Disaster in the making? Thousands evacuated as 27 UK towers fail fire safety test

Thousands of residents were on Saturday evacuated from four housing towers as the United Kingdom government in the wake of the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze found 27 high-rise residential blocks......

PHOTOS: Faith in ruins after Italy's quake

Three days after a violent earthquake shook central Italy on Wednesday morning, the full picture of the devastation is becoming clear. By Friday evening, the death toll had risen to 278 while it......

'2015 floods paralysed us for a week, Vardah scared us for a few hours'

IMAGE: A flooded Pallikaranai locality. Photographs: A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com. Rediff.com’s A Ganesh Nadar visits Pallikaranai, which went through terrible times in the Chennai floods last......

SC upholds decision to keep DND flyway toll-free

The DND flyway connecting Delhi and neighbouring Noida will remain toll free for commuters with the Supreme Court on Friday refusing to stay the Allahabad high court verdict restraining Noida Toll......