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PHOTOS: Sunken carrier MV Rak leaks oil

An oil leak was on Sunday reported from the Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off the city coast earlier this week due to ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said. "Since......

Oil leaks reported from sunken carrier MV Rak

An oil leak was on Sunday reported from the Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak which sank off the city coast earlier this week due to ingress of water in the cargo hull, officials said. "Since......

Azhar, Bhaichung face crushing defeat, big win for Rathore

It wasn't exactly a happy day for sportspersons as 3 former India captains Mohammed Azharuddin, Bhaichung Bhutia and Dilip Tirkey suffered heavy defeats with Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan......

'Molester' of 25 minors arrested in Mumbai

A 32-year-old alleged serial molester, who assaulted at least 25 minors in Mumbai’s western suburbs since April last year, was arrested on Wednesday from suburban Khar, police said. The......

Indian prisoners in UAE, too ashamed to go back home

Indian prisoners lodged in UAE jails would be grateful if allowed to serve their sentences back home - but not all. Last month, the UAE ratified an extradition treaty facilitating the transfer of......

UltraTech Cement to acquire 23% in India Cements

The country's leading cement maker UltraTech on Thursday said it will acquire a 23 per cent stake in its Chennai-based rival India Cements Ltd, in a deal estimated to be around Rs 1,885 crore.......

SBI, 25 other major Indian banks figure in suspicious transactions list

Banks say they themselves red-flagged the transactions to RBI. It must be noted that these transactions are not outright evidence of fraud or proof of nefarious activities. Illustration: Uttam......

RAK Airways to start India flights in April

UAE-based carrier RAK Airways will start services from Ras Al-Khaimah to five Indian destinations, including New Delhi and Mumbai from April this year. "Services to Mumbai, Delhi, Trivandrum, Kochi......

World's 10 worst oil disasters

With M V Rak Carrier, a 722-feet vessel that recently sank off the Mumbai coast, leaking tonnes of oil into the sea, let us have a look at worst oil disasters in the world. An oil spill is a......

IndiGo flights from Dubai to New Delhi,Mumbai soon

Budget carrier IndiGo will soon start services between Dubai and New Delhi and Dubai and Mumbai, company officials said in Dubai.The flights between Dubai and New Delhi will begin in September and......

7 shades of emotion, Bollywood style

Love, fear, sadness, and much more, seen through the filmi lens. Hindi film songs contain many beautiful emotions. Dinesh Raheja, who has written 101 Haiku, tries to capture these eternal emotions,......

If it is music, it's got to be ethnic!

Juggling with words is child's play for writer, filmmaker and poet Gulzar. Remember his onomatopoeias like Chappa chappa in Maachis, Chai chappa chai in Hu Tu Tu? And now Jhin min jhini in......

The man who thought the unthinkable

Out of the 20 films that Manmohan Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960-1988), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. His success ratio was 65 per cent, in an industry where flops......

Eye on '23 WC: India start 50 over auditions

IMAGE: Just like the dilemmas of T20Is, Indian coach Rahul Dravid will have a lot on his plate. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Copping a lot of flak for its archaic approach in T20Is, the Indian......

Half marathon world record smashed!

IMAGE: Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh in action before finishing in the women's marathon. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Ethiopia's Ababel Yeshaneh smashed the half marathon world record by 20 seconds......

West Ham United sack manager Slaven Bilic

IMAGE: Under manager Slaven Bilic, West Ham United won just two of their 11 matches of the EPL season thus far. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters West Ham United have sacked manager......

BCCI clean chit 'a piece of paper', has no bearing on police case

The Board of Control for Cricket in India may have given a clean chit to Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, but......

Readers speak out!

Anuj Jajoo:Hi Prem,Thats excellent and very real time commentary. But sometimes a mistake is infavour of truth... "3.81 the ruin rate" -(your commentary at ind 124/4)Just kidding ;)------M K......

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