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Indonesia`s Mount Lokon volcano erupts

Indonesia`s Mount Lokon volcano erupts


Indonesian volcano Mount Lokon erupted Friday morning followed by a roaring noise and spewing of thi...
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16 mn children still out of school: Sibal


Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urged students to work to change the society and also evolve a new ...
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Bihar would spend 85% NRHM funds


Bihar Health Department Principal Secretary Amarjeet Sinha said his department would be able to spen...
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BJP asks PM to break silence on Batla encounter


Speaking in Lucknow, national vice president of BJP Vinay Katiyar demanded that Khurshid be sacked a...
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Honour, integrity restored: Army Chief’s counsel


Army Chief VK Singh’s counsel Puneet Bali said on Friday that the integrity and honour of the Gen ha...
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Pakistani university hit by sex scandals

Pakistani university hit by sex scandals


An official said a professor and a librarian recently left International Islamic University after th...
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Bandh disrupts life in Arunachal capital


Life came to a grinding halt in Itanagar on Friday due to bandh called by AAPBSU protesting against ...
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Temperature rises, but no let up in cold wave


The cold wave in Punjab and Haryana continued unabated despite a marginal increasein minimum tempera...
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Sharks` remarkable skin boosts swimming

Sharks` remarkable skin boosts swimming


Swimming comes effortlessly to sharks, thanks to their streamlined shapes and coating of razor sharp...
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FBI memos paint Steve Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary

FBI memos paint Steve Jobs as driven, reality-distorting visionary


The FBI has released decades-old file it kept on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, questioning his moral ...
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‘Sonia cried on seeing Batla encounter pics’


With the political heat rising in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has once again raised the Batla House ...
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`Rise of China a source of strategic uncertainty`

`Rise of China a source of strategic uncertainty`


A top Pentagon commander told US lawmakers that the China-US relationship has been an area of in-dep...
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China fires Tibet officials over unrest: Report

China fires Tibet officials over unrest: Report


Beijing has blamed the Dalai Lama, Tibet`s exiled spiritual leader, for unrest in Tibet.
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Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike

Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike


Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-backed militant group, has vowed to punish Israel if Adnan dies.
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Military to remain in power till June 30: Egypt PM

Military to remain in power till June 30: Egypt PM


Al Ganzouri added that nominations for a presidential election would be accepted starting March 10.
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German court says Samsung can sell reworked tablet

German court says Samsung can sell reworked tablet


Apple is fighting several rival makers of smartphones and tablet PCs in courts worldwide over intell...
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‘Shiv Sena will lose relevance after Mumbai poll’


Terming Shiv Sena as `fascist`, Maha CM Prithviraj Chavan said the party would lose relevance after ...
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Charges not framed against Madhu Koda


Charges against former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda in the money laundering case could not be framed on ...
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Charges not framed against Koda


Charges against former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda in the money laundering case could not ...
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Cabinet nod for cold chain centre as society


India is the second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits, vegetables and flow...
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Munda unhappy over leaking of Chidamabaram`s lette


In the last three months, over 30 security personnel have been killed by the Maoists in Jharkhand.
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AMU VC appointment further delayed


The process of appointing a new Vice-Chancellor for Aligarh Muslim University has been further del...
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Freezing cold sweeps Punjab, Haryana


With another spell of snowfall in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, the fresh cold wave sweeping Punj...
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Top China graft-buster visited consulate: US

Top China graft-buster visited consulate: US


The Chongqing government refused comment on Wang`s visit to the consulate.
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‘Case against Modi in 2002 riots should be closed’


Arun Jaitley, Thursday said that if reports suggesting that SIT has given a clean chit to Narendra M...
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Engineer guilty of Motorola trade secret theft

Engineer guilty of Motorola trade secret theft


A Chinese-American woman, working as software engineer, has been found guilty by a US court of steal...
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Orders reserved on unauthorised construction issue


The Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved orders on a batch of writ petitions, which would decide...
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Punjab: Teenager chops off tongue to appease deity


A 17-year-old boy chopped off his tongue in a temple to propitiate the presiding deity Goddess Chaw...
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Karuna takes a dig at AIADMK over power situation


Karunanidhi referred to CM Jayalalithaa`s recent announcement that there would be no power cut from...
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TN Assembly Speaker hits out at Karuna


DMK president Karunanidhi had charged that opposition leader Vijayakanth`s suspension from House sh...
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China graft-buster placed on `stress leave`

China graft-buster placed on `stress leave`


A top official linked to one of China`s most powerful politicians has been placed on leave for str...
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Myanmar moves towards ending media censorship

Myanmar moves towards ending media censorship


Myanmar is poised to adopt a new media law that could sweep away half a century of heavy-handed ce...
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Delhi BJP hoping Modi`s luck will rub on it


With municipal polls just round the corner, Delhi BJP has brought the `lucky rath` that was used by...
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India`s mangrove cover increases, Guj takes lead

India`s mangrove cover increases, Guj takes lead


India recorded a net increase of 23.34 sqkm of mangrove cover between 2009 and 2011.
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Prof Thirumalai new V-C of Tamil University


Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah on Wednesday appointed senior academician Professor M Thirumalai as ...
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Beni terms Punia an `outsider`


Factionalism in Congress came to the fore on Wednesday with Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma ...
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Global warming `could kill off snails`

Global warming `could kill off snails`


Scientists have warned that global warming could kill off some of the world`s smallest and slimiest ...
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Hardoi DM seriously injured in mishap


Hardoi District Magistrate MKS Sundaram and his driver were seriously injured when his official ve...
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MHA issues advisory to track missing children


MHA has issued a country wide advisory to states and enforcement agencies to track missing children...
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‘California gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional’

‘California gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional’


A federal appeals court has declared California`s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional.
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Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail in Myanmar

Suu Kyi hits the campaign trail in Myanmar


Suu Kyi is running for a seat representing Kawhmu, a poor district south of Yangon, the country`s la...
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Nasheed held world`s 1st underwater cabinet meet

Nasheed held world`s 1st underwater cabinet meet


Nasheed was the first democratically elected president in the history of the Maldives.
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Falak case: MHA seeks report from Delhi Police


The Union Home Ministry wants to know whether there is any angle of human trafficking in the case or...
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Devotees take holy dip in Yamuna River


A large number of men, women and children today took a holy dip in the river Yamuna near Sonepat o...
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Chhattisgarh gets new chief secretary


Sunil Kumar, a 1979 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Tuesday took charge as the ch...
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Malaysian PM asks Hindus to keep trust in govt

Malaysian PM asks Hindus to keep trust in govt


The Malaysian PM said that this trust would help the community overcome challenges and achieve perso...
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Suu Kyi hits campaign trail in Myanmar

Suu Kyi hits campaign trail in Myanmar


Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is travelling to the Irrawaddy delta for the first time in two...
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Artificial beaks save hornbills from extinction

Artificial beaks save hornbills from extinction


Fibre replicas of beaks of hornbills have saved the rare birds from imminent extinction in Arunachal...
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UN appeals India to ratify CTBT


UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed to eight countries, including India, to ratify the CTBT to bring...
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Falak’s `mother` can`t meet her till DNA tests


Munni, who claims to be her mother, will not be able to meet the two-year-old till DNA tests prove s...
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