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4,000-year-old tomb found in Egypt

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

Siachen avalanche: Three bodies found

Search teams have found the bodies of two of the 139 people who were buried under dozens of feet of ...

NASA scientist weighs space rock from millions of miles away

NASA scientist has accurately determined the mass of a nearby asteroid from millions of miles away.

Egyptian teen invents spacecraft propulsion system

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student has invented a futuristic propulsion system for spacecraft...

60% of households in Indian cities water deficient

More than 60 per cent of the households in major Indian cities are water-deficient, says the survey ...

2,000-year-old stone anchor offers clues to Indo-Arab trade

NIO sientists have found an Indo-Arabic stone anchor off the Kutch coast in Gujarat that offers sign...

Delhi govt to regularise plots allotted under 20-p

Dikshit said free hold rights will be granted to the original owners of the plots which were allotte...

Sonia assures help to pension activists

Sonia Gandhi assured activists demanding review of the old age pension scheme that she will refer it...

Old age pension of Rs 200 an insult: Jairam Ramesh

The monthly pension of Rs 200 given to the elderly is "an insult to the dignity of an individual", r...

Up to 200 UK soldiers to stay in Afghan after 2014

Up to 200 British special force soldiers could remain deployed in Afghanistan to help combat terrori...

When Murdoch, ex-editor `almost came to fisticuffs`

Murdoch, who appeared before the inquiry last month, had referred to Evans in unflattering terms, wh...

Sai Baba’s treasure: 280 kg gold, 3000 kg silver

Two devotees Friday donated Sri Sai Baba gold worth Rs 60 lakh at his temple here, Shirdi Sansthan s...

Ramesh against poverty criteria in old age pension

Recommending removal of poverty line criteria while implementing the Old Age Pension scheme, Rural D...

Historic Indian origin diamond sells for $9.7 mn

A 100 year old diamond which had seen a several generation of European royalty was sold for 9.7 mill...

Soldier`s wife commits suicide

Divya was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her house by her husband, a soldier posted in Delhi Ca...

Five Iraqi soldiers killed in suicide bombing

Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber who drove an explosives-rigged fuel truck into front gate of an...

37000-year-old porn carvings found in France

Anthropologists have discovered the oldest example of cave art on a 1.5 metric ton block limestone, ...

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...

World not ending in 2012: Mayan Calendar

Archaeologists announced the discovery of the oldest Mayan calendar to date, a ninth-century artifac...

Two held outside Jama Masjid selling fake gold biscuits

Two contractors were arrested from outside Jama Masjid in central Delhi for allegedly trying to sell...

Captured US soldier is key in talks with Taliban

Bowe Bergdahl was captured on June 30, 2009, in Paktika province in Afghanistan.

Australian man graduates at 97, again!

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

Universal old age pension sought for elderly citiz

A group of activists demanded that the Centre constitute a universal non-contributory old age pensio...

Oldest blood cells found in wounds of iceman

Scientists have discovered the oldest known blood cells in the wounds of Otzi, the stone age “Iceman...

Graves of Muslim soldiers desecrated in France

The graves of several Muslim soldiers in a cemetery in southeastern France were desecrated over the ...

Al Qaeda in Yemen says it frees captured soldiers

The terror network said the freeing of the soldiers followed mediation efforts by tribal elders and ...

2,900-year-old Egyptian mummy had rare, cancer-like disease

About 2,900 years after he was mummified, scientists have uncovered that the ancient Egyptian man, l...

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...

`US alignment with Pakistan a Cold War notion`

An influential US Congressman noted that Pakistan has always backed the Taliban to gain strategic de...

Soon, hi-tech cars to aid older drivers

A team of researchers is developing new technology that is aimed at helping older drivers stay on th...

Delhi: Man`s body found in dustbin

A 39-year-old man was on Sunday found murdered and dumped in a dustbin in south-west Delhi, police s...

FBI urged to collect data on anti-Sikh crime

As many as 92 US lawmakers have urged the FBI to collect data on hate crimes against Sikh-Americans.

US soldiers found posing with remains of suicide bombers

US troops posed with mangled remains of suspected Taliban suicide bombers in a new macabre incident ...

As ice cap melts, militaries vie for Arctic edge

By Arctic standards, the region is already buzzing with military activity, and experts believe that ...

Farooq Abdullah pays obeisance at Golden Temple

Union minister Farooq Abdullah paid obeisance at Golden Temple here.

Pak to dig 130-foot tunnel to rescue buried soldiers

Rescuers were focussing on six "priority points" at the army`s battalion headquarters in Gyari.

Hillary says no `new Cold War` in Asia

Asserting that the US is not seeking to act in conflict with a rising China, Secretary of State Hill...

A day after clashes, situation peaceful in Hyd

The situation in trouble-hit parts of the old city remained peaceful even as indefinite curfew con...

Hyderabad: Curfew in old city areas after clashes

Tension prevailed in some parts of the Old City after two groups clashed and indulged in stone-pelti...

Pak avalanche: Rescue ops on; no bodies found yet

Pak soldiers are digging for a second day to find 135 people buried by a massive avalanche that engu...

Australian military faced with another sex scandal

The Australian military is facing another sex scandal just weeks after it handed down wide-ranging r...

Teddy bear-faced robot to help injured soldiers

Scientists have designed a 500-pound teddy bear that is capable of lifting and carrying an injured f...

5-year-old killed for exorcism?

Body of a 5-year-old boy with his tongue chopped off was found in an abandoned house in Uttar Prad...

94-year-old retired cop gets lifer

A 94-year-old retired policeman was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here in connection wit...

Couple arrested for smuggling Rs 75 L gold biscuits

A software engineer couple was arrested at Kamaraj domestic air terminal here on Friday when they tr...

‘I would clean shoes of Golden Temple visitors`

The Deputy Attorney General of Pak Muhammad Khurshid Khan paid obeisance at the Golden Temple.

Coldest, deepest Antarctic water `mysteriously shrinking`

The coldest deep ocean water that flows around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean has been strangely d...

Oldest US natural history museum offers rare peek

Founded in 1812 by a group of naturalists seeking to advance a scholarly view of the world, the muse...

120 recruits attain status of `combat soldier`

About 120 recruits of the 85th Course of The Brigade of The Guards, at Kamptee near attained status ...

France: Woman to marry slain soldier posthumously

The pregnant girlfriend of one of the French paratroopers murdered by Mohamed Merah is to be allowed...

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