'Why Did Pilot Wait For 10 Seconds To Reverse Switch?'

'Humanly impossible for the switches to turn from on to off at rapid succession within one second.' IMAGE: People walk past the wreckage of the tail section of the Air India aircraft, which......

SC taunts govt on Prez copter mishap

The recent helicopter incident in which President Pratibha Patil had a narrow escape was enough for the Supreme Court to pooh-pooh government's suggestion for airlifting victims of disasters to......

'Op Eleven' in place for safe Basant Panchmi Snan on Monday

The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said it has put into place a special crowd management plan named 'Operation Eleven' for the 'Amrit Snan' on Basant Panchami at Maha Kumbh. IMAGE: Devotees......

'Toll on Mumbai trans-harbour bridge should be Rs 500, not Rs 250'

'You need to have enough funds to maintain the primacy of public transport and it should not suffer because of lack of funds.' IMAGE: The Atal Setu. Photographs: Sahil Salvi Prime Minister......

'Delhi can't do without a metro'

With the Delhi government readying for introducing a Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), Sunil Jain spoke to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director E Sreedharan on the comparison between a......

Decongesting big cities tops Gadkari's priority list

The ministry also wants to extend support to states through a special provision from the proposed Rs 25,000 crore fund for electric bus and personal rapid transport initiatives. Planning to......

Bengaluru among world's top technology-rich cities

Image: Bangalore ranked among top tech-rich cities. Photograph: Reuters     India’s Silicon Valley, Bengaluru has been ranked among top 20 technology-rich cities in the world......

Was India at all ready for monorail?

Mumbai Monorail was to be built in two phases - Phase I of 8.93 km and Phase II of 11.20 km. The first phase ran operations for around three years before services were abruptly halted, owing to a......