Ilaiyaraaja, renowned Tamil cinema composer, spoke on his pivotal role in introducing Western classical music to India in a recent interview. He detailed his contributions, including the pioneering ...

The final list of Padma awards has been released with 113 people awarded the Padma Shri, 19 with Padma Bhushan and 7 with Padma Vibhushan awards. Deceased writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair and actors ...

Saregama India Limited (SIL), and not music composer Ilaiyaraaja, owns the copyright to the Tamil song En Iniya Pon Nilave, from the film Moodu Pani, the Delhi High Court said on Friday (January 31).

Yuvan Shankar Raja has recreated the popular song 'En Iniya Pon Nilave' for the film 'Agathiya' without proper rights from Saregama, the copyright holder. The Delhi High Court ruled in favor of ...

A tourist has died after being trampled by an elephant while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, officials say. The animal "charged and trampled" the victim on Saturday, according to a ...

He also made light of serious issues like alcoholism. Following his speech, where he also spoke about how Ilaiyaraaja’s music was an intoxicant, albeit his choice of words didn’t go down well with ...

While some land animals (giraffes) might be taller, and some marine life (blue whales) might be heavier, one animal stands alone as the biggest land animal on earth, and that is the African elephant.

Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a 37-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant in Gudalur, located in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. The deceased has been ...

Five elderly African elephants at a Colorado zoo will stay there, after the US state’s highest court said the animals had no legal right to demand their release because they are not human.

A court has ruled that five elephants being held in a Colorado zoo do not have the legal right to pursue their release, because they are not human. An animal rights group brought a lawsuit on ...

Elephants may have exceptional memories, but they can forget about being endowed with human rights. That's the finding of the Colorado Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled against an animal ...

NEW DELHI – A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia’s richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery.