How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions......

Sorry Mr Modi, Katchatheevu Isn't An Election Issue In Tamil Nadu

Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the......

Ammonia gas leak in fertilizer plant in Chennai; 52 hospitalised

The leak of ammonia gas from a subsea pipeline linked to a fertiliser manufacturing unit in north Chennai led to local residents suffering shortness of breath and nausea, authorities said on......

Navy secures merchant vessel hit by drone in Arabian Sea

A merchant vessel, with around 20 Indian crew, was hit by a suspected drone about 217 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast in the Arabian Sea on Saturday but there was no report of any casualties......

India, Vietnam sign pact for oil exploration in South China Sea

Unfazed by Chinese objections, India and Vietnam on Wednesday inked an agreement to promote oil exploration in South China Sea along with a slew of pacts, including an extradition treaty, to deepen......

Outlook for infrastructure in 2008

Aviation The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, which is being developed by GMR on the outskirts of Hyderabad, will be the first greenfield public-private partnership (PPP) airport to be......

'US companies must explore transportation sector'

United States Transportation Secretary Norman Y Mineta, who signed the landmark US-India Open Skies Agreement with India's Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel in April 2005, has exhorted American......

Rs 1 lakh car? Pak beats India

Even as Indian carmakers debate over the feasibility of being able to produce a people's car for Rs 1 lakh, Pakistan has gone ahead and stolen a march over them, said a report in Pakistan's Daily......

Abhilash Tomy Challenges The Oceans Again

'When I crossed that point where I had the accident, I felt light and that was a very physical experience. I felt something leave me.'Shyam G Menon chronicles the voyages of that incredible Indian......