Why God's own country loves smoking ban

Till some time ago, Keralites could be seen puffing cigarettes furtively at bus stands and railway stations (there is already a high court directive against smoking in Kerala), but the Centre's......

Air Deccan plans IPO

Low cost airline Air Deccan has filed an application with SEBI for entering the capital market. "We have filed an application with the SEBI and the matter is in the process," John Kuruvilla, chief......

Air Deccan: When dreams take wing

The postman delivers a letter to an old man. "It's from your son in Delhi," he says. "It's an air ticket." As he pedals off, the old man slips back in time to when he carved a wooden plane for his......

Air Deccan's maiden Surat flight washed out

Heavy rains and a grossly inadequate infrastructure at the airport washed out the inaugural Mumbai-Surat-Bhavnagar flight of Air Deccan on Sunday.The flight, with G R Gopinath, managing director of......

Dempo to meet HAL in Fed Cup opener

Defending champions Dempo Sports Club will take on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the opening match of the 27th Federation Cup football championship at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on......

Statistical highlights, Day 4

Day 4: Match report | Images | Scorecard The victory by an innings and 83 runs gave India their third win in a row on foreign soil -- their best sequence overseas. Interestingly all three wins have......