Why Arjun needs to drop by TIFR before he imposes quotas

Thursday 8 June '06

At frontier research institute, seat hike no solution: ‘bigger crisis’ is finding outstanding students and retaining the high talent

Nuclear City

Sunday 28 May '06

How India’s largest, costliest nuclear power reactors came alive—from designing since 1984 to completion 7 months before schedule

Desmukh’s B-team rolls up sleeves to bag more business

Wednesday 17 May '06

As competition hots up from Bengal to South, State’s new industrial policy will be high on non-fiscal incentives, faster clearances

Who will sing that song for me now, wonders Mahajan mother

Friday 5 May '06

As Pramod Mahajan was brought home one last time, in a coffin—12 days after he was carried from here, shot by brother Pravin and bleeding profusely—the Mahajan family bravely tried hard not to break down.

‘When the lotus bloomed, he was there to make sure it worked’

Thursday 4 May '06

The day before he was shot, Pramod Mahajan told a party colleague that he wanted to tour Uttaranchal soon and issued instructions to ready Mumbai’s partymen to campaign there for a month.

Ready to switch on

Sunday 30 April '06

After five long years, Dabhol˜s ghost town is reborn with tennis courts, teddy bear shops and a challenging deadline. But with partial generation scheduled to start on May 1 and no sign of natural gas supply in sight, Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited will keep its fingers crossed over its limited stock of naptha fuel. The Sunday Express does a reality check

The Rising

Sunday 30 April '06

As the nation warms, Pune’s climate centre that forecasts monsoon starts work on seasonal temperature as well

Set May 1 target, divers in deep sea & hundreds on land try to revive Dabhol

Monday 24 April '06

On a little boat named Aquamarine, divers scan the wind and swell of the Arabian Sea before they can swim with the dolphins.

Why Deshmukh’s Narmada vote was against his state

Friday 21 April '06

Power-starved Maharashtra’s share could double to over 1,000 million units if dam height raised

Migratory birds have taken off, bird-flu tests get grounded

Sunday 9 April '06

Bombay Natural History Society team of experts’ plan to test bar-headed geese for infection gets caught in red tape. Result: cause of bird flu still unknown

The lost letters, from Langlands to Harish-Chandra

Friday 7 April '06

Top mathematician Robert Langlands has a personal quest—to rediscover the maths in his missing correspondence with the tenacious Indian who lived down his street at Princeton

Another first in Indo-US ties: joint work on N-safety

Wednesday 5 April '06

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials and Indian scientists today wrapped up week-long talks on nuclear safety

‘Dada, let me go home. My parents are waiting for me. He laughed and said, I’ll let you go soon’

Wednesday 5 April '06

The Marine Drive rape evoked a national outrage, but such public support may not always suffice to speed up the prosecution system.

For Sangh, Right to Know right to know

Saturday 25 March '06

It’s the UPA’s showpiece legislation but it’s the Sangh Parivar that’s waking up fast to the potential power of the Right to Information Act as a tool to promote transparency and accountability and expose corruption.

Nephew’s Sena

Sunday 19 March '06

A portrait of Balasaheb Thackeray looms above Raj’s favourite chair where he holds durbar at home in Shivaji Park.

From housing to Olympic size pool: IITB gets a facelift at 50, courtesy alumni

Monday 13 March '06

Three million dollars for a new convention centre to be designed by Hafeez Contractor; 1.8 million dollars for a planned computer centre and engineering building...