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Chided by BJP MP, Delhi Jal Board official bathes in Yamuna

A senior Delhi Jal Board (DJB) official on Sunday bathed in water taken from a stretch of the Yamuna where the utility sprayed a chemical to dissipate foam in the river. IMAGE: A video surfaced on......

Delhi govt deploys boats to remove froth from Yamuna with ropes

Amid criticism over the formation of foam in the Yamuna -- a sign of its hazardous water quality -- the Delhi government on Tuesday deployed 15 boats to remove the froth with the help of ropes.......

Delhi govt sprinkles water on Yamuna to remove froth

A day after the Delhi government deployed 15 boats in River Yamuna to remove froth at Kalindi Kunj, civic agencies on Wednesday installed bamboo nets and sprinkled water to dissipate froth -- a......

Heavy rain lashes Mumbai, several areas waterlogged

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, has come to a standstill with heavy waterlogging being reported in several areas. On Friday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation received water......

Shah conducts aerial survey in U'khand, rain loss pegged at Rs 7K cr

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday conducted an aerial survey of Uttarakhand's rain-ravaged areas to asses the damage that the state government has pegged at Rs 7,000 crore. IMAGE: Union......

Staff training: IT firms spending millions

Indian IT majors may have tightened their belts in various areas to contain costs as a fallout of the global economic slowdown. But most of them see continuing value when it comes to employee......

'India will be an economic power in 10 years'

The world economy has started showing signs of recovery but it will be slow says Phaneesh Murthy, Chief Executive Officer, iGate Corporation. "More countries will emerge with power and influence.......

Is the worst over for the Indian IT sector?

That's what the markets seem to suggest. The BSE IT index has outperformed the BSE Sensex since the last two months, as well as in the last three weeks led by faster rise in the stock price of......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Check out the Fiat Grande Punto!

Did someone say the world is experiencing an economic slowdown? Judging from the hectic activity in India's automobile sector, it certainly does not seem so. In the last 30 days, the country has......

My Top Films Of 2024

When I look back at 2024 at the movies, it feels like it lacked that extra something. Most films felt like recycled formulas wanting to reclaim the box office by hook or crook. And the ones that......

2024's Must Watch Indian Films

Aseem Chhabra picks his top 10 Indian films of 2024, which includes films that have had theatrical releases or are streaming on OTT. 2024 has packed in some real highs for Indian films, including a......

Discovering Mumbai all over again in Dhobi Ghat

Kiran Rao's Dhobi Ghat showed us a Mumbai very few of us have actually seen, even though many of us may have lived here. The film took us through the most crowded bylanes of......

'I'd Love To Romance Rekha Ma'am'

'Romance not in a physical manner maybe, but, you know, where you are just sharing dialogues and looking at each other and conversations are happening.''Rekhaji is has always been my favourite, and......

Kiran-Aamir Watch A Movie With...

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao played host at a screening of Kiran's new film, Laapataa Ladies. Kiran Rao directs her second film 13 years after making her debut with Dhobi Ghat in 2011. Laapataa......

Directors' Pick: Tigmanshu Dhulia's Favourite Films of 2011

Director Tigmanshu Dhulia, whose crime thriller Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster opened to positive reviews this year, picks his five top films of 2011: The Dirty Picture Director: Milan Luthria Cast:......

Depleted India have job cut out against Pakistan

Injury-hit India are looking to draw inspiration from history when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy opener in Centurion on Saturday. Already missing star performers......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar

Reader Kamlesh Suvarna sent us this photograph. 'I met Sachin Tendulkar while he was playing in the nets at the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ground at Bandra Kurla complex in Mumbai,'......

Track and field goes nuts over Bolt

When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the saviour......

English Premier League club-by-club guide

Chelsea have been relatively frugal in the transfer market with Russian Yuri Zhirkov, a left-sided player who usually performs as an attacking midfielder but can also operate as a full-back, the......

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