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153 dead as Ditwah leaves trail of destruction in Lanka; rain pounds TN

Sri Lanka was on Saturday picking up pieces after widespread destruction caused by a powerful cyclone with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declaring a state of emergency throughout the country......

Can CBI Karur Stampede Probe Impact TN Polls?

If the TVK joins the NDA, there is every likelihood of the AIADMK winning an absolute majority in the 234 seat assembly and wanting to form a stand-alone government.In turn, it could mean that the......

Kumbakonam toll goes up to 94

With the death of one more boy in the small hours of Wednesday, the toll in the July 16 fire tragedy in Kumbakonam has risen to 94, according to Thanjavur district Collector Dr J......

Kumbakonam fire toll rises to 92

Two girlsinjured in the fire in a school in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district succumbed on Wednesday taking the toll to 92. They had been admitted to the Thanjavur Medical College......

Funds pour in for relief work at Kumbakonam

Funds to provide compensation to the relatives of 90 school children who perished in the fire at Kumbakonam and to take up conversion of thatched roof class rooms to concrete ones have started......

The amazing success story of K B Chandrasekhar

The story of K B Chandrasekhar, founder-CEO, Jamcracker Inc, is highly inspirational. Especially, for all the enterprising young Indian men who desire to be successful entrepreneurs. Chandra's......

L&T to buy 10% in City Union Bank

Engineering major Larsen & Toubro will pick up nearly a 10 per cent stake in the Kumbakonam-based City Union Bank for Rs 45 crore. The company will subscribe to the preferential allotment of 2.66......

Gujarat has cleanest railway stations, Bihar dirtiest

Out of the 40 different cleanliness parameters passengers rated stench at stations as their top concern, followed by lack of dustbins and unclean platforms The cleanest railway stations in the......

Buses off roads in TN for the second day

About 200 employees were detained across the state in connection with incidents related to strike Commuters were hit hard for the as a number of state run buses remained off the roads across Tamil......

How old private banks are reinventing themselves

Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they’ve now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn’t worth the......

Review: Ethan has its moments

Pavithra Srinivasan feels Ethan could have been more tightly written. Post YOUR reviews here!\\nYet another southern-flavoured film arrives on the big-screen, ready to take us through the......

Thiruvannamalai has a lot of masala

Kavithalaya's latest Tamil film, Thiruvannamalai, is directed by Perarasu, the king of masala entertainers. The title, obviously, is in keeping with the director's fad of naming all his films after......

Kamal Haasan's Dasavatharam ready to roll

The year-long preparation by one of India's greatest actors is finally over. Today, Kamal Haasan began shooting for Dasavatharam, one of the most talked about films in recent times. For the past......

Mayuri commits suicide

A22-year-old Tamil actress, Mayuri, committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Chennai, policeannounced today. The incident, which happened yesterday, occurred when her family members......

'It took a decade to make The Man Who Knew Infinity'

Director Matt Brown tells Aseem Chhabra/Rediff.com what it was about The Man Who Knew Infinity that made him persevere for a decade to turn the book into a film. Filmmaking can be an extremely......