Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
Ten terrorists of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai. At least 166 people, including six Americans and nine terrorists, were killed and over 300 others were injured in the attacks which began on November 26, 2008.
Max Verstappen was named the 2022 Laureus Sportsman of the Year while Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah bagged the top women's honour
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Tuesday, Day 5.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday, Day 4.
Defending champions Bengaluru FC registered a narrow 1-0 win over ATK in the first leg of their Hero Indian Super League semi-final clash at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Bengaluru took just three minutes to register their first shot on target. Kristian Opseth's free-kick nearly curled into the bottom corner, only to be kept out by a diving TP Rehenesh.
Naomi Osaka was beaten 6-0, 6-4 by Greek 23rd seed Maria Sakkari.
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president Kumar Sangakkara on Monday condemned the incidents of Indian players being subjected to racial abuse by spectators during the third Test against Australia, demanding strong punishment against the offenders.
NEUFC eventually grew into the game and fashioned better chances in the second quarter of the opening half. They had a penalty claim denied after the half-hour mark.
India's top order fired in unison and their bowlers produced a tidy display to beat reigning world champions Australia by 36 runs in a thrilling World Cup match.
Trayvon Bromell, the fastest in the world this year and favourite to win the Olympic men's 100 metres gold, sneaked through the first-round heats as a fastest loser on Saturday, pouring even more intrigue into Sunday's final.
Brown dwarfs are thought to be the missing link between planets and stars, with masses up to 80 times that of Jupiter.
Osaka had pulled out of the French Open citing mental health and revealed that she suffered long bouts of depression since the US Open in 2018.
Outplayed in every aspect of the game so far, the Indian women's cricket team desperately needs its top order to strike form and its bowlers to show some spark against an in-form Australia in the second ODI on Friday.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year!
Beth Mooney's brilliant unbeaten hundred gave Australia a five-wicket win over India -- their 26th on the trot -- in the second women's ODI, in Mackay, on Friday.
BFC's Augusto, Chhetri and Udanta combined in the final third but neither of the trio could apply the finishing touch.
Johnson, who was apparently wounded in a shootout with police, wrote the letters "RB" and other markings.
NorthEast United got the better of Mumbai City yet again, doing a double over the Islanders with a 2-1 win in the Hero Indian Super League
Viktor Chizhikov, a children's book illustrator, is best known for having created Misha, a brown bear sporting a belt in the colours of the five Olympic rings, for the Moscow Games.
Zelda Pande recounts the specialness with which Diwali was celebrated in her home in Ranchi.
Former heroin addict now goes by the moniker 'Philly Jesus'
For the record, the highest List-A score is 268 by Ali Brown.
The World's top-ranked ODI team lost by six runs after just failing to pull off what would have been the second highest one-day international run chase.
The indigenously developed light combat aircraft 'Tejas' would officially replace the MiG-21 FL fighter jet, Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne said on Thursday.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Day 9.
When Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown, he created cricketing history -- and eternal controversy.
It's hard to say because of the winner-take-all nature of new platform and network businesses, but Reliance has not been an efficient user of capital, and Adani numbers are varied, observes T N Ninan.
Ferguson on edge on the first anniversary of the killing of Micheal Brown that left America outraged
Rajan, 57, who was RBI governor for three years until September 2016, is currently working as a professor at the prestigious University of Chicago.
James Vince's knock of 59 runs enabled England to defeat New Zealand by seven wickets
The high court directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to issue a fresh communication to all the authorities concerned stating the obligation to make clear disclosure as to whether the food article is vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
Bucks hold moment of silence for Wisconsin parade attack victims.
Chris Jordan's all-around brilliance could not prevent New Zealand from securing a series-levelling 21-run victory over England in the second Twenty20 International of the five-match series on Sunday.
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
In Washington, VHP members took out a tableau truck on Tuesday with the digital image of Ram temple, and went around the Capitol Hill with chanting of slogans "Jai Shree Ram" and moving around the city later.
Kiara Advani worked the ramp as a showstopper for designer Amit Aggarwal's 2019 couture collection.
Prince Harry launched the third Invictus Games, in Toronto, for disabled or wounded soldiers and veterans as he made his first public appearance with his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.
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