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Heat wave continues as Bokaro records 46.1 degrees

People of Bokaro braved another scorching day with 46.1 degrees Celsius as heat wave continued to si...

Treatment of Vietnam veterans a disgrace: Obama

Barack Obama announced that the US would begin a 13-year programme of honouring three million Americ...

Bright, sunny Tuesday in Delhi

The capital woke up to a bright, sunny Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling a notch below n...

Scientists to probe Nagpur meteorite shower

A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur Monday to investigate and study the impact of...

New tech can prevent suicide attempts in Metros

The incidents of suicides on metro tracks could be avoided if a new advanced technology and communic...

Max temp drop slightly, but heat wave continues

The maximum temperatures dropped between 2-3 notches at many places in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigar...

Three countries to host world`s biggest radio telescope

South Africa, Australia and New Zealand have decided to host the biggest radio telescope ever built ...

Heat wave continues to grip up

Large parts of Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under sweltering heat with the temp rising up to five...

Delhi Metro offered driverless train system

Delhi Metro each day makes 2,400 trips and carries 1.8 million passengers.

Soon, material that stretches when compressed

Researchers have come up with an avant-garde material that expands every time it is put under pressu...

Dust storm brings mercury down in Delhi

A dust storm hit several parts of the national capital Saturday evening and brought the temperature ...

Fragments of meteorite behind Tunguska event found?

Now Italian scientists claim to have found chunks of a meteorite, which might have caused the blast,...

Dust haze blankets Delhi, hot day ahead

It was a hot, dusty morning in Delhi on Friday with the maximum temperature expected to reach 40 deg...

UP govt to expedite pending projects in Rae Bareli

A high-level meeting was on Wednesday held in Lucknow to expedite the pending projects in Rae Bareli...

Indian origin programmer turns tweets into poems

An Indian origin computer programmer living in US has written an algorithm that turns millions of tw...

Parl panel wants to change PPE Act to reclaim DMRC premises

To allow DMRC to reclaim properties under unauthorised occupation, a Parl Panel has endorsed the nee...

Low cost metallic paper touchpads `offer high-tech functionality`

Researchers have devised a way to make computer touchscreens out of paper, which is lightweight, fle...

New atomic structure `discovered in metallic glasses`

Researchers claim to have discovered a new nanometre-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materi...

Fire in Mettur thermal station, 1 dead

One person died and two others were injured when a conveyor belt carrying coal to a boiler in the fi...

5 arrested for cheating construction company

5 persons were arrested for allegedly cheating a construction company of Rs 87 lakh by promising luc...

Fourth suicide at Delhi Metro premises in 6 days

A 22-year-old youth committed suicide by jumping from an elevated Delhi Metro station in Delhi.

Cemeteries in Kerala turn eco-friendly

Christian cemeteries with decorative tomb stones and shining name-boards will become a thing of past...

Man attempts suicide at Metro station

A 55-year-old man on Saturday attempted suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro train at the IN...

Meteor hunters sell space rock for price 20 times more than gold

Rock hunters are stampeding to the site of the world’s biggest gold rush to find meteorites that are...

Navy employee`s wife `falls` to death from Metro station

A 27-year-old wife of an Indian Navy employee died after she allegedly jumped from the terrace of a ...

Apple plans to use Liquidmetal technology in next iPhone

Apple plans to use a Liquidmetal technology, a new alloy, in its ``breakthrough product``, one of it...

Woman jumps from Metro station, critical

A woman was today seriously injured after she allegedly attempted suicide by jumping off from M G Ro...

Woman jumps from Metro station, dies

A 25-year-old woman who had accused her husband and in-laws of harassing her for dowry died after ju...

‘Not happy with Airport Metro, but no takeover’

Delhi Metro is unhappy with performance of Reliance Infra-operated Airport Express as it feels that ...

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...

Rahul’s first visit of UP after poll debacle

During the visit, Rahul will be meeting party workers, reviewing party`s performance and reasons beh...

Clear day for Delhi

On Monday, Delhi will see a clear day with maximum temperature likely to reach 38 degree Celsius.

300 Metro feeder buses to get functional in 6 mths

The ministry told the Parliamentary panel that there were 2,800 daily trips on the network and the s...

Meteor hunter finds 4 billion years old asteroid fragments

A meteor hunter has stumbled on two marble-sized nuggets of an asteriod that detonated after collidi...

‘No decision on making helmet mandatory for women’

Delhi Government said it has not taken any decision on amending the motor vehicle rules to make it m...

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi April 30-May 2

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi would be in his Amethi parliamentary constituency in Uttar P...

Postal services for Airport Express Metro commuters

Airport Express Metro commuters can now carry out postal transactions at the New Delhi Metro Station...

Minivan-sized meteor packed explosive power

Scientists say a giant fireball that exploded in daylight over California`s Central Valley over the ...

Helmets to be made mandatory for women in Delhi

The Delhi High Court disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to make helmet wearing c...

Arctic methane leaks accelerating global warming

The researchers have uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: ...

Explosion, fireball reported in Nevada, California

A rare daytime meteor was seen and heard streaking over northern Nevada and parts of California on S...

Hot morning in Delhi, clear day ahead

According to the India Meteorological Department, the skies will remain clear and sunny with no fore...

Metro construction starts; traffic snarls expected

Traffic on some of central Delhi`s major roads could be severely affected by diversions on Saturday,...

New tool that allows users to comment and post drawings on Facebook

Users of the popular mobile game Draw Something can now comment on their pictures and share drawings...

Top Delhi Metro official resigns

Kumar Keshav, 52, was handling key projects in the upcoming Phase III of Delhi Metro and his resigna...

Nagpur harbours the metro dream

The dream of having a Metro Rail in the second capital of Maharashtra is gradually taking shape.

Pleasant morning in Delhi, warm day ahead

The maximum temperature during the day is expected to hover at 35 degrees Celsius, an India Meteorol...

Chinese held for mailing bomb to girlfriend

A man from Chinese metropolis Shanghai has been arrested for mailing a home-made bomb to his girlfri...

Tremor alert: Beach road closed for traffic

All the schools were declared holiday in the afternoon on Wednesday as a precautionary measure fol...

Kolkata rocked by successive tremors

Kolkata and parts of West Bengal was on Wednesday rocked by successive mild tremors in a span of le...

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