Time To Elect, Not Select Governors

In a federal democracy, the people must have a say (indirect or direct) in an office as important as that of governor.Especially in a governor who can now effectively veto a bill by simply refusing......

BJP vs Thackeray cousins: All eyes on BMC showdown

As Maharashtra heads to the elections on Thursday for 29 municipal corporations, the spotlight is on Mumbai, where the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti is locked in a battle with the united......

Despatches from Tamil Nadu

1: Clothes and garbageAll the way from Chennai to Nagapattinam through Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karaikal, I see clothes. Heaps of clothes strewn across the road like punctuation marks in a mad......

BJP-led Mahayuti clinches 25 of 29 Maha civic bodies

Breaking the nearly three-decade-old dominance of the undivided Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday emerged victorious in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and......

Housing sales dip 1% last year in top 8 cities: Knight Frank

Housing sales fell 1 per cent last year to over 3.48 lakh units across eight major cities, with demand stagnating amid an average price rise of up to 19 per cent, according to Knight Frank. Image......

Loop Telecom's Tamil Nadu launch next week

Despite its run-in with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Mumbai-based GSM telecom service provider Loop Telecom will launch its services in the Tamil Nadu and Orissa circles by next week. "To......

Flood: Tamil Nadu suffers losses worth Rs 15,000 cr

Unprecedented torrential downpour in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu brought the whole state to a grinding halt. Image: IT, ITeS, textile and tourism have been worst affected by the flood.......

'Tamil Nadu is one of India's most industrialised states'

'In Prime Minister Cameron’s words, the 'UK is India’s partner of choice' and Prime Minister Modi has described India’s engagement with the UK as an 'unbeatable combination' in......

The Movies That Are Ruling The Box Office

'Gujarati films are crossing the Rs 100 crore mark, Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra has surged past Rs 300 crore, Marathi film Dashaavtar has already topped Rs 50 crore and Tamil blockbuster Coolie has......

Skip Thug Life, Watch This Film Instead

The gangster saga Nayakan not only earned Mani Ratnam's reputation as a great director, the dubbed version of the film also did well in Mumbai, so much so that Feroz Khan's Hindi remake, Dayavan,......

SMAT: Delhi crush Tamil Nadu; Jaiswal stars for Mumbai

IMAGE: Suyash Sharma took a four-wicket haul to help Delhi down Tamil Nadu. Photograph: BCCI/X Suyash Sharma led a clinical bowling display with a four-wicket haul after Priyansh Arya struck a......

Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu humiliate Mumbai

Mumbai's poor showing in this year's Ranji Trophy tournament continues. The 40-time champions were thrashed by an innings and 44 runs by Tamil Nadu in Chennai on Friday.Replying to Tamil Nadu's......

Ranji: Mumbai on top vs Tamil Nadu

Aditya Tare played a captain's knock while Abhishek Nayar and Shardul Thakur complemented their fine bowling effort with half-centuries to help Mumbai take the all-important first innings lead over......

T20 WC snub: 'Gill will return better, stronger'

'He respects the decision of the selectors. And all I can say is, knowing him, he'll come back even stronger as you can see now in the two games that he's played.' IMAGE: Shubman Gill was not......

SMAT: Mhatre's hurricane ton guides Mumbai to easy win

Prithvi Shaw roars back to form with an explosive fifty; Venkatesh Iyer produces an all-round show. IMAGE: Ayush Mhatre smashed a 49-ball 100 including 8 fours and 7 sixes as Mumbai beat......