Cyclone Dana: Lakhs evacuated; flights, trains suspended

As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at......

Will UP Startle Modi?

The best-case scenario is that the BJP will top out at around 50 seats in UP -- a drop of 12 from the 62 it had won in 2019. Taken in tandem with Maharashtra and Karnataka, this is what is likely......

Ever seen a hotel atop a railway track?

On Friday, July 16, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi virtually inaugurated a five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station in Gujarat. The redevelopment of the......

Nature Like Never Before

Extraordinary award-winning photographs from more than 20,000 images from all over the world. The Nature Photographer of the Year competition, organised by Nature Talks, showcases the artistry of......

No nod to projects in eco-sensitive zones: Ramesh

The National Board for Wildlife, headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, rejected some big projects, including a port project in Gujarat, signalling that the ministry would not clear projects......

Adani's coal project in Australia moves ahead with final okay

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday gave his final investment approval for the Indian conglomerate's controversy-hit 21.7 billion dollars coal mine project in Australia which had hit......

Essar Oil gets SC nod for Jamnagar project

In a boost to Essar group, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed it to go ahead with its Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) oil refinery project at Jamnagar in Gujarat, hanging fire for almost a decade......

Yes, even you can afford a yacht!

Companies offer partial ownership and timeshare, beside other combinations Owning a yacht is supposed to be the statement of ultimate luxury. Gautam Singhania of textile firm Raymond and Anil......

PIX: Paris 2024 Olympic Games Village inaugurated

IMAGE: A view of buildings at the Paris 2024 Olympic village on its inauguration day in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, France, on February 29, 2024. The village, constructed on a 52-hectare site is......

Macron promises to swim in dirty Seine river

Paris has been working on cleaning up the Seine so that people can swim in it again, as was the case during the 1900 Paris Olympics. But a sewer problem last summer led to the cancellation of a......

Tokyo Games: AMAZING Pix!

Please click on the images for a better look at the action. IMAGE: India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in action against Britain's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. Photograph: AP/PTI......

Korea's Park 'shocked' by failed dope test

Park Taehwan of South Korea leaves the pool after heat three of the Men's 200m Freestyle. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images Olympic swimming gold medallist Park Tae-hwan has been left......

One issue still clouding 2020 Olympic swimming venue...

IMAGE: Visitors stroll at Odaiba Marine Park, the venue for Marathon Swimming and Triathlon events during the Tokyo 2020 Games. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Tokyo 2020 organisers are......