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Rain fury claims 30 lives as 5th thunderstorm in a month batters Mumbai

Thirty people died in rain-related incidents as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled Mumbai, causing severe water logging and traffic disruptions in the financial......

Siachen Hero Colonel Narendra 'Bull' Kumar passes away

Colonel (retd) Narendra Kumar, a legendary mountaineer who had spotted Pakistani activities around the Siachen glacier in 1984 that helped India secure it subsequently, died on Thursday at the......

Do you know how Everest's height is calculated?

For one, triangles are involved, explains Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Mount Everest, as seen from the border of Nepal and China, looking north from Nepal. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Mount Everest's new height is 8,848.86 metres, say Nepal and China

Nepal and China on Tuesday jointly announced that the revised height of the world's highest peak Mount Everest was 8,848.86 metres, about 86 centimetres more than the previous measurement done by......

Will resolve issues with India through dialogue: Nepal PM to Gen Naravane

Problems between Nepal and India would be resolved through dialogue, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said on Friday during a meeting with Indian Army chief Gen. M M Naravane who paid a courtesy call......

The terrifying prospect of more job losses

'What we are going to see is a large number of white collar jobs getting lost.''Job loss can drive people to depression, drugs, alcoholism and even suicide as there is no one to turn to when they......

The Ford SUV experioence

The SUV craze is a worldwide phenomenon from America to Australia, and especially in South-East Asia.Thus to celebrate its 50 years of making SUVs, Ford invited MotorBeam all the way to the......

Hire American, lobby Indian

India's software industry mounts two-pronged campaign to tackle Trump administration. Ayan Pramanik & Karan Choudhury report. IMAGE: Large Indian firms like Tata Consultancy......

In defence of small shareholders

Sebi to fix promoters’ side deals with PE investors The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) decision to come out with regulations on corporate governance issues in......

Ratan Tata waxes eloquent on UP, Akhilesh

Says UP misunderstood and underplayed Tata Group chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata on Monday waxed eloquent about Uttar Pradesh (UP) and its chief minister Akhilesh Yadav during a brief visit to the......

What is Bollywood reading?

Welcome to the Bollywood Book Club! When not shining on the red carpet or in the movies, film folk are happy to bury themselves inside a good page-turner! From self-confessed bookworms to book club......

Bollywood's hottest producer is just 32!

Rustom, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, PadMan......Vishal Bhardwaj's next with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan, John Abraham's Parmanu, Anushka Sharma's Pari, Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath, Anil Kapoor and......

The 10 WORST Films of 2017

Sreehari Nair wasn't impressed with Rangoon at all.But find out which film tops his list! There's no glory in having on this list a Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana or a Ranchi Diaries. These......

PIX: Bhaichung Bhutia dances on The Kapil Sharma Show

Star sportspersons like footballer Bhaichung Bhutia, athlete Anju Bobby George, wrestler Sushil Kumar and mountaineer Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (he has climbed the Mount Everest six......

Box Office: Poor opening for Naam Shabana, Poorna

The hits and misses of the week. Moviegoers were treated to two films last week, Naam Shabana and Poorna. Where Naam Shabana -- a prequel to Akshay Kumar-starrer Baby -- got......

How Vijender Singh outgrew Olympic identity...

'Life is a new lesson every day.' With a month to go for the Tokyo Olympics Vijender Singh takes a trip down memory lane to relive one of the most iconic moments in Indian sport... India's first......

I'll remember this forever, says Djokovic after toppling Nadal

IMAGE: Novak Djokovic is the first player in 116 matches to beat Rafael Nadal in best-of-five sets on clay after losing the opener. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images World number one Novak......

Mountaineer Yadav's Everest summit climb fake

...Won't get Tenzing Norgay award: Ministry sources IMAGE: Narender Singh Yadav’s name had been withdrawn from the 2020 Tenzing Norgay Award list. Photograph: Mountaineer Narender......

Padma Shri for TT player Mouma Das, six other sportspersons

IMAGE: India's veteran TT player Mouma Das had won the Arjuna Award in 2013. Photograph: Jeremy Lee/Reuters Veteran table tennis player Mouma Das and the legendary PT Usha's coach Madhavan Nambiar......

You will always be my captain: Kohli to Dhoni one more time

Photograph: Kind courtesy BCCI Tributes continue to pour in for Mahendra Singh Dhoni with the game's governing body ICC saying that the former India skipper ‘inspired a whole generation and......

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