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IndiGo cancels all departing flights from Delhi, Chennai

IndiGo on Friday cancelled all its departing domestic flights from the Delhi airport till midnight as the airline continues to grapple with significant operational disruptions. IndiGo also......

Girls in North India told to stay home, bear children: Tamil Nadu MP

Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said that girls in Tamil Nadu were asked to study whereas their counterparts in North were asked to stay at home, be in kitchen......

How Large Is Mumbai's Budget?

Mumbai's municipal elections will be held on January 15. Often cited as the richest civic body in Asia, the city's annual municipal budget, presented February 4, 2025, is comparable in size to some......

Why Freebies May Not Save Stalin's DMK

With deep sorrow we mourn the death on Thursday morning of long-time Rediff Columnist Mr N Sathiya Moorthy after a brief illness.This is Mr Sathiya Moorthy's final column which he filed before he......

Downpour swells Chennai reservoirs; schools, colleges shut

Rain continued to batter Tamil Nadu causing a sharp rise in the water levels of the reservoirs and in Chennai, tree branches fell due to overnight downpour. IMAGE: Heavy rain lashes parts of......

Mercedes-Benz, BMW eyeing India's luxe realty sector

According to multiple sources, Mercedes-Benz is already in talks with multiple developers in Gurugram for a luxury branded residence project. Kindly note the image have only been published for......

After Yes stake buy, Japan's SMBC gets RBI nod for wholly owned subsidiary

Months after picking up 24.21 per cent stake in private sector lender Yes Bank, Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s)......

Battles To Do Your Household Chores

'Instant home services act as an on-demand household support system, bridging the gap between informal domestic help and structured service platforms,' Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Tamil Nadu bets big on India's first full-stack sovereign AI park

The sovereign AI park will be a first-of-its-kind, purpose-built district in India, integrating AI compute infrastructure, secure data frameworks, model research labs, and AI innovation clusters,......

Housing sales dip 1% last year in top 8 cities: Knight Frank

Housing sales fell 1 per cent last year to over 3.48 lakh units across eight major cities, with demand stagnating amid an average price rise of up to 19 per cent, according to Knight Frank. Image......

Censor Snag Puts Vijay's Jana Nayagan On Hold

IMAGE: Vijay in Jana Nayagan. Prabhas can breathe a sigh of relief. His The Raja Saab will now open on Friday without competition from Vijay's Jana Nayagan which was scheduled for Friday as well.......

'A Number Of Stories Die Within You'

In a hope to build a unified national platform for Indian cinema, filmmakers across Indian languages have come together to form the Indian National Cine Academy, INCA. Founded by Vishnu Vardhan......

The Sreenivasan I Knew

I once asked him why he hadn't written scripts for his sons Vineeth and Dhyan.'I made some suggestions about their scripts, and they haven't discussed their scripts with me after that,' he said......

AVM Studios' M Saravanan Passes Away

Photograph: Kind courtesy G Dhananjheyan/X Veteran producer and owner of iconic AVM Studios, M Saravanan, died in Chennai due to age-related ailments on December 4, sources said. He was 86.......

World Chess title in Chennai? Vishy Anand fuels big talk

IMAGE: Dommaraju Gukesh with Rameshbabu Praggnanandha. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president and Indian great Viswanathan Anand believes that this......

New Zealand's Adithya Counts On CSK Stint To Rattle India

Adithya Ashok is a frequent visitor to India but last year was special as he got to train at the CSK Academy in Chennai. IMAGE: Adithya Ashok has represented the Black Caps in two ODIs and one......

BCB firm on venue change demand, but ICC unmoved!

'We haven't yet received any reply from the ICC. We have sent all the attachments and proofs of our concern.' IMAGE: The Bangladesh Cricket Board has requested the International Cricket Council to......

History! Chennai girl Anupama wins world snooker crown

The 23-year-old became the first Indian woman to annex the IBSF World Snooker (15-red) crown. IMAGE: Anupama Ramachandran celebrates after winning the World Snooker (15-red) crown, in Doha on......

Composure, belief, prep drives NZ to historic win in India

'Beating India here is never easy, in any format. To do it with this group makes it very special for New Zealand cricket.' IMAGE: New Zealand captain Doug Bracewell and Daryl Mitchell with the......