Heavy rains in Chennai: Rail, road transport affected

In view of heavy rains that led to inundation in Chennai, vehicular traffic, bus and train services were hit on Sunday. IMAGE: A street is waterlogged after heavy rainfall, in Chennai on Sunday.......

DGCA bars use of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has barred the operation of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode airport this monsoon "out of abundant caution", a senior official said, adding that the......

'Jan Aakrosh': Opposition hits the streets against note ban

Dubbing the BJP-led government at the Centre as "anti-poor", Opposition parties on Monday hit the streets across the country to protest the note scrapping decision. During their 'Jan Aakrosh......

12 bogies of Malabar Express derail, rail traffic hit in Kerala

Passengers of the Mangaluru-bound Malabar Express escaped unhurt on Sunday when 12 bogies of the train derailed amid heavy rains at Karukutty, about 45 km from Kochi, disrupting rail traffic in......

The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges

Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian......

Airlines operate all-women crew flight

Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara also operated all women crew flights, though on their domestic network. Several domestic airlines on Tuesday operated all-women crew flights to mark the......

Railway safety? Ministry requires more than just funding

Rail minister Suresh Prabhu has called for implementation of a zero accident mission The rail ministry’s plan to seek around Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) funding for the Special Railway......

Iran crisis may hit expansion of Indian refiners

Amid insurance woes, the US sanctions on Iran may well cast a shadow on expansion plans by Indian refiners.According to an official source, the Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80-billion) capacity expansion......

Nadiya Kollapetta Rathri review

There is a pattern in which an investigative story moves in Malayalam films and it is always in a moving vehicle that the narrative goes forward irrespective of the vehicle, which has come a long......

Readers' choice on the best, worst actors of 2002

Thu Dec 26 21:01:21 2002 Name:ajit gokhaleCity, Country:usaYour Views:I think Anil kapoor was the best in Nayak.He is an in-depth actor above all the current crop. (I think Amitabh is running out......