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Researchers have identified a gene that can help reduce potential contamination of conventional crops by genetically modified crops

The number of deaths across India due to swine flu reached 743 on Friday, with 40 more people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman in Delhi, succumbing to the disease

West Indies batsman Darren Bravo's future in the World Cup was thrown up in jeopardy after he injured his left hamstring while batting during his team's World Cup match against Pakistan here today

Actor-producer John Abraham, also brand ambassador for Skybags, is on a look-out for a creative designer for the next collection of the luggage brand under a digital campaign called "The Skybags Canvas Project". He says he is excited to witness myriad ideas with vibrancy

Senior Communist leader and leading light of the anti-toll tax, who was shot last Monday in Kolhapur, succumbed to his injuries here shortly before midnight

At least 45 people were killed when three car bombs exploded simultaneously at three places in the eastern Libyan city of Al-Gubba, security sources said, even as Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibily for the attacks

New Delhi: The sensational petroleum ministry document leakage case assumed wider dimensions Friday with the arrest of a former journalist and an energy consultant and revelations in the police complaint that the papers stolen included inputs for the forthcoming union budget and a letter relating to the PMO. The stolen documents were also related to […]

New Delhi: Odisha will get about Rs 607 crore including royalty, over the next 30 years from its coal blocks sold so far through the ongoing auction, a top government official said today. Respective states of which the coal blocks are being auctioned will get nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, including royalty, Coal Secretary Anil […]

Bhubaneswar: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) chairman Naveen Jindal Friday said the coal gasification steel plant in Odisha’s Angul district would be expanded to six million tonnes per annum (mtpa) capacity by the end of 2016. “The coal-to-gas project, the first such project in the country, would be expanded from its present two mtpa […]

Melbourne: South Africa’s pace spearhead Dale Steyn is fit to lead their attack in a crucial cricket World Cup match against India Sunday after recovering from a bout of sinusitis, coach Russell Domingo said Friday. “He is fine, there is nothing to be concerned about,” Domingo was quoted as saying by sport24.co.za. Domingo added the […]

New Delhi: The number of deaths due to swine flu reached 743 Friday, with 40 more people succumbing to the disease across India. The number of cases rose from 11,071 Thursday to 11,955 Friday, a health ministry official said. A team of experts from the health ministry was visiting Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and […]

New Delhi: The union cabinet on Thursday approved four highway development projects worth Rs.8,639.14 crore, including six laning of Baleswar-Chandikhole section of NH- 5 in Odisha, an official statement said. The projects, spanning across several states would be carried out on the design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis in the build, operate and […]

We are now waiting for a word from the governor, said JD-U leader Nitish Kumar after Jitan Ram Manjhi put in his papers as Bihar chief minister

As the second alliance government of the BJP-Shiv Sena combine, formed in Maharashtra after a brief period of bickering between the partners of 25 years, completes 75 days in power Friday, it is clear that the Shiv Sena has sharpened its attack on the BJP

Does evolution follow certain rules? For at least one important biological trait - body size - the answer is yes, new research suggests