Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Indonesia
Jakarta: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia around today midnight. However, no tsunami warning was issued, authorities here said. The…
Snow, rain forecast in north western Himalayan belt
Shimla : A dip in temperatures and a cast sky has raised hopes of rain and snow in the week ahead that also had…
J&K to get cooking gas pipeline by 2014
Jammu: If all goes according to the state government’s plan, thousands of homes in Jammu and Kashmir will be connected to cooking gas pipelines by…
Congress Won’t Look Beyond Gandhis, Rahul to lead 2014 poll Campaign
New Delhi: Congress’s de facto number two Rahul Gandhi will lead the party’s campaign in the 2014 general elections while his mother and party chief…
54 Indian soldiers may be in Pakistan jails: India
New Delhi: Fifty-four Indian military personnel missing since the 1965 and 1971 wars are believed to be in Pakistani custody, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said…
Sangay blames China for self-immolations in Tibet
Dharamsala: Blaming China for self-immolations in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today said “if Beijing ends repression, the self-immolations will abate”. The CTA clarified…
India training Sri Lankan military
New Delhi: India provides short-term and long-term training programmes to military personnel from Sri Lanka and other neighbouring countries, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday….
BJP dares Yeddyurappa to topple Shettar government
Belgaum (Karnataka): Karnataka’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Monday dared its former leader B.S. Yeddyurappa to topple the Jagadish Shettar government, a day after he challenged…
Tea-drinking poor women were dubbed irresponsible in Ireland
London: Tea-drinking poor women were dubbed as irresponsible in early 19th century Ireland, suggests a new finding by Durham University. Critics at the time declared…
Fourth of US docs use social media: Survey
Washington: About one in four physicians in the US uses social media once or multiple times daily to explore medical information, and 14 percent do…