How I survived 4 days of Chennai floods

‘Things are far from normal. The roads are still under several feet of water and every time we venture out, it is a nightmare wading through the water that is no longer flowing but stagnant,......

27 dead in Andhra stampede where lakhs gathered for holy dip

Women cry next to the bodies of victims killed in a stampede during the Maha Pushkaralu, a  festival, on the banks of river Godavari at Rajahmundry. Photograph: R Narendra/Reuters Twenty......

Vajpayee, Venkataraman join dharna in Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party's three-day dharna to protest against Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswathi's arrest ended on Monday, but not before former president R Venkataraman took to New......

The Real Shankaracharya

On Diwali, the Kanchi Shankaracharya, Jayendra Saraswathi, was arrested on charges of murder. On the next day, the title of an article in a national daily read 'Seer heads 5,000 crore empire.......

PIX: Vidya Balan, Sophie Choudry celebrate Durga Puja

Vidya Balan and veteran actor Biswajit joined the list of devotees celebrating Durga Puja in Mumbai. A look at the pictures: Vidya Balan, who draped a sari Bengali-style, is spotted with her niece......

Review: Naan Than Bala disappoints

Vivek’s Naan Than Bala directed by Kannan is a highly melodramatic tale of friendship between a righteous temple priest and a hardcore killer, says  S Saraswathi. Actor......