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New Delh: The Supreme Court on today ruled that there was no need for the consent of the father in giving guardianship of a child to an unwed mother. The apex court bench headed by...

London: The stress hormone cortisol strengthens memories of scary experiences in life, researchers report. If a person remembering a terrifying event has a high stress hormone level, the memory of that specific event will be...

Muzaffarnagar: A man has been arrested for allegedly abducting and raping a 5-year-old girl at knife point at Fatehpur village here, police said today. Dhir Singh (43) was arrested for picking up a 5-year-old girl...

Vancouver: Carli Lloyd scored three goals in the first 16 minutes as the US beat Japan 5-2 in the Women’s World Cup final yesterday. Lloyd’s flash of genius devastated Japan in a re-match of last...

New York: Frequent consumption of citrus fruits — whole grapefruit and orange juice — may be associated with an increased risk of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, says a large study. Analysing dietary patterns...

New York: Frequent consumption of citrus fruits — whole grapefruit and orange juice — may be associated with an increased risk of melanoma, a type of skin cancer, says a large study. Analysing dietary patterns...

Washington: A software glitch that triggered communication loss with NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified and the probe is on way for a Pluto fly-by on July 14, the US space agency has said....

Berlin: Unesco has designated several new World Heritage Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, Britain and the US during the 39th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in the western German city of Bonn. Norway’s Rjukan-Notodden...

New Delhi: Prime minister Narendra Modi leaves on Monday on an eight-day tour that will take him to the five Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and to Ufa in Russia...

Islamabad: At least three soldiers were killed and six injured when a bomb hit their vehicle in North Waziristan in Pakistan on Sunday, a media report said. Unidentified militants blew up a roadside bomb by...

Agartala: India has started preliminary work, including making Detailed Project Report, to build a bridge over Feni river in Tripura to access Bangladeshi ports to carry goods and heavy machineries for the northeast region, an...

Bengaluru: The elections to the Bengaluru civic corporation will be completed by August 28, a month later than scheduled, after the Supreme Court on Friday granted more time to complete the process, a top official...

New Delhi: Journalist Akshay Singh, who died dramatically in Madhya Pradesh while covering the Vyapam scam, was cremated here on Sunday, with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attending it....

With the simultaneous launch of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Housing for All and the coveted Smart Cities Mission (SCM) on June 25, 2015, it was a landmark day in the...

Washington: Chronic and repeated episodes of depression can shrink the hippocampus, an area of the brain responsible for memory and emotion, an international study has revealed. The results highlight the urgent need to treat depression...

The highest numbers of violations were the recruitment and use of 8,521 children, followed by the killing and maiming of 8,422 children and 4,156 incidents of denial of humanitarian access, the report said.

New York: Google may be testing the next version of the Google Glass called GG1, media reports said. Google has a new eye wearable device in the works under the latest US Federal Communications Commission...

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) selection committee will conduct trials at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday to pick male grapplers who will represent the country at the World Championships...

New Delhi: Music composer Pritam Chakraborty, who is making his Bollywood comeback through Salman Khan-starrer “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, says keeping the star cast aside, it’s the music of a film that draws the audience to theatres....

Chennai: Actor Gautham Kurup, known for his work in southern films such as “Thuppakki”, “Kandahar” and “Nerungi Vaa Muthamidathe”, is making his Bollywood debut in the upcoming dark comedy “Bhanwarey”. “I’m trying my hands at...