Resilience and a display of "plain, common guts"
LONDON: Anyone visiting the United Kingdom at this time is struck by the extraordinary quality of the country's response to a human crisis brought on by terrorist strikes on civilian targets. The emergency services — the police, the fire ...
MP, MLAs among 39 hurt in police action
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 39 persons, including N.K. Premachandran, MP, Kovoor Kunjumon, A. A. Azeez, MLAs, and four policemen, were injured when police used force to disperse Revolutionary Youth Front (RYF) activists who turned violent ...
Infiltration bid foiled, 8 killed
JAMMU: Four soldiers, including a Naib Subedar, were killed while trying to foil an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on Thursday night. Four Lashkar-e-Taiba militants were also killed in the gun battle. ...
Blocked river Ravi forms lake
CHAMBA (HIMACHAL PRADESH): A landslip has blocked the Ravi river in Bharmour area of Chamba district, forming an artificial lake and triggering fears of flash floods in case of a breach. The ``artificial lake'' had come up at Holi, about 70 ...
Terrorists' mobile serial number cracked
LUCKNOW: In a major breakthrough, the Uttar Pradesh police claim to have traced the serial number of the mobile handset used by the terrorists who were gunned down in Ayodhya on July 5. "The terrorists' mobile phone seized from the hired jeep ...
Narain promises to be competitive
Silverstone: At the half-way stage of his first Formula One season, India's Narain Karthikeyan promises to be competitive and seek more points in the British Grand Prix here on Sunday. ``We are expecting to be competitive at Silverstone having ...
Golden goal win for Germany
Rotterdam: It was a grey afternoon. Thick clouds hung like a canopy over the picturesque Rotterdam Hockey Centre. And when the rain came it flooded the second pitch and forced an half hour delay to the start of the classification contest in the ...
Sethu project in rough sea
MADURAI: At least 1,000 fishermen, including 700 women, were arrested on Friday when they resorted to a rail roko at Ramanathapuram railway station in protest against implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project. The police ...
An all-women show
TIRUPUR: Among the garment-manufacturing units here, Uvaiz Exports has a unique distinction. All the tailors, helpers and line supervisors in the company are women. "Dedication and efficiency is more among women when compared with their ...
