India's Toughest Polling Station

IMAGE: Polling officers and porters take a break during their arduous journey to reach a remotely located polling station in Shillong. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters 'Charlie Chaplin' and his......

Celebrities promote Lakshadweep post-Modi visit; slam Maldivian ministers

Indian cine stars such as Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Shraddha Kapoor along with other prominent personalities on Sunday appealed to fans to "explore Indian islands" and coastal destinations,......

On Bose's birthday Modi names 21 Andaman islands after PVC awardees

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday virtually unveiled the model of a proposed memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, to be set up in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and said it will......

Cyclone 'Sitrang' likely to be formed by October 24

A low-pressure area over the north Andaman sea that on Saturday intensified into a depression, around 1,460 km south-southeast of Sagar Island in West Bengal, is expected to take the shape of a......

Rail budget a competent job: Manmohan Singh

The 2009/10 Railways Budget is a competent job, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday. The Railway Budget speech underscored the Congress party-led government's focus on......

Port Blair, Phuket in tourism pact

In a unique arrangement the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar islands has joined hands with Thailand's beach resort of Phuket to promote tourism, trade and commerce in the two popular tourist......

Energy giants bid for 55 Indian oil blocks

Global energy giants British Gas, British Petroleum, Italy's ENI and Petronas of Malaysia were among a host of companies that bid on Friday for 55 oil and gas blocks in India offered in the sixth......

Why tourism in India fails to boom

Reading a recent news report that Thailand's Phuket island alone received 2.44 million tourists in the first half of 2007, about the number India used to receive in a full year until not too long......

Kaala Paani Review: Slow-Paced 'Thriller'

The earnestness of the actors keep Kaala Paani from drowning, observes Deepa Gahlot. Kaala Paani makes all the right au courant noises, particularly significant after the COVID pandemic. Set in......

Aashka-Brent's amazing Andaman holiday

Stars go for the loveliest holidays. Hina Khan went on a holiday to Dubai. Malaika Arora Khan had a lovely holiday in the Maldives. Celina Jaitly visited Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya with her family.......

Parineeti Chopra's Amazing Australian holiday

Stars go for the loveliest holidays. Aashka Goradia and her husband Brent Goble went to the Andaman islands. Priyanka Chopra had a fun holiday in Prague. Sanya Malhotra took us to Europe. Aamir......

Peeya's tsunami experience!

After finishing shooting for an English film, Truck Of Dreams, actress Peeya Rai Choudhury went off with a group of friends to holiday in the Andamans on December 18.On December 26, when the......