'Oil is another reason for clashes in Manipur'

'The Kuki-Zo are aware of this rich resource in their areas and feel the Meitei push for ST status is because of this reason.' IMAGE: Security personnel conduct Joint Combing Operations in......

Should China's Arunachal Name Changes Worry India?

How does blatantly claiming Indian territory help to maintain 'peace in border regions', is a mystery that only China can explain, notes Claude Arpi. IMAGE: Upgraded L-70 air defence guns deployed......

Woman, toddler killed as Bengaluru Metro pillar collapses

Tragedy stuck a family of four here on Tuesday when an under-construction Bengaluru Metro pillar collapsed on them, leaving a woman and her toddler son dead while her husband and another child......

Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) appointed next CDS

Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd), a former eastern Army commander and director general of military operations, was on Wednesday appointed as India's new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), more than nine......

Budding entrepreneurs! Clean drinking water for all

It was an event for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their Innovative Socio-Business Projects at IIT Madras organised by Genesis, a joint initiative of the Siva group (a $3-billion global......

Policy soon on giant hydro power

The government is mulling a policy for developing hydro-power capacity, under which projects, possibly of 2,000-3,000 Mw each, would be drawn up and offered to private and public sector developers.......

IT firms skirt US visa curb

India's small and medium-sized software companies, perceived to be the worst hit by the restrictions put on H-1B visas by the US government, are finding ways to circumvent this hurdle. No new H1-B......

Gaurav Gill best in Coffee Day Rally

Gaurav Gill of Team MRF gave further notice of his superior driving skills when he claimed his second overall Indian National Rally Championship title, finishing the nine special stages of the......

Balu wins battle of Cedias

Team MRF's Arjun Balu won the battle of the 2000cc Mitsubishi Cedias against teammate and current hotshot rally driver Gaurav Gill, finishing an amazing six seconds faster over the 3 km super......

Naren Kumar wins National Rally Championship

Naren Kumar strengthened his credentials as the champion rally driver of the country when he drove away to his sixth National Rally Championship after winning the WIAA Rallye De Goa 2006, the final......

Kremer emerges fastest

Germany's Armin Kremer (co-driver Fred Berssen), driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7 in Team MRF Tyres colours, won himself a birthday gift as he emerged Group N (unmodified) champion in the......

Karandip tops but Naren retains Nat crown

Chandigarh-based Karandip Singh (co-driver Jaidas Menon) of Team MRF finally broke a jinx and notched his first triumph in nearly two years as he finished first overall in the Movva Rally de......