Licked water from rocks, ate puffed rice for 10 days, says rescued worker

Anil Bediya, one of the 41 labourers who were rescued from a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after 16 days, survived the ordeal by eating muri (puffed rice) and licking water dripping from rocks.......

Workers cheered loudly at the sight of NDRF team

The moment four National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel arrived on the other side of the rubble at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand to rescue 41 labourers trapped inside, their hopes of......

Rescued tunnel worker reveals how they spent 17 days inside

Suddenly they heard a thud. By the time they could understand what had happened panic stuck, recalled Sukhram who returned home in Khirabeda, a nondescript village on the outskirts of Ranchi, in......

Promises flow as water remains a crucial issue in Rajasthan

‘The water crisis is so obvious that people see no point begging for it from politicians.’ IMAGE: A family carries utensils on a cart to fill water in Bikaner. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Amazon Kindle Fire HD: What makes it rock

One of the side effects of being a tech enthusiast is constantly being called upon to provide buying advice. And we’re regularly asked to recommend which tablet to buy. Even then, I......

Kindle Fire HDX: An affordable tablet with great features

Amazon's new 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet packs a punch to keep users hooked to it. Amazon's new seven-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet, unveiled last month and to be in the market from October 18,......

Bihar Aquaponics Farm Blazes A Trail

'Aquaponics can effectively cushion the impact of a calamity like COVID.'Sudhir Kumar reports. All photographs: Kind courtesy Krishak Farms Every day the father-son duo would look rather wistfully......

Tatas to retain all Air India employees for at least 1 yr

The new owners of Air India will have to retain all the employees of the national carrier for at least one year post which they can offer a VRS. The gratuity, pension fund and post retirement......

Why Did Kiran Rao Struggle?

'I was very keen to make another film and I was dying to say action and cut and get back into creating characters and creating worlds.''But I just didn't have a script I was happy with.''I was......

Why Merry Christmas Left Me Feeling Shortchanged

If you have never seen Sriram Raghavan fly, you would hardly realise that this time, he is happy in his cage, this time he isn't reaching for the skies, notes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Katrina Kaif in......

Kiran Rao Has Made A WOW Film!

'I guess things happen when they have to happen.''And the film got delayed by COVID a little bit. But yeah, it's been a decade which I do not regret.''I feel like I have grown so much, as an......

Taapsee, Madhuri, Raveena: Coming soon on Netflix!

IMAGE: Madhuri Dixit plays a superstar who goes missing in Finding Anamika. Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows like Delhi Crime and......

Wimbledon PIX: Top seed Swiatek shocked by Putintseva

IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday. IMAGE: Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva reacts after winning her ladies third......

ICC WC: PIX: Kiwis cream butter-fingered Afghanistan

IMAGE: Tom Latham and Glenn Phillips rescued New Zealand with a 144-run stand for the fifth wicket after losing string of early wickets. Photograph: Black Caps/X New Zealand brought Afghanistan......

Asian Champions Trophy: Tamil Nadu gears up with fan parks in every district

IMAGE: To celebrate the tournament, fan parks will be established in every district. Photographs: Kind courtesy Hockey India The Tamil Nadu leg of the 'Pass the Ball' Trophy Tour, a crucial part......

'Look for excuses or look to get better'

Photographs: Kind courtesy Virat Kohli/Instagram Having enjoyed a small break after the WTC final, Virat Kohli is all geared up for the new cricket season. Kohli posted a couple of videos on......

Old rivals bid together to re-kindle faded glory

Two days before Christmas in 1917, when most of Europe was engulfed in World War One, Austria and Switzerland met each other for the first time in a soccer international. Austria won 1-0. The day......