Charlotte (North Carolina), Aug 13 (IANS) Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri struggled in the third and penultimate round as he carded five-over 76 to drop 25 places to be tied 68th in the PGA Championship at…
New York, Aug 13 (IANS) US researchers have discovered two previously unknown areas of the brain that help humans process familiar and unfamiliar faces differently. Working with rhesus macaque monkeys — primates whose face-processing systems…
Berlin, Aug 13 (IANS) Bayern Munich crushed Chemnitzer FC 5-0 while defending champions Borussia Dortmund thrashed Rielasingen-Arlen 4-0 in the first round of the German Cup. As expected, German record champions Bayern Munich booked their…
London, Aug 13 (IANS) A team of scientists has uncovered how goldfish survive the harsh winters beneath frozen lakes by producing alcohol. Scientists at the Universities of Oslo and Liverpool said that during winters, the…
Kandy, Aug 13 (IANS) India kept up pressure on hosts Sri Lanka after gaining the upper hand with 487 runs in their first innings and limiting Sri Lanka to 61/4 at tea on the second…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) With increasing reports of deaths of manual scavengers, including in the national capital, anti-manual scavenging crusader and Magsaysay awardee Bezawada Wilson says nothing less than a complete…
Zenica (Bosnia), Aug 13 (IANS) Sweden beat Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) 88-72 in a European qualifier for the FIBA Basketball World Cup here. The hosts played well for the first five minutes and built a…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Aug 13 (IANS) The Chandigarh Police may have been targeted by many in the media and on social media over their mishandling of the Varnika Kundu stalking case, involving a powerful…
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (IANS) Singer Peter Andre has landed another movie role even before his debut as an actor in the horror movie ‘The Undoing’. The “Mysterious Girl” singer had announced just earlier this…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that terrorists in Kashmir “are now under great pressure” and the number of stone pelters has “dwindled from hundreds and thousands to 20…
By Vishal Narayan New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) With the construction of its Phase-3 nearly complete, the Delhi Metro is all set to accommodate more than 200,000 additional commuters on its network by March 2018….
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Dhananjoy”; Language: Bengali; Director: Arindam Sil; Cast: Anirban Bhattacharya, Mimi Chakraborty, Kaushik Sen and Arja Bannerjee; Rating: ****1/2 Don’t the poor have the right to live? This question haunted me…
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) The merger of State Bank of India’s associate banks with SBI has resulted in sizeable membership gain for the majority union — All India State Bank of India Staff Federation (AISBISF),…
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (IANS) Pop star Justin Bieber got rejected by a girl he was pursuing on social media. The 23-year-old pursued a girl on Instagram after seeing a video of her shaking her…
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (IANS) Actor James McAvoy feels he doesn’t have an attractive face for romantic comedy films. The “Becoming Jane” actor has worked on lighter movies in the past, but he thinks he…
Los Angeles, Aug 13 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry says she has had “sing-offs” with her former beaus in the past and that she tends to make up songs while showering. “I’ve had several sing-offs with…
London, Aug 13 (IANS) Manchester City kicked off their English Premier League (EPL) football season with a 2-0 away victory over newly promoted Brighton & Hove Albion at the American Express Community Stadium. After a…
Lisbon, Aug 13 (IANS) Portuguese authorities said on Sunday that at least 12 wildfires remained active throughout the country as hundreds of firefighters were deployed to battle the flames. According to the latest status report…
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that no individual or organisation can “give” away mosques as Allah is their rightful owner, after the Shia Waqf Board told the apex court…
By Meghna Mittal New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Two days after the demonetisation on November 8 last year, the new 2,000-rupee note hit the market in good numbers but the new 500-rupee note took a…