27 mountaineers perished in an avalanche in the mountains of Uttarakhand last week.The mountaineers were returning from a trek to the Draupadi's Danda mountain peak when disaster struck at 8.45 am......
The death toll in the Uttarkashi avalanche rose to 16 after 12 more mountaineers' bodies were recovered on Thursday, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said. IMAGE: First group of evacuated......
Twenty-seven mountaineers remained missing on Wednesday after rescue workers brought 14 injured members of their team to safety, a day after an avalanche claimed 10 lives in Uttarkashi. IMAGE:......
Asserting that scientific advances cannot be "made to order", Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday alleged the Indian Council of Medical Research was......
At least 10 people were charred to death and another 12 got injured when a gas tanker caught fire and exploded after being hit by a truck on a highway near Beelpur village, 35 kilometres from......
Health insurance expert Anil Rego in an online chat with readers answers health insurance queries. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Prashant Soni: Can I buy 2-3 policies and pay the final......
The Indian economy is in doldrums. Markets are extending losses and rupee has touched a new low. Though the government is trying to allay investors’ fears with reforms and foreign direct......
B Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in the Satyam multi-crore accounting scam, is likely to surrender before a local court on November 10, the deadline set for him by the Supreme Court, after it......
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday questioned Satyam founder and former chairman B Ramalinga Raju to further probe the multi-crore accounting scam in the IT firm. Raju, the prime......
Like a dutiful Indian wife she was unflinching in her support for her husband, Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju. And on Wednesday, she again showed her unwavering faith by bailing him out. Nadini......