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The Delhi high court on Thursday discharged S Gurumurthy, editor of a Chennai-based Tamil news magazine, in a 2018 contempt case for his tweet against a judge after accepting his apology and "deep remorse".
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'The others have been looting the people all these years. If you don't do that, you can do a lot for the people,' says Tamil star politician Vijayakanth.
Shobha Warrier accompanies Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on the campaign trail.
Thota Tharani talks about the spectacular sets of the Tamil film.
Chennai city has three constituencies -- Chennai South, Chennai Central and Chennai North -- each of them as different from the other as cheese is from chalk.
Tiruvallur, 30 km away from Chennai, is angry at the DMK and Congress for not bringing down the prices.
Far from silky lives, weavers in Kancheepuram lead a hapless life. Shobha Warrier finds out.
IIT-Madras students Mohit Mittal and Rajan Gupta invent a helmet that will alert emergency services if you meet with an accident.
Generally, elections in Tamil Nadu are like temple festivals -- there are lights, fireworks, music, dance and colourful people. But Election 2009 seems to be muted in the state.
A car that only costs Rs 25,000 to produce and also doubles up as a two-wheeler.
India's leading squash player Joshna Chinappa on Monday said the game is not getting popular in the country because the available funds are not reaching the deserving players.
'I wondered what mistakes I made in my life to be a businessman. Deep down, I still have doubts about it.' Shobha Warrier meets the amazing Dilip Kapur who built a Rs 160 crore business with just Rs 25,000.
The family of Viswanatha Gurukkal, who was attacked by a group of youngsters, blames some political parties for taking up anti-Brahminism as their poll plank. Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com reports.
The stock-and-cash deal is the biggest in the education space.
Imaginative, innovative and exceptional. The election posters of both the Left Democratic Front and the ruling United Democratic Front are creative and unique in ideas and execution.
'For a responsible person like him to utter such nonsense is shameful.' 'He is not fit to be a director on the RBI central board.'
Heavy to very heavy rainfall was expected over north Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the next 24 hours.
Renowned saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath remembers the 10-year-old he first met at his guru's place.
The automaker will invest USD 195 million (about Rs 1,300 crore) and would employ 3,000 workers over the next five years, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said in the Tamil Nadu capital today.
Here's what leaders from different political parties had to say as results were being announced from Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
India's Joshna Chinappa put up a valiant fight against Alison Waters but the World No 4 eventually managed to tame the unseeded Indian 3-1 in the Women's Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Open Open on Saturday.
'Dementia is going to be a huge challenge for hospitals, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, health workers and family members.'
'My belief that I could protect the Himalayas was shattered.'
The Centre on Thursday expressed its unhappiness over reported Sri Lankan plans to dilute key provisions of the 13th Amendment to its Constitution and termed the island nations's move as "unacceptable".
'The government has realised that the finances of the government are in a precarious state.' 'We are borrowing to fund the ever-burgeoning revenue deficit.' 'Then you are paying interest on the fresh borrowing.' 'For the first time, the government has realised that this cannot go on.'
'I told myself, I will be 23 next year. Why can't I be a billionaire too?'
Well-known Carnatic singer Sikkil Gurucharan pays tribute to Mandolin Srinivas, who passed into the ages at the young age of 45.
She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11, from his childhood.
'There is good indication that the economy is bouncing back, but the problem is, we should look at the eight quarters preceding March 2020.' 'The growth had fallen below 3.1% before March 2020.' 'So, the governments must realise that even if you transform the best of green shoots into banyan trees, you see only 3.1% growth.'
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While the crowds outside the AIADMK HQ seem to have taken victory for granted, a small crowd out the DMK HQ refuses to concede. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports from Chennai.
Over 5,000 volunteers from 120 corporates, NGOs, schools, colleges, running groups, social organisations and individuals participated in the massive Chennai Coastal Cleanup drive held on June 7 morning. S Saraswathi reports.
'We're going to campaign across the country to convince more candidates to endorse some/all of these issues -- and hold them to their promises if and when they are elected.'
Tamil script writer Paranjothi S claims that the script of Hollywood film Gravity is lifted from one of his stories.
Investors and EOW waded through a maze of legal obstacles to get their hands on the 'kingpin'.
It came as a surprise when an Indian NGO said it would announce the winner of the US presidential elections a day before E-day.
On February 11, 2009, Subhiksha announced that it was closing down all its 1,600 outlets till May 2009.
Why did Kamal Haasan name the leaders he did?
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