Covid eclipses Christmas festivities for second year

Christmas was celebrated across the country on Saturday, but the festivities were low-key for the second year in a row due to Covid, with churches and other events witnessing lower footfalls,......

PIX: India takes 1st step to end COVID with vaccine

More than one crore cases and 1.5 lakh fatalities later, India on Saturday took its first steps out of the pandemic with shots of the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines being administered at medical......

Icy winds sweep North India, Kanpur hits zero-degree mark

Cold wave conditions persisted in northern states of the country on Tuesday, with Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur hitting the zero-degree mark and Sikar in Rajasthan recording a low of 1 degree Celsius.......

Colours splashed all over: People revel in Holi celebrations

IMAGE: Girls dance as they celebrate Holi in Guwahati on Thursday. Photograph: PTI Photo  People in several states across the country smeared each other with colours, exchanged greetings......

Mamata keen to start a rail coach factory in Singur

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, while flagging off the new Singur-Howrah 'Andolan' suburban train on Sunday said that her ministry was ready to set a rail coach factory at Singur, if......

Bullet trains need to be affordable to all: Bansal

Reluctant to draw a timeline for the launch of bullet trains in the country, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday said they need to be made affordable for common man and not just for the......

Railway Stations Authority to be developed on lines of AAI

The Centre is working on the formation of Railway Stations Authority of India on the lines of Airports Authority of India to develop modern railway stations across the country with advanced......

Railways to start Bharat Teerth tourist trains

To promote tourism, Railways will be launching 16 special Bharat Teerth trains connecting popular tourist sites as also pilgrimage centres in different parts of the country. "The running of Bharat......

Women's U-19 World Cup: Meet the winners

They can't be anonymous anymore. But, even in a cricket- obsessed India, very few would have heard of them before their campaign in the U-19 World Cup culminated in the country's maiden ICC triumph......