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At 110 kmph, Cyclone Dana begins landfall on Odisha coast; no casualty

The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' began on Odisha coast on Thursday night and was expected to continue till Friday morning, the Indian Meteorological Department said. IMAGE: As......

Cyclone Dana: Lakhs evacuated; flights, trains suspended

As Cyclone Dana barrels toward the coasts of Odisha, threatening to impact nearly half of the state's population, the government is racing against time to execute a massive evacuation plan aimed at......

Man-animal conflict a key poll issue in Pilibhit LS constituency

Even as political leaders are talking of development, modernisation and progress in election rallies, people about 300 villages in the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency are still facing one of the......

SEE: Bulldozers used to shower petals on UP MLAs visiting Ayodhya

Over 300 Uttar Pradesh legislators packed in 10 buses and some cars travelled Sunday from Lucknow to the new Ayodhya Ram Mandir, a state government-organised event skipped only by the opposition......

MoSha Know Yogi Is His Own Master

In the recent past, Adityanath and the RSS seem to have come closer.The warmth is more on the part of the RSS.And even now, not all requests from the RSS are accommodated by the UP government,......

2 arrested in connection with seizure of Rs 5.63 cr in new notes

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested two persons in connection with the Income Tax department's recent seizure of Rs 5.63 crore in new currency notes from several individuals in......

Regulate Internet calls, disallow Internet.org-like app: DoT

A government panel on Net neutrality has proposed to regulate domestic calls made using Internet-based calling applications such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber at par with phone call services......

Slots of 'sacked' independent directors lie vacant at Oil PSUs

Months after the BJP government sacked most of the independent directors at top oil PSUs, the boards of blue chip firms like ONGC and GAIL are functioning with most of those positions still lying......

Adani, Tata Power get tariff relief

In a move that could turn around the fortunes of two imported coal-based power plants in Gujarat, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has allowed compensation of Rs 830 crore (Rs......

Government to consider power CEOs' demands

A committee of secretaries, headed by Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Pulok Chaterjee, agreed to consider power industry's demands placed before it at a meeting on Wednesday.The demands by......

The Top Performances by Tamil Actresses in 2013

The Tamil film industry has always been unfair to actresses; their role is usually ornamental, to add a touch of glamour or to support the super hero. But this year, we saw a handful of impeccable......

Vidiyum Munn is brilliant

The stark simplicity of the dialogues, the well-etched characters, the intriguing plot, the captivating music, the cinematography, but most of all the brilliant twist at the end makes Director......

Vidiyum Munn: A film on sex worker trying to stop child prostitution

Los Angeles based artist Balaji K Kumar has made his first film, Vidiyum Munn (Before Sunrise). The buzz around this small film is high in the social media. Pooja Umashankar who had wowed everyone......

Pooja: Shah Rukh Khan is very famous in Sri Lanka

Ullam Ketumae, a film directed by the late Tamil director Jeeva was a launch pad for five popular South Indian actors. Two of them, Pooja Umashankar and Arya, went on to do Bala's Naan Kadavul, a......

Hazare Trophy: Maharashtra beat Saurashtra in last over thriller

Thanks to half-centuries by Ankit Bawne and Rahul Tripathi, and a splendid final over by Dominic Joseph, Maharashtra beat Saurashtra by four runs in the West Zone Vijay Hazare one-day tournament in......

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai face Delhi in semis

Defending champions Mumbai advanced to the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy by virtue of their first innings lead after their quarterfinal match against Haryana ended in a draw at the Bansi Lal......

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