Freelance journalist or Putin's spy? The mystery of Pablo González's alleged double lifeSpanish journalist Pablo González was detained in Poland in 2022 on accusations of being a Russian spy. Held for years without trial, he wa...
04 Aug, 2024, 11.47 AM IST
Israeli troops tighten encirclement of Gaza City as top US diplomat arrives in IsraelTensions continued to escalate along the northern border with Lebanon ahead of a speech planned later Friday by Hassan Nasrallah, the leade...
04 Nov, 2023, 12.49 AM IST
Tejashwi Yadav attacks Nitish Kumar govt over murders in Biharthe leader of the opposition sought to place the government in the dock over the killing of an RTI activist cum freelance journalist in Mad...
14 Nov, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
The long road to America's successful charges against Islamic State 'Beatles'After geopolitical breakthroughs and stalemates, military actions in Syria and court fights in London, the Justice Department's most signif...
30 Nov, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
From Alejandro Inarritu to Vanessa Redgrave: Cannes draws battle-scarred map of the worldCannes has never shied away from taking contemporary politics head on.
28 May, 2017, 12.31 PM IST
Karthick Naren: One of the youngest filmmakers to have a blockbuster under his belt - the Tamil whodunit D-16D-16 was shot in 28 days in Chennai, Coimbatore and Ooty. Promoting the film was a challenge. So Naren approached a few people in the indus...
02 Apr, 2017, 12.05 AM IST
Young policewoman commits suicide: What's ailing Tamil Nadu's police force & why sweeping changes are neededThe death sent shockwaves across the police and political circles of the state. Conjecture began that perhaps Vishnupriya, a Dalit, was yet...
27 Sep, 2015, 03.28 AM IST
Ahead of 2016 assembly election, caste violence rears its ugly head in Tamil NaduMajor political parties in the state have come under severe criticism from activists and academics for their muted reactions to this crisis.
30 Aug, 2015, 04.11 AM IST
Crisis of confidence: Why Chhattisgarh tribals are afraid of not only Naxals, but also the governmentGun-toting Central Reserve Police Force personnel keep a watch as local contractors pave tar roads down the hills and into the jungles of t...
19 Jul, 2015, 12.00 PM IST
BJP's friendly overtures to Jayalalithaa & AIADMK put RSS & party's Tamil Nadu unit in a spotWhen Jayalalithaa assumed office on May 23, once again as chief minister of Tamil Nadu, PM Modi wished her, along with a bevy of colleagues.
31 May, 2015, 07.08 AM IST
2G trial set to resume: Why A Raja is not worried & Congress appears to be rallying behind DMKThe case is curious indeed — involving an authority no less than the prime minister and two telecom ministers from the same political party.
31 May, 2015, 06.23 AM IST
How a web of corruption allows lucrative international red sanders smuggling: A smuggler's accountEncounter deaths of 20 woodcutters shot down by the forest police force of AP deep inside the Seshachalam forests are part of this activity.
24 May, 2015, 11.06 AM IST
Japan vows not to give up on two hostages till 'the very end'The Islamist militants had threatened to kill the hostages if they did not receive $200 mn in 72 hours, which Tokyo interpreted as meaning ...
24 Jan, 2015, 12.49 PM IST
US appalled by brutal murder of American journalist in SyriaThe US is working to verify the authenticity of a video purported to show the beheading of an American journalist by militants in Syria.
20 Aug, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
- Goa tourism: Drug trade & infrastructure woes ail the sector; in dire need of a boost
Goa has been labelled a racist state in the international media. Incidents also shed a light on the unfettered growth of the drug mafia in ...
22 Dec, 2013, 06.49 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee the product of Bengal's current, toxic political culture?Don't be shocked that Mamata Banerjee's intervention turned the rail budget into a political tamasha. She holds party above govt and will d...
18 Mar, 2012, 01.58 AM IST