Chennai Rains: 'No Stock' Signs Go Up At Filling Stations As City Tackles...
With the sun out, Chennai is slowly getting back to normal. But, those who are trying to get out of the city, taking advantage of the improved climate are stuck. The city has come under the grip of a...
View Article60-Year-Old Chennai Woman Who Waded Through Waist-Deep Water To Deliver Milk...
"Even if the wind is blowing or the sky is pouring, I will deliver," promised Chennai-based Radha, who has been delivering milk in the city since the late 1970s. As torrential rains disrupted the usual...
View ArticleGood Samaritan In Mumbai Finds His Kindness Returned In An Unexpected Way,...
Guruprasad Kulkarni was near the L&T flyover on the Jogeshwari–Vikhroli Link Road in Mumbai when a van cut him off dangerously. Naturally he was upset and wanted to find out why. Kulkarni wrote in...
View ArticleChennai Floods: Anger Mounts As Relief Operations Fail To Pick Up Pace
As the incessant rains, which threw Chennai off balance, finally held up, the city was faced with yet another challenge - that of inadequate relief. Though the Army and NDRF teams have been pressed...
View Article19 Killed, 40 Injured In Horrific Road Accident In Rajasthan
PRATAPGARH, Rajasthan -- At least 19 people, including 11 women were killed and 40 others were left injured in a horrific accident between a van and a truck in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh District on...
View ArticleDelhi Police Chief Prevented Filing Of FIR Against Kin: AAP
NEW DELHI -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi of hiding details regarding a property in Rohini area and also stopping of registering an FIR against his...
View Article10 People Injured In Bomb Attack During Hindu Festival At Kantaji Temple In...
DHAKA -- At least 10 people were injured yesterday in a crude bomb attack by unidentified assailants in the premises of a medieval-era temple in northern Bangladesh where thousands of people had...
View ArticleGadkari Unveils Road Projects Worth Rs 50,000 Crore In Andhra Pradesh
VIJAYWADA -- The Centre is taking up road projects worth more than Rs 50,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh, including an Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Vijayawada, where the State's new capital city is coming up....
View ArticleChennai Floods: Anyone Aware Of Ground Realities Can't Accuse Govt Of Delayed...
As incessant rains brought Chennai to a standstill, laying bare the city’s crumbling infrastructure, all eyes were on Vikram Kapoor, Chennai Corporation Commissioner and the bureaucrat in charge of...
View ArticleManish Malhotra's B'Day Bash Was A Starry Affair
NEW DELHI -- It was B-town's favourite celebrity designer's birthday and it looks like Manish Malhotra had a bash with his pals. The 50-year-old designer took to his Instagram and posted several pics...
View ArticleShahid Kapoor Says Goodbye To His Beard
Shahid Kapoor seems to be having a gala time at the beach in his new avatar. The 34-year-old actor recently took to his Instagram and posted a selfie of himself enjoying a day at the beach. The...
View ArticleJNU Revises Policy On Sexual Harassment, Introduces Penalty For False Complaints
New Delhi -- Jawaharlal Nehru University, which has the dubious distinction of receiving the maximum number of sexual harassment complaints lodged in any educational institution in Delhi in the last...
View ArticleGovernment To Give Decisive Push To GST Bill In Parliament This Week
NEW DELHI -- With the government resolving to give a decisive push to the GST bill in Parliament this week, the winter session could witness a battle of wits in the Rajya Sabha from Monday, with both...
View ArticleAll Women Police Control Room Vans To Ply In Certain Areas In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- For the first time, the national capital will have 'all-women PCR vans' plying in certain zones, with the department selecting eight female constables as drivers of patrol vehicles. The...
View ArticleParrikar Reportedly Plans To Tell US That It's Pakistan Policy Is A Flop
New Delhi -- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to do some 'plain talking' on cross border terrorism by Pakistan and articulate India's stand on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle...
View ArticleNorth Delhi Municipal Corporation Earns Rs 38 Lakh By Auctioning Stray Buffaloes
NEW DELHI -- As part of a drive to check the menace of stray animals, North Delhi Municipal Corporation has earned a revenue of about Rs 38 lakh by auctioning the stray buffaloes caught in the current...
View ArticleSocial Activist Approaches Bombay HC For Stay On Release Of Bajirao Mastani
MUMBAI -- A social activist has approached the Bombay High Court seeking stay on the release of the movie Bajirao Mastani until two of its songs -- Pinga and Malhari -- are not censored as these...
View ArticleNo Need To Worry About Intolerance As Long As Judiciary Is Independent: CJI...
New Delhi -- Terming the debate on intolerance as a "political issue", Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said there is no need to fear or worry till the judiciary is "independent" and upholds the...
View ArticleLeT Planned 26/11-Style Attack On One Of Modi's Gatherings: Report
The Intelligence Bureau and the Delhi Police have allegedly unearthed a plan by the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other VVIPs in the...
View ArticleGoogle Has Filed Patent For 'Needle-Free' Way To Collect Blood
Excellent news for trypanophobics: Search Giant Google has filed for a patent for a blood drawing system that works sans any needles, according to reports, but is instead wearable or hand-held....
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