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Cyclone Remal: 'WB elections won't be disturbed'

'There will not be very heavy rain.''Moderate showers will be there and winds will be, say, somewhere between 20 and 40 km/hr, gusting to 35 km/hr.' IMAGE: South Mumbai's normally bustling beach......

As North India reels under severe heatwave, rain drenches TN, Kerala in south

Large parts of north India, including Haryana and Delhi, reeled from severe heatwave conditions with the maximum temperature touching 47.4 degrees Celsius in Najafgarh in the national capital --......

Heatwave alert: Mercury may hit 45 deg C in Delhi

Heatwave conditions are expected over northwest India during the next five days, with Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi predicted to bear the maximum impact, the India Meteorological Department......

1 year after violence, Manipur is still a divided state

'The kind of situation we are seeing…we don't believe that this can happen in a settled democracy like India' IMAGE: Family and friends of missing Meiteis in Manipur get emotional during a......

Intense heat sweeps east, south; more heat wave days likely in May

Intense heat swept through east India and parts of the southern peninsular region on Thursday, testing power grids and prompting the Kerala government to order closure of educational institutions......

Peak power demand in India drops 12.5% as monsoon picks up pace

With the cooling down of heatwaves as the monsoon spreads across the country, power demand has fallen by 12.5 per cent from the start of this month till Monday. Photograph: PTI Photo Peak power......

Explained: Why the monsoon is pulling out so late

'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.' IMAGE: National and state disaster response force personnel rescue citizens from the flood-affected Rajendra Nagar area......

Even Pakistan's growth rate is ahead of India's

'Misplaced national priorities have brought the economy to a cul-de-sac. 'There is a crucial foreign policy dimension to it -- India is in critical need of a peaceful external environment so that......

Winter rain won't cause large-scale damage to most rabi crops

For potato farmers in the north and wheat growers in the eastern parts -- particularly in Jharkhand, Bihar, and Odisha -- the recent rains could in fact be beneficial. An extended winter, with......

The Family Man 2 review

Manoj Bajpayee simply lives, and loves, the role -- of a man who life is fast passing by, and who continues to live the lie of a simple government servant, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy. What do......

The Performance of the Year

Gajraj Rao's performance in Badhaai Ho is the finest by an actor in a Hindi film this year, applauds Sreehari Nair. Gajraj Rao is naturally blessed with a face that suggests he is hiding......

Euro Qualifiers: Germany stun Netherlands; Croatia lose

IMAGE: Netherlands' Memphis Depay scores their second goal. Photograph: Francois Lenoir/Reuters Germany defender Nico Schulz scored a late winner as their new-look side snatched a 3-2 win away to......

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