5 students on picnic among 9 killed in Kerala bus crash

Nine people, including five students, were killed after a private tourist bus hit a state-run KSRTC bus from behind at Vadakkenchery in Palakkad district, Kerala Road Transport Minister Antony Raju......

Covid eclipses Christmas festivities for second year

Christmas was celebrated across the country on Saturday, but the festivities were low-key for the second year in a row due to Covid, with churches and other events witnessing lower footfalls,......

Kejriwal woos Goans with free pilgrimage if AAP comes to power

Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday promised free pilgrimage to various religious centres, including Ayodhya and Ajmer Sharif, if his party is voted to power in Goa in the......

On the Goddess trail in Mumbai

Arundhuti Dasgupta maps a trail from the southernmost tip to its suburbs. IMAGE: Golfa Devi, Yes and No Goddess of Worli Koliwada, south central Mumbai. At first brush, Mumbai is a brusque city.......

Railways' gift for you: 58 new trains, 5 premium services

Presenting the Railway Budget for 2014-15, Union Minister D V Sadanand Gowda on Tuesday announced several new trains.  The Indian Railways proposes to  introduce 58  new trains which......

Rail Budget: 67 express, 26 passenger trains

Offering a bonanza for train travellers, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced that the Indian Railways will start new 67 new Express trains, 27 passenger trains, 5 MEMU and 8 DEMU......

People above 65 years will double in India by 2050

Imagine a world where half the population is above the age of 80. It is a cause for celebration. For death is horrible, something one would not wish for another, especially one's parents. It is......

Ambani SEZs among 69 plans cleared

Even as notification of small special economic zones of less than 25 hectares has been put on hold and referred to a Group of Ministers, 69 large zones including Reliance Infrastructure's......

Mammootty Gets Off A Bus; Goes Down A Rabbit Hole

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mammootty in Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. In Nanpakal......

'Michael was thinking of producing films'

About six months ago, Michael Jackson sent word through a common friend inviting Ashok Amritraj, the high profile independent Hollywood producer, to meet with him at the Venetian Resort Hotel in......

Prabhu Deva, hot hot!

Nobody expected Bharath -- chosen more for his dancing skills than acting talent for Shankar's film Boys -- to get noticed. But he got Jayaraj's 4 The People, a Malayalam blockbuster and a big......