Villupuram reels under record floods, railway suspends ops

Villupuram district in north Tamil Nadu continued to reel under unprecedented flooding on Monday following extremely heavy rainfall, virtually blocking access to villages and residential colonies......

Rajiv Gandhi: 'I Trust Prabhakaran'

As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket.He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual......

The World's First Suicide Bomber

On the night of July 5, the Tigers launched their first kamikaze operation.Miller took the wheels of the explosive-packed truck, smiled at everyone as he turned the ignition key and drove it slowly......

Modi cannot be intimidated or forced to act against Indian interests: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he cannot be intimidated or forced to take decisions that are contrary to national interests.......

Indian airlines take detour to Doha

Flights from Mumbai and Kerala will also have to transit through these routes due to restrictions Fliers from India will now spend an additional half hour on their flights to Doha, with the......

World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens

Switzerland has opened the largest and deepest railway tunnel across the Alps. Image: A general view shows the northern gates (L) of the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel near the town of Erstfeld,......

Tricks of trade: How South Asian network can help India

The Greater Mekong Sub-region economic corridors initiative offers a model that should be duplicated in South Asia, notes Barun Roy. Slowly but surely, the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) is moving......

Few things that affected China's economic growth so far

Given its secure borders, relatively abundant resources, and a large population, China has in much of the past been able to develop without any international intercourse. China's current economic......

Euro 2016: Germany delivers complete performance in Slovakia rout

Not even a rare missed penalty from Mesut Ozil prevented Germany from matching their record Euro win and setting up a quarter-final against Spain or Italy. IMAGE: Mario Gomez (L) of Germany......

Teams count the cost of ash in cash

Formula One cars were stranded in China and the weekend's Japanese MotoGP race was called off on Monday as a cloud of volcanic ash clipped the wings of motorsport worldwide. While McLaren's......

Two cheers for England's World Cup place

England were able to raise a glass to their World Cup place on Sunday, despite having little else to celebrate so far this season.Saturday's 1-0 win over Austria by a team reduced to 10 men by......

Greece takes Olympic security nationwide

Greece's top Olympic security officials began a four-day tour of the country aimed at sealing its porous borders ahead of the August 13-29 Games in Athens. The trip led by the public order minister......