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Tamil actor, editor and political satirist Cho Ramaswamy, playback singer Kailash Kher, multilingual singer K.J. Yesudas, and young sportswomen Dipa Karmakar and Shakshi Malik were among the prominent personalities presented Padma Awards by President Pranab ...

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch M Karunanidhi’s 94th birthday should have been an occasion for a grand, non-partisan celebration. But his son MK Stalin has managed to highjack it and make it into a political affair by bringing together a host ...

The Nawab of Bhopal Sir Hafiz Hamidullah Khan, saboteur in chief as Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes was constantly looking at ways and means to stay out of the dragnet of the Congress and the ambit of the new Dominion of India. As the end neared, he grew ...

Continuing to maintain his see-sawing attitude towards the recent criticism over his remarks on joining politics, superstar Rajinikanth on Friday rhetorically said the people would see what happens when the 'ultimate war' comes. "I have responsibilities and works, same with you. Let’s do it, but when the ultimate war comes, we all will see," he said. The actor was apparently reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's remarks dubbing him as a 'disaster' in Tamil Nadu ...

A PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a direction to government to grant Rs ten lakh compensation to families of those who died in a recent fire at a multi-storeyed building here and deduct the amount from salaries of officials concerned and ...

Barely weeks before he turned 22, a young fisherman was shot at sea, allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy.While he may be buried as a statistic in the India-Sri Lanka turf war in the Indian Ocean, his devastated family may never come to terms with their loss, reports Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar. IMAGE: Britto dreamt of a better life for his family. Photographs: A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com A few days ago, on April 14, Tamil Nadu celebrated the New Year. April 14 also happened to be Britto's birthday.

'DRS or no DRS, the umpire should be making minimum mistakes.' IMAGE: Umpires CK Nandan and Nitin Menon during IPL 10. Photograph: BCCI Erratic umpiring has been a bane of Indian cricket and it has been highlighted further in the ongoing tenth edition of the Indian Premier League with quite a few debatable decisions. Former international umpire K Hariharan believes the standard of Indian umpiring can improve by having mentors to guide the 'clueless' officials."Like the selectors are constantly ...

A senior police official slapped a woman protester during a crackdown on an anti-liquor agitation in neighbouring Tirupur district with the act, caught on camera, coming in for strong condemnation. The incident occurred last evening in Shamalpuram when a ...