'We're going to bring these kids home'

'I would put my hand in the ground and have a little listen to what the mountain was doing.''Actually, it was still collapsing.''And there was a very real possibility that at some stage, without......

Tunnel nightmare over, all 41 trapped workers rescued at last!

Rescue workers on Tuesday night pulled out all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation that hovered between hope and despair for 16 days. IMAGE:......

How rat-hole mining may save 41 workers trapped in tunnel

Rescuers have fallen back on the rat-hole mining technique to evacuate 41 labourers trapped in a tunnel in this Uttarakhand district for 16 days, following the failure of a heavy machine to drill......

'Some good news' expected by evening: Worker at Silkyara tunnel

Rescuers at Silkyara tunnel have crossed the 50-metre mark and they need to dig through around 10 metres of rubble using rat-hole mining technique to bring out the 41 workers trapped there for the......

RBI urged to provide names of big loan defaulters

The CIC's directive came while deciding on a plea by Lucknow-based activist Nutan Thakur, who had based her RTI application on some media reports that RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya in a lecture......

Chappells tell Adanis coal mine could affect cricketing ties

90 prominent Australians warn Indian energy giant Adani that its controversial coal mine project in Queensland could damage bilateral ties and even affect sporting links. Cricket legends Ian......

Emerging markets facing 5th year of slow growth: World Bank

Emerging markets, with the exception of India, are facing their fifth consecutive year of slow growth and a possibly longer period of sluggish performance than previously thought, the World Bank......

Clams and snails inspire gen-next robots

Researchers have developed a robotic snail that can climb walls and stick to overhead surfaces much like its living counterpart. The robot can have potential uses in invasive surgery and oil well......

2021 Oscar nominations: The Complete List

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Academy Awards nominations on March 15. It must have been a thrill for the actress to announce her film, The White Tiger, in the& Best Adapted......

Uri: Election propaganda or genre flick?

'This is a movie made with this gaze fixed on its immediate well-wishers, while at the same time it squints hard looking for those swaying back and forth on the fence,' notes Rohit Sathish Nair.......

Review: Gurgaon is supremely entertaining

Director Shanker Raman, with an appetite for noir and a natural temperament for fast-cutting, takes you so swiftly and so deeply inside Gurgaon's anomie that you may mistake his vision of the city......

Rangoon and the dangers of straining for poetry

'In Vishal Bhardwaj's now fully set world of manufactured poetry, characters wear their emotions at their most prescribed anatomical positions -- courage on their chins, pride over their chests,......

10 all out! The lowest score in T20 cricket...

IMAGE: Six players in the Isle of Man's line-up were dismissed for a duck, while Joseph Burrows was their highest scorer with four runs. Photograph: BCCI The Isle of Man were bowled out by Spain......

Rooney to become DC United manager?

IMAGE: Wayne Rooney had been in talks with the US club for weeks, according to the reports on Sunday, and will replace interim coach Chad Ashton, who took charge after the departure of Hernan......

Rugby World Cup: New Zealand take third place with win over Wales

  IMAGE: New Zealand's Sonny Bill Williams in action Wales' Justin Tipuric and James Davies. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Reuters The All Blacks bid farewell to coach Steve Hansen and......

Chappell brothers ask Adani to abandon Australian project

'We are writing to respectfully ask you to abandon the Adani Group's proposal in Queensland's Galilee Basin...Pollution from burning coal was the single biggest driver of global warming,......

Lukaku sinks Chelsea, Costa sent off in FA Cup

Image: Everton's Romelu Lukaku celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Reuters. Romelu Lukaku scored two goals for Everton, one demonstrating rare strength and skill, to knock his old......