Kavitha Iyer works as Associate Editor with The Indian Express, Mumbai.
November 14, 2010 01:53 IST
Once one of the better governed and more developed states in the country,Maharashtras politicians have,over the years,led the state down an alley of corruption and misgovernance. As the Adarsh scam shows,the rot runs deep
Sun, Nov 14, 2010October 21, 2010 01:24 IST
The last time US national Kia Scherr spoke to her daughter Naomi was on the phone on November 24,2008
Thu, Oct 21, 2010October 17, 2010 06:16 IST
More than four years after Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) took charge of operating the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Sun, Oct 17, 2010September 07, 2010 01:26 IST
Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Anil Kakodkar led a cross-section of nuclear scientists,corporate leaders and diplomats in paying tribute to former AEC chairman Homi Nusserwanji Sethna.
Tue, Sep 07, 2010August 14, 2010 06:19 IST
As investigators piece together events that led to the collision of a container vessel and a bulk carrier off the coast of Mumbai...
Sat, Aug 14, 2010
August 12, 2010 03:26 IST
The Panama-registered MSC Chitra collided with the St Kitts-registered MV Khalijia III around 9.40 am on August 7.
Thu, Aug 12, 2010June 06, 2010 00:34 IST
A book on Homi Bhabha,published as part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Researchs Bhabha centenary year celebrations,intersperses his previously unpublished letters with his doodles and photographs,bringing alive the multi-faceted personality of Bhabha as a lover of the arts,food,gardening and more....
Sun, Jun 06, 2010May 08, 2010 22:27 IST
Daily life in Mumbai hinges on its railway network,and its absurdly easy to crash the system....
Sat, May 08, 2010May 02, 2010 22:44 IST
The incident of death from exposure to Cobalt 60 has raised questions about the chinks in radiation policy,from the absence of scanners at major ports to lack of exhaustive data on radioactive instruments....
Sun, May 02, 2010
April 11, 2010 04:08 IST
If theyre overwhelmed that the success of the most cutting-edge,high-energy physics experiments ever conducted depends on facilities like this one...
Sun, Apr 11, 2010April 11, 2010 00:37 IST
What occurred in the first one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Just how long ago was that,precisely? How much of the universe has man seen,and understood?
Sun, Apr 11, 2010April 06, 2010 01:41 IST
For a city originally gifted away as a Portuguese princesss dowry,modern day Mumbai is a bristly inheritance,as Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is no doubt discovering.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010February 13, 2010 02:38 IST
Watching MNIK in Mumbai was a badge of courage
Sat, Feb 13, 2010January 22, 2010 02:51 IST
The Maharashtra government has once again put on its bumbling face,announcing a poorly thought-out policy only to retract it hours later.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010November 27, 2009 08:30 IST
Some memories are made of tangible stuff like a spent bullet shell,bloodied clothes,a ticket stub or a scrawled message from the NSG commandos....
Fri, Nov 27, 2009November 26, 2009 08:41 IST
When Muslims in Mumbai observe Bakr Eid on November 28,two days after the first anniversary of the most audacious terror...
Thu, Nov 26, 2009October 29, 2009 04:04 IST
The much-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Plan set to return to the drawing board,with little hope of an early launch of what is an ambitious and critical part of the Mumbai Makeover project....
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
October 29, 2009 00:52 IST
The much-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Plan is set to return to the drawing board,with little hope of an early launch to what is an ambitious and critical part of the Mumbai Makeover project.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009
October 12, 2009 03:23 IST
Mumbai's MLAs have,on an average,grown richer by a mind-boggling 400 per cent over the last five years.
Mon, Oct 12, 2009October 07, 2009 22:58 IST
Everwhere she goes,Pankaja Munde is being told that the Parli Assembly constituency is hers for certain. After all,not only is her father,Member of Parliament Gopinath Munde...
Wed, Oct 07, 2009October 04, 2009 04:28 IST
Seeking to build bridges with his once bitter rival Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh,apparently with an eye on the chief ministers job....
Sun, Oct 04, 2009October 03, 2009 04:41 IST
At an event in a Solapur college,Praniti Shinde,28,makes a fervent appeal: Im one of you.
Sat, Oct 03, 2009
October 02, 2009 23:24 IST
At 33 years,Amit Deshmukh is probably the solitary star-son making a debut in electoral politics in this Maharashtra Assembly elections who can afford to be smug.
Fri, Oct 02, 2009October 02, 2009 23:19 IST
When an MLA in waiting tells his constituents in a town as apparently unexceptional as this that what can be done in Mumbai or Delhi...
Fri, Oct 02, 2009September 25, 2009 01:16 IST
The Rs 15,000-crore redevelopment project that many residents believe could oust them from their home and hearth may have redrawn battle lines in parts of Dharavi...
Fri, Sep 25, 2009





