Landslide, issues with drilling machine hit U'khand tunnel rescue ops

Operations to rescue 40 labourers trapped in a tunnel have been hampered after a landslide at the site and technical problems with a drilling machine being used to create an escape passage,......

Drilling machine airlifted as U'khand rescue op enters Day 4, workers safe

A heavy drilling machine was airlifted from Delhi Wednesday to replace the "failed" equipment which was being used earlier to create a passage for 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel......

Demand For Choppers Soar As Elections Near

In the months to come, the skies above promise to be a captivating theatre of action, where helicopters play starring roles, ferrying leaders, and echoing the pulse of democracy. IMAGE: Kindly......

U'khand govt forms panel to probe Rs 1.25bn Kedarnath temple 'gold scam'

The Uttarakhand government on Friday decided to set up a high-level committee to probe allegations of an alleged scam of Rs 1.25 billion in the gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of the......

Nitin Gadkari's ambitious 5-year roadmap

The minister said that the priority for him will be "rolling out all stuck highway projects that include many of the IL&FS projects within 100 days". A go getter in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's......

Want to beat the Mumbai heat? Go to Lonavala

Want to give the oppressive summer heat the skip? Want to holiday in the hills? Want to go somewhere nice and peaceful? How will you choose the right travel destination? How can you make your......

Chardham tourist season begins from Apr 30

Gangotri and Yamunotri will be thrown open topilgrimsfrom April 30. Devotees keen tocatch a glimpse ofLord Badrinath and Lord Kedarnathwill have to wait till May 4 when these two sites will reopen......

Check out these niche hotels

Staying in plush hotels will no longer be only for high-flying executives and the wealthy. The hotel industry is getting into all kinds of hotels - from economy and budget to upwards of three......

Neeraj's javelin, Lovlina's gloves headline second day of e-auction

  IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra presenting his javelin to PM Modi. Photograph: ANI Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics javelin and Lovlina Borgohain's boxing gloves hogged the limelight on day two of the......