News from India

New Delhi: Soon after he takes oath as Railways Minister this evening, Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi will be heading to Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh where a train derailed two days ago killing 68 people. Sources said Trivedi will visit Fatehpur, about 120 km from Lucknow, after the oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. This […]

New Delhi: Controversial minister Jairam Ramesh was today elevated to Cabinet rank and shifted from Environment Ministry as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a substantive yet incomplete reshuffle in the ministry dropping seven ministers and inducting eight new faces including V Kishore Chandra Deo. In a significant change, he also took away Law portfolio from […]

Mumbai: Veteran actor Pankaj Kapoor, who is looking forward to the release of his maiden Bollywood directorial `Mausam`, says he made the film specifically for his son Shahid. “I have directed for television for about five years. So there was a desire to direct a film. I have been writing for a long time. So […]

New Delhi: Adolescents who watch Bollywood stars light up or use other tobacco products on screen are more likely to be tobacco users, says a new study. "The odds of using tobacco once or more in a lifetime among students who were highly exposed to tobacco use occurrences in Bollywood films were more than twice […]

Mumbai: Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will be next seen opposite Shahid Kapoor in `Mausam`, said she is a shy girl on film sets who doesn`t interact much with her co-stars. The 26-year-old actress said it was Shahid who broke the ice on the sets of `Mausam` and they ended up being friends who also fought […]

London: Here`s some good news for those desperately seek an end to snoring at night — researchers say they have developed a new sensor device, resembling a sticking plaster, to tackle the condition. The device is stuck onto the patient`s top lip to monitor their breathing; when it detects a snore, it sends a short […]

England's century-maker on day two of the second Test versus India here, Gary Ballance today said that his side needs to make use of the remaining wickets tomorrow and try to take a lead in the first innings

Boston: Children who grow up exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to suffer from neurobehavioural disorders like learning disabilities, lack of concentration and hyperactivity, according to a new study by Harvard researchers. Researchers, led by the Harvard School of Public Health, have found that children who grow up among parents or family members who […]

Paris: Scientists on Tuesday offered a slender piece of good news about global warming, reporting that cities can be of surprising help in soaking up carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal greenhouse gas. Around four percent of the world`s land surface is defined as urbanised, a figure expected to surge as the planet`s human population rises […]

Hundreds of protesters today staged a silent march from the school where a six-year-old girl student was allegedly raped to a police station demanding justice for the girl and swift action against the guilty

Mumbai: Through a mural at the Mosque of Madani at Srinagar in Kashmir, Indian researchers claimed to have found the "first firm record" in the Indian subcontinent, of a supernova event that might have taken place centuries ago. Researchers from Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the […]

Nicotine in cigarettes may trigger psychiatric disorders, raising a smoker's risk of committing suicide, a new study has warned

Washington: Geologists have discovered what they say is an ancient, lost landscape that lies deep beneath the sediment of the North Atlantic Ocean near the northern coast of Scotland. The massive landscape with furrows cut by rivers and peaks that once belonged to mountains is believed to be some 56-million-year-old. "It looks for all the […]

Gold prices rallied further and reclaimed the Rs 28,000 per 10/gram mark in the bullion market here on Friday due to consistent demand from jewellery stockists and retail investors

New Delhi: A meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to consider limiting supply of subsidised domestic LPG cylinders to 4-6 per household in a year, has been deferred. The EGoM meeting was slated for 1630 hours on Tuesday but had to be deferred due to the Cabinet reshuffle, […]