'Very thankful to #IndianNavy & all who rescued me,' Tomy was quoted as saying in the Indian Navy spokesman's tweet.
Economic slowdown and the high prices of fuel notwithstanding, car ownership across the world has been rising steadily.
The Kerala government has set up a web site, keralarescue.in, to coordinate relief and aid for the floods-affected people. It has also set up a website for online transfer of donations towards flood relief.
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
Urban households having car, air conditioners or computer/laptop with internet should be automatically excluded from the list of poor, suggested a Planning Commission-appointed expert group.
So, what's the problem if our present is screwed up when the future promises to be profitable? It's an Indian habit, notes Shyam G Menon.
Despite concerns about their safety and environment-friendliness, these vehicles could change the country's transport economy.
It is a timely reminder that when faced with twin threats, India has succeeded by wisely choosing allies, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Priced at Rs 19,999 for the 8GB RAM variant, the Realme X is a power performer; the phone's UI and plastic build are a bit of a let-down, however, says Khalid Anzar.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the last week.
Avid cyclists, newspaper vendors, milkmen and courier boys have come together to protest against West Bengal government's ban on cycles from city roads, reports Debaleena Sengupta.
The World Bank on Friday approved loans worth $405 million to promote environment-friendly urban transport projects in Andhra Pradesh.
The royal couple, who are on a five-day tour of Pakistan, took a ride in a decorated rickshaw fitted with lights to arrive at the venue of the dinner.
The Buxar jail, the only prison in the state having the required knowhow, received an instruction to the effect last week
The usually busy Greater Noida expressway is empty except small groups of commuters that gather at its sidelines, seeking lift from every passing vehicle.
The DMK's campaign appeared to be the most visible with propaganda at a feverish pace across the segment for the April 6 assembly polls and Stalin is the party's chief minister candidate.
It is important that urban planners for roads in cities make their outlook a little more inclusive and provide for reasonable space for pedestrians and cyclists on roads by protecting their right to use sidewalks.
When a manufacturer launches the fifth generation of a product, it is given that earlier avatars hit the mark. Ditto for the new Honda City, the latest version of which also brings in sweeping changes to the carmaker's product strategy for the Indian market, says Pavan Lall.
In fact, bullock carts have vanished not just from towns but even in Kerala villages they are increasingly become curious objects from a distant past. Proliferation of all kinds of motorised goods vehicles from trucks to three-wheelers, and development of road network linking every nook and cranny of the state have made the oxen carts to recede into history in Kerala.
Environmentalists suspect that the cause of death of these endangered turtles could be sea pollution and mechanised fishing activity.
Ola, which is now present in seven cities in the UK, said its easy-to-use app would transform commuting experiences in these areas providing the community with greater travel choice as well as quicker and easier access to cabs.
For this mechanical engineer working with UDHE - an engineering, procurement and construction company - the fascination with the miniature trains is almost encyclopaedic and he's certainly not new to the hobby.
'The rickshaw is undoubtedly the ultimate long-distance, off-road machine, says Dr Mark Cunningham-Hill, who will take part in a two-week rickshaw race to raise $15,000 for clean water in India.
According to rescue officer Phil Gaden in Australia, Tomy had a severely injured back.
Kanyaboyina Sudhakar, founder of the world's first museum for handmade cars, designed a car that looks like a giant football.
Brighton, a popular sea resort of Britain, has got 12 three-wheelers from Bajaj.
Monga said the most difficult stretches they hoped to come across will be the icy wastelands of Siberia, Iceland and Greenland.
The seventh Indo-Russian joint training exercise INDRA-2015 commenced on Monday at Mahajan field firing range in Bikaner.
Prop Ben Darwin, who had to be stretchered from the field with his neck in a brace, is unlikely to be fit for the final.
Parvati was waiting on the banks of Mahanadi river for her uncle to come for fishing when a motorised boat capsized.
India's Bajaj Auto Ltd said on Monday its Akurdi plant in Pune would resume working for six days a week, 20 months after the company cut the number to five.\n\n\n\n
'To deal with a bully, you have to deal from a position of strength, not a position of weakness.'
The company has introduced motorised boats in Mandovi river, which is the major river in the coastal state, with vast picturesque backwaters.
Mahindra to sell Peugeot scooters in North Africa
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Moments that show it's an odd, odd world we live in
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Any unexpected expense can disturb the finely-balanced budget of middle-class individual. That's when a motor insurance policy comes as a saviour
Much of what Gili offers are experiences not strongly defined by geographical coordinates. It's found in the warmth of the locals who love their land, who welcome strangers and find ways to make them feel at home, reveals Nikita Puri.
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