Meet the Mummy

Sunday 16 December '12

A village in Spiti Valley guards its 550-year-old mummified monk.

Using choppers and boats, polling parties overcame logistical challenges

Thursday 8 November '12

The November 4 Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls threw up some rather unique situation and logistical challenges before the Election Commission.

Rahul takes on BJP, says Congress brought RTI, waived farm loans

Thursday 1 November '12

Addressing a well-attended rally at Ghumarwin, Gandhi took on the BJP over the issue of corruption.

Now, ITBP men guard Kasab 24X7

Friday 3 April '09

Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, is now being guarded 24x7 by as many as 75 commandos at any given time in Mumbai''s Arthur Road jail.

Chopper service connects Tawang to Guwahati

Monday 30 June '08

In a further assertion of its sovereign control over Tawang, a territory that has long been at the centre of a border dispute...

Accidents: Railways getting on right track but a long way to go

Monday 4 February '08

Carrying over 1.5 crore passengers daily in roughly 9,500 passenger trains operating on its 63,332-km route...

Citing danger to Khajuraho temples, MP govt seeks change in flight path

Monday 21 January '08

Concerned over sound vibrations causing damage to the 10-century Khajuraho temple structures, the Madhya Pradesh government has approached the Airports Authority of India...

Railways to go for steel coaches

Monday 7 January '08

The look, feel and carrying capacity of rail coaches operating on the Indian Railways network is set for a major change with the Railway Ministry...

Rlys plans concessions for HIV patients

Tuesday 1 January '08

The year 2008 may well ring in some good news for around 2.5 million people living with HIV and AIDS in the country.

A new hi-tech fleet to replace WR''s Mumbai local coaches

Wednesday 19 December '07

Almost 32 per cent coaches of the Electrical Multiple Unit trains operated by Western Railways...

Govt plans for NER Vision ''20

Wednesday 19 December '07

The North East Region would require Investments worth Rs 1,10,00,000 crore by the year 2020 to bring it at par with the rest of the country.

'2 got off train when it started, 2 before blast''

Tuesday 20 February '07

Four men who are said to have got off the Samjhauta Express two as the train pulled out of the station, two as it slowed down before Diwana last night could hold the key as investigators set out to ...

Railway Budget: More Garib Raths, double-decker trains

Monday 12 February '07

Going by its tried and tested "play on volumes" theory, the Indian Railways is preparing to unveil passenger coaches with higher seating capacity...

AC Garib Raths set to make airlines sweat

Thursday 27 April '06

Lalu Prasad Yadav calls them Garib Raths. Come September, the Railways will roll out the first fully AC Garib Rath between Delhi and Patna on a trial basis.

Fraport landing for Delhi base

Wednesday 19 April '06

As the two joint-venture companies formed for the modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports meet on Wednesday with the Civil Aviation Ministry moving swiftly to hand over both the airports to private...

Godhra lesson: Rlys roll out fire-resistant bogies

Saturday 15 April '06

Playing safe: Foam seats; 4 emergency exits per coach

Lalu''s latest revenue track: ATMs, vending machines at stations

Saturday 8 April '06

Scoring yet again in his avatar as Railway Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav has lined up schemes...

Haryana bids final farewell to its architect Bansi Lal

Thursday 30 March '06

"Haryana Ke Nirmata Bansi Lal Amar Rahe, Chaudhary Surender Singh Amar Rahe." As a sea of humanity chanted in unison...

Co-pilot may have caused Air Deccan rough landing

Tuesday 14 March '06

Two days after an Air Deccan aircraft flying from Coimbatore to Bangalore skidded off the runway at the Bangalore airport, preliminary investigations reveal it was the co-pilot