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Australias David Warner during a practice session. (Photo: E.K. Sanjay)

With Aussies around, there's never a dull moment

It's a different game of gladiators today as multimillionaire cricketers of both teams clash in what is pure...

12 Sept 2017 7:02 AM IST

The death of Anitha, the wage workers daughter who cracked the State board exam, became another flash point for unleashing the same beleaguered feeling of Tamils versus the Centre.

Tamil Nadu getting stuck in vortex of protests, strikes, disruptions

The court was clear in making a distinction between the right to peaceful dissent and creation of violence in the name...

11 Sept 2017 1:47 AM IST

Shanmugam Anitha

Namma Chennai diary: Anitha tragedy will echo beyond efficacy of tests

Therein lies a tale of State Board versus CBSE and more. It is an issue that impinges on State-Centre relations and...

4 Sept 2017 6:01 AM IST

Pictures taken by Madhavan Rangaswami at Madras, Oregon show the lit up scene before the event and the darkness at totality during the eclipse.

Exuberance was total too On Eclipse day

So, let's just say Donald Trump was more fortunate. He could even glance at the Sun without the funny glasses.

28 Aug 2017 6:44 AM IST

NIA Special Court verdict (Representational Image)

Verdict puts citizen back at the centre

The right has a meaning when food, clothing and shelter are ensured.

25 Aug 2017 2:08 AM IST

A vintage picture of Chennai Central railway station.

Those were the days we thought world never end

The Pallavas gave the region close to the city its most famous temples on the beach, of which just one remains.

21 Aug 2017 6:06 AM IST

Yuvraj Singh scored well below the permissible level of 19.5, barely managing to touch 16. (Photo: AFP)

Yuvraj Singh's omission comes with an eye on future

The World Cup is less than two years away and it's time to take a couple of big decisions now rather than later.

18 Aug 2017 12:39 AM IST

The show of resort politics was nothing compared to the high tension drama that went on in the capital on the premises of the Election commission.

No winners in this political battlefield

The cost paid by these victors was so much as to bring out all the stink of the underbelly of Indian politics.

14 Aug 2017 6:13 AM IST

Mumbai, Chennai, Surat and Kolkata will, by 2050, be among the top cities in the Asia-Pacific region to face huge losses every year from flooding.

Good earth: Climate apocalypse not far away

As we collectively hurtle towards destruction, the knowledge that the planet has warmed only by one degree Celsius is no...

13 Aug 2017 2:16 AM IST

Ravindra Jadeja (left) and Virat Kohli.

Comprehensive SL conquest

Another significant win came for the young Virat Kohli's team after they had fallen behind in losing the first Test.

10 Aug 2017 1:12 AM IST

The oldest party seemed upset more with the alleged offer of Rs 15 crore per legislator loyalty for the Gujarat elections to the Rajya Sabha.

If the price is right, loyalty is for sale

The packing of legislators into resorts by political parties, be it the Congress or the AIADMK, is tacit admission that...

7 Aug 2017 1:44 AM IST

Virat Kohli grimaces in pain as relief spray is applied on his knee (Photo: AP)

Lively debutants lit up Test arenas

Old fort in Galle just outside the once tsunami-ravaged ground used to be a symbol of this ground being considered a...

2 Aug 2017 1:19 AM IST