Manacor (Spain), Oct 20 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has opened an academy bearing his name in his hometown on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, with his friend and long-time rival Roger Federer as…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) JNU students angry over a student who went missing six days ago on Thursday continued their siege of Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar, who has refrained from calling the police….
Madrid, Oct 20 (IANS) Spanish football champions FC Barcelona thumped Manchester City 4-0 while Atletico Madrid bested Rostov 1-0, bringing both Spanish clubs a step closer to clinching spots in the Champions League pre-quarterfinal. French…
Seoul, Oct 20 (IANS) Foreign workers in South Korea total 1 million, a government report said on Thursday. Foreigners aged over 15 in the country reached 1.425 million as of May, up 3.7 per cent…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to field against New Zealand in the second One-Day International (ODI) at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here on Thursday. India…
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) Five teenagers have been arrested for their involvement in making bomb threats this week that forced the evacuation of two schools in Arkansas in the US. Police said they arrested two…
Islamabad, Oct 20 (IANS) The bodies of two engineers who died four weeks ago after going inside a lead and zinc mine in Balochistan have been retrieved by rescue workers. According to officials, the engineers…
London, Oct 20 (IANS) The next time you drink a glass of wine, don’t forget to combine it with a cube of cheese. Researchers have confirmed that consuming cheese may actually increase how much someone…
Mumbai, Oct 20 (IANS) TV anchor-writer-director Roshan Abbas took a break from film direction post the debacle of his debut film “Always Kabhi Kabhi”. However, he promises to return to direction in 2017 with a…
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) For Indian football to develop, the stress should be on creating an environment where players do not just enjoy the sport but are well aware of their tactical…
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) Amid protests over a missing Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asked Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma for a detailed report on the issue….
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) In a fresh move to disrupt the A3 copier market in India, HP Inc on Thursday unveiled a new portfolio of LaserJet and A3 multifunctional printers (MFPs) that will ensure…
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 20 (IANS) Botafogo moved a step closer to securing a berth in next year’s Copa Libertadores football tournament with a 1-0 victory over Santa Cruz in Brazil’s Serie A championship. It…
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) Indian students won two silver and one bronze medals in the 21st International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO) held at Pamporovo, Bulgaria, earlier this month, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) said…
Washington/Seoul, Oct 20 (IANS) North Korea has made another failed attempt to launch a medium-range missile, the US military authorities announced, only five days after an unsuccessful test for a similar projectile was carried out….
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for information about missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed five days after he vanished. In an order issued late Wednesday,…
Chennai, Oct 20 (IANS) Actor Vivek Oberoi, best known for his work in films such as “Company” and “Rakht Charitra”, will make his Tamil debut with Ajith’s upcoming yet-untitled next project. “After much contemplation, the…
London, Oct 20 (IANS) The fate of European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli Mars lander that went silent sometime before it was expected to touch down on the Red Planet’s surface on Wednesday is far from clear….
Colombo, Oct 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Power and Energy Ministry said that the recent island-wide partial power cuts was a result of a breakdown in a critical transmission line in the National Grid and not…
San Francisco, Oct 20 (IANS) Claiming that genuine Apple accessories like Lightning-to-USB cables and USB power adapters sold on Amazon and Groupon are 90 per cent fake, the Cupertino-based tech giant has filed a lawsuit…