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'Paatal Lok': Mumbai to get underground tunnels to ease traffic

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said his government is creating a vast underground network of tunnels across Mumbai to ease congestion, describing it in a lighter vein as......

Sardar Patel, The Man Who United India

The rising tide of Indian nationalism meant that the people of princely states now were keen to become a part of a united and integrated India rather than remain subjects of a princely state. The......

Swift Rescue: Army Builds Bridge Overnight

IMAGE: Indian Army builds bridge in 18 hours to rescue villagers. Photograph: ANI Anant Ambani Joins Lalbaugcha Raja's visarjan in Mumbai. The Top Videos of the Week, listed by Shailajanand......

BMC scraps Turkish robotic lifebuoy deal over Pak support

The Mumbai civic body has scrapped its plan to procure Turkey-made robotic lifebuoys for deployment across half-a-dozen beaches, officials said, a move coming in the backdrop of Ankara facing......

Uddhav, Raj to hold joint march against 'Hindi imposition'

Estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will unite for the cause of the Marathi language, as their parties will stage a joint protest against the 'imposition' Hindi and the state government's......

Mumbai set for more seaplane services

Country's first seaplane operator Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt Ltd (MEHAIR) successfully carried out the trial run for its first intra-city service on Wednesday. Image: MEHAIR conducted......

Mumbaikars can travel in a seaplane soon!

The service will provide Mumbaikars the opportunity to travel in a unique, exciting and quick mode of transport between Juhu and Girgaum Chowpatty. The much-delayed seaplane service......

Viral Acharya: A common man's central banker

Be it bad loans resolution or his uncanny focus on inflation fighting which earned him criticism of being a policy hawk, Acharya was at the centre of it all and deftly steered the policy machinery.......

3rd phase of Mumbai Metro may start in Dec

Mumbai Metro I. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com The construction of the proposed 32.5 km-long, Rs 23,136 crore (Rs 231.36 billion) Mumbai Metro Phase III project between Cuffe Parade in......

Make in India Week nets Rs 15.2 lakh cr commitments

Maharashtra could become the gateway for the rest of the country. The week-long Make in India event in Mumbai has secured investment commitments worth Rs 15.2 lakh crore, with host state......

Vinod Khanna hospitalised

Vinod Khanna has been hospitalised due to 'severe dehydration.' Khanna was hospitalised at the HN Reliance Foundation and Research Centre in Girgaum on Friday, March 31. His son, Rahul,......

Preity to appear in court in Salman-Ash tapes case

Preity Zinta will be examined as a chief witnesson January 23 in a defamation case she filed against a Mumbai-based tabloid in 2005, her lawyer Sandeep Kapur said. The actress was expected to......

'Sanjay Leela Bhansali has taken a liking for me'

'I am going to direct a film for him.''He thinks I will make a good film.''For me, that in itself is an award.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rohit Roy/Instagram Rohit Roy -- who was last seen in......

Deepika Padukone dines with the xXx team

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Deepika Padukone seems to be having fun shooting for the Vin Diesel-starrer xXx: The Return of Xander Cage in Toronto. She......

'I am alive because of Amitabh Bachchan'

'One day, I interviewed Aruna Irani. Afterwards, Mehmood called me and said, ‘What did you ask Aruna and what did she say? People are flocking around wherever I go and they are upset with......

'Vinod Khanna ji, Om Shanti!'

The sports fraternity has come in unison to offer their condolences over the demise of veteran actor-politician Vinod Khanna, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 70. Vinod Khanna passes away......

Military Games triathlon, sailing in Mumbai

Twenty-seven top male and female triathletes, who have already qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, are in the fieldfor thetriathlon event of the fourth Military World Games (MWG), to be held......

Indian sailors take day 1 honours

India took the honours on day one of the Asian Sailing Championships 2004, winning eight races out of a total of 28 sailed on the four courses spread out over the Mumbai Harbour and the Girgaum......