New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) While 15 miners continue to remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya for a fortnight now, the issue on Wednesday led to a political slugfest with Rahul Gandhi…
Madurai, Dec 26 (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev, who openly backed Narendra Modi for prime ministership before 2014, says it cannot be said now as to who would be the next prime minister and who would…
Lucknow, Dec 26 (IANS) International golfer Jyoti Singh Randhawa was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh forest department on Wednesday for poaching in the Katraniaghat wildlife sanctuary in Bahraich district, officials said. Randhawa and his friend…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Facing sulking allies, the BJP on Wednesday said alliance politics is all about accommodation and adjustments and there was nothing new about such developments before elections. “We have completed seat-sharing…
Hyderabad, Dec 26 (IANS) Three siblings from Telangana were killed in a devastating house fire in Collierville town in Tennessee in the United States, according to the family. The missionary students were identified as Sathwika…
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) Basketball star LeBron James injured his groin and will take a MRI test later on Wednesday. James left halfway in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 127-101 win over…
Bengaluru, Dec 26 (IANS) A day-long strike by the employees and officers of the state-run banks against the merger of three public sector banks (PSBs) paralysed services across Karnataka on Wednesday, a union official said….
London, Dec 26 (IANS) Scientists have developed a drug with potential to stop the breakdown of nerves and brain cells that may lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Back in 1939, a team of experts from Atlanta’s Oglethorpe University that was hunting for unique examples of modern civilisation on Earth landed at The Yoga Institute (TYI)…
Mumbai, Dec 26 (IANS) Value buying on the back of attractive valuations buoyed the major domestic equity indices on Wednesday, with the barometer BSE Sensex gaining 180 points. The volatile trade session closed with the…
Beijing, Dec 26 (IANS) Three students were killed in an explosion in the laboratory of Beijing Jiaotong University on Wednesday, news outlets here reported. The incident occurred at 9.34 a.m when students from the Municipal…
New York, Dec 26 (IANS) Heart attack or stroke may be an early sign of cancers, especially in older adults, say researchers. The findings showed that the risk of having a heart attack and stroke…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Wednesday demanded the renaming of Rajiv Chowk, previously known as Connaught Place, after revolutionary leader Shaheed Bhagat Singh, and defaced a “Rajiv Chowk”…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Triple Talaq Bill, which is high on the government’s agenda, is likely to be taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha as the winter session of Parliament resumes…
Titli cyclone severely affected people in around 25 mandals and 1000 plus villages in Srikakulam in the second week of October 2018. People lost their livelihood especially agriculture lands, their houses got damaged and deprived…
Kabul, Dec 26 (IANS) An attack launched by Taliban militants to overrun Almar district in Afghanistan’s Faryab province was repulsed and eight militants were killed, local media reported on Wednesday. The well coordinated offensive was…
Kolkata, Dec 26 (IANS) A one-horned rhino was found dead with its horn chopped off at Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district and three people were arrested, an official said on Wednesday. “The…
Melbourne, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on Wednesday. To mark the occasion, Ponting received his commemorative cap from compatriot ICC Cricket Hall…