Heavy rains lash TN as cyclone 'Fengal' nears; train, flight ops hit

Heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds pounded several parts of northern Tamil Nadu on Saturday, affecting normalcy, as cyclonic storm Fengal, expected to make landfall near Puducherry later in the......

Cyclone Fengal causes unprecedented rainfall in Pondy

After making landfall near Puducherry on November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened on Sunday, but torrential downpour under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to......

No casualty reported so far in TN train collision: Railway board

The Railway Board has said that no casualty has been reported so far in the passenger-freight train collision in the Ponneri-Kavarapettai section in Chennai Rail Division. IMAGE: Rescue operation......

Sabotage feared as interlocking system subverted: Rly on TN train mishap

A three-member technical team of senior railway officials from the signal and telecom, engineering and operations department raised serious apprehension of sabotage after inspecting the accident......

In export push, govt steps in to raise container capacity

Concerned over the fallout of the Red Sea crisis and severe shortage of containers against the backdrop of a steep decline in merchandise exports in August, the Union government is pulling out all......

What Centre Will Shell Out For AP, Bihar

While Andhra Pradesh is expected to receive Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore, Bihar is likely to get Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore in FY25. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the......

Why Petroleum Products Are Not Under GST

Adding petrol and diesel to GST was a challenging task due to their significant role as revenue generators for both the central and state governments. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters......

Will India Soon Hyperloop?

Will we see a Chennai-Bengaluru hyperloop? IMAGE: Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw inspects the demonstration of the Hyperloop......

Ashalata Devi set for rare century in Indian football

IMAGE: Chennai Super Kings players celebrate a wicket against Kolkata Knight Riders. Photograph: BCCI Captain Ashalata Devi will become the first Indian woman footballer to play 100 international......

Rinku's time to shine: Can he seize the opportunity in Duleep Trophy?

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rinku Singh/X Majority of the players picked in the India squad for the first Test against Bangladesh, including Rishabh Pant, K L Rahul and Shubman Gill, were on Tuesday......

CSK Pacer's Jab At RCB Backfires

IMAGE: Tushar Deshpande ignited a brief social media firestorm with a post seemingly aimed at RCB. Photograph: BCCI   Royal Challengers Bangalore's impressive six-match winning streak was......

Agarwal cleared for Ranji return after health scare

Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal receives fitness clearance to return to Ranji action Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mayank Agarwal/X Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal, who was recently hospitalised......

Cyclone Michaung: 200 youth paddlers stranded in Vijayawada

'As of now, there's no update from the Railways. The scheduled time (of departure) here is 4am but we doubt the train will start from Chennai tonight' IMAGE: Image used for representational......