A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition.
India has just had one of the worst quarters in export earnings.
One employee on roller-skates can now operate a 120-150-ft spinning frame with 1,000 needles as it weaves cotton fibre into yarn, a task that used to require two on foot.
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel charged to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday after denying McLaren's Lewis Hamilton the top slot in the final seconds of qualifying.
'You cannot treat workers like beggars.'
The urban, more sophisticated buyer will favour the BR-V over the Scorpio
Sudhir Bisht seeks some answers not from the biggest superstar India has seen but from the lovable Prem of the silver screen.
A study says shortage of skilled workers, inferior quality and inadequate highway infrastructure can defeat Indian carmakers.
Fernando Alonso has had the French Grand Prix on his mind ever since he tried and failed to find a way past McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton at Indianapolis.
The 22-year-old BMW Sauber driver said he remembers "nearly everything" about the crash.
The BMW Sauber driver escaped serious injury after suffering an horrific crash in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Cartoon characters created and developed in local animation studios are enchanting Indian kids like never before, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Red Bull designer Adrian Newey went back to his drawing board on Thursday after another nightmare day for the Formula One champions in pre-season testing in southern Spain.
Kolkata's Shrachi group has joined hands with two non-resident Indians for a housing complex exclusively for NRIs and their parents living in India.
A strong rupee has badly hit the Tirupur knit garment manufacturers in Tamil Nadu.
Buoyed by staggering sales of Tata's Ace, the one-tonne mini-truck launched mid-2005, Mahindra & Mahindra, Ashok Leyland Ltd, Bajaj Auto Ltd, Piaggio and Hyundai
The lumbering Ambassador and Fiat cars, it ruled the Indian roads throughout the 1970s, while the Rajdoot and Jawa as well as the old Royal Enfield motorcycles trailed far behind.
'The most ambitious part of the BAE-HAL agreement involves building an advanced version of the Hawk, which could be used as a light, manoeuvrable, fighter that could operate in the narrow valleys of India's Himalayan frontier, where high-performance fighters cannot turn,' reports Ajai Shukla.
Two British newspapers related on Tuesday how Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho once allegedly hid in a laundry basket used for transporting the club's kit to get round a UEFA ban covering a big game.
For this 18-year-old boy, his handicap is just another motivating factor. Crippled by a wrong diagnosis of his polio and its subsequent medication by a village doctor when he was just one-year-old, Gulshan Kumar has come a long way.
Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Retail is planning a second-hand car market venture on the lines of Maruti's True Value and Mahindra's Automart.
The destinations have a lot to offer in terms of adventure, culture and entertainment.
'We are in the reverse gear and we are not there anywhere compared to the rest of the world'
With new batting hero Paul Valthaty in scorching form, hosts Kings XI Punjab may have a slight edge when they clash with a struggling Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League clash in Mohali on Thursday.
Apart from around 40 Japanese companies and five global vendors of MG Motor India, many other biggies are eyeing Gujarat for either greenfield opportunities or brownfield expansion.
If you want to stay slim, healthy and productive, you need at least eight and a half hours of sleep a day, says an expert.
The new Ferrari F2007 is a stunning piece of work, a visual delight capable of revving up to 19,000 rpm.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
BMW dealers have been supplying the M3 and M5 for a while now, but come April 2007, BMW India might think about pushing itself in an even bigger way.
True blue adventure-tourer or Ninja 650 on stilts? Ravi Ved puts the Versys 650 through its paces to find the answer!
Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin does not face any threat to his full-fledged succession as DMK chief, just now. If he were to face any threat, it would only be against 'non-performance' as the party boss, N Sathiya Moorthy.
Setting the ambitious target of becoming the third largest two-wheeler maker in the world, Bajaj Auto Ltd on Thursday announced entry into the Indonesian market with the launch of its 180 cc Pulsar DTS-i motorcycle.
The first-ever trial train to Kashmir took off for the Valley on Tuesday not on traditional tracks but on the 300 km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
The Indian driver says he would like to take the place of Williams test driver Alex Wurz's, who has been promoted as one of the team's two race drivers.
The MG Hector has grabbed a lot of attention and interest, especially for its segment-above technologies.
Is the Activa 5G the same old 4G in some fancy colours, or does it pack more? Nabeel Khan has the answers.
Formula One will not subsidise any race there despite last year's fiasco at Indianapolis, according to Bernie Ecclestone.
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
By 2030 India will be among top three countries in science and technology: PM
About two dozen car & SUV models and two-wheelers lined up for launch
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