DMK ex-member Jaffer Sadiq, partners invested Rs 40-cr drug money films: ED

More than Rs 40 crore allegedly earned from drug trafficking was "injected" by now-sacked Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionary Jaffer Sadiq and his linked entities into sectors like film......

Will Modi's TN Over-Exposure Boomerang On BJP?

There is an impression within the Tamil Nadu BJP -- although no one is airing it -- that over-exposure for Narendra Modi may work against party candidates as they have triggered a near-continuous......

Sorry Mr Modi, Katchatheevu Isn't An Election Issue In Tamil Nadu

Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the......

Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

Thousands of toys from Hamleys, Archies fail quality test

The government on Thursday said 18,600 toys have been seized in the last one month from major retail stores, including those of Hamleys and Archies, at airports and malls across India for lack of......

Chinese exporters to suffer Rs 50K-crore losses this Diwali

Trader's body CAIT on Friday said it estimates Chinese exporters to suffer business losses worth Rs 50,000 crore this Diwali season due to its boycott call. The Confederation of All India Traders......

Govt spending Rs 14,500 crore on airports before 'privatising' them

With six airports handed over to the Adani group for 50 years, the government is now all set to hand over another 25 airports to private players in a bid to ‘monetise’ them. Official......

Covid: HCL Tech to HUL, corporate India extends a helping hand

These companies support with isolation centres, medical & financial help, and friendly leave policies. From helping their employees infected with the Covid-19 virus to vaccinating them or......

Koozhangal At The Oscars: 'Years of effort paying off'

'We didn't expect the film to be recognised at this level; we focused on making an honest and simple film.''We didn't have any expectations even like being appreciated at festivals.' For debutant......

Selva's MOST TIRING SCENE in The Family Man

'In the climax, if you see, Manoj Bajpayee and I engage in a fist fight.''It had to be shot in a single take so either of us couldn't make any mistakes.' Among the actors who are winning rave......

Modi lights up Chennai for Khelo India Youth Games

'Showcasing true spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat': PM Modi inaugurates 6th Khelo India Youth Games Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sports Tamil Nadu/X Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the......

IPL Fan Parks return after 2019!

IMAGE: The IPL fan parks will be held across 45 cities. Photograph: BCCI The upcoming season of the Indian Premier League will see a quite a few changes, which includes the return of home and away......

PICS: 44th Chess Olympiad declared open!

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin and Viswanathan Anand at the grand opening of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Thursday. Photograph: Chennai Chess Olympiad/Twitter......

Orphaned at 5, Revathi gears up to live Olympic dream

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Southern Railway/Twitter Orphaned at five, raised by her daily wager grandmother and forced to run barefoot early on as shoes was a luxury she couldn't afford, sprinter......

Former IPL COO Sundar Raman named CSK consultant

IMAGE: Sundar Raman with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The Madurai-born Raman is a consultant with Reliance Industries, which owns IPL franchise Mumbai Indians. Photograph: BCCI Former Indian Premier......