Uddhav Thackeray named editor of Shiv Sena newspapers
Mumbai: A day after getting all powers to manage Shiv Sena, its executive president Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday donned a new mantle — that of the…
Ban cosmetic testing on animals, says PETA
New Delhi: Animal rights group PETA joined hands with some cosmetic companies and animal welfare organisations in urging union health ministry to ban painful and…
Fish ear bones can reveal past climates
Sydney: Fish ear bones and their distinctive growth rings can offer clues to climate change impact in aquatic environments, says a latest finding. The ear…
Talibani Dictat: 3 Haryana families face social boycott
Rohtak (Haryana): The families of three youths, who eloped with a girl of the same gotra (lineage) and village, are being socially boycotted in Haryana…
Obama warns Syria against using chemical weapons
Washington: US President Barack Obama has warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of “consequences” if he uses chemical weapons in the country’s 21-month conflict. Addressing at…
Oil companies resume new subsidised cooking gas connections
Mumbai: Oil marketing companies have resumed new subsidised cooking gas connections, which had been stopped for some time, in several Indian states, an official said…
90 percent polling in J&K panchayat quota polls
Jammu: Amid threats by militant groups for boycott, over 90 percent panchayat members today cast their votes for election to four panchayat quota seats in…
Ranjit Sinha takes over as CBI chief, mum on controversy
New Delhi: Indian Police Service officer Ranjit Sinha Monday took charge as the 25th director of the country’s premier investigating agency, the CBI, but declined…
Land grab: Eight record evidence against Congress leader
Shimla: Eight witnesses Monday deposed in a Himachal Pradesh court against All India Congress Committee secretary Asha Kumari in a 1998 land garb case. The…
Sachin was the best I played against: Ponting
Sydney: Cricketing great Ricky Ponting, who retired from all forms of the game after playing his last Test match at Perth against South Africa, Monday…