IANS

Pathankot: A powerful blast killed an NSG officer at the IAF base near here and firing was heard inside on Sunday as security forces searched for terrorists still holed up after an audacious terror attack...

New Delhi: The security has been intensified at two railway stations here after the Delhi-Lucknow Shatabdi Express was evacuated at Ghaziabad on Sunday morning after reports of a bomb scare. We received information of a...

New Delhi: Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader A.B. Bardhan died at a hospital here on Saturday, a doctor said. He was 93. “The CPI leader died at 8.20 p.m. Our team tried hard...

The government on Saturday raised excise duty on petrol by 37 paise per litre and on diesel by Rs.2

Tokyo: A group of researchers in Japan and China has found a clue to generate electric current without energy consumption at room temperature. They have identified the requirements for the development of new types of...

London: A team of scientists in Ireland has sequenced the first genomes from ancient Irish humans, which is now being used to answer pivotal questions about the origins of the country’s people and their culture....

Shenzhen: Fancy visiting a restaurant in China, placing the order in Hindi and gorging on delectable paapri chaat or finger-licking pav bhaji with Bollywood chartbusters playing in the background? It sounds fanciful, but is actually...

The 50th anniversary of the 1965 India-Pakistan war was observed in a befitting manner by the defence forces this year. Six years from now it will be the 50th anniversary of the 1971 war which...

New Delhi: The year just ending has been a gastronomic delight for food lovers. Food festivals, street food, regional cuisine, TV food shows, pubs, cafes and the year-ending blessing – the return of Maggi. It’s...

My friend watched the dinosaur movie “Jurassic World” in front of her pet bird so that the creature could remember when his kind ruled the earth. She was trying to be nice but I thought...

Thiruvananthapuram: Hosts India are expected to face a tough task when they lock horns with a rampaging Afghanistan in a high-voltage SAFF Championship final at the Trivandrum International Stadium here on Sunday. Both teams have...

Mumbai: India’s experienced shuttler Parupalli Kashyap believes the introduction of a 15-point game in Premier Badminton League (PBL) will make the tournament more intense and good to watch for the fans. In order to make...

New York: Howard Davis Jr., who won a boxing gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the lightweight category, has died of lung cancer at the age of 59. Davis died on Wednesday after a...

Sydney: New South Wales (NSW) spinner Stephen O’Keefe was on Saturday called in to Australia’s XI for the third cricket Test against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting on Sunday. O’Keefe replaces...

Big Data is increasingly being used by prominent companies to outpace the competition. Be it established companies or start-ups, they are embracing data-focussed strategies to outpace the competition. In healthcare, clinical data can be reviewed...

Mumbai: German automaker Volkswagen on Friday said it had rolled out 10 percent more units last year as compared to the number of units manufactured at its Pune plant in 2014. In a statement Volkswagen...

Mumbai: Tata Motors’ commercial and passenger vehicle sales in December 2015 dropped by 6.24 percent at 35,416 units compared to 37,776 units clocked in December 2014. “Last year, in the anticipation of increase in excise,...

New Delhi: The year that has just begun will be the year of large screens and videos, the demand for cheaper smartphones will grow and 3G and 2G users will continue to co-exist over the...

Mumbai: A strengthening rupee on account of healthy buying activity buoyed India’s foreign exchange reserves (Forex) kitty by $943.4 million, experts said on Saturday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement,...

Beijing: China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) has launched an online service platform for lawyers on judicial justice, rule of law and rights, the media reported on Saturday. Through the platform, lawyers will be able to...