A tale of two 'terrorists' and a cautionary lesson

The Malegaon blasts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts case have a strange parallel.Syed Firdaus Ashraf explains how the two terror cases separated by ideological motives and nearly a decade between......

Sadhvi feared scooter link, says witness

Malegaon blast prime accused Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur had met absconding accused Ramji Kalsangra two days before her arrest and expressed apprehension over the police tracing the scooter used in......

Big electric two-wheeler makers won't plug into motor show

Even as India overtakes Japan in automotive sales in 2022, moving to third place for the first time, oddly enough the country’s biggest motor show is going to see some big hitters give it a......

How Brijmohan Lall Munjal revolutionalised the two-wheeler industry

Brijmohan Lall Munjal, who died recently, changed the dynamics of the motorcycle industry by introducing fuel-efficient, low-maintenance Japanese bikes in the early 1980s. Those were the days my......

Telangana stir hits industrial growth

The movement for a separate Telangana state has taken its toll on the industrial sector in Andhra Pradesh even though chief minister, Konijeti Rosaiah, asserts that agitations will not come in the......

Piaggio to invest 30 mn euro in India

Italian automaker Piaggio on Thursday said it will invest 30 million euro in India to set up a scooter facility in Baramati, Maharashtra, to re-introduce the iconic Vespa scooter by early 2012. "We......

PHOTOS: Scooterists reign in the dirt and rain!

It was survival of both man and machine in the Gulf Monsoon Scooter Rally as riders negotiated slushy, gravel-laden, winding terrain along the backwoods of Navi Mumbai. Nashik's Shamim Khan......

Rustom Patel wins Gulf autocross

Rustom Patel was the toast of the day in the Gulf Autocross for two-wheelers, sponsored by Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd. and organised by Sportscraft, at the Godrej grounds in Vikhroli, Mumbai, on......

'I got a 300 with my flawed technique'

It is eight in the evening and time for room service. Assistant Editor Faisal Shariff isin Virender Sehwag's hotel room. India's latest herois switching channels, replying to SMS messages,......

Shamim Khan wins Scooter rally

Unfancied Shamim Khan, astride a Kinetic Marvel, shocked a host of seasoned campaigners to win theGulf Monsoon Scooter rally, which was staged along the backwoods of Thane and Kalyan, on the......