I was denied buggy at Egmore station: activist
A disability rights activist claims he was denied the use of a battery-operated vehicle at Egmore railway station on Tuesday night, as the vehicle was reserved for the Governor. T.M.N. De...
A disability rights activist claims he was denied the use of a battery-operated vehicle at Egmore railway station on Tuesday night, as the vehicle was reserved for the Governor. T.M.N. De...
Mahesh Rangarajan has stepped down as director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) as he saw the BJP government questioning the nature of his appointment approved by the previous UPA g...
Many countries and human rights organisations have been demanding a probe into the war crimes for sometime now (“
The news about the Saudi diplomat does not come as a surprise. It could not have happened without the knowledge of the government and brings back unpleasant memories of the Union Carbide c...
The Amazon work syndrome has raised academic debates (“In love with work,...
India’s marathon efforts, along with those of Brazil, Japan and Germany, for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council are appreciable (“
As a teacher with over half a century of experience, I am aware of the reasons for this mad rush of postgraduates and Ph.D. holders for peon jobs (“
It was nice to read about the all-party praise for ex-Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (
Accountability for past excesses is not easily achieved in post-conflict societies, but its need and relevance cannot be brushed aside. Fostering peace and reconciliation among formerly feuding se...
A government that was elected to power on the promise of ushering in an economic revival nationally, will have good reason to cheer over the latest data showing an increase in investments in the r...
As it stands at present, the Indian economy is headed for a crisis and a crash by early 2016. The government needs a Crisis Management Team of politicians and economists who are rooted in Indian ethos and not compliant to finance institutions like the IMF and the World Bank
The Smart City initiative expects municipalities to generate funds from private investors and take capacity-building measures to initiate big projects
The inability to ensure long-term behavioural changes among both people and the health care sector is reflected in repeated outbreaks of epidemics
Facebook has announced that it is working on an alternative to the ‘like’ button. But is there a single button or word that can contain the spectrum of negative human emotions?
AS Roma holds champion Barcelona; Chelsea routs Maccabi Tel-Aviv at home.
The Singapore GP has the usual challenges of a street circuit with little margin of error and the hot and humid conditions make it even tougher
The Chinese pair of Xin Gao and Bowen Ouyang beat Neeraj Elangovan and Niki Poonacha 6-2, 6-2 to set a final clash with Kunal Anand and Markos Kalovelonis in the doubles category of the late Kaila...
During the Kurukshetra war, Karna aims the dangerous Nagastra at Arjuna. If it were to hit Arjuna, then death will be certain. So Krishna, who is Arjuna’s charioteer, presses the chariot down with...
U.S. stock and bond prices rose, while the dollar fell on Thursday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold U.S. interest rates near zero on concerns about global weakness but left the door open...
Karun Nair likely to play; Bangladesh bowlers need to be disciplined
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke believes that Steve Smith’s batting won’t be affected by his elevation to the top job, and insisted that the newly-appointed Test skipper has been handed th...
If market valuation is the only measure of a sportsman’s worth, Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh should be a worried man. The talismanic midfielder was outshone by 10 of his teammates during the...
Former national champion Mairaj Ahmad Khan became the first Indian skeet shooter to clinch an Olympic quota place, as he shot 122 out of 125 in the Shotgun World Championship in Lonato, Italy, on...
Pool A is the toughest with Australia, England and Wales all battling it out for the two top slots. In Pool B, South Africa is in a one-horse race for the top