Picture Credit: Instagram Director Nandini Reddy, who directed legendary actress Sowcar Janaki in her final film, Anni Manchi Sakunamule, paid tribute to the veteran actor after she passed away on August 21. The director shared pictures with Janaki from the film’s sets and remembered her as a kind, affectionate and professional artist. Nandini Reddy remembers…
Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand celebrating a point during day 5 of the BWF World Championships 2026 being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. (Photo Courtesy: BAI) NEW DELHI: On July 23, Treesa Jolly posted an old photo of herself alongside teammate Gayatri Pullela Gopichand on Instagram. In the photo, an enthused and pumped-up…
As the Trump administration persists with its blunderbuss reshaping of American foreign policy — a marriage of hyperimperialism, with wars in West Asia, a de facto capture of power in Venezuela and the strangling of Cuba’s fuel trade, and isolationism, seen in withdrawals from multilateral institutions and tariffs imposed on a whim — the world…
IOB assistant branch manager arrested for ₹3.09 crore gold loan fraud Chennai: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested an assistant branch manager of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) for pilfering 2,179g of gold jewellery pledged by customers, replacing the ornaments with fake jewellery and causing a loss of ₹3.09 crore to the bank. The cops haven’t…
GUDALUR: In a second such incident in the last two weeks, a tiger killed a coffee plantation worker near Gudalur in the Nilgiris on Friday. The deceased has been identified as K Ravikumar, 51, of Larston village. He was working in a coffee plantation in O Valley’s Larston village under the Gudalur forest division.While Ravichandran…
Picture Credit: YouTube Screengrab Rajinikanth will next be seen in the much awaited sequel ‘Jailer 2’ directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. Ahead of its theatrical release on October 15, the makers released the film’s first single, ‘Ala Bolelo’ which is an upbeat peppy dance number composed by Anirudh Ravichander. ‘Ala Bolelo’ lyrical video The 4 minute…
Kerala’s Ancy Sojan (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Ancy Sojan was around three when Anju Bobby George launched herself into the air at the end of a brisk run-up in Athens and set a seemingly unsurpassable national long-jump record. For much of the two decades that followed, Ancy may not have spent a lot of time…
An airstrike on Friday (August 21, 2026) by Myanmar’s military on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region killed 14 people who were taking part in a week-long meditation retreat, an opposition group and a resident said. The attack is the latest in a series of frequent and deadly aerial strikes targeting armed pro-democracy…
Rakesh CK, head of Sun Nxt Chennai: Sun TV Network aims to capture a slice of the growing micro-drama category and boost its subscription revenues by launching short-form content on its Sun NXT platform.On Friday, the company announced the launch, featuring a mix of originals and remastered content from its movie and television library across…
COIMBATORE: The transition from conventional power generation to renewable energy is being driven by the need to address climate change, strengthen energy security and widen access to electricity, said Dr Mohammad Rihan, director general, National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), on Friday.Speaking at the inaugural session of the Sustainability & Energy Practitioners Association (SEPA), organised…