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New York: Marketed as a safer alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes could actually damage cells in ways that could lead to cancer, suggests new research. In laboratory tests, the researchers found that even...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy restricting service and consumption of liquor at bars in five star hotels only. An apex court bench comprising Justice Vikramjit Sen and...

Bengaluru: Leading from the front, Parthiv Patel struck a fluent century while seamer Jasprit Bumrah claimed an impressive five-wicket haul as Gujarat outclassed Delhi by 139 runs in the final match to lift the Vijay...

Washington: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a massive landslide on Mars, showing a boulder-covered landslide along a canyon wall. The landslide was relatively fresh as many individual boulders stood above the main deposit. Additionally,...

Mumbai: Superstar Aamir Khan and actress Anushka Sharma have been named the hottest vegetarians of 2015 by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The two winners beat a strong group of competitors, including...

Islamabad: Four terrorists were executed in Pakistan for their involvement in last year’s Army Public School attack in Peshawar, a media report said on Tuesday. Terrorists Noor Saeed, Murad Khan, Innayatullah and Israruddin were executed...

London: A top Afghan militant commander has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin held an unpublicised meeting with Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the current Taliban chief, to discuss possible Russian support against the IS insurgents who...

New Delhi: Twenty five-year-old Kamakshi is happy that she no longer suffers from a urinary tract infection (UTI) usually caused by using dirty toilets in her office – thanks to peebuddy, a one-time-use affordable device...

New Delhi: Days after his suspension from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former cricketer Kirti Azad on Monday said he wants to expose the corrupt in the Delhi’s cricket body. “I have not done anything...

New Delhi: A day after the BJP sought an apology from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his allegations against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the DDCA row, the Aam Aadmi Party convener on Monday...

Hyderabad: Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella on Monday said Microsoft would like to work with T-Hub to develop accelerators and startups. He said this during his visit to T-Hub, billed as India’s largest technology...

Mumbai:”Mr. X” actress Amyra Dastur, who is currently in Beijing to shoot her first international film “Kung Fu Yoga” along with Jackie Chan, says she is looking forward to meet the martial arts movie star....

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday hoisted the party flag at the party headquarters here, marking the 130th Congress Foundation Day. Senior party leaders including vice-president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh,...

Chennai: Around 340,000 bank employees across the country would strike work on January 8 to protest the violation of bilateral settlement by the five associate banks of the State Bank of India (SBI), a top...

Kabul: A Taliban bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle near Kabul airport today in an attack on a NATO convoy, killing one civilian a day after Pakistan’s army chief visited the Afghan capital in an effort...

Chennai: Around 340,000 bank employees across the country would strike work on January 8 to protest the violation of bilateral settlement by the five associate banks of the State Bank of India (SBI), a top...

New Delhi: Mumbai Garudas became champions of the inaugural edition of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) defeating Haryana Hammers 7-2 in an exciting final at the KD Jadhav Wrestling Stadium here on Sunday evening. The...

Hyderabad: A fire accident marked the final day of ‘Ayutha Chandi Maha Yagam’ of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at his farmhouse near here, which led to President Pranab Mukherjee skipping the event. The...

Bhubaneswar: Warning that the world was facing several challenges, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday gave a call to work seriously on issues of extremism and climate change. “Extremism and climate change are some...

Bhubaneswar: The commercially vibrant Bargarh town in western Odisha is agog with excitement ahead of the 11-day-long reign of demon king Kansa as Makar Sankranti festival ushers in the world’s biggest open air theatre ‘Dhanu...