India celebrates its 71st R-Day with colourful parades

A magnificent display of India's cultural diversity through colourful parades across the length and breadth of the country marked the 71st Republic Day celebrations on Sunday which passed off......

'Sasikala is still ruling the state'

'There are many people like me who were kept away from Jayalalithaa.' 'There is a coterie who did not allow her to meet people.' Bader Sayeed, a lawyer and activist in Chennai, was a schoolmate of......

'Talaq must go through the court of law'

'My religion is great and it has given a lot of rights to women, but these intermediaries are interpreting it wrongly and ruining it.''I have great faith in our judiciary. I am sure they will see......

Buzz of relief in worst-hit Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam, one of the areas in Tamil Nadu badly hit by the tsunami waves, lies north from Christian pilgrimage centre Velankanni.Nagapattinam lies at the mouth of a river.The 4-kilometre stretch......