The Tamil poet-saint Andal is identified by the parrot in her hand. The bird is the symbol of Kama, the god of love, lust and sensuality. The same god who in Buddhist works is called Mara, the ...

Something about Nandu Leo, a 60-something-year-old who has quietly lived for music for years on end, and still when he gets on a stage goes back to the 70s and ...

With a closely contested fight and shifting voter sentiments, the Delhi election results could send ripples across the ...

The Padma Shri awardees this year include Neerja Bhatla, Delhi-based gynecologist specializing in cervical cancer detection and prevention, and Shaikha A J Al Sabah, the yoga practitioner who founded ...

Veteran producer Natarajan, significant to Tamil cinema, passed away at 70. Known for 'Mullum Malarum' and other iconic films, he died of a heart attack. Tributes pour in from the film industry.

From rock to soul and funk to country, we go across the globe to bring you some of the finest songs from the decade. The best 70s songs? It’s an impossible task, surely. There was simply too ...

Today, as he turns 70, we are celebrating the legend who made us laugh until our stomachs hurt and gave us songs we are still singing decades later. To honour Nkem Owoh’s incredible legacy ...

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has seized a consignment of 70 kg of ganja in the Ernakulam-Tatanagar Express train at Arakkonam railway station in Ranipet on Saturday. Police said that a team ...

The highly anticipated grand finale of Bigg Boss Tamil 8, hosted by the charismatic Makkal Selvan Vijay Sethupathi, concluded on an exciting note with debater and anchor Muthu Kumaran being ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

The old bridge, constructed and commissioned by ... "The New Pamban Bridge, India's first Vertical Lift Railway Sea Bridge in Tamil Nadu stands as a beacon of progress in Indian infrastructure ...