The experienced Surya Shekhar Ganguly, GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Karthik Venkatraman scored comfortable victories while M Pranesh played out a draw to advance to the second round, while IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland to force a tie-breaker, in the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji on Sunday.
India's Narayanan, Diptayan, Aronyak advance to second round
Yuvan Shankar Raja on why his first live concert in Chennai is nothing like that of the Oscar winning composer.
Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton, the former England captains and respected pundits, will also be providing their expert analysis alongside former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop.
Despite a good storyline, young enthusiastic cast and an impressive technical crew, the film barely manages to hold your attention, writes S Saraswathi
It looks like the director couldn't quite decide which genre to adopt: comedy, romance or angst, and the confusion shows. Even more important, some originality would have helped. As it is, the Tamil movie doesn't live up to the hype.
It might not be the next great musical event, but this little album does have at least one good song going for it.
Former selector Raja Venkat, who was part of the committee which picked the victorious Indian team for the 2011 World Cup, says the current selectors are not doing things the right way.
From the 'khiladi' brand of movies rocking his boat to a love for starring in biopics and scripts inspired by true stories to headlining endless remakes of South Indian hits, there's a pattern to the man and his methods.
The player draft for the much-awaited Global T20 Canada 2023 was held in a hybrid-form in Mumbai.
Titled Vai Raja Vai, the film will have Gautam Karthik in the lead.
Here's the lowdown from the Tamil film industry.
A record seven Indian-origin students and one American have won the prestigious 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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It's a must watch, says S Saraswathi.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
A look at the star arrivals.
Which film are you looking forward to?
The two areas where India's team management and selectors need to do a lot of brainstorming are the No 4 slot and an extra fast bowler.
Jagame Thandhiram is a failure alright, but it is certainly an interesting one, given that both the ideas that it was borne out (twin seeds, if you may) were sure-shot movie ideas on their own, observes Rohit Sathish Nair.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
The film is a meaningless romantic comedy that makes a pathetic attempt to portray the emotional upheavals you go through in life before finding your true love.
Indian and Pakistani movies, now in New York theatres!
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Sunday.
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry.
'You could be out of sight, out of mind but it may take just one song to bring you back and to let you know that your audience is still rooting for you.'
The latest updates from the Telugu film industry.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Saluting the late MS Viswanathan and his brilliant music.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Wondering if mutual fund investments can help you make you enough money for your retirement and child's marriage? Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
While retail sales at dealerships have suffered the full impact of demonetisation, the growth in wholesale volumes comes as dealers had relatively lower inventory after Diwali in October.
A summary of the first day's play in the Ranji Trophy league matches at various venues across the country.
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