Vijayakanth: The action hero who took on heavyweights

Vijayakanth, who earned the sobriquet 'Karuppu MGR' ('Black MGR'), would perhaps go down in Tamil Nadu's history as a unique leader who scripted his own success story, dominating the political......

It was Rajiv ji's dream: Sonia backs women's bill in Lok Sabha

Extending her party's support to the women's reservation bill, Congress parliamentary party chief Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday demanded that the quota be implemented immediately and provision be made......

Maulana Azad missing from plenary ad, Cong apologises

The Congress apologised on Sunday after an advertisement on its 85th plenary session, which did not feature India's first education minister and freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, triggered a......

Former home minister Buta Singh passes away

Former Union home minister Buta Singh, who remained in public service for a long time and served under four prime ministers, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday morning.......

'In India, those who don't vote are happy people'

In the wake of Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat, and Shashi Tharoor's The Elephant, The Tiger, and The Cell Phone comes Rafiq Dossani's book India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is......

Conflict zone: Expert panels versus govt

The traditional view on expert committees on important economic policy matters is that they are desirable and serve a very useful purpose in a democratic system. These committees with their reports......

Congress Left high and Dry

When asked about his government's record on reforms, Mr Chidambaram, somewhat innocently but perhaps disingenuously, asks, "If reforms have slowed down, how are we registering high growth?"......

Montek roots for agriculture reform

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former finance secretary and currently director of the Independent Evaluation Office at the International Monetary Fund, is bashful about speaking to the press amid......

PIX: Jaya Prada pays her last respects to Dasari

Telugu filmmaker and former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao passed away in Hyderabad on Tuesday, May 30. The who's who of the Telugu film industry made sure to attend his prayer......

Review: Dhenikaina Ready is fun

Vishnu Manchu comes back after a short hiatus with Dhenikaina Ready, a fun Telugu film packaged with all the entertaining staples for a family outing, says Radhika Rajamani While the basic theme is......

First Look: Allu Arjun's Badrinath

Directed by VV Vinayak and produced by father Allu Aravind under their home banner Geetha Arts, Allu Arjun's next magnum opus is the Telugu film Badrinath. The actor will be paired opposite......

Looking at Balayya's Simha

After acting in a period devotional film Pandurangadu, Nandamuri Balakrishna (Balayya)'s big-budget commercial Telugu film Simha, produced by Parachuri Kiriti (under United movies banner) and......