Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Target: Eject Modi!

The full-court press on India over Ukraine, the BBC 'documentary', the Oxfam report, the Hindenburg attack on Adani and obliquely on the Indian economy, and any number of other acts are signs that......

AAP, MIM's entry makes BJP, Congress worry over Kutch outcome

The Congress and BJP are apprehensive that AAP might eat into their votes among the Patel community, Kshatriyas, a section of minorities, and Dalits, thus delivering a fatal blow in the......

Will parties pay heed to concerns of Bhuj's earthquake survivors, experts?

Two decades after a devastating earthquake struck Bhuj in Gujarat, the Kutch district might have witnessed unprecedented industrial growth, but environmentalists and town veterans are apprehensive......

India Inc wakes up to Kashmir disaster

A study after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake had rated the industry's rehabilitation efforts as "poor". If a similar survey were to be conducted in the aftermath of the Kashmir quake, corporate India......

Earthquake-hit Kutch rebuilt in record time

A little over four years after a severe earthquake jolted Gujarat's Kutch district, the state government has constructed a 1,24,000 house township. The rehabilitation project was assisted by the......

Irda weighs earthquake pool

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has been mulling establishing an earthquake pool in India.The proposal is expected to be submitted in the next few months. C S Rao, chairman,......

Modern India's most ambitious project

It is an extraordinary project that involves building a 64 km dam and turning a part of the Arabian Sea into a freshwater lake. It will take at least 20 years to build and if it ever gets off the......

Nepal earthquake: 'My family is safe but my country is destroyed'

Bollywood grieves for Nepal.Following the devastating earthquake in Nepal that has claimed over 4000 lives so far, relief material, rescue teams and medical supplies is being rushed in......

Aamir on Narmada: I won't apologise

Aamir Khanaddressed a press conference outside his home in Khar, north Mumbai,saying he will not apologise about his commentson the Narmada issue."I am saying exactly what the Supreme Court has......

Test your epic gyaan

Every once in a while, Bollywood has made a film dedicated to freedom fighters and patriotism. While some like Gandhi have become classics, others like Bose: The Forgotten Hero have not been......

Lagaan trivia all the way

Chale Chalo: The Making Of An Epic is the first film of its kind to chronicle a Hindi film. Named for a song in the film, Chale Chalo is based on the making of the Oscar-nominated Lagaan (2002)......