Of king, queen and pawn

Dr Peeyush Namboodiripad | T P Sooraj When he delightfully recites Ksheera sagara sayana in the early hours at his home to rejuvenate his mind, he resembles a veteran musician than a physician with tight schedule. For the Superintendent of Vadakara ...

Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah's atheism is not a new trend in Indian politics, points out Archis Mohan. K Siddaramaiah, a rare Indian politician who wears his atheism on his sleeve, took the oath as the next chief minister of Karnataka on Monday by solemnly affirming to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India. Siddaramaiah's atheism may not have been noteworthy if the news of his election on Friday as the next chief minister of Karnataka had not been drowned out by ...

The ceremony held to fix the main wooden beam marking the beginning of work of Namaskara Mandapam at Sree Poornathrayeesa temple at Tripunithura | EPS The construction work on the Namaskara Mandapam at Sree Poornathrayesa temple at Tripunithura will ...

The school would be open for Tamil students as well | R Satish Babu/Express Madras Kerala Samajam, the organisation which is said to be older than the State of Kerala, will be opening its new school building in the city this June. Though it still ...

Despite epochal laws and Supreme Court orders, restoration of tribal land remains a mirage, a study has said. In Attappady alone, over 10,796.19 acres had been alienated from tribespeople between 1960 and 80, reportedly the highest in the State, a ...

Success of institutions such as Subicsha, Marari shows state governments need to give more fiscal power to local bodies Liz Mathew A Marari Marketing umbrella manufacturing unit. Photo: Vivek R. Nair/ Mint Updated: Sun, Apr 28 2013. 11 48 PM IST ...

You could have fooled me, but I used to think that Sivagiri is, in fact, a Hindu matham. My first clue was the name Sivagiri = Siva + giri, and I was under the impression that Siva was usually a Hindu deity. My second clue is that I have been there, ...

Director and scriptwriter Sreekumar Arookutty, with six years of TV running time and more than 270 episodes of E4 Elephant programme that talked, breathed and smelled of elephants, has covered another lap of his elephantine journey with the upcoming ...

Flags being hoisted for the Thrissur Pooram at separate functions at the Paramekkavu (left) and Thiruvambadi temples in Thrissur on Monday. Hundreds of people assembled in the temple quadrangles to witness the ceremonies | Express Flags being ...