When A PM Miraculously Escaped Air Crash

Wing Commander Raveendran and Flight steward Sargeant Iyer, though shaken and injured, managed to open the rear door of the aircraft and shouted for the prime minister and other passengers in the......

India, Don't Spurn Bangladesh

Half of all medical tourists arriving in India, some 325,000 out of a total of 635,000 annually, are Bangladeshis, explains Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Devotees pray to Lokenath Brahmachari as they......

Timeline of train accidents over the last 10 years

At least 70 people died and 350 were injured on Friday in a triple train crash in Odisha's Balasore district, one of the worst train accidents in recent history. Following are the major train......

Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Exp derails in TN; 1 dead, 33 hurt

One person was killed and 33 others injured when 11 bogies of Bangalore-bound Muzaffarpur-Yesvantpur Express derailed at Sitheri, about 90 km from Chennai, early Wednesday morning.  Vellore......

IOC investing Rs 12,000cr to meet Euro-IV deadline

Indian Oil Corporation is investing over Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) in upgrading its seven refineries to produce Euro-III and Euro-IV grade petrol and diesel from April 2010. "All our......

Oxford adopts franchise model

Oxford Bookstore is in expansion mode and is adopting the franchise model for growth.The bookstore has already tied up franchisees for stores in five cities -- Guwahati, Kochi, Nagpur, Ahmedabad......

55 new trains to be introduced

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav announced 55 new trains in the Rail Budget 2006-07 for different destinations across the country.The new trains included 27 weekly, five bi-weekly, five......

Mamata Budget offers 57 new trains

Fifty-sevennew trainswereproposedby the railways ministerMamata Banerjee as she presentedthe Railway Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Friday.These are: 1. Vishakhapatnam-Secunderabad-Mumbai......

Ranji Trophy: Bengal rout Hyderabad in 3 days

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday. IMAGE: Mumbai's Sarfaraz Khan celebrates after scoring his century on the third day of the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh at......

FIFA team inspects Cooperage ground as part of U-17 WC preparation

A two-member FIFA team visited the refurbished Cooperage football ground in Mumbai on Sunday to have a look at its artificial playing surface and other amenities as part of their inspection of......

India to bid for 2015 and 2016 Club World Cup football: AIFF

Buoyed after the country was awarded the 2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup'S hosting rights, the All India Football Federation is set to bid for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Club World......