Dogs In Flood-Hit Chennai Find A Safe 'Hotel' In Bengaluru, Thanks To This...
Last week, in Chennai, while many were opening their doors to people struggling to find shelter, a group of young people were busy rescuing the dogs, and moving them to another city altogether. A few...
View ArticleDear PIB, Let Us Help You Write A Proper Clarification About That Photoshop...
The Press Information Bureau, a government organ that operates with notions and practices that were in vogue roughly three centuries ago, earned the moniker Photoshop Images Bureau with the astonishing...
View ArticleDomestic Airlines Jack Up Fares To Over Rs 1,00,000 From Airports Close To...
NEW DELHI--Domestic airlines have jacked up their fares multifold for flights landing and departing from the airports closer to Chennai in the wake of heavy rains in the state and subsequent closure of...
View ArticleDelhi Assembly Passes Jan Lokpal Bill, Arvind Kejriwal Calls It 'Historic...
NEW DELHI-- Delhi Assembly today passed the Jan Lokpal Bill, incorporating suggestions of Anna Hazare, which provides for an ombudsman with powers to act against any government functionary including...
View ArticleTirupati Temple May Move Its Stash To PM's Gold Monetisation Scheme
NEW DELHI -- The richest Hindu temple in the world could soon come to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports. The gold...
View ArticleChennai Floods: Rains Ease, Focus Shifts To Relief Work
With the rains having slowed down in Tamil Nadu and the surrounding areas, the National Disaster Response Force has now shifted its focus from rescue to relief work and will deploy its teams with the...
View ArticleTrapped For Three Days, Two Nights In The Chennai Rains: A Survivor's...
As the Chennai floods wreaked havoc on a city bursting at the seams with rapid industrialization, Twitter user @NameFieldmt writes a harrowing account of being trapped in the rains for three days and...
View ArticleChennai Rains: 'Amma' Stickers On Relief Material Enrage Hungry Survivors
It seems lawmakers in Chennai aren't above politicizing a tragedy that has devastated millions. As normalcy returned gradually to a city reeling under the worst flooding in decades, so has politics. A...
View ArticleThis TV Anchor Took The Chennai Rain Reportage To The Next Crazy Level
The worst flooding in decades has paralysed life in Chennai and rendered thousands homeless. The army is out on the streets evacuating the stranded. According to government estimates, 269 people have...
View ArticleChennai Grapples With Aftermath Of One Of Its Worst Floods In Decades
CHENNAI — The flood-ravaged city was today struggling to return to normalcy with partial restoration of telecommunication and train services, besides many roads also becoming fairly motorable even as...
View ArticleFBI Investigating California Massacre By Pakistani-Origin Couple As 'Act Of...
WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating the deadly mass shooting in California by a Pakistani-origin couple that killed 14 people as an act of terrorism, officials said today. The massacre in San...
View ArticleHow Flood Relief In Cuddalore Can Serve As A Model For Chennai
When the 2004 tsunami wreaked havoc in the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Cuddallore, besides Nagapattinam, was a district which was badly affected. Gagan Singh Bedi, the then district collector, however...
View ArticleChennai 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 ArticleAamir Khan Thinks He Should Give Opinions On Everything, Says Anupam Kher
MUMBAI -- Veteran actor Anupam Kher says he has great respect for Aamir Khan but feels the superstar has developed a habit of giving opinions on everything. Kher, 60, had earlier lashed out at Aamir...
View ArticleChennai Rains: Train Services Resume From Chennai Central Today
CHENNAI -- In a massive relief for stranded passengers, train services have been resumed from the Chennai Central station here and the schedules are expected to return to normal from tomorrow. The...
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...
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