No dam burst: police
MUMBAI: Police late on Thursday night denied that the Powai reservoir or any other reservoir in the city or adjoining areas had breached. The clarification by the police came after hundreds of people in Dharavi, Kurla, Sion, Chembur and Antop ...
10 killed in train blast
LUCKNOW: At least 10 persons were killed and 79 injured, some of them seriously, when an explosion ripped through the Patna-Delhi Shramjeevi Express near Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, about 150 km from here, on Thursday evening. The blast took ...
State will not give in to pressure: Prakash
BANGALORE: The State will not give in to the pressure tactics of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, to go on a fast seeking release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu as it is a "politically motivated and Government-sponsored illegal ...
IRA ends thirty years of armed struggle
LONDON: In a historic move, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on Thursday announced its decision to give up armed struggle and pursue peaceful political means to achieve its goal of a united Ireland. The long-awaited decision, hailed by Prime ...
CURBS ON CELLPHONES Colleges too go for dress code
CHENNAI: The Anna University management's penchant for dress codes and "proper student behaviour" seems to have percolated to the city's arts and science colleges. This academic season, most colleges have frowned upon "improper student ...
Delhi-Mumbai flights resume; train services still hit
NEW DELHI: Flight operations between Delhi and Mumbai resumed on Thursday afternoon after Mumbai airport opened for operations after having remained shut for two days due to heavy rain and flooding of runways. However, movement of trains between ...
