A Rainy Day Check-List for Chennaiites

If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya......

'Israel like James Bond has a licence to kill'

'But unlike Bond who killed an individual, Israel is killing a nation.' IMAGE: An image taken from a video released by Hamas shows what it says are its fighters firing mortar shells at Israeli......

Demand For Choppers Soar As Elections Near

In the months to come, the skies above promise to be a captivating theatre of action, where helicopters play starring roles, ferrying leaders, and echoing the pulse of democracy. IMAGE: Kindly......

Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at risk

The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under......

Bullet train on slow track as farmers oppose land surveys

The project, the foundation stone for which was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe in September 2017, is facing resistance in eight districts of Gujarat,......

Haryana's mission to become an investment hotspot

Despite the Jat agitation and investor scepticism, the state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches. The seventh of a 11-part series looks at the state of affairs in......

Modi to charm Dhaka with visa on arrival, $2-bn line of credit and Tagore poetry

Bangladesh, along with India, had identified 15 projects to promote connectivity among South Asian neighbours   Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to use the smattering of Bengali he had......

Markets pare gains ahead of WPI data

Markets continued to trade on a firm note in late-noon deals with buying interest seen in IT and auto shares.The Sensex, after touching a high of 19,723 pared some gains and ended up 47 points at......

'They call me King of Disco'

'Oscar has been given to A R Rahman.' 'Ringa Ringa Ringa, Choli ki peeche kya hai -- What's the difference? Exactly the same.''Also, Jai ho.''I did Ramba ho in 1985.''Rahman combined three of my......

Who's The Indian Child With Mbappe?

'Historically, Qatar has done wonders as I don't think this will ever be possible with the new format of the World Cup.' IMAGE: Jozef Zachariah walks out with football superstar Kylian Mbappe at......

French Open PIX: Nadal to face Djokovic in quarters; Alcaraz through

IMAGES from Day 8 of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday. Nadal edges Auger-Aliassime thriller to book Djokovic date IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates on winning a point......

Warne: Moments To Remember Him Forever

IMAGE: Shane Warne celebrates taking a wicket during the second Test against England at his beloved MCG, December 27, 1994. Photograph: Graham Chadwick/Allsport/Getty Images   The cricketing......

From escaping death to winning medals, MP archers achieve 'impossible'

IMAGE: Sonia Thakur won two silver medals in the ranking round. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Sports and Youth Welfare Department, MP/Twitter The brave-hearted Madhya Pradesh junior archers......

UEFA Nations League: Uninspiring Spain beat Bosnia

A round-up of results from the Nations League matches played on Sunday IMAGE: Spain's Pablo Fornals in action during their match against Bosnia. Photograph: Santiago Ferrero/Reuters Spain returned......