'Vijay's late arrival swelled crowd': What caused Karur stampede?

'The TVK Twitter account said Vijay will come at 12 and crowd started coming in from 11 AM. He came at 7.40 PM. The people lacked sufficient food water under the hot sun' IMAGE: Massive crowd......

38, including children, killed in stampede at Vijay's rally

Thirty-eight people, including 10 children, died in a stampede at actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur, about 400 km away from Chennai, on Saturday. IMAGE: A large number of people gathered at......

How Did Rajya Sabha Perform Under Dhankhar?

His term saw the lowest average of 57 hours. IMAGE: Then Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar conducts the proceedings of the House on his last day in office, July 21, 2025. Photograph: Sansad......

After Giri and Shekhawat, Dhankhar third VP to resign mid-term

Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday became the third vice president to have resigned mid-term. IMAGE: Jagdeep Dhankhar. Photograph: ANI Photo Earlier, Vice President V V Giri, who had taken over as the......

Liquidation of Jet Airways only option, lenders tell SC

Lenders of bankrupt airline Jet Airways, led by the State Bank of India (SBI), on Thursday told the Supreme Court that successful bidder Jalan Kalrock Consortium (JKC) was “unwilling”......

'Had liberalisation not taken place, I may have gone back to the US'

An exclusive excerpt from Girish Kuber's The Tatas: How A Family Built A Business And A Nation. IMAGE: J R D Tata, left, with Ratan Tata. Photograph: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty When you took......

The Machine That Saved Tanishq

Stories are legion about the Karatmeter's use at that time.Hundreds of people standing in queue for testing, customers breaking down after discovering the actual purity of their jewellery and then......

US taking steps to facilitate business visas in India

The US is taking several measures, such as increasing the number of staffers, to further facilitate the issuance of business visas in India, a senior US government official said on Tuesday.......

Ganesh Venkataraman gets the Hollywood look!

Ganesh Venkataraman, who impressed Tamil viewers as a Sikh IAS officer in Radhamohan's Abhiyum Naanum and as Amitabh Bachchan's son in Kandahar, is the leading star of Panithuli. The talking point......

Ganesh Venkataraman to make stage debut with Cinderella

Actor Ganesh Venkataram who has acted in films such as Abhiyum Naanum, Unnaippol Oruvan and Kandahar, will make his stage debut with a dance drama in Cinderella.Actress and dancer Aishwarya Rajesh......

Shriya Saran learns Kalari payattu

In the Kannada-Tamil bilingual Chandra, produced and directed by Roopa Iyer, Shriya Saran plays a last generation princess. The film also stars Kannada actor Prem, and Ganesh Venkataraman. The......

Shooting with Big B, Mohanlal

Ganesh Venkataraman is on a roll. After his acting debut -- Radhamohan's Abhiyum Naanum, Ganesh got to share screen space with super stars Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal in Unnaipol Oruvan. Now, he's......

Chess WC: Praggnanandhaa escapes with a draw

IMAGE: India's R Praggnanandhaa survived a complex game against GM Daniil Dubov to secure a draw in the first game of Round 4 at the FIDE World Cup. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE Indian......

Indian GM stunned by 12-year-old 'Messi of Chess'

IMAGE: Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi did try to find some flaws in black's position but decided against any undue risk and repeated the position three times. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE Indian......

Chess WC: Arjun, Pragg, Harikrishna head to tiebreak

IMAGE: Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi played out a 36-move draw with Hungarian GM Peter Leko in Round 4 of the Chess World Cup, in Panjim on Wednesday. Photograph: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE Indian......

Chess WC: Diptayan pulls off a stunner; Pranav loses

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh stunned former world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the World Chess Cup, in Panjim, on Wednesday. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE......

Chess WC: Narayanan, Diptayan ease into Round 2

IMAGE: S L Narayanan outclassed Steven Rojas of South Africa scored a remarkable victory with black in just 22 moves. Photograph: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE Indian Grandmaster SL Narayanan and......