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Cyclone Remal makes landfall: Over 1 lakh evacuated; rail, air, road traffic hit

As severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' initiated its landfall process between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal on Sunday evening, authorities took swift action, evacuating over 1 lakh......

Cyclone Asani: Flight operations hit in Vizag, Chennai

Severe cyclonic storm 'Asani' in the Bay of Bengal has hit flight operations with several airlines canceling flights in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam and Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Tuesday. IMAGE:......

Cyclone Tauktae moves into Gujarat, 6 dead in Maharashtra

A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour began making landfall on the Gujarat coast Monday night, after dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over......

What India can learn from Odisha

'Evacuation' has been key to disaster management in Odisha.The aim is to achieve zero casualty.Dillip Satapathy meets the two men who took up the herculean task of shifting people. IMAGE: Odisha......

'Which way is the wind blowing?'

Sir Mark Tully on the magic of Indian elections.A fascinating excerpt from The Great March of Democracy: Seven Decades of India's Elections. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi rides a......

Cities, buildings are becoming smarter

Technology firms like Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and Google, besides research institutes, are helping make cities more responsive to the needs and desires of inhabitants The 250,000 citizens of Songdo,......

Hope and despair at the G-20

When will the Schumpeterian perennial gale of creative destruction that started from the credit and housing bubble in the US slow down? Despite the assurances of UK Chancellor Alistair Darling......

Skilled labour breeds bias in India: IMF

The common and mobile pool of skilled labour in India, created by the reforms process, would be drawn to fast growing states and reduce the profitability of labour-intensive manufacturing, widening......

18 years of struggle. Now he has charmed India

'I would count my rotis and eat.''I broke my sister and brother's insurance policies.''Whatever savings I had got over.''I was struggling for work.''I used to struggle for Rs 500, Rs 1,000.' IMAGE:......

Thank you for that smile, Shashi Kapoor

'He personified the kind of debonair charm, sublime sensuality and unabashed romance women fantasise about,' says Sukanya Verma. IMAGE: Shashi Kapoor in Sharmilee. Only last week I wished Aseem......

The Best Shashi Kapoor Films

From Awaara to Deewar to Junoon to In Custody, Shashi Kapoor leaves us many movies to love and remember him by. For years, he made every woman go weak in her knees every time he flashed a......

Mishap on Death Row

We are notinto the third monthbut I have the feeling we have seen the most preposterous film of the year. The Life Of David Gale is so unbelievable,so one-dimensional in championing the abolition......

'Modi running around saying he has been offered 2036 Games'

IMAGE: Manu Bhaker and P R Sreejesh -- India's flag-bearers at the Paris Olympic Games closing ceremony on Sunday. Photograph: P R Sreejesh/Instagram Against all odds, the Paris Olympics have......

Kamlesh Patel to step down as Yorkshire chairman

IMAGE: Kamlesh Patel was tasked with navigating Yorkshire County Cricket Club through a racism scandal involving British Asian cricketer Azeem Rafiq. Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters Kamlesh Patel......

Cricket: Gough named Yorkshire's managing director

IMAGE: Former England bowler Darren Gough. Photograph: Harry Trump/Getty Images Yorkshire have appointed former England bowler Darren Gough as managing director on an interim basis to ensure......

Asian heritage cricketers insulted at Yorkshire: Rafiq tells parl committee

‘I felt isolated, humiliated at times. I lost my career to racism.’ Rafiq said things improved at Yorkshire when Australian Jason Gillespie was head coach but turned toxic after he......

Gavaskar remembers opening partner Chetan Chauhan

Arre baba you are the century maker, not me: Gavaskar remembers Chauhan IMAGE: In this file photo, dated March 19, 2017, Uttar Pradesh Sainik Kalyan Minister Chetan Chauhan during the swearing-in......

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