'No emergency exit was built inside the tunnel'

'If you are constructing the tunnel in the Himalayan region, then if you have constructed 10 metres of tunnel, first you will have to do proper treatment and ensure the stability of this......

Land-for-jobs scam: ED attaches Rs 6-cr assets of Lalu's family, firms

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 6 crore belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad's family -- his wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa......

Why BJP Retained Coastal Karnataka

'We will win all the 28 Lok Sabha seats in 2024.' IMAGE: A Bharatiya Janata Party road show in Suratkal in the Mangaluru City North constituency Photograph: Kind courtesy Dr Bharath Shetty......

Amid defeat, BJP retains its hold in coastal Karnataka

Even as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was defeated in the Karnataka assembly elections, the party retained its traditional stronghold in the coastal region by securing victories in 11 of the 13......

After floods, mainstay of religious tourism in danger of drowning

The suspension of the Char Dham Yatra this year and its cancellation the next will be a huge blow to Uttarakhand’s unorganised sector The earth movers on the banks of the Assiganga, a......

NTPC compensation: PowerMin to move Cabinet plan

The power ministry will soon put up a proposal to the Union Cabinet for compensating state-run NTPC, whose upcoming 600-MW hydro-power project at Loharinag Pala in Uttarakhand was scrapped recently......

Water woes: Rajasthan eyes community solutions

With the water crisis worsening in the desert state of Rajasthan, the state government is now focusing on community-based water management solutions instead of predominantly engineering-based ones.......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

How Manikarnika became Jhansi ki Rani

10 Things You Didn't Know About Manikarnika, Rani of Jhansi. Kangana Ranaut promises to give us a history lesson on the Rani of Jhansi in her new film, Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. One of......

Kamal Haasan delivers with Manmadhan Ambu

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Tamil film Manmadhan Ambu. Post YOUR reviews here! There are several things going for Red Giant's Manmadhan Ambu (Cupid's Arrow), but chief of them all is Manush......

My Dada Sunil Gavaskar

To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre. IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar bats during the second Test against......

Dhoni-Sakshi to tie knot at Vasundhara's farmhouse

The wedding ceremony of India's star cricketer and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be solemnized Sunday night, with Sakshi Rawat at a private farmhouse belonging to former Rajasthan Chief......