Heavy rains pummel Maha, 4 killed; IAF, Army rescue stranded people

Heavy rains pounded several areas in Maharashtra, including Pune and Mumbai, causing widespread inundation, necessitating the airlifting of 11 villagers by an IAF chopper and the evacuation of 40......

Downpour slows down Mumbai traffic, IMD issues alert

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai on Monday morning, causing water-logging in low-lying areas and slowing down traffic during the office rush hour. Photograph: ANI on X The India Meteorological Department......

Top Chinese diplomat, touted to be next foreign minister, detained

Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat heading the foreign relations department of the ruling Communist Party, has been detained for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.......

The High Stakes In Dalai Lama's Succession

On July 2 or July 6, the Dalai Lama will reveal his mind on his successor.This makes Beijing extremely nervous as the Communist regime fully realises the importance of controlling the next Dalai......

Eveready hopes to ride the anti-China wave

50 per cent of the flashlights market in the country is dominated by Chinese imports, which have been increasing. Eveready Industries, the market leader in flashlights in the country, is betting......

Anil plans Rs 1,600 cr GSM spread

After achieving an impressive subscriber base of more than 21 million in CDMA-based mobile services, Anil Ambani is now eyeing the fast-growing GSM-based service with massive expansion plans in......

M Corp Global to stay mobile

M Corp Global, which holds 25 per cent stake in Spice Telecom, on Tuesday said it had no plans to exit the cellular business."We (M Corp) have applied for six additional unified access licences in......

Olympic fever hits France following tense build-up

IMAGE: Swimming Gold medallist Leon Marchand of France celebrates on the podium. File Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding,......

1996 World Cup propelled ODI revolution: Tendulkar

'Now, we have very different setting including changes in  rules with two new balls and the fielding restrictions are very different. But ODI fever started in the 1990s. On-field noticeable......

Soccer field suicide bomb perplexes Belgium

IMAGE: Belgian police special forces patrol after an area. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters A man walked to the middle of an empty soccer pitch in a Belgian town and blew himself up on Tuesday......