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TN horror: Dalit techie killed over inter-caste relationship

An IT employee belonging to a Scheduled Caste has been hacked to death by a youth, allegedly over an inter-caste relationship, police have said. The 27-year-old victim was employed as an engineer...

TN Dalit techie murder: Stalin's allies demand anti-honour killing law

With the alleged honour killing of a Dalit IT engineer in Tamil Nadu sending across shock waves, allies of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday demanded a separate legislation to handle...

Does Siddha medicine have a Covid cure?

IMAGE: A sample being collected for COVID-19 testing at a government hospital in Bengaluru, August 7, 2020. Photograph: Shailendra Bhojak/PTI Photo The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc...

Why Stalin Is Pushing Keeladi Over Indus Valley

'It has the potential to sow seeds of furthering discord when the direction of the discourse is aimed at propagating the perceived supremacy of 'cultural nationalism' from a distant past over the...

PM dedicates Natl Inst of Siddha to natio

Advocating alternate healing therapies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singhsaid on Saturday that steps should be taken to collect, digitise and print palm leaves of 'great antiquity', which contained...

Indian pharma to get stronger dose of EU mkt access

Indian tariffs on EU pharma and chemical exports will drop to zero from the current 11 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively. The European Union’s (EU’s) offer to slash tariffs on 97.5 per...

AyushMin gets rap for underuse of funds despite rising allocation

Given the gap between budgetary allocation and use, a parliamentary standing committee has asked the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (Ayush) to take steps...

Amazon fined for selling sub-standard pressure cookers

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on e-commerce major Amazon for selling pressure cookers that did not meet quality standards. Photograph: Brenda...

Former NSE chairman Chawla had revealed yogi's identity to Sebi in 2018

Chawla, in his letter, told Sebi that as the unknown person was Subramanian, he had access to financial, operational and HR-related information of the NSE. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The...

Plans to patent 30,000 herbs

Chennai-based Central Research Institute for Siddha is seeking patents for 30,000 Indian medicinal compositions and herbs, besides taking steps to digitise 10,000 formulae for treating various...

Top Kannada directors of 2010

As the year draws to a close, we look at the best Kannada directors of 2010, who entertained us with some great movies. Take a look: Girish KasarvalliFilm: Kanasemba Kudureyaneri Kanasemba...

Kanasemba Kudureyaneri, a must-watch

Shruti Indira Lakshminarayanareviews Kanasemba Kudureyaneri. Post YOUR reviews here! A story has a beginning, middle and an end, but it's not necessary that they be in the same order. Girish...

Review: Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham disappoints

Tamil film Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham is a pathetic first attempt, according to S Saraswathi.K Chandru, who was mentored by ace comic directors C S Amudhan (Tamizh Padam) and Venkat Prabhu,...