Silkyara tunnel work to resume after safety audit, repairs

The 4.5 kilometre-long Silkyara tunnel project in Uttarakhand, which is part of the central government's strategic 900-km 'Char Dham Yatra All Weather Road', will continue after the necessary......

'Even earthquakes don't leave such wide cracks'

'The cracks I saw yesterday were the largest I have seen in my life. We are scared.' All Photographs and Videos: Kind courtesy Vijayant Rawat Two nights ago when Vijayant Rawat's mother woke up in......

Houses develop cracks in J-K's Doda, 19 families shifted

Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said on Friday. IMAGE: Cracks have been developed in a house as......

Snowfall, rain lash 'sinking' Joshimath

Snowfall and rain lashed subsidence-hit Joshimath on Friday, intensifying the cold and adding to the woes of people living in temporary relief camps. IMAGE: A man looks at frozen water in Subhai......

A luxurious alternative for pilgrims

Even while travel agents SOTC, Thomas Cook and Cox & Kings are drawing departure schedules for passengers travelling to Singapore, Malaysia or Mauritius, lesser known travel company Leisure Hotels......

Helipads on Indian highways? Soon

To meet the exigencies on highways, the civil aviation ministry has suggested to the surface transport ministry to earmark space for helipads every 100 kilometres on major national highways and......

Kirani creates value with start-ups

He is a typical hardened Silicon Valley person. Building scale, creating value is no small achievement. Shekhar Kirani, who recently joined global venture capital firm Accel India as a venture......

Google joins hands with Band of Angels

The company, which has been acquiring mature companies across the world, is doing something different in India-- taking the angel investing route in an effort to tap ideas and talent pool. Google,......

'Tendulkar has lost his fighting abilities'

Readers' responses toThe naked and the dead feature: It is SPOT ON.I feel we r saying this day only because of our seniors (namely Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman).Please make no......