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Nepal flash floods : 157 dead, over 750 missing including 133 Indians

India, Aug. 27 -- At least 157 people were killed and more than 750, including 133 Indians, remained missing after massive flash floods swept through central Nepal on Wednesday, devastating towns and ... Read More


Nepal floods : Bengal, Tamil Nadu groups among Indians missing

India, Aug. 27 -- More than 130 Indians, including pilgrims travelling for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, are missing and scores of others are stranded in Nepal after flash floods swept through parts o... Read More


After rebel MPs, TMC plans 'surgical strike' on MLAs

India, Aug. 27 -- The Trinamool Congress was planning a "surgical strike" on its rebel MLAs after the party's 20 breakaway MPs were "neutralised," sources in the Mamata Banerjee camp of the former Ben... Read More


Union Govt asks States to integrate water, sanitation works to VB-G RAM G

India, Aug. 27 -- The Centre has asked states and Union territories to integrate drinking water source sustainability, greywater management and sanitation works with the VB-G RAM G rural employment gu... Read More


Tejasvi Surya seeks rethink on Karnataka parks Bill

India, Aug. 27 -- Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday urged Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to return a Bill allowing portions of park and garden land to be used for public infrastruc... Read More


BJP's Vijayvargiya sparks sugar row

India, Aug. 27 -- Amid criticism by opposition parties over rising prices of sugar ahead of festivals, Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said it should in fact become very expe... Read More


Goa: India's compass for coastal tourism

India, Aug. 27 -- The challenge is no longer simply to draw tourists to India's shores, but to ensure that tourism does not destroy the very coastline that attracts them. If India's coastal tourism is... Read More


The vanishing value of repair

India, Aug. 27 -- A broken mixer once meant a visit to the neighbourhood repairman. A torn shirt went to the tailor, a watch to the watchmaker, and a damaged chair to the carpenter. Today, the instinc... Read More


India-China: A thaw without a breakthrough

India, Aug. 27 -- Twenty-five rounds of India-China boundary talks have produced an important thaw in relations, but little movement on the boundary itself The 25th round of India-China Special Repre... Read More


India needs institutional reform - now!

India, Aug. 27 -- India must reform its institutions before accumulated frustration turns into a crisis that will be far more difficult and costly to control. The time for complacency is over; the tim... Read More