Udhayanidhi Stalin elevated as TN deputy CM, Balaji back as minister

Amid a growing chorus in the party for his elevation, Tamil Nadu sports minister and son of Chief Minister M K Stalin, Udhayanidhi, was elevated as the deputy CM on Saturday with additional......

Will Udhayanidhi's Elevation Backfire On Stalin?

Udhayanidhi's 'untimely' elevation as deputy CM may be used against the party, for critics to argue that the DMK's 'first family's is not concerned about anything else but their clan's welfare. If......

Modi Is Being Outnumbered And Out-Rallied

This time Modi has no emotive message to take to the stump. Muscular nationalism doesn't work against the backdrop of China's successive inroads into Indian territory. Rising prices is a sore point......

Shortages hit Chennai still under water, volunteers step up

Volunteers waded through knee-deep water in Mudichur and distributed food packets and water bottles, even as several parts of Chennai continued to struggle with scanty supplies of milk and curd for......

'Iss lakdi ka kya hoga?'

'Sometimes I feel 60 years old.'Subhash K Jha recalls conversations with Ekta Kapoor on her 46th birthday, June 7. Photograph: Kind courtesy Ekta Kapoor /Instagram We were once close; sh used to......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

Thallumaala Won't Let You Breathe Or Blink

Friendships are not merely severed, but built over scuffles.And just about anything can stir things up -- a long-standing feud, a pointless stare, a disrupted moral stance, a fist that ricochets......

Review: Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam is too melodramatic

Selvaraghavan has yet again scripted a bold tale of love, pain and turmoil, but has spoiled it by getting overly dramatic, feels S Saraswathi. Director Selvaraghavan’s wife and former......

Mano Menezes set to coach Brazil post Ramalho snub

Five-times world champions Brazil offered Mano Menezes the coach's job on Friday shortly after original choice Muricy Ramalho's club Fluminense refused to release him. If he accepts, Menezes, who......

Sprint King Bolt, Yuvraj Singh get ready for face-off!

Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt of Jamaica gestures prior to the 'Mano a Mano' Men's 100m challenge at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Jamaican sprint......

Can Brazil kill the ghost of 1950? A nation expects

With a passionate crowd behind them, a savvy coach and a settled team enjoying a sparkling run of form Brazil are hot favourites to lift a record sixth World Cup this July. After their......

Junior Hockey Asia Cup: Indian eves lose to Japan in semis

The Indian women's junior hockey team crashed out of the 7th Asia Cup after suffering a 2-3 defeat in penalty shootout against Japan in a nail-biting semi-final in Changzhou, China on Saturday. The......

Scolari back to lead Brazil's World Cup campaign

Luiz Felipe Scolari took over as the coach of 2014 World Cup hostsBrazilon Thursday, returning for a second stint to lead his country's bid to win a sixth world title on home soil in little more......