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Brick kilns in Budgam to be closed within a week

Authorities in central Kashmir`s Budgam district have ordered closure of all illegal and unlicensed ...

Stars’ age measured to uncover Milky Way’s history

A new discovery of stars’ age may help understand how our Milky Way galaxy built itself up over bill...

Venus transit to `fine-tune search for other world

The scientists will be using the last Venus transit for a century, which will take place next week, ...

Police convinced Norwegian mass killer acted alone

The 33-year-old extremist has confessed to the July 22 massacre but denies criminal guilt, saying th...

Dutch pedophile case led to 33 arrests worldwide

Dutch prosecutors say police have arrested 33 suspected child molesters worldwide, including 8 in th...

Committed to fulfill poll promises says Cong

Cong said it was "committed" to fulfill the promises made in the party manifesto,in response to the ...

‘Syrian diplomats` expulsion counter-productive’

The US, Spain, Great Britain, Italy, Canada, France, Australia, Germany, Japan and other countries a...

Khurshid rejects Team Anna`s demand for SIT probe

Law Minister Salman Khurshid rejected Team Anna`s demand for setting up a Special Investigation Team...

Lost photos reveal history of Greenland ice loss

A set of 80-year-old photographs unearthed in a basement archive has proved that Greenland`s ice was...

Air Marshal Kumaria is new IAF Vice Chief

Air Marshal DC "Tiny" Kumaria, a veteran fighter pilot, will Friday take over as the Indian Air Forc...

‘Prevent new converts from marrying immediately’

The recommendation from the newly-formed body of minorities was made against the backdrop of a natio...

Tripura farmers released by banned outfit

A crackdown by Bangladesh security forces has forced a separatist outfit to release three farmers ki...

Bihar axes appointment of 11 school teachers

The Bihar government has cancelled the appointment of 11 teachers in primary schools in Kaimur distr...

Norway mass killer wanted to look like Beckham

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is accused of killing 77 people in a bombing and shooti...

Falling stout beer bubbles mystery solved

Mathematicians claim to have solved the mystery of why bubbles in stout beers such as Guinness sink ...

Two migrant labourers killed in Kottayam

Two migrant labourers were killed and two others injured in an accident at a construction site near ...

Obama reference to `Polish death camp` faulted

US President Barack Obama`s reference to a "Polish death camp" while honouring a Polish war hero is ...

RSS disapproves of Team Anna comments against PM

The RSS disapproved of Team Anna`s comments against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the issue of ...

CPM to take action against Mani for his remarks

CPI(M) disapproved the remarks of a senior party leader from Kerala seeking to justify the retaliato...

Norway killer`s friends viewed him as gay

Friends of self-confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik believed he was a recluse or homosexu...

Now, software that can read feelings behind facial expressions

Computers that could read our faces may not be far from reality.

Need to save Anna from his team: Khurshid

Salman Khurshid on Tuesday took potshots at Team Anna saying there was as much a need to save Anna H...

4,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb in Egypt.

Justice Hegde disassociates from Team Anna

Justice Santosh Hegde disassociated himself from the corruption charges leveled by Team Anna against...

Traders abduction: India objects to Chinese report

India reacted sharply to an article in the state-run media that defended kidnappings of Indian trade...

Centre to challenge HC order on minority sub quota

Centre on Tuesday announced that it will challenge the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s rejection of its ...

Kapil Sibal for creating educators` pool

HRD Minister Kapil Sibal`s remarks came as teacher shortage and training continues to remain a big c...

`NE should prioritise issues of rehab of manual scavengers`

Wasnik said that north-eastern should prioritise issue like unsanitary latrines and rehabilitation o...

First generation iPad prototype up for auction

The “First Generation Prototype” of the original iPad has gone on sale on eBay, attracting bids of a...

Crackdown on illegal nursing homes in Ganjam district

Two more pvt nursing homes were sealed in Berhampur admin in Odisha launched a crack-down on illegal...

`Sri Lanka north not just for Tamils’

The Sri Lankan Army defeated the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam rebels after 26 years o...

Adarsh scam: Seven accused get bail

Seven persons accused in the Adarsh Housing Society scam were on Tuesday granted bail a special cour...

Panel`s findings on dam unilateral: Kerala

The panel relied on the report of Annamalai Univ in TN to come to the conclusion that the reservoir ...

Madurai lorries not to ply from May 31 in K’taka

The protest is in view of Karnataka government`s notification making it compulsory for vehicles from...

Air Canada plane makes emergency landing

An Air Canada jet made an emergency landing after an engine shut down shortly after takeoff from Pea...

Poland`s police arrest 42, including football fans

Poland co-hosts Euro 2012 with neighbouring Ukraine and is stepping up security ahead of the tournam...

Adarsh Society: MoD slaps notice on Maha govt

The Defence Ministry has issued a notice to Maharashtra government and Adarsh Housing Society asking...

French Army seeks Russian mine detectors

French Army experts have expressed interest in Russian improvised explosive device detection systems...

Kazakh cops jailed for attacking protesters

At least 15 people died as police put down a protest by oil workers in the southwest city of Zhanaoz...

Modern birds `closely related to dinosaurs`

Modern birds are, essentially, living dinosaurs, with skulls that are significantly similar to those...

Adarsh: CBI to add stringent sections of IPC

14 accused in Adarsh Housing Society scam might land in more trouble, as the CBI told a special cour...

Interlocutors` report ambiguous: Rajnath

Senior BJP Leader Rajnath Singh termed the Centre`s Interlocuters report as ambiguous.

CBSE toppers euphoric, credit parents and teachers

Initial disbelief gave way to euphoria and celebrations as several students appearing in the Class 1...

AP DGP told to exercise restraint in detaining YSR

State Chief Electoral Officer wrote a letter to the DGP V Dinesh Reddy in this regard following a co...

Burglars strike at three places in Noida

Three burglaries were reported from different parts of the satellite town, police said on Monday.

Three-fold hike in service chiefs` financial powers

AK Antony hiked the financial powers of the 3 armed forces HQs to allow purchases worth Rs 150 crore...

Prohibitory orders in Kupwara extended

Authorities have extended the prohibitory orders in frontier district of Kupwara in North Kashmir fo...

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Argentina, no casualties

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Santiago del Estero. No casualties were repo...

Pak-origin UK politician faces inquiry for misusing funds

Pak-origin British politician Baroness Warsi is facing calls for a police investigation into her Par...

4.8-magnitude earthquake hits north China

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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