Cyclone Phailin: Planes grounded; road, rail traffic disrupted

With Cyclone Phailin set to hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts on Saturday evening, rail, road and air traffic has been badly disrupted in the states. The Railways have cancelled all trains......

Amid AP crisis, special team keeps watch on electricity grid

Amid anti-Telangana agitations impacting power supplies in Andhra Pradesh, the Union Power Ministry has set up a special team to monitor the functioning of electricity grid the state. The agitation......

Turtle carcasses washed ashore in AP

Carcasses of over 300 Olive Ridley turtles were washed ashore at Thikkavanipalem beach near Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. Environmentalists suspect that the cause of death of these endangered turtles......

AP: 3 killed, 21 hurt in train derailment

Three passengers were killed and 21 others injured when 14 coaches of the Nagercoil-Howrah express derailed near Duwada village in Visakhapatnam district late Monday night, disrupting rail services......

Strike evokes mixed response; banking, transport services hit

While some states like Kerala and Telangana were badly hit by the strike, the impact was partial in Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra Image: Women react from inside a police vehicle after their......

Sensex ends in the red amid volatile trade; IT, auto, realty fall

The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,542.95.  Benchmark indices ended marginally lower, amid volatile trading session,......

Fuel shortage affecting 65,000 MW power capacity: CEA

Close to 65,000 MW of power generation capacity is held up in the country due to shortage in fuel supply by state-run Coal India, says a report. According to the latest CEA report, as many as 47......

NTPC keen to raise more funds, plans FPO

With improvement in the stock market, the government is looking at divesting another 10 per cent stake in the largest power generation company NTPC, which may also raise fresh equity to part......

Aamir does the RRR Dance

Photograph: ANI Photos Days before its release, the RRR team -- NT Rama Rao Jr, Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt and Director S S Rajamouli -- promoted their film in Delhi. Rajamouli spoke about the film......

Spin review

Spin's rather old-fashioned and vanilla depiction of the Indian American way is a bit of a bummer, feels Sukanya Verma. Animation or live action, Disney's latest business model is embracing the......

The BEST of NTR Jr

Before we watch NTR Jr in S S Rajamouli's RRR, it's time to look back at his previous big hits. Subhash K Jha picks the actor's best on his birthday on May 20.   Student No 1 (2001) IMAGE:......

Enough of Baahubali!

'I hope against hope that Indian film-makers don't take their future cue from the creator of this insufferable franchise,' says J Jagannath. IMAGE: Prabhas in Baahubali: The Conclusion. For the......

Long live the Little Master

Name:Abhijat JoshiMessage:Dear Sunil, Play on! We pray for your 35th century fervently. Happy b'day and God bless you. Thank you for teaching us pride, belief, concentration, courage. Sunny, there......