Budget: Will Nirmalaji Loosen Purse Strings For Poll Gains?

The finance minister's assertion that industry should not expect any spectacular announcements in the 2024 interim Budget suggest that the electoral imperatives of more tax concessions or higher......

Cyclone Michaung: Over 900 evacuated from AP coast

With the severe cyclonic storm Michaung anticipated to hit Bapatla district within hours, nearly 900 people residing in villages along the southern coast of Andhra Pradesh have been evacuated......

TN: Heavy rains flood several areas; IMD issues orange alert

Several areas of Tamil Nadu remain inundated after hours of heavy to moderate rainfall in the region. Water entered houses and markets in the low-lying residential areas of Erode district due to......

'ISRO was their first wife'

'One thing about ISRO is that all the people who work there are passionate about their work.''They did not mind spending day and night over there.''Even today it is like that.' IMAGE: R......

'For the retail business, the rest of the month is finished'

The War On Big Notes IMAGE: Hardly any customers at the retailer Saravana Stores in Chennai. All photographs: A Ganesh Nadar. 'My turnover is in crores. I am not going to sit down with IT......

A family so rich they didn't know they were being robbed!

'The D K Adikesavulu clan is so wealthy, owns so many houses, and has so much jewellery,' notes T V R Shenoy, 'that it did not notice a servant stealing at the rate of Rs 66 lakh every year!'......

'In 2015-16, IT sector expects over 2 lakh new jobs'

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Budget in Parliament on February 28. What does the Indian IT sector expect from Jaitley? What impact will it have on the information technology......

'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......

Leo Review: Among Vijay's Best

Leo is a good entertainer with interesting twists you wouldn't guess, applauds Divya Nair. After Kaithi and the super-successful Vikram, Director Lokesh Kanagaraj has created a prototype of......

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

IMAGE: Jonathan David Martin poses with the tiger puppet at the Broadway opening night of Life Of Pi at The Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York, March 30, 2023. Photograph: Michael Loccisano/Getty......

Crash Course Review

Annu Kapoor delivers a fine performance in this not-so-novel Web series about Kota and its IIT coaching system, says Namrata Thakker. A lot of shows have been created around Kota and how it is the......

'Guru Dutt tried to end his life several times'

'It was only after he passed away that the family realised he was crying for help.' Guru Dutt may have passed on over 56 years ago, but his life continues to enthrall cine-lovers. Yasser Usman......

WODIs: Openers in focus as India look to seal SL series

IMAGE: India will be looking for a good knock from opener Smriti Mandhana against Sri Lanka in the second women’s ODI in Pallekele on Monday. Photograph: PTI The Indian women's cricket team......

India women set for T20 series sweep in Sri Lanka

IMAGE: India's players celebrate the fall of a Sri Lanka wicket during the second women's T20I in Dambulla on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The series already in the pocket, a confident India......

Gavaskar's birthday wish: Save children suffering from heart disease

IMAGE: India's batting legend Sunil Gavaskar's 'Heart to Heart' foundation has been working with Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospitals for the past few years, and almost 16,000 surgeries have been......

Match-winner Yadav heaps praise on coach Hirwani

IMAGE: India's Radha Yadav is congratulated by teammate Deepti Sharma after getting the wicket of Chamari Atapattu during the ICC women's T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka, at Junction Oval in......

WT20: India's middle-order on test against Malaysia

Time for Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Smriti Mandhana to stand up and be counted. IMAGE: India's Veda Krishnamurthy and Deepti Sharma run to the same end during the ICC women's T20 World......