At 135 kmph, cyclone 'Remal' to make landfall in Bengal tonight

Cyclone 'Remal' has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall between West Bengal's Sagar Island and Bangladesh's Khepupara on Sunday night, the India......

Kashmir: Vote For Hope After A Long Decade

It's just not about selecting a candidate. It's not about helping some candidate win.It's about expressing emotion, after ten years, that could reach out to larger India and beyond it, notes Sheela......

Alleged conman Kiran Patel brought from J-K to Gujarat

A Gujarat police team on Saturday brought conman Kiran Patel to Ahmedabad from Jammu and Kashmir where he was arrested for allegedly posing as a senior PMO official. IMAGE: An undated photo of......

Himachal Rain Havoc Devastates Business

Tourism is badly affected. Entire apple orchards have been washed away. 2 million people are threatened with loss of livelihood. IMAGE: National Disaster Response Force personnel conduct a rescue......

Communists are the greatest consumerists!

China teaches - and the Great Kolkata Shopping Festival confirms - that Communists are the greatest consumerists. Shopping is the new opiate of the masses. I thought one bought what one needs when......

At Singapore you shop till you drop

In Singapore, you can't throw a stone without hitting a mall," a fellow hack exclaimed as we boarded Singapore Airlines on our return journey to New Delhi after three days of retail therapy had......

Himachal apples turn bitter for farmers as agents gain at their cost

Many commission agents (artiyas) have opened apple shops all over Himachal Pradesh in recent years but this is giving sleepless nights to farmers as the apple harvest has just begun. Apple farmers......

Coal ministry plans to buy Gandhi's S Africa house

Coal India plans to buy the house in Johannesburg, where Mahatma Gandhi had lived for over a year, with an aim of building a memorial there. "The coal ministry intends to purchase the house and......

Aahana's awesome Turkish treat

Turkey and Rumi: What a holiday for the Lipstick In A Burkha actress. Shilpa Shetty spent some time with her family a Maldives. Jacqueline Fernandez holidayed in Bali. Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu......

Shimla to host mountain biking race

India's first mountain biking race will be held in the beautiful backcountry of Himachal Pradesh from October 6 to 14. Over 60 top international and Indian riders will compete against each other......