2 die as Cyclone Remal tears through Bengal, heavy rain to continue

At least two persons died in West Bengal and its coastal areas suffered extensive damage to infrastructure and property, as Cyclone Remal tore through the state and neighbouring Bangladesh with......

Why is the Congress aggressively defending Chidambaram?

It is no longer about A Raja alone. It is not even truly about P Chidambaram. It is about rescuing Dr Manmohan Singh, says T V R Shenoy. Why is the Congress so aggressive in its defence of P......

Spare me the morality stuff

There's a stretch of four-lane divided highway along the shore in the Bombay suburb of Bandra. It is supposed to feed you on to the famous Bandra-Worli sealink, once the sealink is completed. For......

PHOTOS: When the 'tide of the century' hit France

A supertide turned France’s famed Mont Saint-Michel into an island and then retreated out of sight, delighting thousands of visitors who came to see the rare phenomenon. The so-called......