TN assembly session begins; EPS abstains, rival OPS attends on Day 1

The Tamil Nadu Assembly's brief session began here on Monday and Leader of Opposition and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam interim chief Edappadi K Palaniswami abstained on the opening day,......

What TN protestors achieved by scrapping Murali's '800'

‘For the Tamil Nadu protestors to openly ask popular film actor Vijay Sethupathi not to play Murali in 800 is a travesty in every sense. It may have given them a cause to tell the world, and......

Longing for love and a square meal, Chennai's horses find both

The horses on Chennai's Marina beach were slowly starving to death because of the lockdown until Shiranee Pereira decided to take a hand.Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Starving horses at the Marina......

18 MLAs backing Dinakaran disqualified by TN Speaker

Eighteen rebel All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs were on Monday disqualified by Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal amid the power tussle between chief minister K Palaniswami and......

SBI classifies its Rs 250 cr of dues as bad loans

Close to a dozen banks’ exposure to First Leasing, the financially troubled non-banking finance company, seem to be turning into bad loans. State Bank of India has decided to classify its own......

Coffee Day Group readies $100 mn PE fund raise

Coffee Day Group, which runs businesses from coffee cafes to wealth management to furniture to logistics, is understood to be readying the stage for a possible $100-million fund raise through the......

Conservative Chennai ready to splurge on luxury brands

Indulekha Aravind finds out what is driving the change in Chennai."After years abroad... I came 'home' to a metropolis in 1968-69 but found it essentially unchanged. True, the town I had known had......

Coffee Day Group brews Rs 400-cr expansion plan

The Coffee Day Group, which straddles diverse businesses ranging from coffee retailing to wealth management to logistics, is setting out on a Rs 400-crore (Rs 4-billion) expansion this financial......

Review: Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a waste of time

Oru Oorla Rendu Raja is a tedious comedy drama that attempts to highlight the inhumane working conditions of factory workers in our country, says  S. Saraswathi. Director R. Kannan, a......

Review: Thanga Meenkal is brilliant

Thanga Meenkal is a heartwarming story told brilliantly with a simplicity and honesty that is seen so rarely in films these days, believes S Saraswathi. Director Ram’s Tamil......

Review: Saguni is a commercial entertainer

Pavithra Srinivasan says Saguni is a breezy summer commercial cocktail and that's about it. There's a dialogue in Saguni that sums up the entire plot, the characters and their motivation rather......

Review: Vandhaan Vendraan disappoints

Pavithra Srinivasan feels that there's not much to do for actors in Vandhaan Vendraan. Post YOUR reviews here!After he made promising films such as Jeyamkondaan and Kanden Kadhalai, it's natural to......

'To win the World Cup you need lots of luck'

'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.' IMAGE: Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates taking......

Include Umran In India Team: P Chidambaram

IMAGE: Umran Malik finished with incredible figures of 5 for 25, four of which were bowled. Photograph: BCCI/IPL   SunRisers Hyderabad's Umran Malik put on a solo show and picked up 5 wickets......

'Every game of cricket is challenging, every series is challenging'

'When cricketers, coaches, captains, managers, franchise owners focus on the prize, they forget the process.''You can't win every game. Getting better is all about making mistakes.' "One of the......

Here's a complete list of BCCI presidents

Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday promised a 'corruption-free, same-for-all BCCI', a philosophy that, he said, guided his tenure as India skipper from 2000 to 2005. Elected unopposed to the top position......

Who's the most successful World Cup captain?

In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015. All you need to know about the World Cup How much do you know about......