Heavy rains disrupt normal life in TN, more downpour likely in next two days

Intermittent, widespread rains lashed Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, bringing residential neighbourhoods and roads under knee-deep water and leading to traffic congestion besides......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

Vijayawada faces flood threat after rain, breach in Budameru rivulet

Flood waters have largely receded from several affected places in Vijayawada but fresh rainfall and the third breach in Budameru rivulet resulted in flooding again in parts of the city. IMAGE: A......

31 dead, lakhs homeless in AP, Telangana floods

Torrential downpour in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh left 31 persons dead, battered roads and rail tracks snapping connectivity, submerged thousands of acres of agricultural crops and left people......

Electric vehicles steal the limelight of first day of Auto Expo 2023

Electric vehicles hogged the limelight on the first day of India's flagship motor show Auto Expo 2023 with the likes of Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Kia, Tata Motors and MG Motor showcasing their......

E-portal for business approvals off to a brisk start

Nearly five months after its soft launch, the government’s e-portal, the National Single Window System (NSWS), is seeing a significant increase in the number of investors using it to get a......

Sales of EVs fell 20% in FY'21 to 236,802 units

Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicle (SMEV) on Thursday said sales of EVs in India fell 20 per cent in the financial year 2020-21 to 236,802 units. In 2019-20 sales of electric vehicles......

Why costly diesel is a bigger worry than petrol

While consumers feel that petrol pinches directly, diesel hurts indirectly, as it is an input in almost all the goods and services we use. Diesel, the most used retail fuel by almost all......