Category Archives: News
Ganpati@Home: From Chinchpokli to Chandigarh
We had asked our readers to send us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased below. Want to share your photographs? You can post your photos RIGHT HERE, along with your name and location and we will publish the best images, with due credit to the sender. Earlier in the Series: Beloved Ganpati at my home Read More
11-minute hat-trick in Bundesliga drama
Substitute Joel Pohjanpalo scored a hat-trick in the last 11 minutes to fire Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-1 win at home to Hamburg SV on an afternoon of late Bundesliga drama on Saturday. Promoted Freiburg also scored twice in the last five minutes for a surprise 3-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach and Sandro Sirigu gave Darmstadt a last minute 1-0 Read More
Obama relives the night Osama was killed
“Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children… ” announced US President Barack Obama after the daring raid at Abbottabad, Read More
The driver wanted us to shell out extra money for an airport drop
Recently I visited Coimbatore for the graduation ceremony of my son. After completion of the ceremony, I had to board a flight to Hyderabad at 09:35 am. I booked an Uber auto. There was a surge pricing and the rate was 1.5x. A normal airport drop would have cost me Rs 125-150 from Coimbatore station to the airport. But as Read More
Tata Nexon to hit the roads in 2017
Tata Nexon is the next big compact SUV to make it into the list. Tata Motors seem to have done all the homework this time. This compact SUV comes packed with the best in class features, variants, power, fuel-efficiency, interiors and even space. What all does it come loaded with? Is the Nexon the compact SUV we all have been Read More
Soon you will be able to access driving licence on your mobile
Soon, you will be able to take your car out without carrying physical copies of your driving licence and the car’s registration certificate (RC). Digital versions of your important documents can be stored in a cloud-based platform, DigiLocker, which can be accessed through your mobile phone. The DigiLocker platform, launched on July 1, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has Read More
La Liga: Ronaldo scores on return as Real equal club record
Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his return from injury as Real Madrid thrashed Osasuna 5-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday to equal the club’s 1960-61 record of 15 successive La Liga wins. Ronaldo started the rout by knocking home an inviting cut-back from Gareth Bale in the sixth minute, with goals from Danilo and Sergio Ramos sending Madrid 3-0 up Read More
5 things mentally strong people do
When you are an entrepreneur or hold a senior position in a company, you need emotional and mental balance to be successful. All of us go through hardships, face rejection, get stuck in boring jobs and face personal hurdles in life. Such situations test your emotional well-being and your true strength lies in successfully cruising through them. So, if you Read More
LIVE! Army back in Kashmir’s crisis zone after 2 years
12:17 Army back in Kashmir’s crisis zone after 2 years: For the first time since 2014, the army took up positions in rural areas of four trouble-tossed South Kashmir districts of Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag, which witnessed the bulk of violence in the last two months, accounting for more than 50 of the 70 deaths. Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Read More
Djokovic solves Monfils puzzle to reach US Open final
World number one Novak Djokovic scrapped his way into the US Open final for a seventh time on Friday with a confounding 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over enigmatic Frenchman Gael Monfils. Often viewed as more showman than competitor, the 10th-seeded Monfils tested the patience of both Djokovic and the fans with a display of tennis that swung wildly from Read More