneously this week. This is Dilipsaab's second visit to the hospital in......

Sushant death: CBI registers case against Rhea, 5 others

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday took over investigation into the actor Sushant Singh Rajput death case and re-registered the Patna police FIR related to alleged criminal conspiracy......

The Lady Behind Bollywood's BEAUTIFUL STORIES

Amazing stories about some of our best loved movies from Bhavani Iyer who wrote them. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhavani Iyer/Instagram "Bollywood is really a land of dreams," Bhavani Iyer tells......

'I fantasised about being in films'

'I remember I was doing The Hate Story and had finished shooting all the other bits with Paoli (Dam, actress), only the erotic bits were left. It was the first time I was doing......

India hockey forward S V Sunil calls it a day

'With the 2024 Paris Olympics three years away, I think, as a senior player, it is important that I make way for youngsters and help in building a winning team for the future.' IMAGE: Two-time......

IPL auction: Women who stole the show

IMAGE: Punjab Kings Co-owner Preity Zinta, right, with Jahnavi Mehta, whose parents Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta co-own the Kolkata Knight Riders. Photograph: BCCI/IPL As many as 57 players......

Daughters Day Gift: RKFC launches women's football team in Kashmir

'You see, girls of the valley have been doing so much without any help, and now we at the RKFC want to channel their potential in the right direction.' IMAGE: RKFC chairman Sandeep Chattoo said,......

Squash star Joshna shows how to cope in lockdown

'You realise simple things like leaving your house is not normal anymore. Going to a grocery store has suddenly become an amazing experience.' IMAGE: India's leading squash player Joshna Chinappa......

Bopanna wants to team up with Sharan in Tokyo Olympics

'Absolutely for the Olympics, we need to make sure our rankings are high enough to play together.' IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna started the year playing alongside the left-handed Divij Sharan and won the......

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