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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, while several small impact craters are visible in the landslide lobe, they are smaller in size and fewer in number […]

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 Amitabh Bachchan, Alia Bhatt, Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, R. Madhavan and Dhanush. “It is very important what you eat, as […]

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 in Kohat central jail for their involvement in December 16, 2014, school attack that left at least 150 people, mostly […]

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 in recent weeks have been advancing in Afghanistan, a media report said. Putin is known to be concerned that the […]

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 that enables women to urinate while standing. Initially it was a moment of awkwardness as most of her female friends […]

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 against party…but I want to expose those who are corrupt in the DDCA (Delhi and District Cricket Association),” Azad told […]

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 said he would not oblige the BJP with an apology. The AAP leader took to Twitter to take a dig […]

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 incubator. “Indian talent in the area is dramatically growing and we can see their dominance in the field,” he said […]

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. “I am very excited to meet Jackie Chan. This is my second schedule for the film. Sonu Sood will be […]

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, Sheila Dikshit and spokesperson Manish Tewari were present on the occasion at the AICC office at 24, Akbar Road. Founded […]

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 leader of All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) said here. The five associate banks of the SBI are State Bank […]

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 to revive peace talks. Four other civilians were wounded in the early morning attack, which comes amid a worsening security […]

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 leader of All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) said here. The five associate banks of the SBI are State Bank […]

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 Garudas, who had won all their matches on their way to the summit clash, thus maintained their unbeaten record in […]

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 president was to participate in Purnahoti, the final rituals of the five-day mega event organised by the chief minister for […]