Breathtaking sights captured in National Geographic travel photo contest

National Geographic's new travel photography competition is entering its third week and is attracting stunning pictures from across the globe. Some of the jaw-dropping pictures show the famous......

As rains paralysed Mumbai, people slept in offices, train stations

Just before the first light of dawn at 4:30 am, office goers stranded at their workplaces -- which got converted into makeshift dormitories for the night – made their way to the Churchgate......

Mumbai: 6 dead after overloaded taxi topples on Eastern Freeway

Six members of a family, including two children, were on Saturday killed and three others injured as their speeding vehicle hit the railing at Wadi Bunder on the Eastern Freeway in Mumbai, police......

The woman who will change the face of Mumbai

IMAGE: Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited. Photograph: Afsar Daytar/Rediff.com From being someone who feared travelling by Mumbai's suburban trains to heading......

Why big infra projects get delayed in India

If there is one area in India that badly needs some, it is the planning and implementation of infrastructure projects, says Barun Roy. Image: Godavari Rail Bridge. Photograph: Courtesy,......

The stunning Mumbai Eastern Freeway inaugurated

The 13.59 kilometre-long Eastern Freeway, aimed at reducing travel time for cars, between suburbs and South Mumbai, was on Thursday, inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The......

Mumbai road project blueprint drawn

Four projects worth Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) will be undertaken under the Mumbai Urban Infrastructure Project that is to be implemented in three parts by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region......

IPL teams to start training from March 14 or 15

A member, who was present at the meeting, said that most probably 25 per cent crowd, would be allowed at the venues. IMAGE: Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli during the IPL last year.......