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Why I Quit Smoking

It's more than a month now. I have not started smoking and don't ever plan to. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff One morning a couple of years ago I felt a swelling in my gums, but there was......

Snakes, crocodiles: US deportees recall 'donkey' route horror

Promised a legal entry into the United States, Mandeep Singh's life was at risk after he was made to deal with crocodiles and snakes, trim his beard despite being a Sikh, and having to go without......

Jayalalithaa's one-rupee 'idli sambar' a hit in Chennai

A Ganesh Nadar visits one of Chennai's state-sponsored breakfast centres that serve piping hot food at dirt cheap prices and comes away impressed. Could the way to a voter's heart be through his......

All we have is a pair of dress, passport: Indians returned from Sudan

With all her money and valuables taken away during the conflict in Sudan, Divya Rajasekharan who arrived from the African country, said she lost all hopes of returning to Sudan. IMAGE: Union......

Idli makes way for Utthapam in Rashtrapati Bhavan

Idli and Dosa may give way to Utthapam as a choice menu after the change of guard at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesay but the cuisines at the table will continue to be vegetarian. All during his......

Pay more for pre-packed atta, pulses, curd as 5% GST kicks in from today

A 5 per cent GST rate kicked in on Monday on pre-packed and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs......

GST mop-up rises 6.5% Y-o-Y to Rs 1.73 lakh cr in Sep

Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in September, in gross terms, were at Rs 1.73 lakh crore, with a yearly jump of 6.5 per cent, according to data from finance ministry released on Tuesday.......

High onion, tomato prices make veg thalis costlier

The average cost of a vegetarian thali became dearer by 10 per cent in June due to the jump in onion, potato, and tomato prices, a report said on Friday. Photograph: Courtesy Gonguura However, a......

NREGS: Tamil Nadu's success story

The Tamil Nadu development formula makes programmes like the NREGS work through simple but top-down solutions, says Sreelatha Menon. Tamil Nadu seems to have a solution to each and every problem......

Kharif crop prices will guide inflation fight in coming mths

The Centre recently released the first advance estimates of kharif crops that, barring tur dal, showed a dip in production due to uneven monsoon and other natural calamities including pest attacks......

Va Quarter Cutting music is worth a listen

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil music album, Va Quarter Cutting. YNOT Productions and Pushkar-Gayathri have now joined hands under the aegis of Cloud Nine Movies, to bring the zaniest......

Golmaal Again!!!, in more ways than one

When a Hindi film does well in Chennai, it's time to sit up and take notice, says A Ganesh Nadar. You can't miss the fact that this is the fourth installment in the Golmaal series; the cast......

Praveen wins triple jump gold; qualifies for Worlds

IMAGE: Praveen Chitravel, 21m crossed the World Championships qualifying mark of 17.14m with a leap of 17.18m in his second attempt on the concluding day of National Inter-State Senior Athletics......