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India Looks Wow For Independence Day

IMAGE: Mumbai's Bandra Worli Sea Link. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo IMAGE: Another view of the Bandra Worli Sea Link. Photograph: Kunal Patil/PTI Photo IMAGE: Humayun's Tomb......

Vande Bharat Express Looks Good

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inspected the new prototype Vande Bharat Rake at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai on Friday, August 12, 2022. The Vande Bharat train, Vaishnaw said, will be......

One Party's Freebies Are Another's Welfare Schemes

As some BJP pollsters concede, the Modi leadership's sweeping success in elections 2019, especially across central India, owed not to Hindutva ideology, but to welfare schemes, all of them borrowed......

Seen A Sadder Face in Politics?

Politicians bid farewell to Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu as India's vice-president at the G M C Balayogi auditorium in the Parliament house complex on Monday, August 8, 2022, evening. Naidu steps......

In a first, US naval ship comes to Indian shipyard for repair

New Delhi had proposed during the 2+2 dialogue in April that the US navy could avail of the services and expertise of Indian shipyards. IMAGE: Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, fourth from right,......

Consumer product companies likely to pause price hikes

Indian consumers are likely to get respite from rising prices just before the festival season. Some consumer companies, including automakers, have indicated that they are......

Investors pushing back more on top executive pay hikes

Investors are pushing back more often against companies’ resolutions on what is paid out to top executives. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the first four months of financial year......

Battered by three decades of controversy, TMB looks back to the future

June was a memorable month for the 101-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). Last month, the Thoothukudi-based bank witnessed two new landmarks in a history in which the last three decades could......

'Public Sector Banks Don't Like To Loan To MSMEs'

'The approach today is, instead of giving loans to 100 MSMEs, let us give one loan to a big-ticket corporate.''And so many of these big fish deceived the banks and the banks are in the doldrums now......

ONDC adds 15 more cities, onboards Snapdeal for pan-Indian access

Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) has expanded its pilot to 15 more cities. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters This comes at a time when it plans to begin operations next month. Snapdeal has also......

Bollywood's SUPER SOUTH DEBUTS

The success of southside films like KGF: Chapter 2, RRR and Pushpa: The Rise has resulted in audiences getting more receptive towards watching stars from this industry in Hindi films. Joginder......

Prathap Pothen Passes Away

IMAGE: Prithviraj Sukumaran captions this picture of Prathap Pothen: 'Rest in peace uncle! I will miss you.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Prithviraj Sukumaran/Twitter Well-known multi-lingual actor......

PIX: Nikhat sports PM's autograph on boxing gloves

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with boxer Nikhat Zareen during the felicitation ceremony. Photograph: PTI The golden period of Indian sports is knocking on the doors, said Prime Minister......

CSA T20 League: Du Plessis named as marquee signing by CSK-owned team

IMAGE: Faf Du Plessis, who played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the IPL last season, was part of the CSK from 2011 to 2021, except for 2016 and 2017 when the team was suspended.......

PM Modi lauds Indian medallists at Chess Olympiad

IMAGE: India A team (Women's) team won the Bronze Medal at the Chess Olympiad. Photograph: ANI/Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appreciated the people and government of Tamil Nadu......

PIX: Chess Olympiad draws to a close

IMAGE: Members of Indian team during the closing ceremony of the 44th Chess Olympiad, at Mamallapuram. Photograph: PTI The 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad drew to a close here on Tuesday amid......

Who's That With Ashwin?!!

IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin with A R Rahman. Photograph: Ravichandran Ashwin/Instagram Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik caught up with a fellow Chennai resident in Florida last week. Like the......

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