15 Odd PHOTOS from a mad, mad world

Here’s this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world. Jose, a reveller covered in grease, poses for a photo as he takes part in the annual Cascamorras festival in Baza, southern......

Hyderabad observes 100th anniversary of Musi flood

Hyderabad on Sunday observed the 100th anniversary of the 'Great Musi floods', which had killed thousands of people and wiped out a large part of the city in September 1908. The city paid rich......

REWIND: Stunning PHOTOS of the week that was

A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by Five-year-old Karkar tries to drink water from a faucet near his home in the Eshash el-Sudan slum in the Dokki neighbourhood of Giza,......

Vajpayee's ashes taken to state capitals for 'asthi kalash yatra'

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi after paying tribute to the ashes (asthi kalash) of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, before their distribution to all BJP state presidents for......

Hyderabad metro project draws activists' ire

Environmental activists led by Medha Patkar have requested the Central Government to put the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project under "green scanner" as it may potentially cause harm to heritage sites......

Rs 15-crore museum to house Nizam's jewels

An exclusive Rs 15-crore (Rs 150 million) museum showcasing the Nizam's priceless jewellery, now under the RBI's custody in Mumbai, is likely to be set up beside the Gems and Jewellery Park at......

Why we need to pay more for the water we use

'We have severely under-invested in waste water treatment.''We charge for water a minimal amount and we don't charge anything extra for providing sewerage service.''As a result, every water entity......

Globalisation of Golconda

Part I: The local and global in Hyderabad's development Shri Narasimha Rao would have known that Hyderabad, and its predecessor kingdom of Golconda, had their own 'Look East Policy'. I discovered......

Asian Games diary: Of traffic snarls, Shah Rukh Khan fans and selfies

IMAGE: An outside view of Gelora Bung Karno Stadium ahead of Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta, on Thursday, August 16, 2018. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI The worst fears about traffic in Indonesia are......