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`Gigantic gamma-rays blasted from Milky Way’s core`

New evidence of ghostly gamma-ray beams suggests that the Milky Way’s central black hole was much mo...

`Will release list of Swiss a/c holders if voted to power`

BJP would make public the names of 800 Indian account holders in Swiss Banks if it comes into power ...

BlackBerry makers to set up innovation zone in Kochi

Research in Motion, will open an innovation zone for BlackBerry technologies with a view to motivati...

UPA govt a patient on ventilator: Ramdev

Congress-led UPA will not be able to complete its full term as its condition is like that of a patie...

Siachen avalanche: Pak declares buried troops dead

Search teams recovered the bodies of three soldiers on May 27, nearly 50 days after the avalanche.

Web Alert: Google warns of internet blackout

Search giant Google has issued a warning to its millions of users that they could lose the ability t...

‘News International tried to blackmail UK MPs’

UK police probing illegal news gathering methods by Murdoch’s newspaper group are investigating whet...

‘White paper on black money nothing but blatant lies’

Lashing out at Cong-led UPA, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi said that the white paper on black money relea...

SC order on black film use in cars being violated

The Supreme Court had on April 28 directed states and Union territories to strictly enforce the ban ...

`Aliens that visit Earth won`t vaporize us`

Sci-Fi movies like “Battleship” and “Men in Black 3” often depict aliens terrorizing our planet.

`PM hapless, UPA regime most corrupt, inefficient`

Dubbing PM Manmohan Singh as the most hapless Prime Minister India has ever seen, senior BJP leader ...

Hawaii confirms Obama’s birth records with Arizona

Hawaii, which has vouched for Obama`s birth in the state several times as early as October 2008, did...

Quit politics as it also has black money: Digvijay to Chouhan

Chouhan had recently said that he would not let any matches of the IPL be organised in Madhya Prades...

Scientists unravel climate patterns from glacial debris

Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global clim...

BJP likens White Paper on blackmoney to `bikini`

BJP on Monday said it is "like a bikini" as it hides the essentials and reveals only the less signif...

MP highlights Sikkim problems to union ministers

Rajya Sabha MP from Sikkim, Hishey Lachungpa, has raised the Sikkim University imbroglio in a recent...

Thailand: ‘Gold’ foetuses for black magic found

Six roasted foetuses covered with gold were found stuffed into travel bags in a Bangkok hotel room.

Dialogue with India will make progress: Pakistan

Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik hoped that dialogue between India and Pakistan on all issues...

3-telescope interferometry reveals how black holes are fuelled

The observation was led by Gerd Weigelt, a director of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy ...

`Pakistan like a black hole for American aid`

The US has provided a whooping USD 24 billion in aid to Pakistan in last decade.

Russian Sukhoi crash: Black box found

Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday that they had found the voice recorder of the ill-fated Rus...

Teen succumbs to injuries

Police said the deceased was injured during a collision between two bicycles during the race.

`Take strict action against foodgrain hoarders`

A parliamentary panel has slammed the low number of convictions of foodgrain hoarders in the past th...

Nearly 24,000 Delhiites fined for tinted glasses

About 24,000 people have been prosecuted for tinted glasses on their vehicles and Rs.24 lakh collect...

BJP is fighting against corruption: Advani

LK Advani stressed that his party is a strong national party and is fighting hard to abolish corrupt...

India, Pak to hold Siachen talks on June 11-12

The last round of talks on Siachen was held in Delhi by the defence secretaries of India and Pakista...

Pakistan calls off Sir Creek talks with India

Pakistan reportedly seems keen on first having the defence secretaries level talks to assess the Ind...

Dalit girl award for revolting against lack of proper toilet

A Dalit girl has been awarded Rs 2 lakh in cash for her bold stand on cleanliness and hygiene.

Acute shortage of taxmen in I-T probe wing: Govt

Investigation wing of the Income Tax department, thick in action against black money and tax evasion...

Massive black holes shut down star formation

All large galaxies have a massive black hole at their centre, each millions of times the mass of a s...

Fearing racism, Scotland Yard bans ‘blacklist’

The computer term whitelist that was used to denote a list of acceptable contacts has also been bann...

Indian troops on higher ground in Siachen: Pak

Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that the military standoff between the two...

Nepal: 13 killed, 60 missing in glacial lake burst

Nepal`s Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has ordered the authorities to conduct the rescue operation...

Greenland glaciers not melting as much as speculated

Greenland’s contribution to rising sea level in the 21st century might be significantly less than th...

Pakistan air crash: Black box to be taken to US

The Bhoja Air 737, on its maiden flight, went down on April 20 in stormy weather and burst into flam...

Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star

Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ...

Kidney racket:Court frames charges against kingpin

Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of an international kidney racket that came to light in 2008, has be...

BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

Research In Motion`s new chief executive has unveiled a prototype for its new operating system on wh...

Subhash Joshi appointed new NSG DG

Senior IPS officer Subhash Joshi has been appointed as the new Director General of the `black cats` ...

Himalayan glacial lakes’ size growing: Study

The number of glacial lakes in the Himalayas has reduced in recent years, but their total area has i...

Rogue stars ejected from Milky Way found in intergalactic space

Researchers have identified a group of more than 675 stars on the outskirts of the Milky Way that th...

Remarkable outburst from old black hole captured

Astronomers have observed an extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy, whi...

Sharad Pawar shown black flags

Demanding an increase in minimum support prices, the farmers waved black flags during Pawar’s visit ...

Woman waves black flag at Sonia`s function

The police immediately swung into action and evicted her from the venue even as some of her supporte...

Soon, 3.2bln-pixel camera to give `deepest view of night sky ever seen`

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is being put together by the SLAC National Accelerator La...

World’s glaciers `losing 40% of their volume`

The Earth’s glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already on their w...

Australia grounds Black Hawk helicopter fleet

Australia has grounded its Black Hawk helicopter fleet after an army aircraft experienced engine tro...

Pak must not leave Siachen unilaterally: Imran

Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani April 18 had said that Pakistan favoured talks with India to...

Pak: `Siachen avalanche took less than 5 seconds`

Some life jackets, pieces of an igloo and medicines were found 600 meters from what rescuers believe...

Pak: `Black box decoding can take up to a year`

The Civil Aviation Authority director general ruled out technical fault in the plane.

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