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HC rejects plea against 'Karthigai Deepam' lighting on TN hill

The Madurai Bench of the Madras high court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against the order of a single judge allowing the lighting of "Karthigai Deepam" oil lamp at a stone pillar on the......

TN: HC tells petitioner to light hill lamp with CISF protection

Following a standoff between a section of devotees and Thirupparankundram temple management, the Madurai Bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday directed the petitioner to light the lamp atop......

Excessive lighting may have triggered Nowgam blast, says probe

Preliminary investigations into the accidental explosion that ripped through the Nowgam police station late Friday night, killing nine people, suggest that the use of excessive lighting by the......

Zohran Mamdani shares 'weirdest' thing he spotted at White House during Trump meet

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has drawn attention after he revealed the "weirdest thing" he has noticed during his recent visit to the White House while waiting for United States......

Modi, Trump speak 'pretty frequently': White House

United States President Donald Trump feels "very positive and strongly" about the future of India-US relationship, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said. IMAGE: United States......

Banks, NBFCs Light Up Season With Special Offers

Kindly note this illustration is generated using ChatGPT and is only posted for representational purposes. Banks and shadow banks have announced a range of offers for the festivals, hoping the......

'Where There Is So Much Infrastructure Creation, There Will Be Debt'

'We have created massive infrastructure in the past six years.' IMAGE: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant addresses the Atal Asra Camp, an initiative to provide secure housing solutions for......

Bengaluru Traffic Test Corporate Patience

'We do not need short-term measures but long-term ones. Companies seem to have given up on the infrastructure part. Long delays are fuelling more traffic crisis.' IMAGE: Potholes on Bengaluru......

'You Can't Be Madhuri Dixit Anywhere'

'One day my neighbour in Denver called me, and said, "I think somebody is casing your house. So should I call the cops?"... they were scared that people case your house and then rob it.''And I......

'Making Films Is Not What I Do, It Is Who I Am'

'I was just a little kid in a darkened theatre, and I remember that beam of light just cut across the room, and I remember looking up, and it seemed to just explode on the screen.' IMAGE: Tom......

Dining With The Kapoors Review: Eat, Troll, Love

Dining With The Kapoors offers a perfectly edited, heart-warming family reunion, but just stops short of showing the messy nok-jhoks and real moments that could have made it more immersive, notes......

'Zarine Was The Unifier Of Our Family'

'Zarine spent her last autumn this year with my sister in Kashmir. There, almost as a gentle premonition, Zarine said to my sister, "When I go, let my ashes be scattered across this valley".'......

Diane Keaton And A Private Tragedy

Diane Keaton's wit and honesty taught us that ageing and uncertainty aren't weaknesses, they are part of what makes us human and graceful, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Diane Keaton shows her......

Guwahati Test: How India missed chances and SA took control

IMAGE: Senuran Muthusamy scores his maiden Test century, anchoring South Africa’s innings. Photograph: BCCI Senuran Muthusamy's maiden Test hundred and a career-best 93 by Marco Jansen powered......

Ashes to Ashes, cricket's oldest rivalry endures

IMAGE: For more than 140 years the bilateral series has kept the heart of Test cricket beating even if the five-day format appears on life support in certain nations. Photograph: England......

When Modi Treated Vishy To A Gujarati Thali

'On one hand, he is efficient, disciplined, and deeply professional, with his entire team working like clockwork.''On the other hand, he is approachable, warm, and often light-hearted -- someone......

India Vs Sri Lanka: What India Could Try

IMAGE: Team India aims for consistency and dominance. Photograph: ANI Photo India will face Sri Lanka at the Dubai international cricket stadium on Friday, September 26, in a largely......