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World War II bomb turned into church bell

The shell of an unexploded bomb of the World War II has been used as a church bell for the past many...

UN blasted for appointing Mugabe as tourism envoy

Robert Mugabe and his aides are subject to a EU travel ban that prevents them from travelling to EU ...

US to search for WW-II fighters in Arunachal?

A fresh request from the US to resume the search for the remains of American pilots who perished aft...

Suu Kyi leaves for first visit abroad in 24 yrs

Aung San Suu Kyi left for Thailand to attend a World Economic Forum meet ahead of her European tour,...

Internet Protocol: IPv6 launch on June 6

In a move signalling the advent of a new era, the Internet Society will shift from the current IPv4 ...

13/7 blasts: Link between underworld, IM bared

Maharashtra ATS has named Dubai-based Muzaffar Kola, an associate of Mustaffa Dossa, as a wanted acc...

World Bank funded study on Gujarat coral restoration

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) would undertake a World Bank-funded detailed study and coral re...

Oz’s Gina Rinehart becomes richest woman in world

Western Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart is now the richest woman in the world after her wealt...

World`s oceans need greater protection: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought global attention to the fragile state of the world`s oce...

Japan asks US to remove memorial to Korean sex slaves

A team of Japanese officials recently visited New York to ask the US to remove a plaque outside a pu...

AP seeks EU support for funding from World Bank an

Arunachal Pradesh CM Nabam Tuki has sought support from the European Union to facilitate flow of fun...

New turmoil in Arab world: French PM`s name

French Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault`s surname, when pronounced, sounds like the word "penis" in ...

ITBP scales Everest, begins world record ski down

A six-member team of the paramilitary ITBP on Saturday scaled the world`s tallest peak Mount Everest...

WB to give Rs 13,000 cr for power generation in NE

World Bank would give Rs 13,000 crore for infrastructrual development of power generation facilities...

US lifestyle would need 4 earths to sustain: WWF report

Mankind is draining the earth’s resources so quickly that the globe would be bled dry before the end...

Chicken may break record for world’s tiniest egg

A family in UK has claimed that a two-centimetre long egg laid by their pet hen, named Twiglet, coul...

`Majority of global population to live in cities by 2050`

About two-thirds of the world`s population will be located in urban areas by 2050, creating serious ...

At 100, ex-army man gifts hospital to village

For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of ser...

Ex-soldier turns 100, gifts hospital to village

Rao Kabool Singh, a World War-II veteran from Rajasthan who has turned 100, Sunday gifted a 15-bedde...

Dubai to observe World Migratory Bird Day

The environment department of the Dubai Municipality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will mark Wor...

World`s first cloned goat visits Omar’s office

CM Omar Abdullah had an unusual visitor at his office this morning-- Noori, the world`s first cloned...

‘Nepal fastest urbanizing country in South Asia’

Possibly the least urbanized country in South Asia, Nepal is also the fastest urbanizing nation in t...

Serbia to have world`s largest solar park

The proposed solar park, spread over 3,000 hectares of land, would have an estimated capacity of 1,0...

Mali: Islamist attacks saint`s tomb in Timbuktu

The act threatens to raise tensions that have been building between residents and the Islamists who ...

World`s fastest toilet on wheels

A new and unusual land speed world record has been set in Australia -- for the fastest motorised toi...

Australian man graduates at 97, again!

A grandfather of 12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren, Stewart from Tea Gardens now plans to r...

Indus civilisation site in India under threat of vanishing

Rakhigari along with Taxila in Pakistan are under threat of vanishing in a tide of rapid economic gr...

Pakistan dangerous for journalists: Daily

Those in Pakistan`s high offices pay lip service to the media but what they desire is a media tuned ...

UK phone-hacking effect: Ex-cop arrested?

The inquiry, being held under the name Operation Elevedon, is looking into allegations of inappropri...

Govt for CBI probe into fraud in WB-aided project

The Centre Thursday said a CBI probe could be ordered into allegations of fraud by PCL in a World Ba...

Puerto Rican poet chosen for Kerala`s literary prize

Noted Puerto Rican poet Jack Agueros has been selected for the Asan World Prize 2012, instituted in ...

BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

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

Qaeda has little support in Muslim world Poll

A year after Osama bin Laden was killed by US Special Forces in Pakistan, his terrorist outfit al Qa...

24 newly discovered lizard species face extinction

Half of the 24 new lizard species known as skinks, all discovered on the Caribbean islands, may be c...

World Trade Centre becomes highest NY tower

The World Trade Centre tower built to replace the destroyed Twin Towers is set to become New York`s ...

Assam`s Guinness bid: 40,885 saplings planted in an hour

In a bid to enter the Guinness World Records, 100 people Sunday planted 40,885 saplings within an ho...

Rupert Murdoch`s woes are far from over

Rupert Murdoch is likely to come in for critical mention when a key parliamentary committee releases...

Crime one of the world`s top 20 economies: UN

Over $40 billion is lost through corruption in developing countries annually, said UNODC head Fedoto...

India to join project to build largest telescope

A budget of Rs 700 crore has been sanctioned to construct the world`s largest telescope.

World`s tallest Hindu temple to come up in Bihar

The world`s tallest Hindu temple, on the lines of the famed Cambodia`s Angkor Wat, is all set to com...

Public Distribution System to be computerised

The food and public distribution department has signed an agreement to scale up computerization of t...

Mamata dedicates Time honour to `Ma, Mati, Manush`

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who has been named among 100 most influential people by Time magazin...

Mamata in world`s 100 most influential people list

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential pe...

Common diseases in old age

As humans age, physical conditions decline which lead to many illnesses and ailments.

Israel derides `shameful` Gunter Grass poem

A poem by German Nobel laureate Gunter Grass accused Israel of plotting Iran`s annihilation and thr...

Two Indians selected as Yale 2012 World Fellows

Two Indians are among 16 people selected by the prestigious Yale University in 2012 as its World F...

`WB report on highway project bribery serious`

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar described as `extremely serious` a reported World Bank report on bribery in hi...

Govt seeks facts from NHAI on World Bank report

Road Transport Minister CP Joshi on Tuesday said government has no connection "with corruption" and ...

S Africa, Australia in celestial spat for new telescope

South Africa and Australia are now squaring off in a new contest: to win the right to host the world...

Aung chosen for ‘Bhagwan Mahavir Award’

Aung San Suu Kyi, was chosen for the first International Bhagwan Mahavir World Peace award.

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US-Pak: An affair gone wrong
Pak and US certainly can’t live without each other either.

KKR celebrations mock Bengali pride
The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

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