IAF's air show in Chennai turns tragic, 5 spectators die

A spectacular aerial display of the Indian Air Force aircraft over the skies of Marina Beach was a big draw in Chennai on Sunday, but at least five persons, who were among thousands of spectators,......

BRO to fence major portion of 1,700-km India-Myanmar border: Official

The Border Roads Organisation will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10-km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said. IMAGE: Myanmar......

Indians Star In World's Toughest Race

Race Across America -- which spans a little over 3,000 miles, from the west coast of the US to its east -- is often called the toughest race in the world.Indian cyclists are now returning multiple......

What's Time Zone Politics?

In a world without politics, time zones would change by an hour for a shift of 15 degrees of longitude.But, of course, political considerations apply, explains Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: Kindly note......

Railways in talks with Reliance Jio on tower use

The aim is seamless mobile and internet connectivity for passengers along the 67,368-km of tracks. Photograph: PTI Photo Indian Railways is in talks with Reliance Jio Infocomm to allow the Mukesh......

Discover India's poshest homes

These exist in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties -- those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy.One cannot simply walk in for a tour of these apartments.A buyer......

How Information revolution differs from Industrial Revolution

There is mounting evidence that the Information Revolution may mean the end of large-scale vertically integrated businesses whose guiding principle, “economies of scale”, was the......

Haryana's mission to become an investment hotspot

Despite the Jat agitation and investor scepticism, the state is trying hard to improve ease of doing business by several notches. The seventh of a 11-part series looks at the state of affairs in......

Sports Shorts: Dipa qualifies for final round of Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Dipa Karmakar performed a higher difficulty Handfront 540 vault for the first time in the competition. Photograph:......

Demba Ba steers Chelsea to big win; Persie saves United

Chelsea striker Demba Ba struck twice on his debut as the FA Cup holders enjoyed a 5-1 drubbing of Southampton in the third round on Saturday and Robin van Persie's majestic last-gasp equaliser......

Ferrari begins Magic India Discovery Tour

Ratan Tata flagged off the Ferrari Magic India Discovery Tour near the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday. Ferrari announced the start of the new Prancing Horse adventure, which got underway in......

Arsenal extend lead over Chelsea

Unbeaten Arsenal stretched their lead in the Premier league to five points after a 2-1 win at Aston Villa on Saturday while Chelsea beat West Ham United 1-0 to overhaul Manchester United and go......

Formula One adds India to the checklist

The confirmation of Narain Karthikeyan as India's first Formula One driver is an important step for the sport, even if he is unlikely to trouble world champion Michael Schumacher too much.Jordan's......