Transmitting confidenceRAVI SHARMABangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited has not only been able to shed the negative image of a public utility, but has also added many firsts to
An ageing forceRAVI SHARMA in BangaloreThe Indian Air Force requires some 200 more aircraft urgently to update its combat squadrons, but the progress towards a purchase deal, worth $9 billi
A display of air powerRAVI SHARMA in BangaloreWith the latest edition of Aero India concluding on a successful note, the biennial event is expected to grow in stature as a major aviation exhibitio
A history of migrationRAVI SHARMAGOA is one of the more prosperous States, with a per capita income of Rs.49,673, the highest in the country. But in common with the rest of India is t
Migrant worriesRAVI SHARMA recently in PanajiThe influx of migrant workers is leading to social tensions in Goa. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar says the onus is on the contractors to provide fac
After the reign of terrorRAVI SHARMAIRONICALLY, it was not the slaying of Veerappan that the residents of villages such as Govindapadi and Chengapadi on the periphery of the forests that
Relieved familiesRAVI SHARMADISBELIEF, relief and satisfaction - that is how the families who had lost their loved ones to the bullets or explosives of Veerappan reacted to his b
The gains of good intelligenceRAVI SHARMATHE one question that rankled people following the Veerappan saga was "why could the police forces of the two States, with all their wherewithal and f
A bloody trailT.S. SUBRAMANIAN RAVI SHARMAVeerappan's life was one of plunder and bloodshed, and he was unremorseful to the end.
How he made his pileRAVI SHARMAALTHOUGH Veerappan was notorious for poaching elephants for ivory and looting forests for sandalwood, actual figures relating to both crimes have, acc
The end of VeerappanRAVI SHARMA in Dharmapuri and Satyamangalam G. SATYAMURTY and V.S. PALANIAPPAN in Coimbatore The Special Task Force of Tamil Nadu guns down the forest brigand and his associates in a meticulously planned intelligence operation bringing to an e
The diagnostic dilemmaRAVI SHARMA in BangaloreThe lack of regulatory standards for diagnostic laboratories has given rise to questions about their practices but the laboratories find the quality c
The rediscovery of Ekakini, an iconic Hindi work Hindi literary circles are all agog as the first lesbian novel, from 1948, is republished.
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
