Industries, airports near border on alert for war-like emergency

State governments in Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir are on high alert and have come up with contingency plans to ensure the security of residents in case of a war.Shine Jacob......

Grenade attack at Lal Chowk, 11, including 7 soldiers, injured

IMAGE: Terrorists hurled the grenade at the security personnel near Palladium Cinema at Lal Chowk around 6.45 pm. Photograph: Umar Ganie for Rediff.com Eleven people, including seven security......

Rains interrupt Rajasthan

Incessant rains affected normal life and disrupted road traffic in Sirohi and Udaipur districts in Rajasthan. Mount Abu recorded a heavy downpour of 35.3 cm of rainfall till 8.00 am, Met office......

Sonia, Pranab survey flood-hit Barmer

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress president Sonia Gandhion Thursday conducted an aerial surveyof theflood-affected villages in Barmer district of Rajasthan where at least 104 people......

Battle brewing between RIL and NTPC

A new battle is brewing between Reliance Industries and NTPC.RIL, the country's biggest private oil and gas company, is insisting on a more relaxed contract for committing more gas to NTPC. This is......

New gas policy may prefer new plants to expansion

The government is believed to be in the final stages of formulating a gas allocation policy, which is likely to give preference to new power plants over expansion projects. "The (gas linkage)......

Power ministry may take NTPC case to EGoM

With the government making a distinction between the privately-run Reliance Natural Resources Ltd and the government-run NTPC Ltd in relation with the gas dispute with Reliance Industries Ltd, the......

Power sector in the dark in 2009

Electricity, a basic minimum service that any citizen or industry should get for its development, witnessed severe fluctuations in progress in 2009 in terms of capacity addition. Although the......

'Gadar invokes same emotions as it did 20 years ago'

'All the actresses we approached for the role of Sakeena were demanding a lot of money.''After a point, we collectively decided that we would cast a new face opposite Sunny Deol and the money that......

Freddy Daruwala's father tests positive, recovers

Photograph: Kind courtesy Freddy Daruwala/Instagram Freddy Daruwala, who made a striking debut as the villain in the Akshay Kumar-starrer Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, has just been to......

PIX: Elli AvrRam's evening out

After Rustom, there's a new Web series on the 1959 Nanavati case. Ekta Kapoor's The Verdict - State vs Nanavati enjoyed a special screening for its cast and their friends in Mumbai.......

Vinod Khanna's star turn, over the years

In a scene from Man Ka Meet, Leena Chandavarkar makes fun of Vinod Khanna’s romantic proposal by saying, “You can never be a hero. Perhaps you’ll have better luck playing the......

Swiatek leads Poland to historic win over Czech Republic

IMAGE: Poland's Iga Swiatek and Katarzyna Kawa in action during the Billie Jean King Cup Finals doubles match against the Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova, at Palacio de......

Chennai WTA Open: India's Karman Kaur Thandi shocks No.8 seed

IMAGE: India's Kamran Kaur Thandi did well to hold her nerve in the decider. Photograph: Kamran Kaur Thandi/Twitter What is her best career result to date, India No. 2 Karman Kaur Thandi pulled......

Ons Jabeur's Journey To Wimbledon Final

IMAGE: Ons Jabeur celebrates a point during the semi-final against Tatjana Maria. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images   Tunisia's Ons Jabeur created history as she became the first Arab......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Jabeur, Norrie cruise in Round 2

IMAGES from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships played on Monday. Rusty Djokovic sees off Korean Kwon to advance IMAGE: Serbia'a Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning his first round match......

SEE: The inspirational video which warmed Tendulkar's heart

'Start your 2020 with the inspirational video of this kid Madda Ram playing cricket with his friends. It warmed my heart and I am sure it will warm yours too.'  VIDEO: ANIThe video of Madda......