52 cyclists take on Himachal mountains
Shimla: Fifty-two intrepid cyclists set out from here Saturday for the second off-road mountain biking adventure race, Shimla Edition 2013, organisers of the event…
Chechens fighting in Syria are mercenaries, says Kadyrov
Dubai, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov has dismissed Chechens fighting in Syria as merely mercenaries “fighting for money and not an…
India’s education system must prepare children for life
The far-reaching Right To Education Act, now in its fourth year of implementation, obliges the central and state governments to provide eight years of…
Pakistan may use LeT for proxy war in Kashmir: US report
Washington: Raising the spectre of a renewed conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, a US study has warned that Islamabad may well turn…
Dutch tourist arrested for British woman’s murder in Srinagar
Srinagar, April 6 (IANS) A British tourist was found murdered on a houseboat in Srinagar Saturday. Police have detained a Dutch national suspected to…
Five Odisha students head to US for aero-design competition
Bhubaneswar, April 6 (IANS) At least five students from Odisha’s KIIT University are set to participate in an annual aero-design competition to be held…
Advanced Sukhoi to be unveiled in Paris show
Moscow: Russia will unveil its most advanced aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker fighter jet and the Ka-52 Alligator helicopter gunship, at the Paris air…
WWII arsenal found in Russian apartment
Kaliningrad, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An arsenal of World War II firearms have been discovered in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad in an apartment…
Moscow has world’s worst traffic
Moscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) With its notorious traffic jams, the Russian capital has topped a “congestion index” among 161 cities with a population…
Putin to take up literature, sports after quitting politics
Moscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Literature, sports, jurisprudence and public projects will top the list of Vladimir Putin’s interests when he decides to quit…