Indians Star In World's Toughest Race

Race Across America -- which spans a little over 3,000 miles, from the west coast of the US to its east -- is often called the toughest race in the world.Indian cyclists are now returning multiple......

Biparjoy: No power in hundreds of villages; roads, houses damaged

Cyclone Biparjoy has left a trail of destruction in Gujarat's Kutch and Saurashtra regions as some 1,000 villages are still without power with hundreds of electric poles getting damaged, while......

Tauktae to Fani: A look at India's deadliest cyclones

Cyclone Biparjoy, packing maximum sustained winds with speeds of up to 145 kmph, is swirling towards the Gujarat coast and is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port in Kutch district. With the......

Cyclone Biparjoy heads towards Gujarat-Maharashtra coasts

A deep depression over the southeast Arabian Sea intensified into cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' on Tuesday evening, the India meteorological department said. IMAGE: Satellite image taken between 03:00......

Rainfall deficiency hits 43%; monsoon progress likely in the next 2-3 days: IMD

By now, monsoon should have reached the central India, including parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, eastern Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, but it is yet to reach Maharashtra. Monsoon is expected to......

Vayu weakens monsoon, raising spectre of drought

By June 14, the monsoon should have reached central India. But this year it hasn’t even covered Karnataka properly or entered the Northeast. The monsoon, which has entered a prolonged lull......

Divided over a river, TN, Karnataka to join hands for defence corridor

The corridor is expected to attract around Rs 1,250 billion investment and create 4,00,000 jobs. It will start from Mysore, pass through Bengaluru in Karnataka, to connect with Chennai, Coimbatore,......

Will high freight rates resuscitate India's shipping cos?

Many companies have seen margins improving but it’s not significant and shipping companies are still not breaking even. Shipping freight rates are rising on the back of the commodity boom.......

Wild Karnataka, India's first natural history film

After four years in the making, a band of 20 film-makers were left with 400 hours of footage for what is now India's first blue chip natural history film.Nikitta Puri reports. All Photographs:......

Aus club cricketer takes six wickets in six balls!

IMAGE: The Mudgeeraba Nerang & Districts Cricket Club and Gareth Morgan (ball in hand) celebrate their win. Photograph: Facebook Gareth Morgan, a third division club cricketer from Australia, has......

National Games: Swimmers Advait, Sajan make splash

  IMAGE: Shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and K Sai Prateek made a perfect start to their journey as a mixed doubles pair, winning 21-16, 21-13 victory over Rohan Kapoor and Kanika Kanwal (Delhi) to......

PHOTOS: Birthday-boy Mithun 'tricks' Karnataka to Vijay Hazare title

Karnataka fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun takes last over hat-trick in rain-hit final. IMAGE: Karnataka's Abhimanyu Mithun celebrates taking a hat-trick during the Vijay Hazare Trophy final against......

Sports Shorts: Meet India's new 400m champ

Vismaya beats Hima Das in 400m at Indian GP IMAGE: VK Vismaya crosses finish line. Photograph: PTI V K Vismaya stunned her fancied opponents, M R Poovamma and Hima Das, to win the gold medal in......

PHOTOS: Telangana CM felicitates CWG medal winners Nehwal, Sindhu

IMAGE: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao felecitates Saina Nehwal. Photograph: PTI Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, on Saturday, felicitated 2018 Commonwealth Games......