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In a new practice, Sengol procession escorts President to Parliament

Setting a new practice, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday entered the new Parliament Building escorted by Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with an official......

Has Udhayanidhi Shot INDIA Alliance in the Foot?

Udayanidhi has handed over to the BJP one real issue to draw the line between it and the INDIA alliance, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Udhayanidhi Stalin speaks to the media in Chennai,......

Is Governor Ravi Serving Hindutva Electoral Cause Well?

When it comes to electoral politics, religion has taken a back seat in Tamil Nadu long before Hindutva became fashionable in its various avatars, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu......

Cong, DMK are 2G, 3G and 4G parties, throw them out, Shah urges TN people

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam over dynasty politics and alleged corruption, calling them "2G, 3G, 4G" parties and said the......

Doesn't suit any leader...: Shah on Rahul's remarks abroad

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of criticising India and discussing its internal politics during his visits to foreign countries, and said the Congress leader should......

Air India: To be sold, finally

Anjuli Bhargava's musings on why the national carrier is well beyond a turnaround. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters First, the good news. A government has finally made up its mind to bite the......

M&A deals in India top $18 bn this year

Merger and acquisition deals in India have gone up by almost two-and-a-half times (235 per cent) in the first 11 months of 2005 at $18.2 billion against $6.1 billion worth of deals during the......

Sierra expands Canadian operations

Sierra Atlantic, a leader in offshoring enterprise applications, has announced that it has opened an office in Toronto, Canada, to accommodate its rapidly expanding Canadian customer base. Sierra......

Adipurush: The Baahubali Version

Like in Baahubali, Prabhas walks like he is doing the hop, step and jump in the Olympics. And he carries the same weapons, notices A Ganesh Nadar, viewing Adipurush in Tamil. There was Baahubali......

Phone Bhoot Review: Cheesy, Campy, Fun

Phone Bhoot's fizzy fuel isn't enough for feature length fun, observes Sukanya Verma. How to fit one hundred pop culture references in 137 minutes of gobbledygook? Do time pass. Remember that......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Raj Thackeray's unique birthday wish for Amitabh Bachchan

Like this version of Amitabh? Raj Thackeray took to social media to wish Amitabh Bachchan on his 75th birthday in a unique way. The MNS chief made six caricatures of the superstar in his signature......

Kambakkht Ishq is a weak film

If an American were to scratch his chin and look scrutinisingly at Bollywood, perhaps the best way to explain the Akshay Kumar phenomenon would be to label him India's answer to Will Smith. Both......

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