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Tsunami alert as 7.5 magnitude tremor rocks Japan; 32K homes face power cut

After the powerful earthquake and aftershocks on Monday, more than 32,500 homes in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture are without power, CNN reported citing Hokuriku Electric Power. IMAGE: Road cracks......

It's Raining Billions For Gujarat!

It's boom time for election-bound Gujarat as Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's government has been announcing project after project before the dates for the assembly election are announced......

Riot woes forced Rao govt to drop plan to bring Netaji's ashes to India: Kin

The P V Narasimha Rao government in the 1990s had been on the verge of bringing to India the ashes, believed to be the mortal remains of Subhas Chandra Bose now kept at the Renkoji Temple in Japan,......

10 Years On, Lessons from Fukushima

'The lessons learnt from the triple disaster have put Japan's energy future on the right path,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE: A woman weeps after an earthquake and tusnami destroyed the city of......

An Ambassador and A Gentleman

The description of his career by Ambassador Nazareth in his elegant language, judicious choice of details, without ego or malice to anyone, shows that it had its ups and downs, triumphs and......

Bullet train faces hurdles down the line

The high-speed train line in a region already well-connected by rail, road and airways may have to struggle to stay viable, says Sudheer Pal Singh. Japan's Nozomi bullet train. Photograph: Reuters......

Factors that helped Honda's turnaround

The turnaround in Honda Cars’ fortune in India is as much a result of the general uptick in consumer sentiment as it is about the company’s relentless focus on quality, rues Rohit......

Why govt should scrap Adani's Mundra plan

By refusing permission for the proposed ship-breaking facility, India can send a categorical message to the foreign ship owning countries that they should keep their own waste and recycle it, feels......

Toyota wins back world's top auto sales crown from GM

Toyota Motor Corp regained the crown as the world's top selling automaker in 2012, posting record-high sales and beating rivals General Motors and Volkswagen. Toyota said on Monday it sold 9.75......

Father of Prius hybrid to become Toyota chairman

The man who led the development of Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid car is set to become the Japanese automaker's chairman as early as this year, said two senior executives familiar with the......

Watch Aishwarya's Romance Gone Wrong On OTT

Royal tragedies, loony vampires, nuclear disasters, scoop hunters becoming the story, all that and more on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this......

Review: Kai Po Che is a very fine film

Kai Po Che works because of its earnest and very talented cast, writes Aseem Chhabra. We can blame Farhan Akhtar for it. Or maybe even thank him for starting the trend of male bonding in......

Rajini, Deepika to visit Japan for Kochadaiyaan premiere

While the release date in December for Rajinikanth's eagerly-awaited opus Kochadaiyaanis being worked out, it's quite clear that this is no run-of-the-mill release for a Rajinikanth starrer. All......

PICS: Pandemic Games end as Tokyo douses Olympic flame

Images from Sunday's closing ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics. IMAGE: A General view of the fireworks during the closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. Photograph: Maxim......

PICS: Tokyo Olympics kicks off with glittering ceremony

IMAGE: Fireworks during Friday's Olympics opening ceremony are seen above the Olympic stadium in Tokyo from the Shibuya Sky observation deck. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Thy sky over the......

Tokyo Games: Who will Light The Flame?

IMAGE: Naomi Osaka will be a heavy favourite to triumph on the hardcourts in Tokyo. Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images Battered by scandal on the eve of the opening ceremony, Tokyo 2020......

Tokyo Olympics: First COVID case found at athletes' village

IMAGE: So far, more than 40 people involved in the Games, including both domestic and foreign nationals, have tested positive. The latest case is the first at the 44-hectare athletes' village on......

Several cases of COVID-19 reported at Tokyo Olympics hotel

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Tokyo Olympics/Twitter A COVID-19 cluster at a Japanese hotel where dozens of Brazilian Olympic team members are staying raised new concerns about infections at the Tokyo......

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