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When Will Vijay Smell The Coffee?

TVK cadres are worried, the leadership looks weak, and the party is not fully prepared for the 2026 elections, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Movie star-turned-politician Vijay. Photograph:......

Will Vijay's Next Film Rescue His Political Career?

'Karur could still impact Jana Nayagan's box-office success if Vijay and the TVK do not get their act together,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Where the stampede happened in Karur during......

When Gujarati Muslims Dominated Bombay Politics

'They wanted the city to be a great business hub. They didn't like the fact that taxes collected in Bombay would go outside the city.' IMAGE: Anjuman-E-Islam was established in 1874 by a group of......

5 dead as rain brings Bengaluru to its knees

At least five people were killed in separate rain-related incidents on Tuesday in Bengaluru, which has been reeling under incessant rains for the past three days causing widespread flooding in......

As Bengaluru gets inundated in rains, netizens flood social media

Amid the heavy downpour in Bengaluru, residents of many flood-affected areas have taken to social media to pour out their woes ranging from waterlogging to complaining about "crumbling"......

Which city has highest area under office lease?

Colliers reports that GCC leasing has jumped from 4.6 million square feet in 2021 and is expected to hit 10.6 million square feet by 2025 -- a clear sign that multinationals see Bengaluru as a......

BPL starts selling its land bank

BPL Group, the consumer electronics firm, which is in the midst of its debt restructuring exercise, has set the ball rolling on wriggling out of its debt pool by selling a part of its land bank.......

Is a blanket ban on use of plastic really necessary?

The problem, say experts, is not so much the use of plastic as the lack of effort to recycle and reuse it. Nine thousand tonnes. That’s how much plastic waste India generates every year.......

The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges

Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian......

The watch dogs that didn't bark for IL&FS

Did men and women of redoubtable experience and public service, upholders of the country's steel frame and paragons of corporate governance, never smell a rat? asks Sunil Sethi. Photograph:......

Why South Cinema Scores Big Over Bollywood

South Indian filmmakers have kept their focus on the single-screen cinemagoer.They have kept their finger on the pulse of the single-screen cinema fan, who goes to movies once a month or more, to......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

What Dharmendra, Jaya Discuss On Karan Johar Film

The good old days...Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan's is a bonding that is special and rare in an industry where friendships are ephemeral.Karan Johar's Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani is their sixth......

The BEST Indian Films of 2021

Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021. Aseem's Best International Films of 2021 In the second year of the pandemic when movie theatres remained closed for an extended period of......

'I am a people's actor'

'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'Jagdeepsaab, in a Rediff.com interview, 22 years ago. The twinkle has faded a little, the face is lined, but the voice is as nasal......

My Dada Sunil Gavaskar

To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre. IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar bats during the second Test against......