They Showed India To The World

'The culture of mankind has been spread by the travel gene which pushes one in five people to have the curiosity to move to unknown destinations.' IMAGE: Commander Hugh and Mrs Colleen Gantzer......

From the Raj to Azadi, how I saw India change

As a child in British India, Bharati Dutt lived a privileged and sheltered life in an extended joint family of civil servants, doctors, engineers and Gandhians. Between the ages of seven and 11,......

PHOTOS: Lakhs throng Puri for Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra

IMAGE: Devotees around the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra during the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri. All photographs: PTI An estimated 9 lakh devotees witnessed the......

Relaxed Sonia hosts Journalists for lunch

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday brushed aside Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's claim that the National Democratic Alliance will be swept back to power in the forthcoming Lok Sabha......

How Orissa can boom with Infosys' plan

Even as Orissa grapples with the problem of finding a perfect roadmap for rapid industrialisation, software major Infosys has offered it a blueprint, which, when transformed into reality, may......

Vedanta and international standards on mining

The most significant development over the last 10 years is that such organisations have accepted the need to operate on the basis of the principle of FPIC, namely Free, Prior and Informed Consent,......

Mittal plans 6 mt plant in Karnataka

ArcelorMittal India has sought approval for a six-million tonne steel plant in Karnataka from the single window clearance committee of the state government, over and above the two 12-million tonne......

MTNL has maximum spectrum at 12.4 Mhz in Delhi

State-run MTNL has received the highest amount of spectrum in Delhi and Mumbai at 12.4 Mhz as on March 2009, while private GSM operators Bharti and Vodafone are not far behind at 10 Mhz each in the......

Meet Kaun Banega Crorepati's BIG Winners

Achin and Sarthak Narula join the list of KBC's crorepatis. The Narula brothers, Achin and Sarthak, have became the first ever contestants to win Kaun Banega Crorepari's highest prize of Rs 7......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......

Orissa recover after early setback

An unbeaten 96 by vice-captain Pravanjan Mallick and his unbroken 109-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Niranjan Behera helped hosts Orissa post 217 for four at close on the first day of......

Orissa in strong position

A swashbuckling 134 by Pravanjan Mallick placed hosts Orissa in a commanding position on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy plate division match against Goa at the Barabati Stadium at......

Andhra set 327 run target for Orissa

Bolstered by G Sankara Rao's well crafted 91, Andhra Pradesh amassed 287 runs in the second innings of their Ranji trophy Elite Group-B match at Barabati stadiumin Cuttack putting a stiff target of......

UP hand Orissa innings defeat

Sudeep Tyagi made a sensational debut as he claimed a ten-wicket haul to help Uttar Pradesh to an innings victory over hosts Orissa in the Ranji Trophy Super League at the Barabati stadium in......