There seems to be just no stopping ‘Durandhar’ at the box office. The film completed its 5th week at the ticket windows and emerged as the highest-earning film of the weekend. Directed by Aditya Dhar and starring Ranveer Singh in the lead, the film continued its extraordinary run at the box office, recording the strongest...

Several participate in the Pallankuzhi contest at the Lady Sivaswamy Ayyar Girls School in Mylapore on Sunday. | Photo Credit: RAGU R A hush prevailed inside the hall at the Lady Sivaswami Ayyar School in Mylapore on Sunday as participants of the pallankuzhi contest bent over their wooden boards moving tamarind seeds or red beads or shells from one pit to another. There was hardly any talking as the...

Opposition parties, including the Congress, have condemned the recent military operation of the United States leading to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife over the weekend, with five Left outfits calling for nationwide protests against what they termed was “US aggression” against the Latin American nation. Congress general secretary and in-charge,...