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'Left with a suitcase': Harrowing tales of Sikkim floods

Mishti Haldar, 28, woke up on Wednesday morning to find that the Teesta was flowing almost within touching distance from her porch at Matigara near Siliguri. IMAGE: An area gets inundated due to a......

10 dead, 22 Army personnel among 82 missing in Sikkim flash flood

At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim triggered a flash flood in the Teesta River basin,......

10 days after Bihar bridge collapse, missing guard's body found

Ten days after the collapse of the four-lane Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge being built across the Ganga in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, the body of the missing security guard has been found in......

Manipur: Not A Time To Burn Bridges

The present happenings in Manipur are the wages of continued neglect, and not so benign at that, of a vital region and its people. Had we lavished on the North East even a fraction of the care and......

Joshimath: There will be more disasters, accept it

Each disaster has the same message: Learn to respect the mountains before you build tunnels, roads, and houses, notes Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A damaged well as a result of the continuous land......

Q3 business update suggests Titan will continue to shine

Titan’s October-December quarter (Q3) business update claims 22-23 per cent revenue growth in the standalone jewellery sales (excluding bullion sales), implying a 4-year compound annual......

Prices of tomatoes, onions and potatoes to remain benign

Several experts are of the view that inflationary pressure, including that in food items, may build from October with economic activity gathering steam. However, the price movement in three key......

Explained: Why the monsoon is pulling out so late

'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.' IMAGE: National and state disaster response force personnel rescue citizens from the flood-affected Rajendra Nagar area......

Look beyond GDP numbers: India story doesn't shine as much

'There is no one capturing and presenting the larger picture, such as to provoke debate the way the GDP numbers do,' observes T N Ninan. IMAGE: 'After the Kerala floods,' says T N Ninan, 'it......

The Horlicks mantra: How to be the market leader for 80 years and counting

The brand has survived by changing with the times.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. IMAGE: Horlicks is widening its appeal, targeting college-going youth as the recent digital campaign #FearlessKota......

Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix from pole

IMAGE: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the British Grand Prix. Photograph: Matthew Childs Livepic/Reuters. Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for......

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'Left with a suitcase': Harrowing tales of Sikkim floods

10 dead, 22 Army personnel among 82 missing in Sikkim flash flood

10 days after Bihar bridge collapse, missing guard's body found

Manipur: Not A Time To Burn Bridges

Joshimath: There will be more disasters, accept it

Q3 business update suggests Titan will continue to shine

Prices of tomatoes, onions and potatoes to remain benign

Explained: Why the monsoon is pulling out so late

Look beyond GDP numbers: India story doesn't shine as much

The Horlicks mantra: How to be the market leader for 80 years and counting

Lewis Hamilton wins British Grand Prix from pole

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