Amid Annamalai buzz, DMK, AIADMK fight hard

BJP workers depend on Annamalai's popularity to emerge victorious. He has has made 100 promises to be fulfilled in 500 days and assurances include cleaning up rivers, an international airport and......

1 Nation 1 Poll: What's Modi's Thinking?

Deriving from Narendra Modi's continuing charisma, the proposed scheme, if and when implemented, can cut both ways. That is to say, if Modi can win, he can lose. Or, someone else in his place,......

How Bengaluru residents are dealing with unprecedented water crisis

From exploring work from home (WFH) option and shifting to a place with better water facilities and taking bath on alternate days--citizens of India's tech capital are trying every possible thing......

Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?

'If he has not achieved a 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party Supremo......

How Foxconn, Dixon are using the PLI route to boost manufacturing in India

They are both electronic manufacturing services (EMS) companies, also known as contract manufacturers. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters One is Taiwan’s Foxconn group, the undisputed global......

When R K Krishna Kumar Spoke To Rediff

R K Krishna Kumar, one of the stalwarts of the Tata group, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, evening. A close lieutenant of then Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, he spoke to Rediff.com's......

Why this Businessman Quit Kerala

Is there more than meets the eye to Kitex Garments, the world's second-largest children's garment producer, abandoning Kerala for Telangana?Shine Jacob finds out. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Kitex......

As major ports get autonomy, minister says no privatisation

Allaying fears that the Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 aims at privatisation of the country's top 12 major ports, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said it......

'Most critics don't know difference between good and bad film'

'It's time to change this system of randomly giving stars and the right to bad critics to run down our products.''Two films, even if both get three stars, are very different from each other.''I can......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

Ex-BCCI chief Srinivasan's daughter elected TNCA president

IMAGE: Former BCCI chief Narayanswami Srinivasan's daughter Rupa Gurunath (inset) is the first woman to head a state unit of the Indian cricket board. Photograph: TNCA/Twitter Rupa Gurunath,......

BCCI elections: Tamil Nadu, Haryana set to lose voting rights

If Tamil Nadu and Haryana end up losing their voting rights, BCCI will most likely form an ad-hoc body to run the cricketing affairs in the two states. IMAGE: Committee of Administrators chief......

Ex-India player V B Chandrasekhar committed suicide over debts: Police

According to a senior police official, VB Chandrasekhar ended his life by hanging himself at his house in Chennai on Thursday evening due to debts. IMAGE: VB Chandrashekhar was only six days short......

Cricket Buzz: England told to stay vigilant amid Lanka political crisis

IMAGE: England's players celebrate. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images England will continue their tour of Sri Lanka as planned but the cricketers have been asked to be careful amid the......