A storm is brewing in the Carnatic music circle over the Music Academy Madras's decision to give its prestigious Sangita Kalanidhi Award to Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna this year, which was......
Several Carnatic musicians have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has......
'I feel like it's a personal triumph even though I have not contributed anything.' Everyone in the area where I live in Chennai, it seemed, was glued to their television sets on Wednesday......
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether social welfare benefits can be granted to same-sex couples without going into legalising their marriage. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image......
Journalist Priya Ramani on Saturday sought acquittal in a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by former Union minister M J Akbar, saying freedom of speech and expression is intrinsic to......
As of March 25, life insurers have paid Rs 1,986 crore towards 25,500 Covid death claims. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Life insurers, 24 in total, have spent crores on Covid-19 death......
The Saral Jeevan Bima product to be offered by all life insurance companies will be a non-linked non-participating individual pure-risk premium life insurance plan. Illustration: Uttam......
While the proposed new tax regime is optional for taxpayers, the finance minister has said the government eventually wants to do away with all exemptions with a lower tax-rate simplified structure.......
The participants shared their views and suggestions regarding Big Data, incentives for encouraging setting up of data centres, fiscal incentives for data localisation, incentives for pushing......
Audit firms such as KPMG believe zero complaints may be an indicator of the lack of requisite mechanism to allow for such reporting Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In contrast to the......
Amazon Prime Video has announced 69 assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting. Here's looking at the Web series that you will be watching this year! Do Read: Watch Vijay......
Fukrey Returns is a hit, and it's time to party! Despite mixed reviews , Fukrey Returns has done well at the box office It was enough reason for the cast to celebrate. We missed Richa Chadha......
Richa Chadha hosted a special screening of Khoon Aali Chithi, a Punjabi short film which she has produced, on April 24. Held in Mumbai, the screening saw her friends and cast members in attendance.......
Yay or nay?The recently concluded 68th Cannes International Film Festival was full of red carpet highs and lows. The Indian contingent did not disappoint either.Take a look at our glamour girls and......
Another desi girl makes a splash at Cannes!Far from the prying eyes of the media, actress-producer Vishakha Singh, who you may remember watching in 2013 comedy Fukrey (co-starring Richa......
It was survival of both man and machine in the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally as riders negotiated slushy, gravel-laden, winding terrain along the backwoods of Navi Mumbai. Nashik's Shamim Khan......
Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday sought to strike a cordial note with the Board of Control for Cricket in India by inviting it to register as a national sports federation (NSF) with the......
The sex scandal in Indian hockey took a new turn on Monday with the Sports Ministry launching its own probe into allegations of sexual harassment against suspended coach M K Kaushik, who has......
India's campaign at the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships came to an end whendefending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal crashed out after losing to top seed Gao Ning of Singapore in the......
Top seed Gao Ning of Singapore proved his class to score a convincing 4-1 victory over home favourite Achanta Sharath Kamal and claim the men's singles title at the Indian Open Table Tennis......