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Mumbai man falls to death from 18th floor while defecating

A 52-year-old man with an upset stomach died after falling from the 18th floor of a building in Mumbai on Sunday while defecating from the edge of a shaft, an official said. Image has been posted......

PHOTOS: Sunken carrier MV Rak leaks oil

An oil leak was on Sunday reported from the Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off the city coast earlier this week due to ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said. "Since......

Oil leaks reported from sunken carrier MV Rak

An oil leak was on Sunday reported from the Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off the city coast earlier this week due to ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said. "Since......

Pix: Dramatic rescue of sinking ship's crew off Mumbai coast

On Thursday morning, Coast Guard officials rescued as many as 30 crewmembers from the cargo vessel MV RAK, even as 3/4th of the 225 meter-long vessel had sunk into the choppy waters of......

Mumbai: Dramatic rescue of 30 crew of sinking ship

On Thursday morning, Coast Guard officials rescued as many as 30 crewmembers from the cargo vessel MV RAK, even as 3/4th of the 225 meter-long vessel had sunk into the choppy waters of theArabian......

RAK Airways to start India flights in April

UAE-based carrier RAK Airways will start services from Ras Al-Khaimah to five Indian destinations, including New Delhi and Mumbai from April this year. "Services to Mumbai, Delhi, Trivandrum, Kochi......

UltraTech Cement to acquire 23% in India Cements

The country's leading cement maker UltraTech on Thursday said it will acquire a 23 per cent stake in its Chennai-based rival India Cements Ltd, in a deal estimated to be around Rs 1,885 crore.......

SBI, 25 other major Indian banks figure in suspicious transactions list

Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI. It must be noted that these transactions are not outright evidence of fraud or proof of nefarious activities. Illustration: Uttam......

Wishlist: What Budget 2010 should be like

B G Vyas, President, RAK Ceramics "After the downturn, it is expected that the housing sector, especially affordable housing, will witness a new boom phase. However, to make these houses really......

World's 10 worst oil disasters

With M V Rak Carrier, a 722-feet vessel that recently sank off the Mumbai coast, leaking tonnes of oil into the sea, let us have a look at worst oil disasters in the world. An oil spill is a......

7 shades of emotion, Bollywood style

Love, fear, sadness, and much more, seen through the filmi lens. Hindi film songs contain many beautiful emotions. Dinesh Raheja, who has written 101 Haiku, tries to capture these eternal emotions,......

Eye on '23 WC: India start 50 over auditions

IMAGE: Just like the dilemmas of T20Is, Indian coach Rahul Dravid will have a lot on his plate. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Copping a lot of flak for its archaic approach in T20Is, the Indian......

Half marathon world record smashed!

IMAGE: Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh in action before finishing in the women's marathon. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh smashed the half marathon world record by 20 seconds......

West Ham United sack manager Slaven Bilic

IMAGE: Under manager Slaven Bilic, West Ham United won just two of their 11 matches of the EPL season thus far. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters West Ham United have sacked manager......

BCCI clean chit 'a piece of paper', has no bearing on police case

The Board of Control for Cricket in India may have given a clean chit to Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, but......

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